Her Rebirth of Retribution novel Chapter 77

By the time Calista reached home, three hours had already passed. She was full of energy after that long nap, so she rejected Kallum’s candlelight dinner offer and went straight home.

Quintus saw that Kallum dare not move for several hours just so that Calista could sleep comfortably, and his shoulders must be aching by now, so he couldn’t help but say, “Ms. Stafford is a bit too…” He really wanted to say that she was too heartless in pushing Kallum aside after she had taken what she needed from him…

Even though he had not said out his actual thoughts, his eyes had betrayed how he really felt.

Kallum had taken a day off work and there must be a huge pile of work waiting for him now – who was it for? All the bodyguard cars and his car had gone round a quarter of Horington – who was that for? But Ms. Calista had rejected Mr. Kallum’s simple request to have a candlelight dinner together just like that! Poor Mr. Kallum…

Kallum rolled his shoulders and threw him a dirty look.

“If you say anymore, I’ll exchange you for Julian in Liberia!”

Quintus quickly shut his mouth after that. Julian Parker had sent some news back earlier, saying that Liberia was now infected with the K Virus and the government was unable to do anything about it, so there was a lot of internal conflict happening there. Going there was as good as punishing himself! No way was he going there!

Kallum saw that he was silent, and he smiled a little.

He felt that Calista seemed gentler towards him, and that wasn’t just his own imagination! He had a feeling that he was going to win her over soon!

…and that’s why it’s often said that men’s intuition isn’t accurate.

When Calista got home, she noticed that the atmosphere in the house was very heavy. She hid away her good mood after getting a good rest earlier, smiling coldly as she walked in. “What’s going on?”

She saw that none of the servants were around, but Benedict, Yelena and Quincy were all seated in the living room waiting for her, and she could guess what this was about.

“Callie, don’t you know? The house that Grandpa and Grandma used to live in has been burnt! Burnt to the ground!”

Quincy was saying this while observing Calista’s expression carefully.

She was so angry as she said these words. She had originally planned to just break in and get those papers, and even if she triggered the security alarm, she was family too so Calista couldn’t say anything. It wasn’t as if she had touched the safe!

But who knew, the entire house had already been razed to the ground! After calling the police, the police told her that someone had set fire to the house several days back already.

But what was she going to use to find a supervisor now?

Calista nodded frustratedly, “Is that so? Perhaps that day I accidentally kicked the stove over when I left. Thankfully we took those books out earlier – those books are priceless treasures!” Calista was smiling as she said this, and everyone exchanged weird glances.

They all knew that out of all of them, Calista was the one who cared most about that run down hut. But after hearing that it had been burnt to the ground, she was still able to smile and say that it happened because she was probably just not careful – it was all very strange!

Benedict suddenly felt fear in his heart.

“Callie, that’s where you spent the most time when you were a little girl. Now that it’s all gone, aren’t you sad?”

Calista was the most filial to her grandparents, and now that everything they left behind was gone, Calista’s reaction was extremely abnormal.

“Since it’s all burnt then it’s all burnt,” Calista smiled, revealing a mouth full of pearly whites. “These things should have been destroyed after their owners passed away anyway. Is there food in the kitchen? I’m hungry.”

Yelena managed to snap out of her shock. She smiled stiffly and said, “Yes there is, all your favorites…”

“Ok, I’ll get it myself.” But before Calista turned to leave for the kitchen, she put on a poker face and asked, “Then again, there’s nothing valuable in that house. How did you find out that it had been burnt down?”