A Warm Marriage After Rebirth

Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Sincerity and Hypocrisy (Part 1)

She had thought that with Miles Galloway’s matter resolved, she could finally have a peaceful New Year. But she never expected the police to uncover this kind of information! This made Seraphina Sterling, who had just started to relax, tense up all over again. ’Who is the mastermind behind this? Why are they doing this? Is their target the Jade Bracelet, or is it Mom and me?’

’If their target was the Jade Bracelet, they should have checked the room before tampering with the wiring and would have known it wasn’t in the house. So what was the point of causing a fire? Was it a warning? Or did they have some other special purpose?’

The investigation had hit a dead end again. Seraphina Sterling started paying extra attention to Kimberly Jennings’s safety. She had no idea who the mastermind was, nor when they might strike again.

Knowing nothing about the hidden enemy placed an invisible weight on Seraphina Sterling’s mind. The unknown inspired a deeper fear. It was like an invisible hand in the shadows, controlling everything, setting the pace of events. You never knew when it would raise its life-reaping scythe and come for you.

But worrying was one thing; life had to go on. Even though the police had found evidence that the fire was deliberately set, they only had a few clues that required further investigation. They weren’t going to uncover the whole truth anytime soon. Life had to continue.

In the end, Seraphina Sterling took out three million and gave it to Finn Warren and Aaron Chaney. No matter what, she had indeed been the one to plan the fire, and both families had suffered significant losses as a result.

When the Jennings family saw that Seraphina Sterling could actually produce so much money all at once, they were rendered speechless.

They had assumed that after Kimberly Jennings and her daughter were kicked out by the Sterling Family, they wouldn’t have any money left. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been in such a rush to ask the eldest and third brothers for a loan. Even though they had later made a fortune from the demolition payout, they had spent most of it on renovations, insurance, and other things. And now, after this terrible accident, not only was their own house gone, but two others had burned down as well. They had lost everything.

The old Mr. and Mrs. Jennings had already taken out their pension money, ready to contribute what little they could. But just as they did, they heard that Seraphina Sterling had already resolved the entire situation perfectly!

That was three million! Not three hundred! And what was most shocking was that the money hadn’t come from Kimberly Jennings, the mother, but from Seraphina Sterling, who was still just a student! This grand gesture stunned the Jennings family! They finally realized that the most capable person in the entire Jennings Family was, unbelievably, the not-yet-adult Seraphina Sterling!

”Seraphina, where did you get so much money? If you have some secret for making money, you have to share it with your aunt! Three million! You actually earned a fortune like that. What’s your secret?”

Eleanor Young’s eyes were gleaming. ’Three million! If I could earn that much money, just think of all the jewelry and beautiful clothes I could buy! I could buy anything I wanted!’

”I don’t have any special money-making secrets. I just have a better eye for things than most people,” Seraphina explained. ”Remember that stone exposition a while back? I tried my hand at stone gambling. I got lucky and a few of my picks turned out to be valuable, so I sold them. I was pretty well-off before all this, but...”

Seraphina Sterling shrugged. ”Auntie, you just saw it yourself. I gave all the money to Aaron Chaney and Finn Warren. I was just the God of Wealth passing through!”

’The truth about Apex Collections and the Apex Auction was a top-tier secret. They were the foundation for building her own power base! Though they were only tiny saplings now, one day, they would surely grow into a towering tree!’