Chapter 238: Chapter 238: Living in Your Heart (2)

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It was raining heavily in Ningham this morning, and Grace stood with an umbrella outside the entrance of Blossom Haven for almost half an hour before going in.

"Master hasn’t returned from Northriver yet, but he said he’d be back this morning and wants you to wait for him."

"Okay, I understand." Grace, wearing a fitted white coat, carried a red top-grain leather bag.

Nathaniel took her to the duty room to wait.

"Are you here today because the matter is already settled?"

Grace showed a confident smile, "Exactly."

When she said this, she was like a proud peacock, unable to hide her joy.

Nathaniel nodded, "Does Stellan know about it now?"

"She hasn’t found out yet, but I believe she’ll soon realize that the money in her account has disappeared without a trace."

"How did you transfer the money?"

Grace didn’t mind telling him, "Her mobile banking is set up for large transfers, but it requires her fingerprint confirmation. I knocked her unconscious, and it was easy."

Nathaniel was genuinely impressed.

"Will Stellan report to the police?"

"Let her report it if she wants; you guys can clean up afterward. Without money or power, what can she stir up?" As Grace thought about her future as the woman beside Jacob and the future mistress of Blossom Haven, she couldn’t help but change her tone slightly, "Nathaniel, tell me, who between me and your late Young Madam is more suited for your master?"

"Her."

She expected him to say herself, but he favored Lucy.

"Get a grip on the situation; she’s gone now while I am to become your Young Madam. Shouldn’t you have said me?"

"Our teacher always taught us to speak honestly. I believe I am adhering to that principle. In my view, she excels over you in all respects, making her more suitable for our master." Nathaniel spoke without blushing or hesitation, seriously and earnestly.

"Nathaniel!" Grace’s good mood was affected, "Do you know how to talk or not?"

He had no intention of arguing this issue with her, turning his back to her.

By the time Jacob arrived from the airport past ten o’clock, Grace was still sulking.

Yet she was sensible enough not to mention it to Jacob.

Upon confirming she had already transferred the money from Stellan’s account, Jacob nodded with a smile, "Very good, but, this amount is not small. Stellan will inevitably report it to the police, so I’ll have Hazel negotiate with Stellan and the police, while you go abroad to lay low. Return once it’s all settled."

"No...isn’t it...necessary to go abroad to lay low?" She didn’t understand, "Aren’t you powerful enough to easily handle this matter?"

"Don’t you know how much media attention is on the Quinn Family?" Jacob’s tone suddenly cooled, "Whether you go or not is up to you; no one is forcing you."

"I’ll go, but how long will it take?"

"As little as one month, as much as three months."

This seemed long for Grace, "That’s too long; how about half a month?"

Jacob glanced at her, "Are you negotiating?"

Grace didn’t want to upset him, "I understand; I’ll come back whenever you ask me to."

"Okay, go now."

Grace wanted to talk to him more, but since he had issued the eviction order, she couldn’t say much more.

As she left, she left behind a sentence, "I know you’re a man of your word. I believe the deal between us is real."

After she left, Nathaniel asked, "Master, what next?"

"Go to see Stellan and tell her what she needs to know; assist her in suing Grace for embezzling a large sum and fleeing."

"Won’t this help Stellan?"

Jacob said casually, "How could it? I haven’t forgotten how she and her dear brother plotted to bring Flora down. Didn’t she want to climb up to the Great Princess Consort’s position just to deal with your Young Madam?"

"So, Master, do you mean to deal with Grace first and then her?"

"Of course."

Nathaniel sighed, "For the first time, I see Stellan so pathetic, used thoroughly by Grace, sold out yet helping count the money. That’s such immense trust; once even rashly tried to deal with Young Madam, she was against Young Madam, which is the same as being against you, Master."

"Nicely phrased that she’s naive; said bluntly, she’s stupid. With no backbone like that, it’ll be really hard for her on her own."

Nathaniel nodded, "I’ll now go see her."

"Okay, be careful."

"I understand."

When Nathaniel arrived at the Quinn Family, there was unusually not a single servant or bodyguard in sight.

He stepped over the threshold of the living room and immediately saw Stellan slumped on the carpet.

Clearly cried, her makeup was like a ghost’s.

To his arrival, she seemed oblivious.

Staring blankly at the floor, utterly hopeless.

"Master sent me to assist you in filing charges against Grace."

She then raised her head, her eyes confused, "Assist...me? Jacob?"

"Yes."

"How is that possible?" Stellan shook her head, "Why would he help me?"

"If Master hadn’t instructed me, do you think I’d be appearing at your home?" Nathaniel’s tone was calm, "Grace has always been deeply in love with Master; did you know this?"

Stellan’s eyes widened, "What...what?"

"You really are still kept in the dark; Grace never liked women. Her mind has always been on our master. When you and Master were still in good terms, she wanted to use you as a stepping stone to get close to our master, even resorting to using your phone to text him to meet at a hotel. Ironically, it was my Young Madam who mistakenly went there that night, thwarting her plan, and that was the beginning of your relationship collapse with Master."

Stellan’s eyes welled up, "It’s actually true; so back then, what Jacob said was all true, and I didn’t believe a word."

"Later on, she privately approached Young Madam, thinking Young Madam was my girlfriend, again intending to use Young Madam to get close to Master; obviously, she didn’t succeed either. Your father’s matter I investigated too; she was behind it, drugged your father, bribed the maid named Xiaofen, and substantiated your father’s crime. Grace is now on a plane abroad with the money belonging to your family, if you want to get that money back, you have to sue her, and I’ll help you."

Already on the verge of collapse, hearing Nathaniel’s words made Stellan even more remorseful and distraught. She lay face down on the carpet, crying her heart out, "Why? I gave her my all, how could she do this to me?! How could she?!"

She cried continuously and Nathaniel had no chance to speak, just watching her cry for over an hour, genuinely wondering if she would cry until she fainted.

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PS: As some have misunderstandings regarding the Mother and Child Pot, let me explain here. The Mother and Child Pot is only for shared life and death, and sensing injuries in sync, and nothing else. This is a means by which Elliot Gill controls Lucy; if Lucy fails to fulfill the contract, Elliot can command Mother Pot to send signals to Child Pot to find Lucy’s exact location and make her suffer greatly.