PAID

Who would have thought they wouldn’t be able to meet that cunning fox, Declan? Instead, one of his men came out with an apologetic expression.

“I apologize sincerely to everyone here. Mr. Quinnell has been feeling under the weather recently. He seems to have caught a cold as it has been raining frequently for the past few days. @@novelbin@@

“I’m afraid it won’t be appropriate for him to meet all of you as he is afraid of passing the sickness to your

all.”

No one believed that excuse.