Chapter 245 Web of Lies

• Neither Joseph nor Dax had expected to run into Sofia here.
• Joseph's mother, Linda, had relocated to Astonville not long after he and Sofia got married. Out of courtesy, Sofia had even bought Linda a small villa and hired staff to care for her daily needs. But this gesture wasn't born out of deep affection; rather, Sofia simply preferred not to share a home with Linda.
• Their relationship as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had settled into a polite, somewhat forced harmony—something carefully maintained for the sake of appearances. Sofia rarely visited Linda on her own unless there was a specific reason.