CHAPTER 18
Author: LADY E
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Mr Leonard Cooper arrived at the mansion so as not to miss out on his daughter's engagement party which was the next day.

"Where have you been Leonard?" Mrs Cooper asked.

"Honey, I told you I had a business to handle, I had to come back home because of our daughter's engagement." Mr Leonard Cooper retorted.

"Oh I didn't realize you remember that you have a family. You are always traveling outside the country, going places away from us." Mrs Cooper stated.

"It's for our family, every single thing that I do is for our our family Sarah. In case you haven't noticed, we are not as rich as Dwayne's family. We are going down every single time so I need to work hard for our social status to go up in the social ladder and everything I do is for you and the family we both built." Mr Cooper conveyed.

"Oh please you're not the only husband out there striving to make their family succeed. But, you are the one who travels the most." Mrs Sarah Cooper retorted.

"Probably that is because no husband is
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