Chapter 288

Down in the audience, Julian's eyes settled on Madeleine. For a moment, he froze. Sure, he knew his mom liked Madeleine, but seriously… that necklace set? That was no average gift. The price of those jewels had definitely outstripped whatever short-term profit the Brindleford Village project brought in. She was actually giving it to Madeleine? "You're… giving such a priceless necklace set to an employee?" "Wait, did I hear that right?" "Mrs. Hale, you bought that set in Y Country while pregnant with your daughter, right? We all remember you saying it'd be your daughter's future dowry. And now that your daughter's been found—and she's supposedly engaged to someone from the Beach Group—this necklace…" "Yeah, how does it end up with an outsider?" Kimberly Hale ignored all the reporters' buzzing, simply smiled sweetly toward Madeleine. "Maddy, come up here." Madeleine sat stiffly in her seat, clearly caught off guard. Her nervous glance shifted toward Beckett, confusion written all over he