Renee liked thick aromatic coffees, but she wasn't in the mood to savor it just then.Putting down her cup and holding Yvie's gaze, she asked, "When you first met my father, he told me you were a college student he was sponsoring, so why do you suddenly belong to a family of equal footing?"She suspected Yvie the instant she showed up around Jasper, but there was nothing solid to back her up."Sorry, but that's my privacy," Yvie replied, lowering her gaze and stirring her coffee.She was calm and usual, with no signs that she was getting flustered.Renee tried to get a read from her face and was thus disappointed—she wasn't even given a chance at speculation.After more silence, Yvie, after keeping her head down for a while, finally looked up and found Renee watching her searchingly."You're hiding many secrets," Renee breathed quietly, now sure of it.Yvie almost smiled. While she had virtually raised Renee, the girl had grown up and learned to read the telltale signs on a p
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