Chapter 289

Clara Calloway quickly covered her face while saying, “No, nothing! I might just be feeling a bit hot.”

“Hot? Could it be hot in this weather? Besides, we have air conditioning in the office.” After suddenly connecting the dots, Ricardo replied, “Hold on, did Mr. Melendez just drop by?”

.. Clara wished she could find a hole and crawl into it right now.

www “Did I guess right?” Ricardo still hadn’t entirely grasped the situation, mumbling to himself, “Mr.

Melendez is really something, leaving just now but to have me come to ask you what you want to eat.”

“Well…I’m not hungry, and I don’t feel like eating anything. You go ahead! No need to bring me anything.” Clara tried her best to change the subject.

“Mr. Melendez might not be happy about that! You should eat something! We’re going to do a site inspection this afternoon. Are you coming?”

“Yes!” Clara blurted out, remembering her current situation, “Um…maybe not today. I’ll go next time.”

Seeing her react this way, Ricardo felt a bit thrown off.

He initially thought Clara would come along. After all, she seemed really keen on it before.

“Okay.” Ricardo turned around and walked out of her office. At the door, he suddenly realized!

Earlier…maybe Mr. Melendez and Ms. Calloway did more than just kiss, which is why Ms. Calloway’s face turned red. So perhaps Ms. Calloway is feeling a bit weak now, so she declined!

Ricardo clapped his hands.

“Why didn’t I think of that earlier? Good heavens…this, this is too exciting…”

Taylor Atwood was restless in his office.

He didn’t even feel like holding today’s meeting because Leah had sent him some surveillance footage from the hospital.

In the video, Clara was tugging at his mother’s sleeve, pleading with her, only to be pushed down again and again. And then she got up, pleaded again, and got pushed down again…

He was all too familiar with his mother’s figure and had a tech person confirm that the footage wasn’t doctored.

So Clara really did a lot for him back then.

Taylor suddenly got up, and his secretary immediately asked, “Mr. Atwood, what’s wrong?”

“Cancel the meeting, I need to go home.”

“Huh?” The secretary looked troubled, “The meeting today is quite important. It’s been postponed several times already. It’s not suitable to reschedule it again!”

“Then you hold it in my place.”

The secretary quickly waved her hands, “No way, Mr. Atwood! I’m just a secretary; taking over like this will raise suspicion! Our company is already in a shaky situation, with all sorts of speculation from the outside. It’s really not suitable for any more rumors.”

Taylor frowned, “Anyway, I have to go. You deal with the rest.”

Ignoring any objections, he just walked out.

Behind him, the secretary called Teresa.

“Mr. Atwood just left quickly; he said he needed to go home! We can’t cancel the meeting now. What should we do?”

“Don’t panic; I’ll talk to him when he returns! He might be dealing with some mental problems. I’ll help him sort it out.”

“That’s great!” The secretary sighed in relief and then said, “I’ll wait for your news.”

After hanging up the phone, she was still worried and informed the assistant below, “Tell the shareholders that the meeting might be delayed for a while. Mr. Atwood is not feeling well. He will be back after seeing the doctor.”

“Okay, I understand.”

Taylor sped home in his car.

Teresa was already waiting for him at the door. When he arrived, she asked, “Son, what happened?”