Chapter 319



Ernest's eyes suddenly narrowed, and I instinctively tightened my grip on him. "Really?"

"Why would you think that?" he countered.

I was about to tell him it was something Jacqueline mentioned when, from a distance, Susie's voice called out to me, "Hey Licia, your phone's been ringing off the hook."

She was hurrying over, even though she shouldn't be running with her weak heart.

"Got it, I'm on it," I said, sliding off Ernest's lap and rushing over to Susie.

The caller was Jacqueline, and she'd tried several times. It seemed she had something urgent to discuss.

"Jacqueline," I answered the phone.

"Felicia, why haven't you been answering? Is everything okay?" Jacqueline asked, her voice laced with anxiety.

"No, I just didn't have my phone on me."

She let out a sigh of relief. "I got so worried, imagining all sorts of things."

keep it with me next time," I promised, then asked,

so furious," came Jacqueline's indignant

but chuckle. "Who's got you riled

he upset me, I'd have his head," Jacqueline's fierce side was

the Wagner family. As long as I had ties with the Wagners, Conrad's name would inevitably weave into

did he do this time?" I

us because of that woman, and now he's

was Herschel who wanted

the situation without needing to pry further. "Jacqueline, he's probably just

the Wagner family for good," Jacqueline's words made me

he say to

told him to take care of

left the company in his hands, and made him promise to look out for

It's clear, he wants nothing to do with us anymore,"

was at a

their family matters,

I had with Ernest on the plane, I ventured,. "Jacqueline, maybe he just spoke in anger, or maybe...

reasons."

she retorted sharply, "What reasons could he possibly have other

speechless

just trying to

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