Jenna said seriously, "You know, Mr. Gordon doesn''t even keep up with Harbor City''s local news."This is property ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    Sophie had thought there was some deep, unspeakable reason, but it turned out he just hadn''t noticed.


    "You have no idea. The story spread all over Harbor City, even folks in Devonport heard about it. But Mr. Gordon? He hardly ever steps out of his estate, and he doesn''t care for the news! Sure, the Aldridge family likes to stay informed, but he can''t be bothered with brainpower on gossip. Somehow, the story just grew and grew."


    Jenna clicked her tongue and continued, "A few years back, Ms. Elodie visited Devonport for a couple of days. She met Mr. Gordon, and they exchanged a few polite words, probably at some dinner party-just a ''hello, how are you, he''s fine too'' sort of thing. But then some tabloid journalists snapped pictures! Rumors started flying that they had a thing going on, but in reality, Mr. Gordon probably didn''t even know about his so-called scandal."


    "So, after all that, they barely knew each other?"


    "Exactly!" Jenna shook her head with a sigh. "I honestly thought I might see Gordon, this century-old iron tree, finally bloom. But instead of peach blossoms, it was all trumpet flowers! The high-society romance I looked forward to didn''t even have a beginning before it confusingly ended."


    Hearing Jenna, Sophie couldn''t help but feel a bit disappointed too.


    If possible, she really wanted to see what it would be like if Gordon ever fell for a woman.


    "So... Gordon never liked any woman before?"


    "Not that I know of."


    Jenna gave Sophie a pretty certain answer. "Since Gordon was born, he was groomed to be the Aldridge family''s leader. I remember ying at the Aldridge estate a few times as a kid, and Gordon was always on the balcony in a lounge chair, reading. When we yed, he read; when we ate, he was still reading. Back then, I thought Gordon was a bookworm. Butter, I realized he was way quicker-witted than us. Sometimes, adults would say something, and he''d know what they''d say next. By ten, he could grasp the stock market of Aldridge Global. He was truly a prodigy."


    "What happened to Mr. Gordon''s legs, then?"


    "I was young at the time and focused on my studies, so I don''t know much But I do remember a kidnapping. After that, the Aldridge family quickly mped down on the news, and the story was soon hushed up. The next year, when we visited the Aldridge estate, Gordon had lost his legs, and no one dared ask what exactly had happened."


    Sophie was silent for a moment, considering that for a young man, losing his legs meant losing his future and everything.


    Jenna said, "Actually, the Aldridge


    family is one of Devonport''s major households. They''ve made plenty of


    enemies over the years. Not just the Aldridge family, but even your Russell family, and our Dennis


    family what business doesn''t have adversaries? I guess at that time, the Aldridge family must have driven a business into a corner, and they retaliated. For us, kidnapping and extortion aremon tactics. That time, Gordon was just unlucky, and that''s why he got hurt."


    "But with the security system the Aldridge family has, I really wonder what kind of business could kidnap Gordon."


    Jenna nodded, "I''ve been puzzled too, but that''s all I know, just that there was a kidnapping incident."