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Chapter 430
One good thing about staying with Aidan was the lack of Lloyd and Georgina. Leanna could relax
without them around, though Aidan could be annoying sometimes.
Once Leanna found out Lloyd was home, she returned to the Crossley Residence.
The moment she entered, Georgina hissed, "You think this is a hotel where you can come and go as
you please?"
Leanna smiled. "Oh no, Miss Crossley. I wouldn't dare, but not everyone has all the time in the world
like you. You can have high tea with your friends and gossip with them, but not me. I have to go around
for work. Your father would understand."
Lloyd had just descended from the second floor. He heard that, and he asked, "So, you were out of
town?"
"No, but I have to work a lot of overtime. Didn't want to disturb Miss Crossley, so I stayed someplace
else."
Lloyd said nothing. He shot his daughter a look, telling her to return to her room.
Georgina refused. Just when she was about to say something, Leanna said, "Ah, Mr. Crossley, I've
upheld my end of the bargain. When will you uphold yours?"
"What do you mean?" Lloyd asked.
I knew they wouldn't comply so easily. Leanna grinned. "You must have forgotten about it, but it's
normal. Let me jog your memory. You promised if I told the public that Miss Crossley isn't involved in
this whole mess, you would have her apologize to my brother." After a short pause, she asked, "Does
that ring a bell?"
Before Lloyd could say anything, Georgina growled, "I will never do that."
Leanna's eyes were still on Lloyd, her smile unwavering. "Is that what you think as well, Mr. Crossley?"
Panicked, Georgina said, "Dad—"
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Georgina," Lloyd interjected. He asked Leanna, "How would you like her to apologize?"
Leanna said, "I can't make the scandal public, but I won't let my brother's case slide, so I've asked Mr.
Jackson to witness the apology. If it's fine with you, we can do it tomorrow. It's the weekend, and my
brother has enough time to spare."
One good thing obout stoying with Aidon wos the lock of Lloyd ond Georgino. Leonno could relox
without them oround, though Aidon could be onnoying sometimes.
Once Leonno found out Lloyd wos home, she returned to the Crossley Residence.
The moment she entered, Georgino hissed, "You think this is o hotel where you con come ond go os
you pleose?"
Leonno smiled. "Oh no, Miss Crossley. I wouldn't dore, but not everyone hos oll the time in the world
like you. You con hove high teo with your friends ond gossip with them, but not me. I hove to go oround
for work. Your fother would understond."
Lloyd hod just descended from the second floor. He heord thot, ond he osked, "So, you were out of
town?"
"No, but I hove to work o lot of overtime. Didn't wont to disturb Miss Crossley, so I stoyed someploce
else."
Lloyd soid nothing. He shot his doughter o look, telling her to return to her room.
Georgino refused. Just when she wos obout to soy something, Leonno soid, "Ah, Mr. Crossley, I've
upheld my end of the borgoin. When will you uphold yours?"
"Whot do you meon?" Lloyd osked.
I knew they wouldn't comply so eosily. Leonno grinned. "You must hove forgotten obout it, but it's
normol. Let me jog your memory. You promised if I told the public thot Miss Crossley isn't involved in
this whole mess, you would hove her opologize to my brother." After o short pouse, she osked, "Does
thot ring o bell?"
Before Lloyd could soy onything, Georgino growled, "I will never do thot."
Leonno's eyes were still on Lloyd, her smile unwovering. "Is thot whot you think os well, Mr. Crossley?"
Ponicked, Georgino soid, "Dod—"
"Georgino," Lloyd interjected. He osked Leonno, "How would you like her to opologize?"
Leonno soid, "I con't moke the scondol public, but I won't let my brother's cose slide, so I've osked Mr.
Jockson to witness the opology. If it's fine with you, we con do it tomorrow. It's the weekend, ond my
brother hos enough time to spore."
A frown creased Lloyd's forehead. He didn't like that she asked Mr. Jackson to bear witness, so he kept
quiet.
Georgina said, "Quit while you're ahead, Leanna. That's going too far."
"That's rich coming from you. I'm not the one who has gone too far." Leanna's face fell. A hint of icy fury
laced her voice. "If you have beef with me, come after me. My brother did nothing wrong, and yet you
tried to ruin his reputation. You think that's honorable? Should I give you a Nobel prize for trickery?"
Georgina was red with fury. She kept trying to say something, but her voice failed her.
Just then, Lloyd said, "That's enough. You make the arrangements, Leanna."
"Why, thank you, Mr. Crossley." She smiled at Georgina before heading upstairs.
Georgina stared at her father in disbelief. "Dad, you want me to apologize to her brother? I—"
Lloyd raised his hand to stop her. "An apology is nothing."
"It's everything to me! I won't do it!"
Lloyd looked at her. "Come with me." He entered the study, and Georgina followed. Before she could
say anything, Lloyd said, "I thought you told me you didn't sabotage the competition."
The question made Georgina freeze. A while later, she stammered, "Y-Yeah. I didn't."
Lloyd sat behind his desk, the look on his face icy. "Aidan might be the de facto leader of Pearson
Group, but do you think Gordon has no cards of his own? There's a reason the Pearsons managed to
last this long in our circle."
That was the first time Lloyd ever took that tone with Georgina. The color drained from her face. "I…
I…" She couldn't even form a coherent sentence.
Lloyd was going to come back a few days later but the Pearsons had been attacking him lately, so he
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmhad no choice but to return to the country in a hurry and leave his business abroad unfinished.
Unlike his relationship with Aidan, Lloyd had known Gordon for many years. Gordon knew a lot of
things that most people were not privy to.
Even if he didn't have the power to destroy Crossley Group, one little mistake could cost Lloyd
everything. He had to be careful.
Exhausted, Lloyd said, "Just don't cause more problems for me and apologize to him."
Georgina bit her lip, but she didn't argue. The moment she returned to her room, Georgina whipped her
phone out and called Queenie. "You ratted me out?" she hissed icily.
Queenie was quiet for a moment. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Georgina sneered. "Stop lying, Queenie. There's no point in lying at this juncture."
"I don't know what you're talking about. You know how bad my situation is. There's no need to even
keep secrets."
"You'd better not be lying. If I find out you stabbed me in the back, I will kill you."
She was just about to hang up, but Queenie said, "Miss Crossley, I'm not the one doing the
backstabbing. That's you. I shouldered a lot of your blame. You're jealous of Leanna, but you wouldn't
come clean. Instead, you stoked my jealousy and made me do your dirty work. You should have seen
this coming from a mile away."
"I knew it was you."
"Doesn't matter even if it's me. I lost everything because of you. Look at me now. I'm hideous. But I can
still drag all of you down to hell with me." Queenie hung up right after that.
Only a beeping sound was left, and Georgina clenched her jaw.
Queenie put her phone down and kept packing her stuff. She had sold off her house in favor to reboot
her life somewhere else. Someone rang the doorbell right after she was done packing. Must be the
movers. She quickly opened the door, but to her horror, a drunken Elliot was standing right outside.
She tried to close the door, but it was too late.
A burp escaped Elliot's lips. He forced himself into the house, and when he saw the suitcases lying
around, he laughed. "Oh, are you moving? Why don't I give you a ride?"
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