Take Back All She Lost novel Chapter 217

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Yvonne stood up to help Korbin calm down, pretending to glare at Wilfred in anger: “Hurry up and tell your father you don’t care about Josephine anymore.”

Wilfred lowered his eyes, his eyelids hiding his emotions from view.

“Josephine is with Thalassa Group, you can’t touch her. Even when you beat a dog, you have to consider its master, don’t you?”

“I have my own plans.”

Korbin’s decisions had never allowed for argument.

Wilfred pressed his lips together in silence, his fingers tightly clenched on his knee.

“Tomorrow at seven in the evening, you will meet the daughter of the Flynn family at Orchid Restaurant.”

“I’m not going.” Wilfred protested.

“Next, I will change Novo Tech’s production direction and strategy. The funding crisis will be resolved within three months.”

“If you dare not go, then step down as president tomorrow. Both your uncles have sons-Novo Tech doesn’t have only you as an heir.”

After saying this, Korbin left in anger.

Wilfred’s eyes drooped as he gulped down a cup of tea to soothe his parched, aching throat.

He was in the worst mood imaginable.

Yet he still hadn’t forgotten what day tomorrow was.

Josephine’s thirtieth birthday.

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At five in the morning, Josephine’s alarm went off.

Afraid of waking Natalia, she quickly turned it off as soon as she found her phone.

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Last night, a drunken Zachery had generously offered to share half his bed with her, but she didn’t accept.

She went to Natalia’s children’s room and slept with Natalia instead.

At one o’clock, she got up to check on Zachery.

At three thirty, she got up again to check on Zachery a second time.

At this moment, Natalia was still sleeping soundly on her arm, giving her a sense of being needed and responsible.

Because she was so attached to this feeling, she decided not to go running today and continued to cuddle Natalia and sleep.

When she opened her eyes again, it was almost seven o’clock.

Since it was the weekend, there was no need to get up in a hurry.

She reached over to the spot beside her, but it was empty.

Natalia was no longer in bed.

Could she have fallen under the bed?

Josephine instantly became alert, kneeling to search both sides of the bed, but saw no sign of Natalia.

She checked the bathroom, but there was no one there either.

She called out, “Natalia,” and waited a couple of seconds, but there was no response.

So she slipped on her slippers and opened the door to the children’s room.

The scene before her left her momentarily stunned.

White, translucent balloons floated in the corridor, and every meter there was a surprise box placed in the middle.

The father and daughter stood on either side of the doorway, set off two party poppers with a ‘bang bang,‘ and called out to her together with a smile:

“Welcome to thirty.”

Josephine’s almond–shaped eyes widened in surprise.

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Her heart began to race, and then she was enveloped by an overwhelming sense of surprise.

She covered her mouth, her smile blooming more brilliantly than a field of flowers.

Just a few days ago, she had told Liora about her birthday, but got so busy she forgot all about it.

It must have been Liora who told Zachery and Natalia.

They had gotten up early to set up the surprise.

Josephine felt as if she were living inside love itself.

The feeling was unfamiliar to her, so apart from smiling, she didn’t know what to say for a

moment.

Natalia shot Zachery a reproachful look:

“Daddy, I told you not to mention thirty… Women don’t like people talking about their age. Grandma never lets anyone say she’s fifty–four.”

Zachery believed Josephine wouldn’t be anxious about her age; she was open–minded, cultivated inside and out, and exuded a mature charm in every way.

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