CHAPTER 124: CHAPTER 124: DIGNITY ISN’T WORTH A DIME

On the other side, Silas Sutton came out of the hotel, tugging at his shirt collar as he got into the business car parked at the entrance.

As he took his seat, the atmosphere inside the car instantly dropped to freezing point.

The driver in the front seat didn’t dare to make a sound, while Orion Xavier in the passenger seat didn’t even dare to breathe loudly.

Silas Sutton took a tie out from his pocket and tied it, then nonchalantly raised his eyes and looked at Orion Xavier, "How did the matter go?"

Facing Silas Sutton’s questioning, Orion Xavier pretended not to hear, stubbornly looking at the scenery outside the window.

Seeing this, Silas Sutton narrowed his eyes, "Orion."

Orion Xavier pressed even closer to the car window, resolutely refusing to turn his head.

Silas Sutton spoke in a cold voice, emphasizing each word, "Orion Xavier!"

Orion Xavier shivered a few times all over, suddenly turning his head, "Brother Silas."

Seeing Orion Xavier turn around, Silas Sutton stretched his long legs forward and lazily leaned back, "How did the matter go? Don’t make me ask a third time."

Realizing Silas Sutton was truly out of patience, Orion Xavier replied timidly, "I, I messed it up."

Silas Sutton, "How did you mess it up?"

Orion Xavier, "It’s really not my fault that it was messed up..."

Orion Xavier opened his mouth to explain, repeating the words he had just said to Forrest Keller, finally saying, "Brother Silas, I think that Kenneth Grant is being ungrateful, and he even suspects that his daughter is your lover..."

Orion Xavier was engrossed in his ramblings, not noticing that Silas Sutton’s expression had turned grim.

Still, it was the driver beside him who softly reminded him, calling out ’Young Master,’ and only then did he react, glancing at Silas Sutton, and abruptly falling silent.

The atmosphere inside the car was frozen for about half a minute, before Silas Sutton spoke with a stern voice, "Send two people to keep an eye on Kenneth Grant for me, don’t let him leave Portmere, and don’t let him appear in front of Stella Grant again."

Orion Xavier, "Yes."

In the hotel room, Sue Woods was eating breakfast and gossiping with Stella Grant about Silas Sutton’s romantic scandals.

"You haven’t seen it, that Charlotte Shelby acted like a shrew, not only did she physically attack the model rumored to have an affair with Silas Sutton, but also made their partners stop all commercial collaborations with that model."

"Sometimes I think, being born is such a skill in this society."

"Some people’s starting point in life is a finish line that ordinary people like us can never reach in a lifetime."

Sue Woods went on and on, while Stella Grant buried her head in breakfast, absent-minded.

After saying a few more sentences and not hearing Stella Grant’s response, Sue Woods looked up at her and called her, "Stella?"

Stella Grant looked up at the sound, "Hmm?"

Sue Woods, "Why do I feel like you seem somewhat absent-minded today?"

Stella Grant, her thoughts in chaos, managed a smile, "No, I was just up late working on revising the acquisition contract, didn’t get much rest."

Hearing Stella Grant’s words, Sue Woods nodded, without doubting anything else, "Then rest for a while after you finish breakfast."

Stella Grant, "Mm."

After breakfast, Sue Woods had several cover shoots and didn’t stay at the hotel for long. After bidding farewell to Stella Grant, she hurriedly left with Ray Woods.

After sending off Sue Woods and Ray Woods, Stella Grant tidied up the breakfast boxes on the coffee table a bit, then leaned back on the sofa, dazed.

Too many things had happened during this time, causing her life to fall off track.

First was Flynn Shepherd’s betrayal, then Silas Sutton’s entanglement, then Lynn Adler’s sudden illness, and now there was Kenneth Grant...

Thinking of Kenneth Grant, Stella Grant hugged her knees tightly.

Her feelings towards Kenneth Grant were complicated. She hated that he had abandoned her and her mother, but she couldn’t forget how, before the Grant Family’s downfall, he used to cherish her like a treasure...

This kind of emotion is like thinking the world is either black or white, and then discovering there is a color called gray.

While lost in thought, the phone next to Stella Grant suddenly buzzed twice.

She glanced down, seeing a message on the screen from Silas Sutton: Contract will be signed back in Veridia, book a ticket to return this afternoon.

Looking at the name Silas Sutton on the screen, Stella Grant couldn’t help but furrow her brows, and after a few minutes, picked up the phone to reply: President Sutton, can I take two days off after returning?

Silas Sutton: Something up?

Stella Grant: I want to go back to Brynnfield once.

Silas Sutton: Okay.

Stella Grant: Thank you.

After sending the message, Stella Grant leaned back, clutching her phone, her red lips pursed slightly.

A wrong step, every step is wrong, she should never have gotten involved with Silas Sutton back then, resulting in a tangled mess now.

She had considered leaving Sutton Group, but reality is not like an idol drama.

Facing enormous debts, facing her mother’s serious illness, pride is worthless...