Alessa took the key and was about to go upstairs when she remembered something that she had never had a chance to ask.
“Curtis, would you… I just… Who was Mr.Sterlin’s mother? Why did she have a property in Chicago? The house is so large and dignified, was she from a wealthy family?”
"Didn't Mr. Sterling tell you?" Curtis smiled.
"How could Mr. Sterling tell me that? He is my boss, and I am the subordinate,” Alessa played the fool.
Curtis did not push her. His smile slightly fainted, and he looked a little sadder. "Mr. Sterling's mother, may God rest her soul, came from the Cavendish family. Her ancestral home is in England."
Cavendish.
Alessa’s eyes moved slightly. She could guess what the name meant.
The Cavendish family had been one of the richest and most influential aristocrati
