At twelve o'clock noon, Grace and her bright and beautiful Gralf family left the club and came to a block near Fifth Avenue on 92nd Street, Upper East Side.

The car stopped in front of a townhouse. After getting off the car, Grace looked at the villa in front of her, and still felt a little unwilling to give up.

The Upper East Side neighborhood near Central Park has many unique townhouses. Most townhouses cover only 5 meters wide in size and look very crowded. However, most people may not be able to own such a villa in this area after a lifetime of struggle.

The white European-style villa in front of Grace has double the floor size of ordinary townhouses. To be precise, it is a 12-by-18 pattern, with a single floor of about 200 square meters, five floors above ground, one floor below ground, a total of 1,200 square meters of internal space, and a roof garden.

This is the canary cage prepared by the little man for Gralf and his daughter.

In recent times, Grace has quietly visited this fascinating mansion more than once.

The double-spec luxury townhouse is a prime location in Central Park for a few dozen meters away. There are 35 rooms in the interior. In addition to the standard configuration, there are also a gym, a home theater, a private wine cellar and an indoor swimming pool built on the first floor of the basement.

Grace quietly inquired that a nearby villa cost as much as $21 million.

You know, it's not 7 years ago now.

During the stock market crash in 1987, Simon Westeros, who had just risen, purchased a top-floor duplex mansion on East 68th Street that overlooks Central Park. It is said that because the owner happened to be in financial difficulties, he was furious and was speculated by Westeros. The actual transaction price of the property worth $15 million was only $11 million.

According to some media reports, the total area of ​​the duplex mansion that occupies the top three floors of a building near Central Park is exactly about 1,200 square meters.

The prices of luxury houses in world-class wealthy areas such as the Upper East District have one characteristic. When the real estate environment is sluggish, housing prices in these areas will not drop too much. However, the real estate industry will recover, but the prices of top luxury houses will rise first.

Seven years have passed, and the price of a diamond-level duplex luxury house has at least doubled.

Now if you choose to sell, there will be no shortage of buyers for 30 million US dollars.

As for the townhouse in front of me, even though it has deviated from the hottest location between East 60th Street and East 80th Street, although the Spultes and his wife ushered in the second spring of their careers due to Simon, Grace felt that she could only think about it in her dream if she wanted to buy it.

A luxury house worth $20 million does not mean that you can buy it for $20 million. If you want to afford such a luxury house, your net worth must reach at least 10 times the housing price.

Grace came here a few times before, and even had the idea of ​​being a canary.

Gralf's family of three got out of the car quickly. Grace no longer felt meaningless, but she just stepped onto the villa steps silently, took out a bunch of keys from her bag and opened the door.

There are actually people waiting in the villa.

There are 11 people in total.

A female housekeeper in her forties, six maids, and four bodyguards and drivers who are also women.

These are not direct descendants trained by the Westeros family, but they are carefully selected professional backgrounds, have a perfect career record, full-time duty, and are rigorous in their oral style. Before joining the company, they have also undergone rigorous background review, psychological assessment and lie detection procedures.

Grace, who probably knew these arrangements, couldn't help asking her questions during a call.

The luxury villa in the Upper East Side is already luxurious enough. She feels that it is even a waste to arrange such a team to serve the three mothers and daughters.

Then the man said that these people were not serving the Gralf family, but serving the Westeros.

Grace figured it out later.

The positioning of Gralf and his daughter in a little man is similar to that of this villa, or the same as the sofa and coffee table in this villa, is just an object. Compared with that man may have a more fancy to such a service team.

It is still the power of the big man.

Just like Grace herself, she is nominally the vice president of Elite's North American branch, but she has done a lot of things for Simon without knowing it.

And there is no salary.

The service team in the house in front of us is actually serving the huge industry of the Westeros family. It is still just an outside world. After testing in the future, they have confirmed their loyalty and reliability. Perhaps they can go further and enter the core of the Westeros family, just like ABCD.

As for the three vases.

