CHAPTER 227: CHAPTER 225: COULD IT BE GRACE RETURNING?

At this moment, the office door was knocked on. At this time, only Elijah Reed would come, so he calmly said, "Come in."

Sure enough, the person who entered was Elijah Reed. He had come to the office earlier, but Liam Spencer wasn’t there.

This time, he only came on a whim, and unexpectedly, he was indeed there.

Looking at Liam Spencer’s exhausted appearance, Elijah Reed felt sorry for him but also blamed him.

Of course, he only blamed him in his heart.

Liam Spencer saw Elijah Reed staring at him silently, lazily lifted his head, and asked, "Is there something you need?"

Elijah Reed heard the question and was somewhat annoyed, thinking, how can the BOSS act like nothing’s wrong after the huge hassle tonight? Doesn’t he care about Miss Maya?

Therefore, he didn’t speak kindly, saying, "I just came from Miss Maya’s villa."

Hearing Elijah Reed’s unfriendly tone, Liam Spencer raised his head to glance at him. Elijah Reed’s gaze weakened immediately.

Then he continued to report, "Miss Maya’s mood is very unusual."

Only then did Liam Spencer ask, "What’s wrong with Maya?"

"Regarding tonight’s events, Miss Maya didn’t get angry. She merely announced to the reporters that the engagement was canceled, and her mood is very stable—even able to laugh and talk. She meticulously organized the BOSS’s clothes at her house, packed them into four large suitcases, and asked me to send them back to the BOSS’s apartment. Throughout the process, Miss Maya didn’t get angry at all; she even smiled at me and comforted me. I find it very peculiar." Elijah Reed deliberately emphasized Maya’s lack of anger because he felt this was the scariest part.

If she had gotten angry, he could have understood. But being this calm can only mean one thing: her heart is already dead, or she never liked the BOSS from the beginning and felt it was a relief. Elijah Reed guessed that the latter possibility was more likely.

Upon hearing Elijah Reed’s report, Liam Spencer felt a sudden, inexplicable pang in his heart. He couldn’t imagine how overwhelmed Maya must have felt facing the entire engagement scene alone.

Despite feeling heartache and guilt for his absence today, what’s done is done. Moreover, his mood was very chaotic now; he couldn’t face Maya calmly.

So, he calmly said to Elijah Reed, "Mm! I understand."

"BOSS, aren’t you going to visit Miss Maya to explain things to her?" Elijah Reed had strong objections to Liam Spencer’s indifference.

"I have matters to handle right now. I’ll talk to Maya tomorrow." Perhaps feeling overly guilty, he actually explained himself to Elijah Reed.

Elijah Reed was disappointed upon hearing Liam Spencer’s words. He believed that the BOSS should go to Miss Maya resolutely, comfort her a bit, and immediately hold a press conference to explain his absence’s reason, instead of sitting in the office, allowing the injured party to wallow in resentment and disappointment!

Elijah Reed was unwilling, unwilling for Liam Spencer to do nothing.

Therefore, he took a deep breath and delivered words that he hadn’t planned to convey.

He said, "BOSS, Miss Maya asked me to pass a message to you: She said this time she was careless, admitted defeat, and is willing to accept her loss."

Upon hearing the message conveyed by Elijah Reed, Liam Spencer felt an instant swelling of heartache, so bad it felt as if he might die. He swallowed and wanted to say something but hesitated.

Finally, he took a long breath, pretended calm, and said, "I understand. You’ve worked hard tonight, go home!"

Seeing Liam Spencer’s helplessness, Elijah Reed didn’t persist but couldn’t understand what had happened that could make even the BOSS so depressed?

After leaving Liam Spencer’s office, he didn’t go home but returned to Maya’s villa.

Initially, he intended to convey some information and tell Maya that the BOSS genuinely ran into issues, which is why he was absent.

However, to his disappointment, Maya had already left the villa and moved into an apartment. Sister Taylor wouldn’t give him the apartment’s address, so he had no choice but to return home.

Because of all this, he suffered from insomnia, worried about Liam Spencer and Maya.

Not long after Elijah Reed had left, Christopher Scott’s call came through to the chairman’s office of Owen Clan Group.

Liam Spencer hung up the call several times, and that fellow kept harassing him via the office’s internal line. Helplessly, he had no choice but to answer the phone.

Once the call was connected, he impatiently shouted, "Aren’t you annoying?"

Christopher Scott automatically ignored his impatience, got straight to the point, and asked, "Are you seriously planning to abandon your sweetheart? If you don’t want her, I’ll chase after her."

He deliberately used an agitating method because in his heart, apart from Seven, there’s no room for other women.

Hearing Christopher Scott’s threat, Liam Spencer coldly warned, "Go ahead, try!"

"I was just joking, but is it because Grace is back that you’re caught in a dilemma?"

Listening to Christopher Scott’s question, Liam Spencer took a long breath, coldly said, "Grace won’t be back."

"Won’t be back?" Christopher Scott only half understood.

Until Liam Spencer suddenly hung up his phone did he come to a sudden realization, muttering to himself, "She wouldn’t be deceased, would she? Damn!"

Instantly, Christopher Scott was stunned, feeling that his guess was quite likely. Otherwise, Liam Spencer wouldn’t be so downcast.

At 6:15, fifteen minutes before the engagement banquet, Lydia Jones suddenly appeared in front of him, smiling and saying, "Liam Spencer, can I talk to you?"

For a moment, Liam Spencer was dumbstruck. Ever since Grace broke up with him, the Jones family had basically disappeared and no longer appeared in S City.

Therefore, he was quite surprised!

Originally, he intended to refuse Lydia Jones, but she smiled and said, "There are some things I need to tell you right away. My sister never thought about leaving you; she was just powerless to be with you."

Lydia Jones brought Grace up and suddenly hit him with a bombshell. Liam Spencer was astonished.

He contemplated for a moment, raised his left hand, looked at the time on his watch, and seriously said, "I’ll give you 10 minutes."

"Okay!" the girl said.

But after following Lydia Jones to the tea bar, he never returned to the banquet hall.

Even sitting blankly in the tea bar, even knowing that someone was awkward, fearful, and at a loss, he remained indifferent.

He didn’t go to rescue her, didn’t provide her with a sense of security, but instead sat foolishly in the tea bar, reminiscing about the information Lydia Jones brought him.

She said that 6 years ago, her sister didn’t intentionally break up with him and didn’t intentionally make him feel hurt.

She didn’t want him to see her in an unbeautiful state, so she wanted to explain after her illness was cured, but unexpectedly, the operation, initially 80% guaranteed, turned into a medical accident, and her sister never woke up again.

All these years, no one conveyed this news to Liam Spencer because they didn’t want to disturb his peaceful life.

He had already experienced the pain of a breakup and didn’t need to go through the pain of loss again.

Until recently, Charlotte Owen suddenly sought Lydia Jones out to tell Liam Spencer the truth of the year, so she suddenly returned.

Note: When Maya is unhappy, the consequences are serious~~