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“If Ariana wants to see me, tell her I’m busy,” Brian sald.
“But Mr. Lodge, didn’t you say that you wanted her to give in to you?” Emily asked.
“I want her to be helpless and desperate with no one else to help her.”
A cold glint appeared in Brian’s eyes. He continued, “I want her to get on her knees and beg Evelyn for forgiveness,
At that moment, Ariana was busy purchasing some health supplements and skincare products. While she was on her way downstairs for a cup of coffee, she suddenly caught sight of a bodyguard in black shadowing her out of the comer of her eye.
The black–clothed bodyguard stood out like a sore thumb amongst the other shoppers. Everyone’s attention was
on him.
Ariana couldn’t help shaking her head and chuckling softly to herself when she saw this.
Brian was overestimating her by getting someone to shadow her like this. Was he worried that she would hurt Evelyn? Or was he just waiting to see if she would get desperate trying to save her company?
Ariana wasn’t in a hurry to go anywhere. After getting her coffee, she started toward the most crowded part of the mall.
Seeing this, the bodyguard hurried forward, but Ariana was walking too quickly. She then purposely lost herself in the large crowd of shoppers and disappeared. Within seconds, the bodyguard had lost track of her.
“Ms. Weston, I’ve lost her!”
On the other end of the Bluetooth receiver, Emily heard the news and quickly told Brian about the situation.
“He lost her?” Brian frowned. “Idiot! Tell him to wait outside the Torrey residence instead!”
Brian then looked at the darkening sky outside the window and said, “Let’s leave soon as well.”
“Yes, Mr. Lodge.”
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Emily drove Brian back to the Lodge residence, dropping him off at the gate. She then said, “Mr. Lodge, Mrs. Lodge Senior has been quite unhappy recently because of the issue with Ms. Granger. I think you should apologize to her.”
“Well, she’s my grandmother after all.”
Brian pushed the door open and saw that the lights in the living room were switched on, and the sound of Belinda’s laughter could be heard.
“You’re such a joy to be around, my dear. You’re the only one who knows how to make me happy.”
Brian frowned when he heard Belinda’s laughter. She had been sulking for the past two days. Why was she suddenly so happy today?
He walked further into the house and saw that Ariana was putting on a face mask for Belinda. There was also a pile of health supplements that Ariana had bought for Belinda on the table. They seemed to be happily chatting with each other.
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When Brian saw this, his face turned black immediately.
No wonder Ariana hadn’t been trying to apologize to him. She had been planning to suck up to Belinda the whole time!
He’d completely underestimated her.
“Ariana Torrey! Who told you that you could come here?”
The tension in the room grew thick at once. However, Ariam completely ignored Brian’s appearance and continued smiling at Belinda. “Doesn’t your face feel a lot better, Madam Mackle?”
Belinda patted Ariana’s hand and smiled happily at her. “It’s so much better! You’re also a lot better at cheering me up than a certain grandson of mine.”
“Don’t pull my leg like that, Madam Mackle. You know that if Mr. Lodge gets upset, he’s going to take it all out on
me.”
Ariana sounded warm and gentle, but she had also inevitably told on Brian. And, this made Brian all the more angrier.
Ever since he’d stepped foot into the house, Ariana hadn’t even spared a single glance at him. And now, she was telling tales about him to Belinda.
What was she trying to do? Was she playing hard–to–get? Or was she just openly provoking him?
As expected, Belinda turned serious the next moment. She glanced at Brian and said, “Brian, I told you to apologize to Ariana. Did you do as I said?”
“Grandma, I’ve already apologized to Ms. Torrey.”
Brian’s gaze landed on Ariana. He was gritting his teeth as he replied to Belinda earlier.
He wanted nothing more than to skin Ariana alive!
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