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.

ground hard and rebuked angrily, “What did I just tell

I promise that this kind of thing will not

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

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

queried, “Who’s

You have a good eye for people.

on in years, and my eyesight is poor.

for her to remain here under such circumstances. Therefore, she

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

understood his intentions, she remained primly seated and did

later, the visitor came into view. It

living room. After he exchanged greetings with Lloyd, he glanced in their direction. He was as polite as ever.

and he slowly remarked. “It turns out that everybody is acquainted with

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

name. So, he gestured for William to take a seat and instructed the servant to serve some tea before he diverted to the topic, “I heard that you were born in Highside, Mr. Morris. Which part of Highside did

Upon my return, I discovered

Mr. Morris. So many

plans to enter the domestic market, and the

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

it stood to reason that he had known that William was acquainted with Mr. Jackson.

them—Aidan. The two of them had never met in private, aside from the few times they had met each other. So, in all likelihood, there was no connection between

between 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 relax and let his

the other hand, Leanna was completely unable to join in their conversation. She remained in her seat, bored out

He seemed slightly absent-minded during those instances, but those

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

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