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.

I just tell you? You even promised

of thing

expression was dark and gloomy. Based on the servant’s statement 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 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

something in Lloyd’s ear. Lloyd nodded in response. “Let

queried, “Who’s

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

my eyesight is poor. So what

she was planning to take a shower, change out of her clothes, and head to

could have known that Mr. Jackson would tug at her lightly to indicate that she shouldn’t as soon as she made a move? His movement was

she understood his intentions, she remained primly seated and

the visitor came into view. It turned

living room. After he exchanged greetings with Lloyd, he glanced in their direction. He

slowly remarked. “It turns out that everybody is

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

to take a seat and instructed the servant to serve some tea before he diverted to the topic, “I

my return, I discovered that the place I used to live had long

Morris. So many

to enter the domestic market, and the only place I’m

and forth. Although the conversation seemed to be nothing more than a simple chat, Lloyd was actually trying to discern the

stood to reason that he had known that William was

William being acquainted with Leanna, there was another factor between them—Aidan. The two of them had never met in

William and 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 other made him

seat, bored out of her mind. She lowered her head and pulled

speaking. He seemed slightly absent-minded during

he climbed to his feet. “Then,

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