Chapter 404

Nell nodded.

She could feel Old Master Garrett’s good intentions.

Regardless of how she was treated before, his attitude towards her truly changed after they had discovered that she was the child that Juliette had lost.

However...

Her eyes deepened as she remembered Old K’s death.

“Deon, no matter how complicated that Shelby family is, I want to give it a try.”

Gideon knew what she was thinking.

Nell dealt with matters regardless of its importance and since she had explained her past to him clearly, he naturally knew what she wanted to do at a glance.

The man’s eyes deepened and he hugged her even tighter.

“Alright, you can do whatever you want. Don’t worry about anything else. I’m here.”

Nell smiled.

“Okay.”

Old Master Garrett’s health was getting worse.

It started the night after he announced his will, and the next day, he fell into a coma.

The doctor said that several of his vital organs had completely failed, and if not for the high-tech medical treatment keeping him alive, his life would have already been lost.

Nell had gone to visit him once, but the Old Master did not wake up. Rather, he laid in the sickbed, thin and pale as if he would wither away overnight.

When she came out, she bumped into Joseph Garrett.

Joseph was surprised to see her, as if he did not expect her to visit.

Then, he was immediately overjoyed.

“Nelly, you’re here.”

Nell nodded and thought for a moment before she said, “Second Uncle Garrett, are you free now? I want to talk to you.”

Joseph paused slightly as he looked at the time and nodded.

“Alright. There’s a cafe downstairs. Let’s talk there.”

Nell agreed.

Thus, the two left the hospital and went to the cafe downstairs in which they sat down at a window seat.

Joseph did not know what Nell wanted to talk to him about, but he did not press the issue and waited quietly for her to speak instead.

Nell hesitated for a moment before she asked, “I want to know more about Juliette... about my mother.”

Joseph was stunned but became elated when he realized the term she had called Juliette.

Before this, they had been worried that Nell would be unwilling to acknowledge her identity but now, it seemed that they had just been overly concerned.

“Alright. What do you want to know? I’ll tell you.”

Nell thought about it for a while. “What kind of person was she?”

At the mention of this, a gentle smile spread across Joseph’s face.

“Well, she was actually very similar to you. She was gentle and beautiful. She seemed aloof on the surface, but she was actually very affectionate, filial, and kind to everyone. She was also very talented. By the way, you might not know this, but she used to be an artist. She painted a lot of drawings, but stopped after her health turned bad.”

Nell nodded.

“Many of her works are still in her room. If you’re free one day, why don’t you come home and let me show them to you?”

Shocked, Nell forced a smile.

“Alright.”

She paused again before she asked again, “I heard that she fell into depression because of love. Do you know who the man was and why they were separated?”

Joseph was slightly startled. It was as if he did not expect her to ask this question.

He thought about it and said in a deep voice, “I shouldn’t be the person answering that question, but since you’ve already asked, I’ll tell you.”

Then, he told Nell about how Juliette Garrett fell in love.

When Juliette was studying abroad, she met the eldest son of the Shelby family, Jasper Shelby.

The two were an ideal couple; they fell in love at first sight, and very quickly fell into the river of love.

At that time, Juliette did not know his identity. All she knew was that he was the son of a rich and powerful family. After all, with Jasper’s background, his travel expenses were quite generous.

Juliette herself was the daughter of the Garrett family and had grown up surrounded by riches and luxuries, so she did not care about money and power at all and neither did she thought about him with that light.

Unexpectedly, before long, news came that Jasper already had a fiancee, and his family was forcing him to go back to get married.

Upon hearing this, Juliette was devastated and suffered a great blow. She could not believe that Jasper had lied to her.

She went to Jasper and asked for an explanation, but Jasper simply admitted the truth of the matter and broke up with her.

It turned out that the person she had loved so much had been cheating on her all along, and she had become a mistress unknowingly.

This blow was too big for Juliette, who had always been proud and arrogant.

So she returned to China heartbroken and shut herself in her room. She did not eat or drink for an entire week.

She thought that the feeling would disappear, just like the painful experiences when she was young.

Who had never met scum when they were young?

After a while, she would be fine after she let go.

Unexpectedly, a few months later, just as Juliette had decided to let that man go, she was caught up in an assassination attempt.

Juliette was the precious daughter of the Garrett family, which was one of the four great families in China. Moreover, this was the first time something of this sort had happened.

Old Master Garrett was so furious, he ordered a thorough investigation only to find out that the other party was a foreign power related to the legendary Shelby family.

The assassin who was sent to kill Juliette was actually sent by Jasper Shelby’s fiancee.

Although Jasper had chosen to leave Juliette in order to ensure her safety, the other party was afraid of her and was not willing to see past it, hence they decided to have her killed.

Unfortunately, she had not investigated Juliette’s identity beforehand, thinking that she was just an ordinary girl.

This matter not only angered Old Master Garrett, but also Jasper Shelby.

Jasper decided to cancel the engagement immediately, and despite the opposition of his family, he resolutely came to China to beg for Juliette’s forgiveness.

Juliette was furious and naturally refused to forgive him easily.

So to speak, she had been hurt the most in this matter. It was double the harm of betrayal and deception.

Patiently, Jasper remained by her side, and wherever Juliette went, he followed.

Juliette was pestered to no end, but at the same time, she felt a little bit of happiness deep down.

After all, he was the first person she had loved so deeply. Who would be willing to give up such a love unless there was no other choice?

Just then, she heard a piece of news.

That woman had personally found her and told her a shocking story.

In this world, no one would have thought that there would be something so terrible.

In the past, everyone thought that the Shelby family was where they were now because of the heritage and the abundant financial resources that their predecessors left behind.

Spoiled by the President Chapter 403 The Shelby Family Wrong Ride, Right Lover Chapter 1980 Atrophy of Love: Mr. Harris, Stop Fooling Around!

Chapter 487 The End Pt. 5 However, it was only after that day did Juliette learn that just financial resources were not enough at all for one born in the Bauhinia Clan.

Each of the direct descendants of the Bauhinia Clan would have their future partners chosen for them at birth.