Chapter 395 Mockery
Nicholas held down the landline and called Edward in. “Send Miss Stone away.”
Edward noticed Nicholas’ bad mood, and he quickly obliged. “Miss Stone, please come with me.”
Hayley looked at Edward for a moment before she turned her attention back to Nicholas again. “Nicholas, your grandfather asked me to invite you. He insists that you come.” She brought Remus up in an attempt to make Nicholas cave in, but that backfired on her. Nicholas’ patience finally ran out.
His face fell, and the air was fraught with tension. It felt as if the temperature had fallen by a few centigrades. Hayley noticed the dark look he was giving her, and her heart sank. Before she could say anything, Nicholas answered coldly, “Don’t use my grandfather against me, Miss Stone. Nobody can tell me what I should do.”
Hayley met his eyes, and there was nothing but mockery in them. It hurt her, and she panicked. “Nicholas, you misunderstood me. I wasn’t using him to force you or anything. I’m just saying he’ll be angry if you don’t go, and my grandfather hasn’t seen you in a while.” She knew what she said had angered Nicholas, so she was trying to salvage the situation and keep her image alive.
However, Nicholas’ patience had long run out. He didn’t want to waste his breath talking to her, so he glared at Edward. “I didn’t pay you to do nothing.”
Aw man. This is so not my fault. Edward thought it was unfair, but he couldn’t do anything about it. He asked Hayley to leave once again.
Nicholas looked angry, and Hayley knew it would only make him more furious if she stayed. She bit her lip and left right away.
Nicholas didn’t show up during the dinner that night, and his phone wouldn’t stop ringing. It was as if it wouldn’t stop until he picked it up. Nicholas was livid, and in the end, he simply turned his phone off to get some peace and quiet.
“Sorry, the number you called is turned off,” a robotic voice said, and Tobias’ face fell.
They were in a luxurious room, and the one beside Tobias was Remus in black traditional clothes. He knew what had happened, and he growled, “What? He’s still not picking up?”
Everyone looked at Tobias, who sighed secretly. “He turned his phone off,” he answered honestly.
“How dare that brat turn his phone off?” Remus flew into a rage.
The Stones were disappointed, especially Hayley. She almost couldn’t keep her smile up, but she knew she had to leave a good impression on the Sawyers, so she cheered up and put on her gentle façade again. “Please calm down, Mr. Remus. His battery probably died.”
Maxwell didn’t like that he was stood up, but he agreed, “If he can’t come, then we can’t do anything about it.”
Remus was still angry, but he said nothing.
At the same time, Tessa couldn’t get through to Nicholas as well, as his phone was turned off. When she couldn’t get through for the fifth time, she started to panic. He has never turned his phone off before. In the end, she made a call to Gregory.
“Morning, Miss Tessa.” Gregory remembered that it was morning in Vienna, and he grinned toothily at her.
But Tessa didn’t look at him closely, since she was worried about Nicholas. “Sweetheart, is your father home?” she asked, forcing herself to speak calmly. She was worried her tone might make him realize something was up. After all, if something did happen to Nicholas, everyone would keep it a secret from Gregory first.
