BONDING MOMENT GONE WRONG?

"ARE YOU going out with Rekker today?"

Eclaire nodded politely at her father's question. "Rekker said I need jewels and other accessories, Your Grace."

Right now, she was at the entrance of the mansion while waiting for her brother.

She didn't expect that her father, the duke, would approach her.

"Then why aren't you asking me for money?"

She tilted her head to one side. "But Rekker said he'd pay for everything…"

"Rekker's money is his. As my daughter, you ought to have your own money," Duke Perkins said, then he handed her a pouch. "Here."

Eclaire accepted the pouch without thinking, then she almost dropped it because it was too heavy for her frail arms.

Then she realized something.

[These are… mini gold bars?]

Real gold bars!

[Wow!]