“Fortunate? Nonsense! He nearly brought the Shaffer Family to its knees!”
Stephen’s angry shout reverberated in Seth’s ears. He slowly opened his eyes, and
outside the window, the view had shifted to the roses near the mansion.
The car door swung open, and as Seth stepped inside, he quickened his pace.
Upon entering the living room and just as he was about to head upstairs, the butler
approached him.
“Mr. Shaffer, why have you just returned?”
Seth furrowed his brow and nced towards the stairs. “Is something wrong?”
“Miss Symons left a while ago.”
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His heart sank upon hearing that, and he looked upstairs sharply,
“Where did she go?”
“She moved back to her original ce.” The old butler sighed and gestured as he spoke.
Suddenly, he remembered something in his hand. “Oh, she left something behind.”
With that, he handed the blue box to Seth.
“Miss Symons said it was something you lent her temporarily...”
Seth’s gaze fell on the box in front of him. Without opening it, he already knew wha
was inside.
He found it slightly amusing but was leaning more towards getting angry.
She acted swiftly. After visiting her mother, she returned with a clear intention to sever
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ties with him.
He understood what Spencer had discussed. He could sense it even during his time in
Bleaktown. After an entire night, he simply wanted to see how Isabe would handle
things.
He had imagined so many scenarios, but it turned out to be surprisingly
straightforward.
Alright, that’s just great, Seth thought.
“Mr. Shaffer?”
The old butler sensed something was amiss in his expression, so he couldn''t resist
asking.
“Throw it away.”
Seth averted his gaze, brushed past the old butler, and ascended the stairs.Content is property of N?velDrama.Org.
The old butler was startled. He exchanged a nce with Jordan and quickly put the
item away respecifully.
Upstairs, Seth entered the study room with a stern and expressionless face. He opened
hisptop without hesitation and proceeded with the postponed meeting.
He remainedposed throughout and calmly rejected two wed ns.
His easygoing nature, which one would think would be a relief, ended up making
everyone in the meeting more anxious instead.
After the meeting, Ariana initiated a private chat and asked him, “Seth, is something
wrong?”
Seth didn’t turn on his camera and coldly replied, “It''s working hours.”
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With that, he hung up abruptly.
The sudden disconnection of the video call made the room feel ufortably quiet.
He closed his eyes, feeling the urge to break something, but found nothing to release
his frustration on.
As his emotions built up and he had nowhere to vent, the untimely ringing of the phone
only added to his irritation.
He swiped to answer without bothering to check the caller.
“Seth.” The caller was Leonard.
With his eyes closed, Seth simply responded in a t tone.
“Seth, is there any avable space at
yourpany’s property in Rise
Residence?”
The keywords caught his attention, and sell stantly opened
opened his eyes.
“What are you nning?”
“Courtney wants to get a fully
furnished apartment nearby. It’s
convenient for her to go The content
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to the newly opened store.” Leonard
chuckled nervously. “! want to live
next door to
her.
Seth remained silent.
Leonard thought he was annoyed and couldn''t help but continue, “I really want to get
back together with her. Can you help me this time for the sake of my sincerity?”
Seth took a moment before unexpectedly saying, “Sure.”
“Huh?”
Leonard was briefly stunned. “Really? Fully furnished, and two apartments?”
“Yeah.”
Leonard was instantly overjoyed and started to tter him excessively over the phone.
But halfway through, Seth, showing little courtesy, abruptly ended the call.
The heavy atmosphere lifted slightly as he reached for his phone to call Rise
Residence’s sales department.