He was just about to laugh derisively.
This trivial matter? Does it even count as one?
Arguing fiercely over a project, even dragging emotions into it?
But as the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back.
He knew that some things others wouldn't understand.
The next second, he gripped the pen tightly.
Because Clara Jennings suddenly added another sentence.
"Even if the Lowell Family gets a sip of the soup, it's all dregs, not worth mentioning at all!"
Cora Lowell lightly rubbed her fingertips against the handle of her suitcase.
Clara Jennings clenched her fists, her nails almost digging into her palms.
"The share of Jadefall Hospital, I'll give you a third."
She intended to lower her voice so a third person wouldn't hear.
But the staircase corner was only a few steps from the living room sofa, with no obstruction in between.
The words pierced through the space, every word heard clearly by the two hiding in the shadows.
