Honey, I Don't Dare Again (Amber and Jared) novel novel Chapter 108

Chapter 108 Grandma Fell

Logan’s nose had almost been hit. Fortunately, he paused on time.

He heaved a sigh and turned away in disappointment.

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The following day, when Amber and Cole were reading some documents in the office, Sheila rushed in. “Ms. Reed,

bad news! Trenton Gardner has been set free.”

“What?” Amber’s expression changed dramatically. “Has he?”

“When did it happen?” Cole asked.

Sheila glanced at him quickly and answered respectfully, “This morning. He also posted an announcement on the

official website of the Trident Group, declaring that he hadn’t broken the law, although he was taken away by the

police. Instead, he cooperated with them for some investigations. Now, the stock price of the Trident Group has

been stable.”

“How could it be possible?” Cole frowned deeply.

Amber bit her bottom lip. “Something must have happened. Or, Trenton Gardner wouldn’t have been set free.”

“I’ll ask them to look into the matter,” Cole said and walked to the balcony while holding his cell phone.

Amber looked down, feeling irritated.

She had thought Trenton must go to jail for sure. Then she could bring down the Trident Group quickly.

After all, the Trident Group would be like a toothless tiger without that cunning man. Its power would decrease.

However, she didn’t expect Trenton to be set free so soon. Her plan couldn’t carry out anymore.

Thinking of that, Amber rubbed her temples reluctantly.

Right then, there were a few knocks on the office door.

Amber put down her hands and said, “Come in.”

The person entered. It was the secretary of Bernardo Delgado, the president of Goldstone.

She wondered why his secretary had come here.

“What can I do for you?” Amber looked at him and asked flatly.

The secretary smiled at Amber and answered, “Ms. Reed, Mr. Delgado asked you to attend the meeting in the

meeting room.“–

While Amber heard his words, her eye pupils shrank.

Bernardo had returned.

She wondered when it happened.

Amber looked over at Sheila aside.

The latter was also surprised while shaking her head. She meant she also didn’t know and never heard that

Bernardo had come back.

Amber pressed her lips, feeling down. However, she managed a smile and said, “I see. Please tell Mr. Delgado I’ll

be right there.”

“Okay, Ms. Reed,” the secretary answered and left.

Cole came in, feeling the atmosphere in the company was weird. He also noticed Amber looked annoyed. He

asked, “Sheila, what happened to my babe?”

Although she had used to hearing Cole call Amber “babe“, Sheila still felt upset.

She looked down to cover her sadness and tried to answer as calmly as possible. “Mr. Delgado has returned.”

“What? When did he return? Why haven’t we heard about it?” Cole squinted.

Amber pressed her lips. “It seemed he hid it deliberately from us, afraid we would stop him.”

The person in Goldstone who disliked Amber the most was Bernardo Delgado. He was one of the men working for Amber’s father. After Amber’s father died, the company had fallen into Bernardo’s hands.

Last month, if Bernardo hadn’t gone on a business trip, even she was the biggest shareholder of Goldstone, she wouldn’t get the management power of the company. Maybe Bernardo had thought Amber would stop him from

returning because of the management power, so he hid his whereabouts and returned in secret.

“He’s having victim paranoia, isn’t he?” Cole rolled his eyes.

Amber exhaled and stood up. “All right. Let’s go to the meeting room.”

Cole didn’t speak. He nodded in agreement, following her to the meeting room.

While they almost arrived at the meeting room, Jared called Amber on the phone.

Amber was surprised. Then she hung it up, having no intention to answer.

She had already told him that she didn’t want anything to do with him.

Hence, she didn’t think it was necessary to answer his call.

“Who is it?” asked Cole.

Amber shook her head. When she was about to tell him it was from an unknown person, she heard the message’s

tone.

Jared texted her: Grandma is sick. She wants to see you.

Amber’s expression changed slightly, looking worried. Despite her refusal to have anything to do with Jared, she

called him back. “What happened to Grandma?” she asked.

Jared could tell she was worried. He answered, “She fell when going to the bathroom last night.”

“What?” Amber’s voice raised. She almost had a heart attack. Pinching the phone with both her hands, she asked,

“Is it serious? How’s she doing now?”

A youngster could be injured seriously by falling, let alone an aged woman.

“No worries. Grandma was lucky. Her leg broke, but she’s fine,” Jared answered while pinching his nose bridge.

Amber breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s good then. Is she in the hospital now?”

“Yes.”

“I see. I’ll go visit her in the afternoon,” said Amber.

“I’ll pick you up.”

“Not necessary,” Amber refused expressionlessly, “Please send me the address.”

Then she directly hung up the phone.

Jared stared at his phone that had shown the main screen, pressing his thin lips.

In the past, he always hung up on her calls. They divorced now, and she often hung up his call.

It turned out it felt so bad when the other party hung up the phone coldly.

“Did Jared Farrell call?” Cole glanced at Amber’s phone. His tone was full of jealousy.

Amber didn’t know why he sounded jealous. She nodded and said, “Grandma fell. I’ll go visit her in the afternoon.”

“She’s Jared Farrell’s grandmother. You’ve divorced him. Why do you need to visit her?” Cole said, curling his lips.

Amber put away her phone. “Stop talking nonsense. Grandma treats me well. She’s injured. I must go to see her.

All right. Let’s go. We can’t keep Mr. Delgado waiting for so long.”

Cole shrugged.

When they pushed the meeting room door open and entered, the meeting room was fully packed. All the attendees looked over at them. They were all shareholders and senior executives from different departments in Goldstone.

Amber looked around, and then her gaze fell on the chairman’s seat at the long table.

Before today, she had always sat on the seat. However, another person had taken it.

It was Goldstone Co’s current president, Bernardo Delgado.

“Welcome back, Mr. Delgado,” Amber greeted Bernardo with a smile.

Bernardo spun

for my return.”

his pen and answered, “Amber, it took you a long time to come here. I thought you were unhappy

Amber’s eyes darkened. Still smiling, she said, “How could it be possible? I was held up by something earlier. Mr. Delgado, you are my elder. Please don’t be mad at me.”

Bernardo squinted, looking at Amber up and down solemnly.

He had planned to scold her for being late and taught her a lesson. Then she would realize even if she held the most shares of the company, he had the management power.

Much to his surprise, Amber fought back by using the age matter. He had to give up his plan. Otherwise, he would be elder bullying the junior. Amber reacted quickly, and he realized that he had underestimated her.

With a wry smile, Bernardo answered, “Of course not. I’m not that petty. Why would I be mad at you for this?”

“Thank you, Mr. Delgado,” Amber answered with a smile.

Cole thumbed up to her under the table and lowered his voice to say, “Bravo, Babe.”

“Stop it.” Amber rolled her eyes at him.

Bernardo saw their interactions. Looking annoyed, he said, “Okay. All attendees have arrived. The meeting starts

now”