Thinking a little more, Grace's envy was relieved a lot.

Facing the people who were in professional uniforms in the living room, even though they recognized them as servants, even though they had never experienced such a situation in the past, the three of Gralf were a little restrained. Laura Gralf quietly looked around and looked for the figure of the owner of the villa, but a name couldn't help but appear in his mind.

Perhaps, the man who noticed her at the party did not forget this.

The leading butler walked forward and interrupted Laura Gralf's thoughts.

Grace looked at the female housekeeper in front of her again. She was about 1.7 meters tall and had the same black suit. She wore black high heels and had brown hair. Her face was not pretty, but her figure was quite charming.

It seems to be in line with the preferences of a little man.

Thinking of this, Grace introduced to Laura Gralf beside her: "Laura, this is Angry Davis, the butler of this apartment. Ann, this is Laura, and her two daughters, Cathy and Victoria."

Angeli Davis shook hands with Laura Gralf with respect while smiling, and did not forget to say hello to the two girls.

Laura Gralf was a little confused. Grace introduced herself to what the housekeeper did. Shouldn't she meet a certain male host?

However, she still obediently shook hands and greeted Angeli Davis.

After a brief greeting, Grace asked Angrey, "An, is lunch ready?"

The butler nodded: "Of course, Gray, and everyone, please come with me."

As he said that, he ordered the girls behind him and asked them to disperse themselves. Angry personally brought Grace and others to the restaurant on the first floor of the villa.

After sitting down, a maid soon served a series of hearty dishes on the dining table, and the long dining table that was enough to accommodate ten people to eat was almost filled with dazzling arrays.

Grace and other dishes were served, and Angry opened a bottle of red wine and poured it on several people. Then he sent everyone in the restaurant away and said to the mother and daughter who were already a little stunned: "Today is the first day, so I asked them to make all the dishes they are good at. You can see what you like and order them yourself in the future."

After hearing Grace say this, the three of them sitting opposite her finally came to their senses. This time, Cathy Gralf said first: "Ms. Grace, you mean, these are all for us."

Grace nodded: "So that's it."

Cathy couldn't help but look around again, with some kind of expectation that she couldn't believe: "Then, here, too?"

Grace shrugged and picked up her tableware: "You must be hungry, so eat first."

As he said that, he looked at the dishes on the table and simply called two maids to help share the meals.

The mother and daughter who had not enjoyed such a sumptuous lunch for a long time did not say much and started to move silently. It was not until an hour later that Victoria Gralf burped on the spot, put down the tableware, and was savoring the red wine in the cellar in the villa that Grace frowned and said, "Okay, don't eat it."

When the mother and daughter heard this, they paused and both obediently put down the tableware, but looked at the dining table with obvious reluctance.

Grace looked at the three girls' unreliable appearance and teased: "If you are distorted because of your greed figure in the future, even if you go out to be a call girl together, no one will fall in love with you." After saying that, she ignored the embarrassment of the family of three, stood up and said, "Come with me."

Leaving the restaurant, Grace stepped onto the stairs and headed to the rooftop garden on the top floor of the villa.

Sitting under a trellis made of green vines, the maid brought the coffee and stepped back. Grace glanced at the other three women sitting around the round table and said, "You are not fools, you probably have guessed something. Yes, this is what Mr. Westeros prepared for you."

Laura Gralf's two daughters were not very aware of the opportunity that their mother had been snatching away by Grace. When Grace said this, Cathy Gralf subconsciously said: "Simon Westeros?"

Grace nodded and glanced at Laura Gralf: "Didn't your mom tell you?"

The two girls looked at their mother together.

During this period, the relationship between mother and daughter was very stiff and they quarreled at any time. How could Laura Gralf tell them about this?

The three girls did not answer, and Grace did not ask, saying, "I will only say the next thing, ha, actually I don't want to remind you at all, because even I can't afford to live in such a house and can't enjoy the service of so many servants, so I really hope you will be driven out. However, I dare not go against Mr. Westeros' wishes."

