Inside was an embroidered silk tapestry—a vivid and intricate “Hundred Deities Blessing Scroll.”
It was clearly something Ashlyn had poured months of effort into, hand-stitched with care and reverence.
Moved to tears, Arnold gently opened the second gift.
Inside was the heirloom jewelry set his wife had gifted her when she married into the family.
The moment those jewels were revealed, the room fell dead silent.
Everyone in high society knew what it meant when a woman returned her in-laws’ ancestral jewelry.
Before Arnold could react, Michael—face dark as storm clouds—strode toward the third gift.
Just as expected, he tore it open with frozen hands.
