She pressed the answer button and called out with a laugh, "Glades."
"Where are you?" Glades Horne's deep voice came through, sounding quite normal, lacking the worry and dominance Julia Bluen had expected.
He had already arrived at Valence, but the Vice President told him she had left the company after receiving a phone call around ten.
During working hours, a phone call that could make her leave the company must be from someone important.
He thought it was from the Bluen Family and had called them one by one, but all the answers were negative.
He then thought it was an emergency call from his own family. Upon inquiring from Uncle Ying, he learned that the young mistress had not returned home at all. Meanwhile, those at home had their bank cards frozen by him. Penniless, they resignedly stayed put, either boredly staring at the newspaper, idly manicuring their nails, or sleeping.
Since it wasn't a call from a relative, he guessed it must be Rachel Bailey.
