The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Chapter 550

Clarisse glanced at Joseph with a disdainful look. "I'm not helping you; I just find this amusing."

Joseph still wore a smile on his face, but inside, he cursed Clarisse. "I still have to thank you, Madam Baker," he said, then looked at James.

James' expression was grim, but with Clarisse having spoken, what else could he do? He could not just throw Joseph out.

"James, aren't you going to fetch Sir Hoffman?"

"No need!" Mateo's voice came from upstairs. Mateo stood at the top of the stairs, carefully helping Maxwell down.

"Dad, take it slowly," Mateo urged.

Maxwell's sharp eyes briefly rested on Joseph before shifting away. "What brings you here today, Joseph?"

"Sir Hoffman, it's almost the end of the year, and with the new year approaching, I thought I'd come by to see you. It's been a while. How's your health?"

getting old!" Maxwell said as he slowly made his way downstairs

Joseph. "Joseph, please have a seat.

to fetch the

neither too close nor too distant, seating himself with a humble demeanor. "Sir Hoffman, you still look as

so?" Maxwell chuckled heartily, then turned to Mateo. "See, Joseph knows how to

face showed a hint of awkwardness. "Sir Hoffman, you flatter me too much. How could

nodded with a

served the tea, Joseph took

hesitated before speaking, "Actually, there's

said, his dark eyes glinting as he feigned confusion. "Are you facing some trouble,

three months ago, Collosus Group was planning to develop the West City project. I wonder if you

West City project?"

to think for

he nodded in sudden recollection. "I do vaguely recall something about that. You know, my memory isn't what it used to be-I've forgotten many

think there was something about that. What's