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The birthday banquet had ended very late. The servants were cleaning up the mess. Brandon Piers was seeing off the guests. Abigail Green went upstairs holding a pile of gifts.
It was the first time she had received so many gifts. She sat cross-legged on the sofa, unwrapping them one by one. The gifts were all sorts of things, including a face-slimming device, a complete set of lipsticks, shawls, handmade cookies, dolls that young girls liked, and even albums they used to exchange as gifts when she was a little girl... All sorts of things, not expensive, but very thoughtful, like they were making up for her lost youth.
Until she touched the gift from Adam Piers, she opened it to see that sparkling pink diamond.
This...
Holding it in her hand, Abigail couldn't help but be curious about how Brandon had swindled it from Adam.
