Chapter 825

When Dailey heard the news, his voice was as cool as the steel of a blade. "A call from abroad?"

Trey nodded, "We traced it back to a public phone booth."

"Since there was no conversation and no surveillance, we can't confirm who Nelly was in contact with."

Dailey frowned slightly but didn't dwell on this minor issue for long.

As he was about to head downstairs, he found his path blocked by his parents.

His grandparents were there too.

It felt like a tribunal.

He took a seat on the armchair, legs crossed, idly flipping a lighter in his hand without a word.

The living room fell silent for a moment until Jayne decided to break the ice.

"The child isn't yours, you know that, right?"

"Yeah."

"So, what are you planning to do?"

"What do you mean, what am I planning to do?"

it. They had always prided themselves on raising him to be calculating and unemotional, immune to being swayed by feelings. But then Christine came along and turned his world

after Jayne, "I know you're planning a wedding with Nelly

her. An alliance with another family would serve

those enemies will focus

up, and smoothed out his jacket. His voice was calm but icy, "I don't need an arranged marriage. Don't plan

was wearing thin, but

for you. Using her and then casting her aside won't be so easy.

Dailey had no intentions of a lifelong commitment to

now that he knew

for show,

eyes only

Unless there's something

going to the hospital for a show isn't a waste

and war,

room was enveloped

outcome

and Christine broke up, but

Caldwell finally

find

and have her

call off the wedding

Nelly."

hesitated, "Dad, you

"If you let him have his way, he'll end

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