<b>Chapter </b><b>1064 </b>


    The owner tossed his phone aside, not giving Joseph a second thought.


    <b>To </b>him, the man was nothing more than a petty clown–able to jump around for a few days at most before bing useless.


    Beyond that, the owner couldn’t think of any other word to describe him.


    In his eyes, Joseph was just a spoiled heir insisting on making trouble for himself.


    Instead of enjoying afortable life, he had to stir up other nonsense.


    And for what? It wasn’t as if he’d gotten anything out of it.


    Over on Joseph’s side, the fact that the Day Light Restaurant owner had hung up so quickly told him


    there was definitely something fishy going on.


    But as for the exact reason, he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.


    Narrowing his eyes, Joseph tried to recall what had happened in that private room.


    He remembered Aurora suddenly standing up, telling him over and over to keep his distance.


    At the time, he hadn’t thought much of it.


    After all,pared to Judy, he still preferred Aurora’s looks.


    Both women had their own appeal, but in his mind, Aurora’s beauty outshone Judy’s by miles.


    To him, there was simply noparison.


    That was why he’d wondered if the two of them might rekindle their old me.


    If that happened, he wouldn’t have to waste energy trying to get close to Walton Corporation.


    Winning over Aurora directly would be killing two birds with one stone.


    That was exactly what he’d been thinking at the time.


    And since she had agreed to meet him, he took it as a sign they still had a chance.


    After all, if a woman truly disliked someone, would she really agree to be alone with him in a private


    <b>room</b>?


    At least<b>, </b>that was how Joseph saw it.


    But what happened afterward was clearly beyond his expectations. He hadn’t imagined things would


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    turn out like this at all.


    Joseph raked a hand through his hair until it stuck up in a messy tangle.


    He didn’t even know exactly what was bothering him, only that he couldn’t shake the feeling of frustration, especially with Judy–she hadn’t spoken to him in weeks.


    He hadn’t received a single update or scrap of information from her. Whenever he called or texted, she either declined the call or ignored the message entirely.


    Even Emily, the manager Judy had left in charge back in the country, hadn’t passed along a single bit of


    news.


    It was bing clear to Joseph that the two of them were working together.


    No matter how long he waited, neither of them was going to give him anything.


    Realizing that only made his mood worse.


    Just then, his phone rang.


    Without hesitation, Joseph answered.


    “Darling, I know I was wrong. Just give me another chance. I’ll make it up to you, I swear I won’t be like


    before.”


    He hadn’t even checked the screen, assuming it was Judy calling, andunched straight into his plea.


    On the other end, his father was momentarily speechless.


    ncing at his own phone to make sure he’d dialed correctly, he snapped, “Did you leave your brain behind at the hospital thesest couple of days<b>? </b>


    “You pick up without even checking who it is and start calling me ‘Darling‘? What were you thinking?”


    The light in Joseph’s eyes dimmed the moment he recognized his father’s voice.


    “Oh. What is it, Dad?”


    His tone shifted instantly, and the contrast wasn’t lost on Harold–he wasn’t a fool.