Chapter 1917 A Family of Ingrates

• Gilbert sat next to Lilly as the three of them began their breakfast. He spoke as they ate, "After the adoptive parents moved in, they set their sights on the villa. They claimed that as they were getting older, they needed a place to call their own and pressured the original owner to add their names to the property deed."
• Lilly's eyes widened. "Did he agree?"
• Gilbert nodded, then shook his head. "He was about to, but when they were at the notary, his adoptive parents made a new demand—they wanted only their names on the deed and for the original owner to remove his name entirely."