Chapter 210: Chapter 210

Austin White snorted coldly, "It better be that way."

After leaving the office, Austin White didn’t linger at Kevin’s place and left quickly.

He had just confirmed his relationship with Irene Rowe, yet he left without even saying goodbye to his girlfriend.

Watching Austin White’s car drive away downstairs, Irene Rowe’s face was twisted with anger.

"Damn it, I knew I shouldn’t have agreed to this punk so early. Does he even know what dating is?"

Just as she was thinking that, an audio message from Austin White popped up, and she quickly opened it to listen: "Irene, I’ve got something urgent to take care of right now. Let’s have dinner together tonight."

Irene Rowe’s gloom immediately turned to glee, and her lips curved into a gentle smile, "That’s more like it."

A mature woman’s love is naturally not as naive as a child’s. She understands that Austin White isn’t an ordinary person, and it’s perfectly normal for him to have his own matters to attend to. She didn’t want to meddle too much in Austin White’s personal affairs.

As long as his personal life wasn’t chaotic, he didn’t engage in promiscuity, and he didn’t deceive her, everything else could be handled accordingly.

While replying to the message, her gaze fell on Seraphina Sinclair’s profile picture.

Irene Rowe sighed, wanting to contact her but not knowing what to say, so she had to put her phone back into the drawer.

Speaking of Seraphina Sinclair, ever since Jude Sinclair clung to her at home, she’s played countless games.

Almost nine out of ten times resulted in loss, yet Jude Sinclair persisted, and as a mother, she could only accompany him.

After losing again, Seraphina threw away the game controller in frustration, waving her hand to signal: "No more, no more, you’re always the winner, what’s the point?"

Simply put, she had no gaming experience at all.

"Mommy, how about we play something else?" Jude Sinclair suggested.

"No, your mom doesn’t want to play games right now. I haven’t touched my phone for hours, I wonder if anyone’s contacted me." Saying that, Seraphina reached for her phone to see if there were any messages.

Jude Sinclair quickly grabbed her phone and intentionally put on a stern face, saying, "Can’t you just not play with your phone when you’re finally home with me?"

Seraphina felt helpless: "I just want to see if anyone messaged me, I’m not going to be on it the whole time, let me take a look."

"No," Jude Sinclair directly stuffed the phone into the large pocket of his chest.

"You little punk, where did you learn these bad habits from? Since reconciling with your dad, your behavior has gotten stranger," Seraphina thought Jude Sinclair was acting too unusual today, becoming a different person from his usual self.

Normally, Jude Sinclair wouldn’t be so clingy, nor show such a coquettish expression.

If he suddenly changes to want to be a normal little kid, Seraphina would accept it, but people don’t change their character so drastically overnight.

There must be something fishy going on.

Since Jude Sinclair wouldn’t let her leave the house or check her phone, could it have something to do with yesterday’s product launch news?

With that thought, Seraphina reached out with her long arms and easily retrieved her phone from Jude Sinclair’s large pocket.

If Jude Sinclair could reveal what he learned to Seraphina, he wouldn’t have had his phone taken away so easily. Seeing Seraphina about to open her phone, he reflexively wanted to grab it.

But after checking her messages, Seraphina frowned, "There’s nothing here, no major event happening. Why are you so nervous?"

Upon hearing Seraphina’s words, Jude Sinclair felt relieved, thinking she didn’t know anything, and defensively explained with a pout: "Who said I was nervous? You promised to stay and accompany me but can’t stop looking at your phone, it’s unfair."

"Alright, alright, mommy was wrong, okay?" Seraphina admitted she rarely spent time with Jude Sinclair, feeling guilty inside, "How about I play a few more rounds with you? But playing too much can harm your eyesight, you need moderation." Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on novelꜰire.net

Since Jude Sinclair was a little genius, she never had to worry about his studies or discipline him over gaming.

Though young in age, Jude Sinclair handled matters with great prudence, knowing exactly what to do and what not to do, never requiring extra concern from Seraphina.

"Forget it, I don’t want to play anymore today," Jude said, picked up the phone to send a message to Desmond Fairchild, and felt more settled upon receiving the reply about crisis management.

He walked to Seraphina and hugged her arm tightly, "Mommy, Jude will stay by your side for life and protect you."

What a considerate child, Seraphina was moved and hugged Jude tight, "You’re truly mommy’s good son."

Even though she had no clue why Jude suddenly got sentimental out of the blue, it seemed right to just agree with him.

"Speaking of which, there’s something I haven’t told your dad yet, I wonder if he’ll mind," Seraphina suddenly remembered something, deeply sighed.

Jude snuggled in her embrace, blinking his big eyes with confusion.

"Archway Group is Desmond Fairchild’s aunt’s subsidiary, I wonder if he’s aware of this," Seraphina originally didn’t give Desmond’s aunt any consideration, but now after all, since she was dating Desmond Fairchild, she had to show some respect to his family.

At the time, she forgot to delve deeper and only realized after dealing with it that Archway was his aunt’s subsidiary.

Jude Sinclair shrugged it off, "They’re self-destructive, it’s none of mommy’s fault. Dad won’t blame you, don’t worry."

"How do you know?" Seraphina pinched Jude’s little face.

"Of course I know," Jude nodded.

Desmond certainly wouldn’t blame Seraphina, especially since Archway announced bankruptcy last night was his own doing.

Not to mention it’s Sean Fairchild’s subsidiary, even his family’s business, if anyone dared to harm Seraphina, he would take them down without hesitation.

These are things Seraphina remains unaware of, nor does she know that Desmond has already confronted his aunt for her sake.

Presumably, Archway’s plagiarism targeting Kevin was due to Desmond’s influence. If Desmond hadn’t withheld investment, and if Seraphina were not diametrically opposed to Sean Fairchild’s tastes, plagiarism of Kevin’s works would have been a devastating blow to Kevin and Cloudsea Group.

It was blatant revenge.

Desmond is very clear about these matters, so there’s no way he’d let Archway Group off easily.

Seraphina’s past was exposed, and Desmond’s mind kept replaying those photos he saw online.

The past Seraphina and her present self were two different people, dressed in patient clothes, she looked filthy, with messy hair sticking to her head, as wretched as could be.

What made it more heartbreaking was her expression, not one of madness. Even through the pictures, Desmond could sense the despair and pain from the depths of her heart.

She wasn’t insane; she had been forcibly put in a mental institution.

Yet in a mental institution, who would admit they were ill? Her defiance just made her seem like a complete mental patient.