It was Zivon’s father, Herschel Burton.
The time she spent together in the Burton’s family old residence before, she did not have much of a bad impression of Hershel, and he was good to Zivon.
Luckily it was not Charles or Keith.
She lowered her voice. “Hi, I’m really sorry to disturb you at this hour. The thing is, my friend did not ask for my permission before letting my daughter follow Little Young Master Burton back. So when I heard about the news the moment I reached home, I got really worried, and I rushed over.”
She behaved obsequiously, restrained, and timid. She was presenting the state of a stranger coming into the majestic Burton family’s residence without error.
Hershel put aside his scowl and said calmly, “Don’t worry about it. Let’s go. I’ll bring you to Maison’s room.”
“Okay, thank you.”
Xavia was slightly relieved. She obediently followed behind Hershel to reduce her sense of presence.
Unexpectedly, right as they reached the corner of the hallway, Hershel, who was in front, asked, “Your daughter is two years old, and she’s in the same class as Maison?”
Uh!!
She almost forgot that Yulia’s identification card stated that she was only two years old, and she should be in the junior kindy class! However, she had enrolled her into the senior kindy class because of her actual age!
Xavia tried to calm herself down and look for an excuse. “Yeah, even though Yulia is just two, she’s actually really independent and obedient, and she can take care of herself well enough, so I thought the kids from junior class may be too young for her age, and I enrolled her into the senior class.”
“I see. I saw her today. She’s really well-behaved and knows her stuff well too. She gets along really well with Maison. They look just like a pair of twins.”
Twins!
Those words put Xavia on her toes.
“Really? Children at their age look about the same. One time, when I was at the hospital, I almost mistook someone else’s daughter as mine. Little Young Master Maison and Yulia might be the same too. They both look like the delicate kind, so probably it’s just an illusion.
“Anyway, is this Maison’s house? It’s really huge.”
She was trying to change the topic.
Suddenly, Hershel stopped walking. He turned around and looked at Xavia.
The glow from the hallway wall lamp hit right on his face, serious and cold. He asked, “How do you know Maison lives here? If I am not mistaken, Maison’s father has given the school another address, and you don’t know what this place is?”
Word after word, question after question, the air was filled with intimidation.
Xavia tightened her fists.
Following after was a command.
Xavia frowned while clenching her fists.
Why did he ask her to follow him to the study room? What did he want?
If only she knew this would happen, it would be much easier to pretend to be Jenna!
Unfortunately, there was no such cure to regrets in this world. So she could only follow him into the study room.
The study room was huge. Expensive mahogany covered the entire study, highlighting the composure and luxury.
Xavia looked at Hershel’s straight and serious posture, she thought he was going to be angry, but the result was unexpected--
He said, “I don’t care if it's money or whatever it is that you want, as long as you can keep your daughter and Maison in a constant relationship and ensure that Maison is always so happy, we’ll agree to all the conditions you want from the Burton family.
“Here’s one million. Take it and don’t expose Maison’s identity.”
W-what??
The serious and intimidating call for her to come to the study was actually to bribe her?
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