The assistant immediately noticed that with those words, the gloomy aura around Mr. Barton seemed to deepen.
Even though his expression and movements didn’t change, there was an inexplicable sense that his spine had bent slightly.
Brett gave a perfunctory response before suddenly remembering something.
“This time, will you be bringing your wife home?”
Bradley had been married for years but had never brought his wife back to the old manor, leaving most of the family clueless about her appearance.
On the other end of the call, Bradley froze.
The whole family knew he was married, but apart from his parents and sister, he had never taken Elizabeth to the old manor.
The family at the old manor had never brought it up either, as if Bradley’s wife didn’t exist at all.
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