Chapter 272

Eloise snorted and said, “She is not an orphan!”

Facing Nathaniel‘s confused expression, she continued slowly, “Have you heard about what happened
to the Lodge family of Brown City?”

“The Lodge family? Are you referring to one of the biggest families in our country? According to rumors,
they know an older form of kickboxing and are very secretive.

“That‘ Lodge family?” Nathaniel asked.

Of course, he had heard of the well known family. The country had four famous families. They were the
Richards, Tanner, Russell, and Lodge families.

The Lodge family of their city was active in politics and had been for several generations. The later
generations produced many good politicians. The family culture was strict, and their foundations were
firm.

The Tanner family of Ruby City and the Russell family of Sapphine were from the business world, but
each had its domain. The Richards were in property development and construction, whereas the
Russell family was in entertainment.

Although they were in different industries, they had a relationship. Word on the street was that they
were working together.

Nonetheless, the most secretive of the four influential families was the Lodge family of Brown City.

Some said everybody from the Lodge family was fit and skilled at fighting. They rarely appeared in
public, and when they did, they looked like gentle academics. Nobody knew if the rumors were true.



However, Lodge had a large business empire, and nobody in Brown City dared to provoke the Lodge
family. But why did Eloise suddenly mention the Lodge family?

“Are you saying that Lily has a relationship with the Lodge family?” Nathaniel asked carefully. He could
not believe it.

Eloise did not say anything. The look in her eyes gave him the answer.

“Impossible!” Nathaniel said resolutely.

“Sh*t, perlaps you don‘t quite understand Lily as a person. She is an ordinary girl who is a talented
perfumer. How could she be connected to the Lodge family? She is a gentle and fragile girl.
Furthermore, her surname is Cliristian, while the Lodge family is the Lodge family. What connection
could they have?”

He refused to believe it. He had gone to university with Lily, so they had known each other for a long
time. Over all these years, he had never met nor heard about her family. If she were connected to the
Lodge family, he would indeed have met or known about them.

‘It must be a mistake‘

Eloise could only laugh at his objection, “That doesn‘t mean anything. I‘m from the Neville family, and
you are from the Hall family. Aren‘t we still related to each other?”

“That is not the same. You are my mom, and ... Before he could finish his sentence, he was stunned.
“Are you saying that...”

That was right. It did not mean Nathaniel and Eloise were unrelated because he and his mother had
different surnames.



He thought about it calmly, ‘Does Lily know kickboxing? That day in the alley, she was agile and even
used a knife to threaten me.‘ When Nathaniel thought about it, he felt a shiver.

‘Did that mean that Lily was from the Lodge family? Is she related to the Lodge family?!’


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