Braelynn spoke very naturally, but Richard’s thoughts were all over the place while he put on a straight face. When did Braelynn get a boyfriend? How did he not know about it?
If Braelynn got a boyfriend, then who was he to her?
It was William who taught him to play hard to get with Braelynn. However, after listening to William’s advice, she became someone else’s girlfriend instead. What was going on?
Richard thought about it and looked at William. William was peeling shrimps for Valeria, but he heard the conversation between Braelynn and Richard clearly.
Braelynn actually got a boyfriend? Why did it feel a little strange?
Braelynn was beautiful, so it would be normal for her to have a boyfriend. However, William was the one who advised Richard to neglect Braelynn and play hard to get, so it would partially be his fault that she was with someone else now.
William thought to himself and naturally felt Richard’s gaze on him.
He put the peeled shrimp on Valeria’s plate and took off his gloves. He looked up at Braelynn with a smile on his face and said, “You have a boyfriend? This is worthy of celebration! Valeria, since Braelynn has a boyfriend, you can’t let her work all the time. You have to give her a break. Hmm, since my mother-in-law is also helping out at the company now, Braelynn should take half a month off to enjoy some alone time with her boyfriend!”
Richard was anxious after hearing William’s words and looked at him as if he wanted to eat him alive.
William did not return his gaze but looked at Valeria for her opinions instead. Valeria was very surprised at Braelynn having a boyfriend, and she thought that the break was a good idea, so she immediately agreed, “Okay! No problem!”
“It’s settled then. I’ll arrange for someone to book the plane tickets for Braelynn. Braelynn, do you want to fly out tomorrow or the day after?” William asked with a smile.
“I still have some work on my hands so I can’t leave so suddenly!” Braelynn refused the proposal of vacation.
“It’s okay, just leave it to my mother-in-law. Or I can take over.” William looked at her with a smile.
Braelynn was frightened by his stare, and she forced a smile and said, “Let’s talk about this after I’m done with my work.”
Seeing that she did not agree, Richard secretly felt relieved. Worried that William would give Braelynn another day off, he poured wine for himself and said, “William, let me toast you!”
William raised his glass with a faint smile and took a sip, “Braelynn, if you can’t leave because of your work, you can ask your boyfriend to come over to see you. Valeria will take care of the plane tickets and accommodation. Bring him to us, and we’ll tell you what we think of him.”
Braelynn was forced into a corner by William, so she lied to cover it up, but she did not expect it to cause such a big commotion. She forced a smile and said, “He’s also busy with work, so he can’t come for the time being.”
“Is that so? What does he do for work?”
“That’s a secret!” Braelynn didn’t have a boyfriend at all, so she forced a smile.
“So mysterious? Someone who can win your heart should be a successful person, right? I have stayed in the United States for a while, so maybe it’s someone I know? I’m just curious. Don’t mind me!”
Richard gritted his teeth as he listened to William’s questions until he felt that something was strange. William was closing in on her, but Braelynn seemed at a loss for words. Could it be that this wasn’t so simple?
Looking at William’s sly smile, Richard immediately understood. Relieved, he poured another glass of wine and said, “William, let me toast you again!”
William ignored him and took a look at his phone. Then, he stood up and said, “I’ll go out to answer a phone call!”
He walked out of the room and went to the lounge next door. He closed the door and answered the phone, “Is there something urgent?”
“There are two things. We found out that the owner of the tea room is Gurmisran.”
“Gurmisran?” William repeated. Bobby confirmed, “Yes, the owner of the teahouse is Gurmisran.”
William’s mind was in a whirl. Gurmisran’s secret meeting with David surprised him.
One of the reasons was because Declan had said that Gurmisran was secretly in contact with David when he visited Declan last time. Since David was Callum’s bodyguard, Declan suspected that the man behind everything was Callum.
However, William did not believe that Callum would be behind it. David must have been working for someone else instead.
Who could make David willingly betray Callum? Was it Veronica? Veronica had no rights in the Floyd family, so why would he listen to her orders?
If it wasn’t Veronica, who would it be? So far, they hadn’t found the third person who might be the mastermind behind this.
William couldn’t figure out the reason, and Bobby couldn’t help him either. William sighed, “What’s the other thing?”
“One more thing is that the people following David were discovered.” Bobby added, “By Rammos.”
“Huh?” Rammos was Callum’s trusted confidant. William was stunned and then asked, “How did he find out? Does he know that it’s our men who are following David?”
“Rammos should have found out by accident. Mr. Howard, you can rest assured that our people have never shown their faces, and Rammos doesn’t know them at all, so he would never guess that it was us. But this discovery would definitely affect our plan.”
William knew what he meant. Rammos would definitely tell Callum immediately after finding out that someone was following David, and Callum would definitely feel strange about it since David was his bodyguard. Since Callum had not doubted David for so many years, he would definitely tell him about the fact that he was being followed.
If this was the case, David would be very cautious in the future, and it would not be easy to follow him and find new information.
There was one more thing William did not say. If the person behind the scene was Callum, the first person he would think of when he knew that David was being followed would be William, then how would he deal with David?
The safest way to keep a person’s mouth shut was through death.
William felt chills down his spine at this thought. Callum didn’t seem to be such a vicious person, but it was still safer to keep an eye on him. If nothing happened to David, Callum would not be the culprit, and vice versa.
Thinking of this, William ordered Bobby immediately, “We can’t relax over there. At least not for these two days. Arrange people to keep an eye on them.”
“Mr. Howard, keeping an eye on them will expose us.”
“I know, but I’m just worried that he might be in danger. As long as nothing happens during these two days, nothing will happen, and I have plenty of ways to get the truth out of him.”