From Ashes of Scandal to His Embrace (Laurinda) novel Chapter 307

“You don’t actually believe he just wanted to give me a gift, do you? Out of all the places he could have sent it, why would he choose Adolphus’s house?”

Laurinda’s feelings for Kenny were a mess. It was his pushy attitude that forced her to push back. If he couldn’t leave things alone, he had no right to complain when she didn’t hold back.

Jack had nothing to say to that. This time, he couldn’t defend Kenny at all.

He wanted to believe Kenny had his reasons, but honestly, everything Kenny did just seemed to set Laurinda off.

“Anyway, forget what I just said,” Laurinda sighed. “Don’t let someone irrelevant ruin your mood. Have you figured out what you’re going to do with your people in Stonehaven?”

“They’re staying,” Laurinda replied easily. “It took a lot of effort to get them in, so now that they’re there, they should just settle in and keep building. They’ve got legit identities now. Even if something goes wrong, it won’t come back to them. No need to worry.”

York and Jack both nodded. They knew Laurinda could handle it. She wasn’t even twenty yet and didn’t live in Stonehaven, but little things like this were nothing for her.

Laurinda clapped her hands together and shut her laptop.

“Alright, you’ve seen the gifts I’m giving them. Now, we can look forward to—”

“Wait, what’s that?” York interrupted, his eyes landing on a box next to the laptop. Inside were three massive diamonds, each the size of a fist—one purple, one pink, one blue. They sparkled so brightly they almost didn’t look real.

“That’s the deposit from Adolphus. He basically pledged himself to me,” Laurinda said with a grin.

She picked up the box and held it out to York. He took one of the diamonds and turned it over in his hand, staring at it for a long time before he managed to speak.

“Did you see the news? These three diamonds were supposed to be part of that Frostford big shot’s private collection. How did Adolphus end up with them?”

Laurinda set the box on the desk and shrugged, laughing softly.

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