Chapter 326

The words had only just left Mr. Jackson’s mouth when Leanna came down the stairs.

She smiled and called out. “Mr. Jackson.”

Mr. Jackson beckoned toward her. “Come, come. Have a seat.”

She walked over and sat down beside him.

He held the head of his walking cane with both hands as he spoke jovially, “Where did you arrive? I wanted to go and pick you up, but I was worried that I might cause trouble for you instead.”

“I just arrived not long ago.”

“That’s good.” While he spoke, his gaze landed on her clothes. Then, he asked puzzledly, “Why are you covered in so much dust?”

When Lloyd heard those words, he froze in the middle of picking up his teacup.

She replied, “It’s nothing. It’s just a prank Miss Crossley played on me earlier. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to change my clothes.”

Mr. Jackson scowled fiercely and glared at Lloyd. “What kind of prank?”

Lloyd laughed. “Gina was a little immature. I’ve already reprimanded her for her actions.”

Naturally, Mr. Jackson noticed that Lloyd was reluctant to speak the truth, so he turned to glare at the servant standing behind Lloyd and instructed sharply, “You! Tell me!”

“Uh… That is…” The servant hesitated for a long time and did not dare to speak.

“What did I just tell you? You even promised me so easily,

of thing will not happen again in the

out the miscellaneous items, the dust floating around the house, and the dust covering Leanna from head to toe, he had a rough guess of what had happened earlier. Therefore, he spat unforgivingly, “You’d better think about what you’ve just promised me! Otherwise, I’ll see how you can even look Sandra in the eye when you meet her

walked in and whispered something in Lloyd’s ear. Lloyd nodded in response.

Jackson queried, “Who’s

partner. You have a good eye for people. Why don’t you help

getting on in years, and my eyesight is poor. So what would I

was no reason for her to remain here under such circumstances. Therefore, she was planning to take a shower, change out of her clothes, and head to her

as soon as she made

she remained primly seated and did not show any intention

came into view. It turned

greetings with Lloyd, he glanced in

“It turns out

had a stroke of luck to meet Mr. Jackson once while I was abroad. After returning to Highside, I was also fortunate enough to visit the Jackson Family. As for Miss McKinney, I worked with President Pearson in the past. So, thanks to a series of

extremely averse to hearing Aidan’s name. So, he gestured for William to take a seat and instructed the servant to serve some tea

“I have been living abroad for many years. Upon my return, I discovered that the

So many years have passed, but you still returned to Highside

My company plans to enter the domestic market, and

seemed to be nothing more than a simple chat, Lloyd was actually trying to discern the

honest, he had already thoroughly investigated William’s background long before they agreed to cooperate. Therefore, it stood to reason that he had known that William was acquainted with Mr. Jackson. Hence,

Leanna, there was another factor between them—Aidan. The two of them had never met in private, aside from the few times they

Mr. Jackson. Nonetheless, the straightforward and candid manner in which William had answered his questions without hiding the fact that they were acquainted with each

add a few words here and there. On the other hand, Leanna was completely unable to join in their conversation. She remained in her seat, bored out

her whenever he was speaking. He seemed slightly absent-minded during those instances, but

finally over, he climbed to his feet. “Then, I’ll be taking

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