Caleb Baker slightly lowered his gaze, glanced at her, conveyed an unspoken understanding by locking pinkies with her, then reassured, "Relax, my father is managing the family affairs."
Although their father-son relationship wasn't that close, during the last visit home things were made clear: he was going to act against the second house, and his father would pacify the family upheaval when he made his move, under the pressure from his mother.
This could be seen as the first time his father made a move on his behalf.
Grace Webb's eyebrows slightly moved but she didn't say anything more.
She turned around, abruptly pointing at the people at the other side of the room.
"What about those two over there? Aren't they standing out?"
Following her line of sight,
Yvonne Finley looked up.
She met the man's bewitching black eyes that seemed to convey merciless cruelty in the casual, quiet movement. From the very beginning, he seemed to have ill intentions.
