As she spoke, she smiled disdainfully, âI wondered why he wastes his time on this kind of person.â
âExcuse me, Ms. Steward. Where are we going now?â
âGo home.â
Half an hour later, the black car was driven into the Stewards.
When Phoebe arrived home, Charles was reading a newspaper in the garden. Hearing the sound, he looked up at her and asked, âPhoebe, where have you been?â
Phoebe answered, âI... I went shopping with my friends. Whatâs up, Dad?â
Charles put down the newspaper and took a sip of the tea, âNothing. Since your engagement with the Conrad family has been called off, we donât have any relationship with them any longer. Youâd better not go to the Conradsâ Mansion in the future.â
Upon hearing it, Phoebe paused a bit, âDad...â
âI know it was Clarence Conradâs personal decision to call off the marriage and it almost had nothing to do with the Conrad family, but people will talk.
I donât want you to be gossiped in private.â
âDad, I understand what you meant. I wonât go to the Conrad family anymore in the future.â
Charles nodded, âOkay. You may leave now.â
Phoebe slightly pressed her lips. She wanted to say something but she didnât utter any word eventually. After a hum, she went upstairs.
Charles picked up the newspaper again, continuing to read the financial news today.
Since more than two months ago the Conrad family announced to call off the marriage with the Steward family, Steward Group started to suppress a few cooperated companies, which more or less made trouble for their cooperated projects with Conrad Group.
Those companies didnât have the guts to be against Conrad Group. Now, they had Steward Group as their backer, so they worked together and made some bold movements.
They had thought that they would give Clarence a heavy blow more or less and cause a certain negative impact on Conrad Group. However, Clarence didnât take them seriously at all - he directly changed the companies to cooperate in the projects decisively and quickly, causing some loss for those companies off-guard as if he had planned it long ago.
No one would want to compete against such a person.
Charles returned to his senses and folded the newspaper in half. When he was about to stand up, he saw a notice in a missing-persons column.
When he saw the photo of the notice, his expressionless face had a crack, his eyes full of disbelief.
...
âWhat did you do? Did you post the photo in a newspaper? But, nowadays, fewer and fewer people will read the newspaper. Are you sure it works?â
Looking at Sherryâs shocked face, Channing said flatly, âJust have a try.â
âThen...â Sherry lowered her voice, âHave you told Stella about it?â
âYes, I have. She didnât object.â
Sherry exhaled, âThatâs good then. I was afraid that she wasnât willing to.â
Stella looked quite easy-going, but she was extremely stubborn.
If she didnât agree to do it, nobody could convince her.
After thinking about it, Sherry noticed that Channing kept bending down his head. She said, âChan, donât overthink. Itâll be good if she can find him. If not, it doesnât matter either. Anyway, Stella is always your elder sister.â
Channing muffled, âI know.â
Sherry patted him on his back, âThen you shouldnât be so depressed. Nobody could choose their parents, but they could choose their futures. You are outstanding enough. If you didnât have any shortage, you would be way too perfect to exist in this world.â
Channing chocked up.
Right then, Winnie came in from the outside. She took off her mask, âIt seems you are quite busy today. Whereâs Stella?â
Sherry answered, âSheâs sorting out the clientsâ orders at the back. I was so worried that we wouldnât have any clients. You do you have a large network, Winnie.â
Winnie smiled. She didnât tell Sherry that almost all their clients today were working for Conrad Group.
Although Winnie also informed a lot of her own friends, most of them were busy shooting in at the filming sets or had projects in other cities. How could they rush back to City N all of a sudden?
As she spoke, Sherry was a bit worried, âBut I doubt if those clients would be our sustainable ones. If they only came here once per several years, it would be deadly boring.â
Winnie said, âNo worries, Sherry. This is just the beginning. They were informed by their friends to come cover. Later, when your studio got famous, youâll have more clients. At that time you would have your exclusive brands. Will you still be afraid of being bored?â
âIt makes sense.â
Winnie looked over at Channing, tilting her head, âHandsome, why are you ignoring me? Weâve just met yesterday. Have you forgotten me?â
Channing put down the thing in his hands. When he was about to answer, Sherry said, âJust ignore him. Heâs always like this. Otherwise, he would already have a girlfriend since heâs so good-looking.â
Channing was speechless.
Winnie raised her eyebrows, nodding slightly in agreement with Sherryâs words.
Stella walked out of the inner office and heard that they were teasing Channing. She smiled, âIâve finished sorting the orders out. Letâs go for dinner.â
Channing said, âI still have something to do in college. Iâm taking off.â
Sherry pulled him to stop, âArenât you on vacation now? What are you busy with? Besides, will you feel easy to dump such beautiful women like us?
What if we encountered someone with evil intentions when having dinner?â
...
Meanwhile, the Conradsâ Mansion.
As soon as Annie heard about calling off the engagement, Annie hopped up immediately. She said excitedly, âImpossible! I donât agree!â
Justin said, âAnnie, Iâve told you before. The marriage should be based on the affection of the couple. Youâve engaged to Mr. Jason for such a long time but there was no development in your relationship at all. It doesnât make any sense if you hang on like this.â
âItâs all because of that shameless bitch Stella. If it werenât for him, Horace would already...â
Mr. Conrad Proposes to His Ex-wife Again ï¤Chapter 160: I Donât Care What Did He Think about It An Eight-year-old Princess ï¤Chapter 1410 Go And Return Quickly Critic ï¤Chapter 105: Missing Drake âAnnie, ask yourself - even if Stella didnât exist, would Mr. Jason like your character?â Justin said in a solemn voice, âYou should know when to keep a low key. Reflect yourself. Donât just blame others for your own mistakes.â
It was the very first time that Justin blamed Annie so harshly. Instantly, her eyes were reddened in anger. She turned around and looked at Joanna as if she was asking Joanna for help, âAunt Joanna...â
Joanna didnât speak anything, looking as expressionless as usual.
Dempsey, however, echoed, âI agree with Justin. Horace Jason doesnât like you. Even if you managed to marry into the Jason family, youâll suffer.â
âUncle Dempsey, but you said differently earlier...â
âIn the past, I thought that you are young and you might be changed after getting married. Now, I realize you wouldnât change at all. Itâs better to stop loss in time rather than letting you marry Horace Jason and cause trouble every day.â
Of course, Dempsey didnât suddenly become so reasonable. As the matter of fact, he had successfully cooperated with Charles already and received powerful financial support from him. Now, the Jason family meant nothing to Dempsey.
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