Chapter 1762
Keaton hesitated for only a second before typing back: [Yes! I am p>
Shane: [Is this just a passing phase p>
Keaton decided on absolute honesty: [I don’t know what the future holds, but I know how deeply I feel for her right now p>
Shane: [Winona has already been through enough heartbreak. If you’re just looking for a fling, do us all a favor and stay away from her p>
Keaton frowned, silent for a few seconds before he responded.
[I am betting my life on these feelings. If this is just a phase, and I ever do her wrong, I will end myself p>
[Screenshot this and keep it as evidence. If that day ever comes, you can throw these exact words in my face p>
A few minutes passed before Shane finally replied.
[If you’re truly serious about her, then I support you. Good luck! Let me know if you need an inside man p>
Staring at the screen, Keaton couldn’t suppress the wide grin spreading across his face.
It was the oldest trick in the book: if you want to win a guy over, start by taking care of the girl he loves.
Ever since he discovered Shane was Winona’s cousin, he had been trying to get on his good side.
Thanks to their rocky start, Shane had wanted nothing to do with him.
But the second Keaton pulled some strings to fly Linda out from Europe, reuniting
the young couple, the kid’s attitude had pulled a complete one-eighty!
Keaton quickly typed back. “Thanks for the support, Shane p>
In the car, Shane stared at his screen in disbelief.
The sheer audacity of this guy! He wasn’t even dating Winona yet!
Catching the bizarre look on his face, Linda nudged him. “What’s wrong p>
Winona and Caroline turned to look at him as well, their eyes full of concern. Shane cleared his throat awkwardly. “Nothing p>
Assuming he was stressed about the situation with his mother’s resting place, Caroline offered a comforting look.
“Don’t you worry about a thing. You’ve got me here. I won’t let the Gould family lay a finger on you p>
Shane offered a faint smile. “I know p>
Having grown up in the UK, Shane felt entirely disconnected from his extended relatives back in Zhinora.
Caroline, on the other hand, had endured decades of dealing with them!
To put it mildly, the Gould family members were absolute nightmares!
Shane’s mother was Jade Gresham. After she passed away, Mr. Gould had packed up and moved Shane to the UK.
The Gould relatives had immediately
swooped in, forcefully occupying the family’s old ancestral estate and
claiming all the antique furnishings for themselves.
Over the years, they had set their greedy sights on a city apartment that still belonged to Jade’s estate.
They had issued a vile ultimatum: hand over the deed to the apartment, or they would desecrate Jade’s grave!
They threatened to dig up her remains and scatter them to the wind!
Mr. Gould had remarried long ago and barely spared a thought for Jade anymore,
so the threat to her grave didn’t phase him in the slightest.
But it completely enraged Caroline!
She and Jade had been incredibly close, and there was no way in hell she was going to let her sister’s resting place be violated!
In Zhinora, the tradition of laying loved ones to rest with respect was paramount, prioritizing peace in the afterlife above all.
Disturbing a grave was a profound insult, ensuring the deceased could never truly rest, and anyone who cared for them would fiercely oppose it!
In reality, the apartment in the city wasn’t even a luxury property, totaling no more than a few hundred thousand dollars in value.
That was pocket change for someone like Shane or the Newsom family.
But it was the principle of the matter—it was Jade’s legacy!
The Gould relatives had zero legal claim to it, yet they were acting. incredibly entitled and using the most sickening threats imaginatie to extort it. It was infuriating!
Caroline refused to swallow the insult, so she adamantly denied them a dime!
When Jade was alive, those exact relatives had treated her terribly. Why should they get a cut of her estate now that she was gone?
Besides, human greed knew no bounds.
If she caved to their demands this time, what would stop them from holding the grave hostage for something else next year?
The stress of the situation had been keeping Caroline up at night, until she finally landed on the perfect solution: relocation.
By moving Jade’s remains directly into the private, heavily guarded Gresham family cemetery, she would end the war with the Goulds once and for all