The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 489

She remembered that name.

Just a couple of days ago, while on a call in the cafeteria, Kent had mentioned the name — who seemed to be some drifter.

Marian couldn't for the life of her figure out what a drifter had to do with her dad.

Driven by curiosity, she sneaked closer to the door and pressed her ear tight against it.

She had no clue what was being said on the other end, but she heard Dennis instruct, "No matter what, we've gotta keep on with the 'live staking' as planned for Jerry's thing."

Marian's face went stone-cold.

Being in the biz, she knew all too well what 'live staking' meant-burying someone alive in the bridge piers, a human sacrifice.

The name Jerry rang a bell; he was the foreman for the Star Dempsey Architects' Zenitha-style resort project.

She wasn't hands-on with this project, but Don would spill the beans on the progress every fortnight at the meetings, and the company bulletin board had all the details on the project leads, so she was no stranger to the name.

But what she couldn't wrap her head around was how her dad got mixed up in this gig.

She was in the know about some hiccups the project faced a while back; it was hitting snags, so probably Jerry was banking on 'live staking' to break the deadlock and get the ball rolling again.

Since her dad and Starlight Group were at loggerheads, the fact that Starlight Group hit a wall should be music to his ears, so why on earth would he lend a hand?

A sinister hunch started taking shape in Marian's head.

Dennis was aiming to fan the flames to take down both Starlight Group and Brandon.

Her heart hammered at the thought.

now quiet. It seemed that Dennis was done with his call,

the sound of it opening echoed behind her. Hastily slipping on her shoes and putting on a composed face, she yanked the door open, pretending to have just come in

room, Dennis emerged from the hallway, and they

Dennis' brows furrowed slightly.

a calm and surprised look, Marian blurted out, "Dad? Not heading

off," Dennis replied, eyeing her, "Why'd you come back so early

all alone at the hotel, and wanted to come back and keep

smile. "And here I

spoke, he made himself

the Frost family was where I was born, but you and mom are the

daughter, "You and mom

"You remember that, huh?"

his shoulder, and the other absent-mindedly striking her thigh. Marian stiffened slightly; her smile

look; his hand on her thigh was perhaps just a subconscious gesture, but the

Marian felt queasy.

to

loving and caring, but his actions over the past couple of

these untimely touches, everything

made her recoil from and dread contact with Dennis, which made her situation within

they were her loving family; on the other, these pure familial

image of

as Yolanda, she didn't hesitate. When

fewer interactions with him would help preserve the fatherly image in

video calls,

face-to-face meeting since

few days, so much so that she'd forgotten Dennis' possibly