The First Heir

Chapter 42

How was he acquainted with a prominent figure like Theo Zander?

“Wait,” Philip suddenly called out.

In an instant, the group at the door froze in panic, unsure whether to stay or leave.

“Mr. Clarke, do you have any other instructions?” Harold still had a little more guts and could afford to stay composed.

“I hope you all will not speak of this incident today with anyone else. I do not wish for my daily life to be disrupted, do you understand?” said Philip.

“We understand, we understand.” Harold nodded continuously.

Philip then nodded, and the group immediately dispersed, almost running away.

After they finally got out, Jeremy took a deep breath. When they reached the entrance, they saw Lynn. Jeremy hesitated for the longest time but chose to stay quiet in the end.

“How did it go?” Lynn asked anxiously. To be frank, she was unwilling to watch her wretched cousin brother-in-law punished, so she chose to stay behind at the entrance.

Jeremy shook his head and answered, “It was okay.”

Okay? Lynn was a little confused. She noticed that her other friend had a heavy look on their faces.

“Alright, alright, let’s go for karaoke,” Jeremy suggested. Mainly because the air around them was too dense, and he was afraid that Lynn might notice something was up.

When the rest heard this, they quickly snapped back to their senses and forced a smile. “Sure, Brother Jeremy’s treat!” The group of youngsters finally left.

in no time. To be more specific, a young woman around her early twenties had been looking after

her. She’s at Sweetheart Desserts.” Theo jogged over, ignoring the

over to the dessert shop, Philip finally saw his

pounced into his arms, and as she had just experienced great grievance, she hid in her father’s embrace, holding onto his sweat-drenched shirt

as he comforted her. At the same time, he looked at

simple and clean white T-shirt with a pair of light-colored jeans and tiny white shoes. Her makeup was light, and she

so much.” Philip

up. “It’s no problem. I saw her crying alone in

so it’s good that nothing bad happened.” Silvia Hayes tucked a stray hair behind

spoke a little with Mila, Philip put her down. The

it for you.” Silvia pushed the remaining cake

in her big eyes as she looked

head and smiled. “Go ahead. Say ‘thank

Big Sister.” Mila smiled, exposing two adorable dimples before she

They did not dare to go inside in fear of scaring the little

situation from her. “Uhm, if you have time at night, please let me treat you to dinner as a token of my appreciation.” This was

and said, “There’s no need for

Just then, he received a call from his father-in-law. Philip apologized before excusing himself to take the

want to speak to you!” On the other end of the call, the older man’s behavior was awful, and he sounded

Philip braced himself and answered, “Okay, I’ll

the older man, just like that. Philip

back into the dessert shop, a shocking

of nowhere, a man appeared, holding a large bouquet of roses, looking to be

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