Chapter 201

Sydney arched her brow and smiled sweetly. "A bet's a bet."Caleb studied her delicate, lively features, and his gaze softened further.…At the Sterling estate, Penelope stepped out of the car, and a maid guided her toward the reception hall.The Sterling family's antique grandeur carried the weight of a century-old lineage, far heavier than that of the Hamptons.With each step, Penelope could not suppress her silent lament. 'Why must the gap between people be so vast? Why was I born to crawl in the mud?'"Madam, Ms. Monroe, the one Ms. Mayer mentioned on the phone yesterday, has arrived," the maid announced.At the doorway, Jason stopped her briefly. Only after a voice inside offered a flat acknowledgment did he gesture for her to enter.Inside the hall, Eloise held a teacup, her sharp, calculating gaze sweeping over Penelope. Her presence felt far more formidable than Dorothy's. The Hampton matriarch, at least most of the time, could still appear kind.Penelope's breath tig

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At those words, Eloise held Penelope's gaze for a long moment before speaking with calm composure. "Then I'd like to see exactly how you plan to help me.""You know Sydney is participating in Sterling Corp.'s cancer drug research project, don't you?"Eloise's expression remained unreadable, so Penelope continued, "Once the project succeeds, your family won't be able to control her so easily. As a researcher on a national-level project, her influence will multiply a thousandfold compared to now. No matter how powerful the Sterlings are, if they tried to move against Sydney, it would stir up trouble.""She doesn't have the ability to develop anything," Eloise sneered with disdain.Sydney had grown up under her watchful eyes. The only thing remotely outstanding about her was her academics. Every year, Jouleston University had thousands of graduates, yet only one or two truly made a name for themselves.Sydney had been tightly controlled from childhood, her opportunities cut off. She

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