Chapter 784 Not What It Looks Like
Shane called Jolene hurriedly. At that moment, Jolene was trying to find an opportunity to get closer to
Albert.
According to the news she had received when she had been abroad, Albert was supposedly very different
from how he had been as a teen.
His mother had always been sick, so she hadn’t been able to take proper care of him. The family had also ignored him because he was the eldest. On top of that, his grandfather had always put pressure on him.
Albert had always been lonely–even more so after Wynter had been kidnapped and the family descended
into chaos. He had never been able to rid himself of that loneliness.
Fabian’s decision to interfere in Jolene’s relationship with Albert had made it even more crucial for him to
get therapy.
That was what Jolene had thought. Yet, when she returned to the country and met Albert again, she realized that things were different from what she’d thought.
No–it was worse than just being wrong. It felt more like there was a wall between her and Albert now.
On one hand, there was Fabian. When he had found out that she had returned to be with Albert, he hadn’t objected to it at all.
He had even said that he was not going to interfere with their relationship last time at the Quinnell
residence.
That had given Jolene no space to instigate Albert against Fabian or drive a wedge between them. Besides, she also wasn’t very confident that she could be in a lovey–dovey relationship with Albert like
before.
Albert never rejected her. He would occasionally get his secretary to send her clothes and bags.
However, her instincts as a woman told her that he was behaving differently compared to the way he had
acted years ago.
For example, every time she called him, his secretary was the one who answered the call. In fact, that
was what was happening at that moment, too.
Jolene had seen Albert’s secretary before. Jolene did not like her at all because of her face!
She could not understand why Albert would hire a female secretary. Why could he not have gotten a man
Instead?
“I’m sorry, Ms. Horton, but Mr. Quinnell is in a seminar right now. He has instructed me that he will not be available for calls unless they’re from his family.”
The secretary sounded professional. Jolene could tell how busy she was because she was also replying to other people’s questions at the same time.
Jolene was smart too; she did not insist on anything. She merely replied gently, “Okay, please tell Albert
Chapter 784 Not What Looks Li
that I’ll wait for him to return for dinner.”
Then, she hung up before the secretary could respond. She had heard that the secretary was just a college graduate. She wondered how the secretary had gotten a job working for Albert.
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Once she and Albert truly got back together, she would make sure Albert fired that woman! At the same time, Shane had already called her twice, but her line had been busy at the time.
Jolene had noticed it too, but she deliberately didn’t reply to him. At this point, she had no updates for him, so she wanted to avoid him if she could.
Yet, Shane would never let his chess piece have a mind of its own. He continued calling her. Eventually. Jolene had no choice but to answer the call.
The moment she answered, she heard the sound of him angrily barking. “You said that as long as you returned and reunited with my son, you would be able to move into the Quinnell residence. What is going
on right now?”
“Uncle Shane, don’t be impatient. You know that Mr. Quinnell Senior doesn’t like me. I’ll still need some time to be able to move into the Quinnell residence.” Jolene was afraid that if she told the truth, Shane would think that she had no value, so she tried to avoid it.
Sure enough, Shane’s eyes brightened. “You’re saying that my father didn’t allow you to move in? Did he kick you out?”
Jolene lied through her teeth. “Yes.”
“That’s great!” Shane thought that everything was under control. His anger dissipated, and he sounded gentle once again. “What was Albert’s reaction?”