anwhile, at the Heburn Family.
Riandy Heburn had been anxiously waiting for a reply from Nathalie Quinlan ever since he sent her a text ssage.
But no matter how long he waited, there was no reply from her.
Riandy Heburn was getting a bit anxious.
By the next morning at nine-thirty, he couldn’t wait any longer. With a nervous and uneasy feeling, he once again retrieved the girl’s phone number and tentatively composed another text to send.
[Ms. Quinlan, this is Riandy Heburn. I’d like to invite you for lunch. Are you available this afternoon?]
He sent the edited ssage and took a deep breath.
Imdiately, his phone beeped.
Relieved, Riandy Heburn thought Nathalie Quinlan had seen his text and replied to him. He sighed in relief and quickly picked up his phone to check.
His face felt as though he had been slapped.
His face flushed with anger as a fit of indignation surged to his head.
There was indeed a text notification on his phone, but it wasn’t Nathalie Quinlan’s reply, it was a notification.
A notification that the ssage he had just sent was rejected.
With trembling hands holding his phone and his pupils contracting several tis, Riandy Heburn was racking his brain trying to figure out how to contact Nathalie Quinlan.
Then Celine Tucker’s phone call ca through.
At first, when Riandy Heburn saw an unfamiliar number calling, he didn’t intend to pick up.
After thinking for a mont, he picked up the call impatiently, "Hello."
Celine Tucker had gone to the detention center to see Caryn Zachmann yesterday, and she hadn’t slept well since coming back, spending the morning pulling a lot of strings to get Riandy Heburn’s number.
She was also full of unease at this mont.
Upon hearing Riandy Heburn’s voice, she cautiously started, "Mr. Heburn? Hello. I’m Caryn Zachmann’s mother, Celine Tucker. I apologize for calling you so abruptly, but here’s the thing, I want to apologize on behalf of my daughter. We’re in the wrong this ti, and we’re willing to bear all the consequences."
"It’s just... just Mr. Heburn, could you be generous and let Caryn go this ti? She’s still young and has a long life ahead. I... I beg you, I earnestly beg you to give her a chance. If you’re willing to let her go, I will repay your kindness tenfold..."
Celine Tucker’s words over the phone were sincere, with a hint of sobbing in her voice, showing she was left with no choice.
"Are you Mrs. Zachmann?" If she had called a day earlier, Riandy Heburn would have hung up without a second thought, not wanting to hear her talk.
Yet, the Heburn Family had faced setbacks these past few days.
All their strongholds in Beijing were taken down by Jeremiah Bonette and his people.
Their backing also hastily returned to Inderia, demanding him to find a way to recover the goods!
And the only way to get those goods back was by finding Nathalie Quinlan!
Nathalie Quinlan had blocked him.
Didn’t care about him at all.
Riandy Heburn was on edge, desperate for a solution, and hadn’t expected Celine Tucker to co calling.
"You want to reconcile?"
Celine Tucker couldn’t decipher his aning and stamred, "Of course, I want to reconcile with Mr. Heburn, but I also know Caryn has made a terrible mistake this ti. It’s our fault, and I don’t dare hope for Mr. Heburn’s forgiveness..."
Riandy Heburn had no patience to listen to her any longer and interrupted her, straightforwardly: "I want to reconcile, too. Mrs. Zachmann, where are you now? I’ll co to you imdiately so we can sign an agreent."
...
At the Zachmann Family’s villa.
Celine Tucker could hardly believe her ears.
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