Chapter 77 Cheap?
<Chapter>Chapter 77 Cheap? </Chapter>
Alice had casually thrown it away.
After ending the call, Adrian summoned all the household staff to the grand room of the villa. May, a timid servant, hesitantly voiced her confusion. "Mr. Howard, I didn't know. I just went upstairs to clean up the trash..."
Adrian's countenance remained as frosty as a winter's morning. "Ms. Cullen said the tie was too cheap and threw it away."
The room fell into a silence that seemed to last an eternity. Lora, another servant, stole a glance at Adrian's stern face, the displeasure etched there was as clear as day. Adrian's laugh was devoid of humor, a mere sneer. "Cheap, you say?" May, her hands trembling, confirmed, "That... that was Ms. Cullen's word, sir." Adrian's mind was filled with memories of Alice's soft, delicate voice, her eyes sparkling with clarity. "Do you like it?" she had asked. Ever since his return from Verono, Adrian had struggled to find traces of Alice's once gentle and considerate demeanor. Adrian reached out, his fingers brushing the empty space where the tie once hung. He murmured to himself, a self-deprecating tone in his voice, "Lora, do people change?" Lora, her gaze lowered, responded, "Mr. Howard, perhaps Ms. Cullen was merely having a bad day." Adrian's response was a cold snort. He abruptly stood, instructing Lora, "Give May three months' salary and ask her to leave." "Mr. Howard!" May's protest fell on deaf ears as Adrian had already turned and briskly walked away. Lora handed May the promised compensation, assuring her, "I won't report this incident to the domestic service system. You needn't worry about it affecting your future employment." May pleaded her case to Lora, "I really didn't throw away Mr. Howard's tie. It was Ms. Cullen who threw it away. She said the tie was too cheap for Mr. Howard's wardrobe and threw it away. As a servant, I was just following Ms. Cullen's instructions..." Lora nodded, offering a compromise, "I'll give you an additional two months' salary, and we'll keep this matter to ourselves." Lora had noticed a change in Ms. Cullen's behavior of late. Her moods were unpredictable, and she had become increasingly difficult to communicate with. She was not the same Ms. Cullen they had known.
This realization startled Lora, causing her to clutch at her chest. But she couldn't afford to dwell on it. The affairs of the wealthy were not her concern. She was a mere employee and didn't want to risk her job over it. Lora had just returned to the living room when Alice's call came through. "Ms. Cullen, how may I assist you?" "Is Adrian angry?" Alice's question was prompted by Adrian's cold tone when he had hung up the phone. Lora, careful not to reveal too much, reassured her, "Ms. Cullen, you're overthinking." After ending the call, Alice was left with a sense of unease. It was just a cheap tie she had thrown away. How could it compare to the one she had purchased for Adrian today, which cost thousands of dollars! Alice had noticed a change in Adrian's behavior since she had thrown away his green tie the previous week. He had been distant, brushing her off with excuses of work whenever she called. She couldn't understand what was so special about that tie. Adrian's indifference frightened Alice. Her period had been delayed for several days, and a test strip confirmed her suspicion - she was pregnant. Since her return, Adrian hadn't been intimate with her. The child was Carlos'. Alice had been with Carlos more than once, and now she was ten weeks pregnant. Filled with anxiety, she retreated to the small terrace, ensuring she was alone before dialing Carlos' number. She didn't know who to confide in. If Avery and Curtis discovered that the child she carried was another man's, they would surely tear her apart.
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