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

of thing will not happen

earlier about cleaning 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

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

Jackson queried,

eye for people. Why don’t you help

eyesight is poor. So what would I know

here under such circumstances. Therefore, she was planning to take a shower, change

lightly to indicate that she shouldn’t as soon as she made a move? His movement was so slight that Lloyd failed to notice

she remained primly seated and did not

while later, the visitor came into view. It turned

with Lloyd, he glanced in their

“It turns

as he said, “I 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

tea before he diverted to the topic, “I heard that you were

name of a place. “I have been living abroad for many years. Upon my return, I discovered that

looks like you’re a person of nostalgia, Mr. Morris. So many years have passed, but you still returned to Highside

about nostalgia. My company plans to enter the domestic market, and the only place I’m

the two men flowed back and forth. Although the conversation seemed to be nothing more than a simple chat, Lloyd was

be honest, he had already thoroughly investigated William’s background long before they agreed to cooperate. Therefore, it stood to reason that he had

them had never met in private, aside from the few times they had met each other. So, in all likelihood, there was no

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

Mr. Jackson would occasionally 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

was speaking. He

to his feet. “Then, I’ll be taking my leave

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