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Chapter 564
Ember could not get a read on Zachary at all right then.
Did her father manage to persuade him? Did he have a change of heart?
Ember got out of bed, walking up to him and wanting to wrap her arms around him... when he suddenly turned around
and put his phone in his pocket after sending a text.
'Time for breakfast," he said, and strode out of the room.
Ember quickly got changed, washed up, and headed downstairs to find that Zachary was still there.
She joined him at the dining table, asking gingerly, "Are you going to be busy today?"
They did not have anything in common, so she had to speak whatever came to mind.
’Yeah..."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtZachary replied, looking up at her as he added pointedly, "I'm going to be busy."
"But could you try to come home earlier?" Ember asked, not letting up so soon.
"Yeah," Zachary replied.
Bzzt-
Zachary's phone, which he placed on the table, buzzed.
A voice asked urgently, "What happened last night, Zachary?”
’Were you sent a recording?" Zachary asked.
"It was you?!" Peter demanded.
"No. I received it this morning myself," Zachary replied calmly.
"Of course," he replied nonchalantly, rose to his feet, and told Ember, "Let's go."
"What? Where? And what's that about a recording?"
"You're home-you’ll understand when we get there," Zachary said flatly with an impassive look.
For some reason, Ember felt her heart racing as Zachary drove her to the Lindts' residence.
Peter and Shirley were scowling as they waited for him.
The instant they stepped in past the front door, Peter beckoned, "Come with me, Zacahry.”
Zachary did so and followed Peter, who glared at Zachary sharply, into his office. "You set me up, didn't you?"
"I would never, sir," Zachary replied, and showed him his phone. "Like I said, I received it this morning myself."
Peter saw that he received it at virtually the same instant, and from the same number.
'Who could it be?" Peter stared closely at Zachary, still skeptical just then.
He was convinced that Zachary had been responsible, but he received the same recording as well...
Maybe it was not him?
"It's all just drunk talk. You didn't take me seriously, right?"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmZachary smiled. "No, but have you considered that this is from one of your business rivals? Maybe they are trying to
drive US apart?"
Peter certainly had made enemies at work, and he had even exposed a competitor's scandal recently over a certain
project.
"If you trust me, sir, I will get to the bottom of this," Zachary volunteered.
Peter held his gaze for a moment, and suddenly clapped him on the shoulder. "No. You can leave this to me."
Naturally, he still had doubts about Zachary.
"Sure," Zachary replied.
"You can go now. I need to think about this."
Zachary left the room, and told Ember, "You should stay here, keep your parents company. I'm going back to my office
now."
With that, he left.
His phone rang as soon as he got in his car, and he answered it.
"It's done," the voice from the other end said.
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