Chapter 816

Believing Gloria

“You…”

She swallowed back the words that had come to her tongue.

Her voice was low while Martha’s was loud.

“I made your favorite braised fish today. Take a bite.”

Angela took a deep breath and decided to wait till dinner was finished.

Claude was excited. “Wonderful! I'll try it.”

Angela was in no mood to eat. She couldn’t let her parents starve either and thus forced herself to eat.

The meal was torture for her.

She put down her fork and knife. Her parents wiped their mouths with the tissue. With a calm look, she
started, “I want to ask you about something.”

Her voice and face were serious.

Her parents looked at her with confusion. Martha asked, “What’s wrong? You’re looking so serious.”

Angela laid her eyes on her father and asked, “What happened some time ago? How much longer are
you going to keep it from me?”

Her parents changed color. Claude wrinkled his brows and said, “Everything is fine. Haven’t I told you?
Why do you ask again?”

Martha was upset, wondering if her daughter had heard about anything in the office.



It was just that…

No one else was in the know. Claude cared about his reputation and would not tell anyone in the office.
After all, if one person learned about it, the others would also know. In that case, his position in the
company would be more unstable.

Angela snorted and raised her voice. “Are you still trying to lie to me? All our properties have been sold,
and our current house is rented. Do you think I don’t know anything?”

Martha was stunned.

Claude snapped, “Nonsense! Who told you that? It’s not true.”

“No?” Angela didn’t believe her father at all. Her eyes were cold. She looked at him and waited for him
to continue.

Claude sulked, “Of course not!”

Angela snickered, “Show me the certificates of this house and our other properties then. I need to
check the record.”

She didn’t believe a word from her parents. In a sullen voice, Claude said, “You don’t believe us? You
want to see those things? Are we a family or not? Besides, even if I sold them, I should be doing
profitable investments. There isn’t any project going on. Why would I sell them?”

Angela almost bought it.

On second thought, she didn’t think what Gloria had said over the phone was unfounded or a sheer
Lie.



Gloria should know that she would ask her parents, and they would produce evidence. They would fight
at most, and nothing would be affected.

That would render Gloria’s effort meaningless. They were a family, and there was no way Gloria could
drive a wedge between them, so what she had said should be true.

Now Angela had all the more reason to believe Gloria. Her parents‘ moods were not right.

That kind of feeling was terrible.


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