William poured Clarence a glass of water and sat down opposite him. “Why did Aaron come back with
you?”
Clarence crossed his legs and tapped lightly on the sofa with his fingers. “Perhaps you should ask
him.”
William turned and looked at the little kid that leaned on the door frame with his head poked out, he
quickly hid and closed the door noticing William.
“If Aaron did something that offended Mr. Conrad, I’ll apologize on behalf of him, he…” He said gently.
“Apology is not needed.” Clarence said coldly, “He went to Stella.”
William was shocked hearing that, he didn’t expect that to happen and his face turned serious, sunken
into thoughts.
Clarence continued, “Keeping this kid beside is like a bomb, he went to Stella today and could go to
Charles tomorrow. Do you think it will be alright if Stella is dragged into this?”
William bit his lips, “Don’t worry Mr. Conrad, I’ll make sure that what happened will not repeat.”
“I don’t need your promise, I just want to remind you that one minor mistake could cause serious
consequences, I guess you understand this more than I do.”
“Noted, Mr. Conrad.”
Clarence rose from his seat but sat down again as he recalled something. “I have a question.”
“Please ask,” William said.
“You came back to City N after so long and there should be no friends or families here, but I think you
might be familiar with a name.”
William didn’t reply, he took a sip of his water, waited for him to continue.
“Are you familiar with the name Jeffrey Radomil?” Clarence continued.
“Who is that?”
Clarence was calm but his smile turned deeper, “He is nothing but a scammer. Since Mr. William
doesn't know him, forget that I mentioned and I guess you won’t be interested in his whereabouts too.”
William, “…”
William spoke suddenly after Clarence took a few steps, “Mr. Conrad, please don’t hesitate to ask
should you need any help from me.”
“I have a business trip to Italy tomorrow; please take good care of my wife.”
Aaron came out from his room after Clarence was gone. He stared at the floor the entire time knowing
he did something wrong.
“Uncle William, sorry for troubling you,” he said softly.
William knelt to his eye level and stroked his head, “It’s alright, this is not your fault. But Aaron, can you
tell me why did you do that?”
Aaron bit his lips enduring his tears and said while sobbing, “I saw online that she and Charles Steward
are…”
William knew what he meant despite he didn’t finish his line.
Aaron’s father died in the accident that happened at Steward’s Group. The Steward wanted to kill
everyone but William rushed over and saved Aaron and his mother. Unfortunately, his mother involved
in a car accident and still in a coma today.
This kid hated Steward Group to the core.
And the Steward used Stella’s return to the Steward family as a diversion of that incident. Hence,
instead of trying to dig deeper into what happened, their attention was diverted into the gossip.
After some time, Aaron sobbed, “I didn’t do anything, I just wanted to have a look.”
He found the studio’s contact on Weibo, added Sherry and faked an identity just to meet them today.
William sighed and patted on his shoulder, “I know but impulsive actions will put you in danger, don’t do
this again.”
Aaron wiped off his tears and nodded. “I got it and I won’t do it again. Uncle William, the pretty lady is a
good person, I believe she is not the one that harmed my parents, and all of them that I met today are
nice too!” He then clenched his fists and continued, “Apart from him!”
It took William a few seconds to realize who he meant by “him.”
He rose while smiling, “Alright, go to bed now.”
William’s face stiffened after seeing Aaron went into his room, he dialed a number, “Have you tracked
down Jeffrey Radomil?”
“Not yet, it was hard to track him, Clarence and Charles are looking for him too.”
William walked to the veranda and looked far, “Search where you bumped into him last time, do a
perimeter search and find him soon.”
Jeffrey must have had made a move, otherwise, Clarence won’t mention him out of a sudden.
“Yes.”
William stood where he was for a long time after hung up before he dialed another number.
…
On Monday, Stella saw the group of ladies gathered looking at next door excitedly as she entered the
studio.
Sherry arrived at the same time and asked while sipping on her soymilk, “What are they doing?”
Stella shook her head.
One of the ladies shouted, “Oh my god, such a handsome man!!!”
Sherry’s eyes shone and rushed over when she heard there was a handsome man. “Where is the
handsome man?”
She joined the group and looked at the entrance next door but only saw a lineup of people.
There was no handsome man.
“Where is the handsome man?” Sherry asked.
“Sherry, this place is renovated into a piano studio, the boss is a super handsome man, the crowds are
here to be his students.”
Sherry looked inside tiptoed, it seemed like he must be a handsome man to have had attracted such a
crowd. “I guess it’s time for me to cultivate my music talent, should I register too?”
And the person inside seemed to notice the crowd outside and stood up slowly.
Sherry’s face stiffened when she saw his face, she rushed back into the studio as if she had seen a
ghost.
Stella came out from the pantry with a glass of water and asked smiling, “Didn’t you go for the eye
candy?”
Sherry complained, “Don’t mention it, such bad luck.”
Before Stella had the chance to ask further, Daniel appeared at the entrance and greeted them with a
smiley face. “Hi Ms. Radomil, Sherry.”
Sherry, “…”
Who allowed him to call her by her name!
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