As he said this, Grace picked up the coffee and took a sip, then continued: "You have a choice now to accept everything in front of you, and then, there are some things you think don't need me to point out."

Laura Gralf and Cathy Gralf were both silent, and Victoria Gralf, who had a little immature and tender face, couldn't help but widen her eyes: "We, three?"

Grace looked at the girl with a smile until Victoria realized that she had lost her composure and lowered her head, and then continued: "Agree, you can stay here forever and enjoy a richer life again than before. However, I think you can all figure out what to do in the future and what not to do in the future. Once you touch the red line, you will be kicked out immediately, and this time there will be no chance to live in the basement."

After saying this, Grace took out a credit card from her bag and put it on the table in front of her, saying, "You don't need to pay attention to all the expenses in the villa. This is your daily pocket money, $30,000 a month. As for whether you can buy more, it should be fine. However, I don't know what the result of overspends will be. As for other things in the villa, you can ask Angeli. Well, that's all, I still have a lot of work to do. You have to think about it one night, and give me a reply tomorrow morning, whether to stay here or continue to go back to the basement of the East Village with me."

When Victoria Gralf heard the word "basement", her little body trembled significantly.

Having been back to heaven, who is willing to return to hell?

Laura Gralf saw Grace pick up her bag and stood up, and asked, "That, Gray, we...Mr. Westeros..."

Grace understood Laura's meaning and said, "Simon is very busy. When will he meet you? Maybe tomorrow, maybe a month, or even a year later, who knows. By the way, even if you stay here, Cathy and Victoria's modeling career will continue, and there will be many projects. This is what Simon means. As for you, continue to be their assistant."

After finally explaining, Grace stopped stopping and walked straight towards the stairs.

Laura Gralf kept sending Grace to the stairs, but was stopped by the agent.

After a while, she confirmed that Grace should have left the villa, and Laura returned to the round table under the rattan rack. Then, she noticed that the credit card left by Grace on the round table disappeared and immediately glared at her two daughters: "Where is the card?"

The little daughter subconsciously looked at her sister.

Cathy Gralf got up and ran towards the stairs, Laura Gralf almost screamed and chased after him: "Caty, stop me."

The girl kept her feet: "I'll keep this card."

"I am your mother."

“FU.”

"What, what you say, say it again."

“F—U!!!”

"I'll beat you to death!"

Victoria, who was still sitting at the round table, blinked, then picked up the coffee in front of her and sipped it in a small sip, picked up the cream biscuits on the table plate, ate for a while, suddenly remembered some of the words of the agent lady during lunch, and forced herself to stop.

I stood up and looked around, and noticed that there was a ringing bell installed on the pillars of the rattan rack. I roughly understood what it was, so I stepped forward and pressed.

Soon a maid appeared on the roof and said respectfully: "Miss?"

Victoria didn't ask about her mother and sister at all, but said, "I want to sleep."

The maid asked, "Which bedroom does the lady want to sleep with?"

Victoria said without thinking: "Master bedroom, the largest one."

The maid made a gesture: "Please follow me."

Victoria walked towards the stairs and asked, "What's your name?"

The maid said, "Lisa Lockhart."

The two of them said and came to a master bedroom on the fifth floor, which was an ensuite room with a living room overlooking the street view.

Entering the bedroom, Victoria looked at the big bed that looked very soft, and suddenly felt her nose sour. She took off all her clothes on her body and threw herself on it. She buried her head in the pillow, pulled the thin blanket, twisted her body and found the most comfortable position. Finally, she looked at the maid who bent to help her tidy up her clothes: "Lisa, remember to call me for dinner."

The maid nodded: "Okay, Miss."

As he said this, Lisa sorted out the girl's clothes, shoes and socks, and looked at the big bed again. The young girl had already fallen asleep. Her slightly green face was perfect and delicate, like a sleeping beauty who was difficult to wake up.
Chapter completed!