Chapter 256 - Chapter 256: Where Were You Last Night at 8 P.M.?
Chapter 256: Where Were You Last Night at 8 P.M.?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In terms of family background, the current Rivers family was not worth mentioning at all. On the other hand, the Sawyer family was thriving day by day. She was also the only daughter of Jack Sawyer. And soon, the Sawyer family would belong to her, which would make her the most likely woman to be worthy of Gabriel.
Gabriel finished three cigarettes but Serenity was nowhere to be seen. He looked at his watch. It was already 8:30 pm. His furrowed brows showed his impatience.
Linda already had a phone ready, Serenity’s number on display. The moment she saw Gabriel take his phone out, she immediately dialed Serenity’s number.
The call was connected and Serenity’s gentle voice came from the other end. “Miss Sawyer?”
“Serenity, what are you doing?” asked Linda as she left the park.
By the time Gabriel dialed Serenity’s number, all he heard was the busy tone. He threw his unfinished cigarette butt on the ground in frustration and stomped on it to extinguish it. Then, he opened the car door and drove away gloomily.
Serenity, who did not know that ‘she’ had an appointment with Gabriel, was very surprised to suddenly receive a call from Linda.
Linda didn’t say anything of importance, simply asking what Serenity was doing and then rambled on. Out of politeness, Serenity listened patiently and responded from time to time.
After the call ended, Serenity was baffled. She thought Linda would be looking for her for something important.
When Caleb went to South Bay in the morning to pick up Gabriel for work, he could already sense that President Jones was in a bad mood today.
As expected, his face was gloomy the entire morning.
The internal line rang. When Serenity saw that it was a call from the president’s office, she picked it up and gently said, “President Jones.”
“Coffee.”
She could hear the explosives going off from that simple word. Before she could react, he had hung up. She held the receiver and pursed her lips before getting up and heading over to the coffee machine to make a cup of coffee to be sent to the president’s office.
Gabriel did not look up when she entered. His gaze was fixed on the document in his hand as he coldly asked, “Where were you at eight o’clock last night?”
She was baffled by his question but smoothly said, “I was at home.”
Gabriel clapped the document close and finally looked at her. But his gaze was deeply layered with frost. Through gritted teeth, he asked, “At home?”
He had never waited for anyone before. It was always others who waited for him. But last night, he made her an exception, patiently waiting for her at Chorley Park for half an hour. But she stood him up, while he waited like a fool.
Fine! If that was how she wanted to play!
Serenity was frightened by his cold gaze. Wasn’t it normal to go home after work? What did his eyes mean?
She swallowed. “Is there a problem?”
Gabriel’s eyes were clouded with a thick layer of coldly frightening mist. “Get out!”
Serenity hurried out of the president’s office, confused.
She met Caleb outside the door, grabbed him, and asked, “Caleb, did President Jones eat gunpowder today?”
Caleb shrugged, indicating that he did not know either.
However, seeing that President Jones was in a bad mood today, he did not dare to show up in front of him other than reporting his schedule in the morning.
Caleb held on to the many documents that weren’t in urgent need of Gabriel’s attention, afraid to send them in.
He planned to wait until President Jones was in a better mood in the afternoon before doing so to prevent being implicated.
Serenity returned to her seat and attributed what happened earlier to one of Gabriel’s mood swings. She did not think too much about it and continued to work..