Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 262

"I've got something to take care of. Excuse me for a moment."

With that, Nathaniel hurried after someone and disappeared from the room.

Giselle looked after him, puzzled. She followed Nathaniel's departure with her eyes but saw nothing unusual, so she didn't dwell on it. Instead, her attention drifted to Leonard, who had stuck by her side all evening. Worry crept onto her face.

"That deal with the Forest Team fell through before we even had a chance to discuss it. I thought maybe Lysander and Mr. Whitmore had some kind of misunderstanding. I was hoping to help smooth things over at tonight's party, but I didn't expect Mr. Whitmore to be so... difficult."

Her voice was tinged with concern.

"Falcon Technologies and The FM Group are in the same industry. The two companies are bound to cross paths again and again, so if there's any bad blood, it's best to clear the air sooner rather than later."

She glanced sideways at Leonard, still silent as ever, and gently probed, "You've been with Lysander for years. You must know what happened between them, right...?"

She didn't get to finish before Leonard cut in coldly, "You'll have to ask Mr. Montgomery, Ms. Harvey."

He shut her down with a single sentence.

put him in a foul mood. Giselle had

own.

Leonard, loyal to Lysander since high school, would know something. She'd made several attempts

have to think of

were trying to cozy up, others were fishing for details about her relationship with Chairman

With his recent absence from public events and Leonard-famously tight- lipped-handling all business matters,

side and her shareholding in the company, no

were

Montgomery tying the knot? Be

sparkled as she smiled, responding to each person with grace. The earlier unease had

nowhere to be seen. Without the Forest Team backing her, no one paid her any mind-clearly, she'd made a

was elegantly

long, pale fingers under

doorway, "So this is where you've been hiding! No wonder

Forrest ignored the man.