The mock exams were finally over, and the students were given a two-day break. Juniper was thrilled, and Shanley seemed to be in a good mood too.


    Ah, of course. If she didn''t have school, he didn''t have to do her homework.


    "Dana made a nourishing meal for our aunt. I had Felton deliver it to the hospital," Shanley said, settling onto the sofa next to Juniper. He was dressed in casual loungewear and began feeding her cherries one by one.


    "Our aunt?" Juniper''s gaming paused for a second. She looked up at him, her beautiful face filled with confusion.


    "What''s wrong?" Shanley''s lips curved into a faint smile. As he leaned forward, the cor of his shirt shifted, revealing a glimpse of his well-defined corbone and chest.


    "Oh," Juniper said, staring at him for a few seconds before deliberately looking away.


    "Nothing," she replied casually, though a thought lingered: Saskia was her aunt. They weren''t even married yet, and he was already calling her family with such


    ease.


    "Dr. Landon just called. She is eating normally, and her speech and reflexes are fine," Shanley continued, popping another cherry into her mouth. "You should get some proper rest at home these next two days."


    She had been running back and forth to the hospital, and even at home, she was constantly on edge. It was time for her to rx.


    "Okay," Juniper murmured, returning to her game.


    "By the way, Flint has the information you asked for."


    "Already?" Juniper was surprised. It had been less than half a day.


    "Yeah," Shanley nodded.


    Flint was the type who would do anything for money. After being promised a month''s bonus, he''d probably pulled an all-nighter. Besides, the Wilcox family''s secrets weren''t that well-kept, making the investigation rtively easy.


    "The Wilcox family is a moderately wealthy family in Era City," Shanley exined, summarizing the report to save her the eyestrain. the patriaron, Orville Wilcox, has two sons. The older one, Zorion Wilcox, chose love over fortune. He cut ties with the family to be with the woman he loved."


    "Rumor has it that this woman was his mistress, and she drove Zorion''s fiancée to her death. The scandal caused Orville to have a stroke, and he''s been paralyzed and bedridden ever since."


    "That left the younger son, Ezra Wilcox, to take over the family business. He''s been married twice. His first wife gave him his eldest son, Trent Wilcox, and his second wife gave him a daughter, Yelena Wilcox."


    Juniper kept ying her game, listening intently.


    "All over Era City, the story goes that Zorion was a heartless, disloyal son. His wife is seen as a shameless, maniptive homewrecker. People say it was karma when Zorion suddenly died from a mysterious illness a few years after leaving the family."


    "Oh, and they had a daughter named J Wilcox, Shanley added after a pause. "Even though they live in the same city, the Wilcox family has never acknowledged her or her mother. The other day, Yelena was the one who bullied J at school, which is why she came home so upset."


    "A homewrecker?" Juniper stopped her game, her eyes turning icy as she looked at Shanley.


    "That''s what the report says." Shanley gently patted the head of his now-bristling


    girl.


    "But I don''t believe Saskia is that kind of person," he said softly. When the Sherwin family threw Juniper out with nothing, Saskia had struggled But insisted on taking her in Ne couldn''t believe someone with that kind of character would be morally corrupt.


    "There''s something else that''s even more interesting," Shanley said, his lips twitching. "Ezra married Yelena''s mother less than three months after his first wife died. And when she moved in, she was already six months pregnant."