Chapter 328 No Backing Out!
Sean withdrew his hand. He looked at Abigail and said, “I’ll inform his parents and have them contact you personally.”
She nodded and looked at the man. “If it’s something related to me, you can just call me directly. You don’t need to come here just to inform me.”
“If I didn’t come in person, they might think they can bully you. I won’t allow anyone to do that to you,” he replied calmly as if it was something quite ordinary.
She chuckled. “You won’t allow it?”
Her words had a hidden meaning, and he could sense what she had not said. In Abigail’s view, he had no right to say whether he allowed it. He was not someone special to her, so why should he have a say?
Sean sighed helplessly. “I’m doing this of my own accord.”
He did not want to dwell on the matter with Abigail any longer. After explaining, he planned to leave. Initially, he had intended to invite her to have dinner, but it surely would not happen.
As he sat in the car and smoked, Cameron frequently watched him through the rearview mirror. “What are you looking at?” Sean questioned with a cigarette in hand, his tone not very pleasant. Cameron looked away. “I was looking at the car behind us, sir.”
Sean’s lips curled into a somewhat chilly smile, “You’re not being honest, Cameron.”
“I am…” Cameron muttered.
“You’re lying to my face.” Sean pressed on, pondering whether he had been too lenient lately that. Cameron dared to lie to him.
“Mr. Graham, I think you should just tell Mrs. Graham directly that you want to pursue her. You not expecting anything in return and saying you’re doing this on your own accord won’t earn her gratitude,” Cameron murmured.
Sean squinted at those words. The smoke made his expression somewhat unclear. “You don’t know her,” he stated calmly.
Once Abigail stopped loving someone, her heart would turn into solid concrete. To get her to open up and take her heart out from behind the sturdy concrete layer, he had to do it slowly without pressuring her.
Cameron fell silent then. He could feel Sean’s perplexed emotions. Even he had to admit that
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Abigail was like a porcupine now, making it impossible for Sean to approach her in any way.
Abigail was in front of her computer when she received a call from Damon. She answered without speaking, and he was the first to pipe up. “Miss Alana, I’m sorry… Did my father contact you?”
“Not yet,” she replied curtly.
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