Chapter 431: Just Being Overprotective
Chapter <b>431</b>: Just Being Overprotective
“I’m fine<b>, </b><b>really</b><b>. </b>You don’t <b>need </b>to worry about me<b>.</b><b>” </b>
Rianne replied, “Didn’t <b>they </b><b>say </b><b>you </b>weren’t feeling <b>well</b><b>?</b><b>” </b>
“I’m not. My brother’s <b>just </b>being <b>overprotective</b><b>.</b><b>” </b>
<b>+5 </b>Free Coins
<b>Seriously</b>–he worried way too much<b>. </b>Probably <b>just </b><b>because </b>she’d <b>eaten </b>too much the <b>past </b>few <b>days </b>and now didn’t <b>feel </b>like cating. That’s all.
Calling <b>a </b><b>doctor </b>for <b><i>that</i></b><b>? </b>
Rianne <b>was </b>silent for a moment. <b><i>Overprotective</i></b>? <b>Was </b>that even the right word?
His <b>so</b><b>–</b>called <b>“</b>overprotectiveness” had already gotten two cars stuck in a ditch today. <b>Her </b>car still wasn’t out yet.
“Alright then, I’m heading out.”
Since <b>Ste </b>wasn’t feeling sick after all, Rianne didn’t see any reason to go to Seats Cove anymore.
They chatted for a minute or two, then hung up.
Just <b>as </b>Ste put her phone down, the butler came over. “Ms. Ste, Mr. Louis is here.”
“Let him in,” Ste said calmly.
She had no idea what Louis was doing here. But whatever needed to be said, she’d already made it clear to him before.
Soon, Louis <b>was </b>brought inside.
When he saw that she was alone, he froze. “Abraham’s not here?”
Ste raised a brow. “Aren’t you here to see me? What does it matter whether Abraham’s here or not?”
“It matters,” Louis said tly.
Of course it mattered.
Abraham’s possessiveness<b>–</b>especially when it came to Ste–was no secret. If Louis had known he wasn’t around, he wouldn’t havee at all.
“What’s it got to do with you?” she asked, lifting an eyebrow.
“A lot, actually.”
So if Abraham wasn’t here, this guy didn’t even dare show up?
“Then maybe you should just leave,” she said dryly.
Such a drama queen…
Leave? Now?
“I already came all the way out here–freezing weather, icy roads. It wasn’t easy getting here.”
The roads today were a mess. He wouldn’t havee if he hadn’t heard about the Wilde family situation.
Abraham was ruthless–he’d seen that clearly now.
Louis already knew about the incident between Jasmine and Ste at the mall.
Even <b>worse</b><b>, </b>Sharon had been there too.
Whether she’d been involved or not, he couldn’t say. But she kept insisting she wasn’t. No matter how hard he pressed <b>her</b><b>, </b>she wouldn’t change her story.
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Chapter 431: Just Being Overprotective
Still, he couldn’t let it go. He had <b>to </b>confirm things with <b>Ste </b>herself.
After all, the Reed family <b>had </b>already <b>been </b>destroyed.
The <b>Keene </b>family–once the top family in all of Rivermount<b>–</b><b>was </b>a total mess now.
And now the Wilde family?
Abraham’s methods<b>… </b>Louis had definitely seen what the man <b>was </b>capable of.
No matter what, he needed to be sure.
<b>Ste </b>asked, “So why are you here? Let me <b>say </b>this first–if you’re looking for a backdoor deal, it’s not happening.”
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“Besides, you already got the ore, didn’t you? You were the only one in Rivermount who managed tond it. What other ‘backdoor‘ could you possibly need?”
The Keene family had fought tooth and nail for it–and still didn’t get it.
So Ste really couldn’t figure out what he could possibly want from her now.
Louis groaned inwardly.
<b><i>Backdoor </i></b><b><i>deal</i></b><i>, </i>really? That phrase still gave him PTSD.
Especially after that whole mess with the misdelivered gift <bst </b>time… That misunderstanding had almost ruined his partnership.
So now, every time he heard the phrase <i>backdoor</i>, he got a little twitchy.
He quickly shook his head. “Nope. No backdoor deals.”
“Then what is it?”
“I want to know–during that whole thing with Jasmine, was Sharon involved?”
Ste blinked. <i>Jasmine</i><i>? </i>
Wait–he came all the way here just for <b><i>that</i></b>?
She nced outside at the thick snow. It was really piling up.
“You came all the way here just to ask that?”
Wasn’t this guy being a little <i>too </i>paranoid?
“Of course I did,” Louis replied.
“You could’ve just called me, you know.”
This really wasn’t something that required a face–to–face meeting.
“I don’t have
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number.”
Right.
Hardly anyone had her number these days. Especially someone like Louis, who wasn’t exactly close.
“You could’ve just called my brother,” she pointed out.
This was absolutely something that could’ve been cleared up over the phone. No need to show up
The second she said that, Louis stiffened.
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