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!"

this while observing Calista's expression

papers, and even if she triggered the security alarm, she was family too so Calista couldn't say anything. It wasn't as if she

After calling the police, the

to use to find a

of them, Calista was the one who cared

where you spent the most time when you were a

to her grandparents, and now that everything they left behind was gone, Calista's reaction was

owners passed away anyway. Is there food in

in that house. How did you find out that it had been burnt down?" Benedict

could explain further, Calista pursed her lips into

that's where Grandpa and Grandma died. Since you suddenly went there for no reason, aren't you afraid of

said the last few words in a scary low voice, sending chills

in to

never said anything like that! How can the place where Grandpa and Grandma

listen to her explanation and made her way to

she say something like that? Callie is the one who's saying really frightening things...tell you what, my nephew turns one month old in a few days, let's bring Callie along to the party at my parents' place.

words hadn't just made Quincy feel guilty, he felt guilty too. "Sure,

could go out more often and build a good relationship with the Langleys, it

knew about Benedict's innocent thinking, she would probably have

day of the first month party, Benedict brought the entire family along as previously

past, Calista would try to avoid having to go out because she was fearful of her stepmother. The less she interacted with her stepmother, the

that she

be judgmental towards Calista, so Calista began to hate going for gatherings, and

'relatives'.

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