Other factors aside, pride matters more than anything else when a person gets rich, and Horace absolutely refused to be mocked
as a coward.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Don't worry about it. | have other arrangements in place," he said. He then told the middle-aged man to leave and called a
mysterious number.
An hour later, Frank was speaking with the intern at his homestay cottage when her phone rang.
Taking it out and seeing an unfamiliar number, she knew right away that it was from the Mount Statera's management and turned
on the speakers despite her curiosity as she answered.
"Aisling Walls, was it? Your nhas a nice ring to it!" A playful, feminine voice giggled eerily from the other end.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"What's it to you?" Aisling snorted in annoyance. "Mess around, and I'll call the cops on you!"
The woman was not intimidated at all, even laughing icily. "Go on, but your parents will die if you do."
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