The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 553

"Pandora must really be something," Henrietta said, honestly impressed. A woman from such a powerful family, still working hard as a doctor—it was admirable.

Out of all the younger people in the James family, Claire was probably the only one following in Pandora’s footsteps. But the irony? Claire wasn’t even their real daughter.

"Pandora is amazing," Octavia replied. Of course, she wouldn’t say anything negative about Pandora in front of possible future in-laws.

"Henrietta, why don’t you two take a look at the menu? I’ll call Lance and see where he is," Octavia said, handing them the menu, clearly eager to change the subject.

Henrietta and Mabel didn’t know the full story, but since Octavia had moved on, they started looking over the menu too. Truth was, neither of them really cared for Western food, but since they were guests, they kept their preferences to themselves and chose something simple.

Octavia stepped aside and dialed her son. "Lance, where are you?"

Lance, on the other end, had no clue why his mom was being so insistent about this dinner. He had other plans, but they’d been tossed aside. It wasn’t that he was scared of Octavia, she’d just keep blowing up his phone until he showed up, and he didn’t want to deal with that.

"I’m almost there. Just parking," he grumbled, not really excited about whatever his mom was up to. He parked the car and headed for the restaurant.

The minute he walked in and saw Octavia wasn’t alone—not just her, but also a middle-aged woman and a young girl—something clicked. Was this a setup? A blind date? Seriously?

His first instinct was to turn around and walk right back out, but Octavia spotted him right away.

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