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Rita watched Rayburn walk away, chuckling coldly, "Haha, are you blaming me? Or are you trying to teach me how to do things? What role are you speaking from, a husband?"

"No, you're not even worthy. After decades of marriage, today is the first time you're stepping into my life. And you come here to lecture me? Is it for the woman named Cherise? Is it just because she looks like the woman you love?

If that's the case, that's really quite laughable." Rita's face showed no emotion, no trace of anger or sadness.

She walked to the mirror, put on the brown coat with a fur collar that was hanging on the rack, adjusted her appearance, picked up

her expensive handbag from the shelf, and stepped out the door.

Unlike her usual calm demeanor, today Rita carried quite a bit of arrogance.

She walked straight to the black sedan parked at the door, spoke to the driver, and the car slowly drove away from the foot of Azure Peak.

An hour later, the vehicle was stopped in front of a heavily guarded mansion in the city center.

A few tall guards in uniform stood at the mansion gate, blocking the way.

One of the guards, seemingly the leader, saluted the vehicle before stepping forward to knock on the window.

The driver, somewhat intimidated by the scene outside, stammered, "Ma'am, this, this?"

Tll handle it," Rita said calmly, rolling down the window,

The lead guard approached, saluting again, "Ma'am, this place is off-limits to the general public. Please leave immediately." Rita smiled at him, "Could you please inform them that I am Rita, a good friend of Mrs. Jarrett? We talked on the phone earlier, and she insisted that I visit her here as soon as I returned to Betrico. Thank you for your trouble!"

The guard observed the old lady's refined manner of speaking, making it clear she wasn't ordinary. After briefly hesitating he said, "Alright, please wait a moment. I'll have someone notify them of your arrival."

Rita nodded at him. "Thank you for your trouble!"

She then quietly sat in the car, waiting patiently with noble grace

After about fifteen minutes, the guard hurried back, "Hello! Our lady invites you inside. Drive forward, and someone will guide you. This way, please!"

As he said this, he signaled for the gate to be opened.

Rita lifted her head to thank the guard before the vehicle drove into the estate.

Sitting in the backseat, Rita looked at the surroundings of the estate, with a hint of envy in her eyes.

The estate was very large and heavily guarded, with guards posted every few steps.

After driving for about five minutes, they arrived at a large mansion.

As soon as the car stopped, a guard opened the door for Rita and said, "Please be careful, this way!"

Rita looked around as she walked into the estate, filled with nostalgia, as if she was back in the time when she was admired by all.

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At the entrance of the mansion stood another graceful old lady, occasionally peeking outside.

Upon seeing Rita, she exclaimed, "Rita, I'm here!"

She expressed her joy and quickly came out to greet Rita.

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Rita saw her approaching and said, "Oh dear, that's not necessary, Mary, I'll come over myself. There's no need for someone of your status to come out and greet me personally."

Mary came out with a warm smile, took Rita's arm, and said, "Rita, you're treating me like a stranger now. Back when we were young, we were such good friends. Now that we're older, we still are. Why be so formal with me?"

Rita patted her hand and said, "Look at you, still as cheerful as you were when you were young. But you know, that was in the past. Nowadays, there's a difference in status.

"Do you realize your current status? Your great son is the leader of Clusia. In the past, you would have been like a member of the royal family!"

Upon hearing this, Mary burst into laughter, "Rita, it's a new era now. We don't care about those things anymore. I'm just a regular citizen of Clusia,

"Our family might stand out a bit more than others, and we pay more attention to our words and actions, but other than that, we live our lives as usual. Come on, it's your first time visiting my place, come in and have a look!" Mary Jarrett was the birth mother of Clusia's leader, Arthur Jarrett, and the grandmother of Morris on his mother's side.

Several decades ago, the Rita family and the Quinton family were closely connected noble families. However, as time passed and each went their separate ways forming their own families, they gradually lost touch. Rita followed Mary into the house, looking around at everything. It wasn't as grand as she had imagined.

Everything was quite simple and plain, much less fancy than her own mansion.

Just like Mary's style of dressing, nothing was too elaborate.

"Come, have a seat. I've prepared some coffee and snacks for you Let me know if you like them," Mary said warmly.

"Oh, I like them. I like everything you've prepared!" Rita said with a cheerful smile.

Mary took Rita's hand. "Rita, I'm so happy you came to see me. You wouldn't believe it, after so many years, you're the first friend to visit me here.

"So, how have you been lately? Oh, and where's your granddaughter? I haven't met her yet, but I've heard she's very pretty and teaches at Regalwood University."

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