Chapter 77 Standing On Trial

By the time Calista reached home, three hours had already passed. She was full of energy after that long nap, so she rejected Kallum's candlelight dinner offer and went straight home.

Quintus saw that Kallum dare not move for several hours just so that Calista could sleep comfortably, and his shoulders must be aching by now, so he couldn't help but say, "Ms. Stafford is a bit too..." He really wanted to say that she was too heartless in pushing Kallum aside after she had taken what she needed from him...

Even though he had not said out his actual thoughts, his eyes had betrayed how he really felt.

Kallum had taken a day off work and there must be a huge pile of work waiting for him now - who was it for? All the bodyguard cars and his car had gone round a quarter of Horington - who was that for? But Ms. Calista had rejected Mr. Kallum's simple request to have a candlelight dinner together just like that! Poor Mr. Kallum...

Kallum rolled his shoulders and threw him a dirty look.

"If you say anymore, I'll exchange you for Julian in Liberia!"

Quintus quickly shut his mouth after that. Julian Parker had sent some news back earlier, saying that Liberia was now infected with the K Virus and the government was unable to do anything about it, so there was a lot of internal conflict happening there. Going there was as good as punishing himself! No way was he going there!

Kallum saw that he was silent, and he smiled a little.

He felt that Calista seemed gentler towards him, and that wasn't just his own imagination! He had a feeling that he was going to win her over soon!

...and that's why it's often said that men's intuition isn't accurate.

When Calista got home, she noticed that the atmosphere in the house was very heavy. She hid away her good mood after getting a good rest earlier, smiling coldly as she walked in. "What's going on?"

She saw that none of the servants were around, but Benedict, Yelena and Quincy were all seated in the living room waiting for her, and she could guess what this was about.

"Callie, don't you know? The house that Grandpa and Grandma used to live in has been burnt! Burnt to the ground!"

was saying this while observing Calista's expression

just break in and get those papers, and even if she triggered the security alarm, she was family

been razed to the ground! After calling the police, the police told her that someone had set fire to the

was she going to use

everyone exchanged weird glances. They all knew that out of all of them, Calista was the one who cared most about that run down hut. But after hearing that it had been burnt to the ground, she was still able to smile and say that it happened because she was probably just not careful - it was all very strange! Benedict suddenly

where you spent the most time when you were a little girl. Now that

most filial to her grandparents, and now that everything they left behind was

burnt," Calista smiled, revealing a mouth full of pearly whites. "These things should have been destroyed after their owners passed away anyway. Is there food in the kitchen? I'm hungry." Yelena managed to snap out of her shock. She smiled stiffly and said, "Yes

before Calista turned to leave for the kitchen, she put on a poker face and asked, "Then again, there's nothing valuable in that house. How did you find out that it had been burnt down?" Benedict looked towards Quincy, and she quickly bent her

could explain further, Calista pursed her

that the house was haunted because that's where Grandpa and Grandma died. Since you suddenly went there

few words in a scary

quickly cut in to

the place where

her explanation and made

her, "Benedict, don't listen to Callie say such nonsense. Quincy is the most filial to her grandparents, why would she say something like that? Callie is the one who's saying really frightening things...tell you what, my nephew turns one

made Quincy feel guilty,

also tied together. If Callie could go out more often and build

innocent thinking,

of the first month party, Benedict brought the entire family

fearful of her stepmother. The less she

she

was rebellious and rude. Others were happy to see Quincy, but they would be judgmental towards Calista, so Calista began to hate going for gatherings, and didn't

'relatives'.

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