"Schedule a meeting for Monday with Simon Ashton about the partnership, he might think himself smart enough to fool our company into giving him forty percent profit, but he hasn't negotiated with me yet. He's getting at most twenty percent and nothing more..." Andrew strolled along the hallway in the manor, speaking on the phone with someone when he suddenly stopped in realization of something.
The manor felt weirdly quiet today for some reason.
Usually at this time of the day, the household staff would be seen going to and fro along the hallways but today it felt somewhat still.
Despite thinking about this, Andrew didn't dwell on it. He was about to say something else into the phone when another realization made him halt.
Anne...
He hadn't seen her all morning, was it because he had skipped breakfast earlier or was it because she was avoiding him?
Was she trying to keep a distance from him again?
