Chapter 145

Stella did not answer Albert's calls. Finally, after more than an hour, Albert asked someone to remove the search entry, but a new one popped up after the old one was deleted. The trending searches on the matter were like a ticking time bomb; there was no way to suppress it.

Albert paced back and forth when he thought of what would happen to him if he did not settle the problem. "Is she still not picking up?" Hylda put a cup of warm milk on the coffee table and asked. Albert frowned, shook his head, and said, "No, she's not."

Hylda glanced at the time and said, "She should be awake by now. Is she not answering on purpose?"

"But she has no reason not to answer my calls."

"Maybe she felt guilty and dared not pick up," Hylda snorted coldly. "I mean, you called and told her to ask Keegan to talk to Vermont yesterday. Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence that something like this happened today? 'Merchant gave Hermes bag as a gift.' He only gifted her the bag two to three days