Azure was skeptical of Christina’s words. To prove she hadn’t made a mistake, she immediately dialed Barnaby’s number, only to find that his phone had been unreachable.
Unwilling to give up, Azure summoned Chandler and asked, “Did something happen to Old Mr. Stone? I haven’t been able to reach him on his phone.”
The butler, who had just spoken to Barnaby, knew that there was only one reason why no one answered the phone: Barnaby was ignoring her on purpose.
He replied calmly. “Perhaps he’s busy.”
Since Barnaby was on vacation, he had left Stone Corporation in Sheridan’s hands. No matter how busy Barnaby was, he could definitely still spare a moment to answer her call.
Although Azure was almost convinced by what Christina had said, she couldn’t give up completely without having witnessed it personally first.
“Deliver a message to Old Mr. Stone. I wish to meet him in person.”
“All right. I will convey your message as soon as possible.”
“That’s not enough. I must meet him latest by tomorrow.”
“I will do my best. I suppose you understand Old Mr. Stone’s temperament well. He dislikes others disturbing him during his vacation.”
He actually thinks that I’m being unreasonable?
Azure’s frustration caused a pang in her heart. However, she couldn’t afford to have a falling out with Barnaby’s subordinates at this point.
met Barnaby, she would have various
tidied up, you may leave,” ordered Azure as she turned
summoned the caretaker in to clean up the mess on the floor before silently leaving
Barnaby in the hospital corridor. “Mrs. Hadley visited half an hour ago. They had a
past, he would have been so overjoyed that he
he had loved in the past to jeopardize his family’s reputation or undermine his authority in
meet her. Let her rest well. If she
“Understood.”
about Barnaby’s refusal to meet her. She threw such a huge tantrum in the hospital ward that news
was not
masqueraded as a virtuous wife and mother for so many years. Now that everyone knew that Nigel was an illegitimate child, she would become a
that almost half of the news headlines
said, then turned to leave. Shortly after, he returned with an exquisitely designed invitation card.
generous gift. The Stone family is quite prominent in Hallsbay. Since I’ve only recently taken
a chance for Christina to expand her social network. She would
Stone family’s birthday banquet. If she attended, she would be
hope they won’t
be attending the Stone family’s banquet as well,” said
had last seen Nathaniel, so the news filled her with uncontrollable delight. “Will he be
Erihal is settled without a hiccup, Mr. Hadley will
like to be alone for a while,” Christina dismissed Lyle and immediately dialed
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