The Beginning Of All Sins

Ana asked Olivia as soon as she saw her come downstairs, “Why did you leave so early?”

Olivia quickly made up an excuse, “He’s busy with work.”

Ana didn’t comment on that. After a brief silence, she suggested, “You should rest.”

But Olivia replied, “I’ll stay with you since I’m free.”

Ana looked at her and said firmly, “I don’t need help here. Your job is to stay healthy for your baby and keep things good with Tyler. Don’t worry about anything else. No outsiders can interfere and stir up trouble with our family.”

Olivia didn’t respond or react.

Ana sighed, still standing there, then went back to making candles. Despite Ana’s words, Olivia stayed by her side, insisting on helping.

That night, Olivia and Tyler slept far apart in bed. Olivia pretended to sleep while Tyler was busy reading a book. She didn’t notice when he turned off the lights and eventually fell asleep from exhaustion.

The next morning, Olivia woke up to find a different maid serving her. Nina was gone.

Confused, she asked the new maid, Alisa Shannon, as she fetched clothes for Olivia to change into, “Where’s Nina?”

“She

it,” Alisa answered.

“She quit?” Olivia was surprised. All rights © NôvelDrama.Org.

She wondered if Nina left because she was scared Olivia would ask too many questions. Olivia hadn’t planned to, but now she was curious. Nina had been skilled at caring for pregnant women, so it seemed odd to replace her so quickly.

Wanting more details, Olivia asked, “Did she say why she left?”

Alisa replied simply, “No,” and continued to prepare a thick sweater jacket for Olivia.

Olivia decided she would look into it later.

Meanwhile, Tyler had left early to play golf with business directors who were his close

associates.

As they played, Alan Randolph complimented him, “You did well with the farm project. I heard it’s still under construction, but the holiday villas sold out as soon as bidding opened.”

It was unusual for properties in remote areas to sell well due to inconvenient transportation, but the Harris Group’s farm project was an exception–houses sold quickly even though construction had just begun.

“The property market hasn’t been doing great. Not many projects are doing as well as this one,” Alan added.

Tyler responded flatly, “Really? I had no idea.”

He hadn’t been closely involved with the project, having delegated it first to Jacob and then to Linda. Real estate wasn’t the main focus of the Harris Group; Tyler just saw it as a

convenient side venture.