Tremaine happened to see the butler with Montez just as he was storming out angrily from the villa.
The butler had taken Montez out for a run.
Montez had asked the butler to teach him how to grow taller. He wanted to grow up as quickly as possible so that he could marry Yesseca. The butler said that running could help him do that, so Montez dragged them along for a run.
The poor, elderly butler had to run in circles in the garden with Montez. After running a few laps, he was so exhausted it felt like his old bones were about to fall apart.
As they entered the villa, they saw Tremaine leaving with an angry look on his face.
Tremaine pretended to not have seen them.
Neither Montez nor the butler dared to greet Tremaine, and simply watched him rush off.
Once Tremaine was gone, Montez pulled on the butler's hand and said, "Butler, did you see that? My dad doesn't look happy,"
The butler lowered his voice and said, "That's why I've advised you not to bother him. He's in a bad mood today,"
Montez rolled his eyes and said, "It must be because I called him an old, grumpy monster. I shouldn't do that anymore,"
The butler nodded at Montez.
He certainly couldn't just run his mouth like that.
Tremaine was still in his prime. How could he be considered old when he was still in his prime?
Montez sighed again and said, "People don't like to hear the truth. Daddy must know it himself that he's old and weak, but he won't be happy to hear other people call him that. Well, I won't speak the truth next time. No one likes to hear the truth,"
The butler was silent.
He was impressed by Montez's self-reflection.
Yesseca arrived at the Quartley villa.
She happened to spot a maid at the gate.
The maid and Yesseca knew each other.
Yesseca would often chat with this maid when she served the Quartley family.
She quickly asked the maid where Tremaine was.
The maid didn't know that Tremaine had gone out and thought that he was still in the study.
"Mr. Tremaine is in the study." The maid continued, "Are you looking for him? I'll go and tell him you're here,"
Yesseca felt impatient.
She interrupted, "No, I'll go over to the study by myself,"
Coincidentally, she didn't run into anyone on her way to the study. If she had run into Montez or the butler, things would have turned out differently. Unfortunately, she didn't.
She walked uninterrupted into the study.
Yesseca had calmed down a bit after she reached the door to the study.
At that moment, she just felt hesitant and scared.
Gritting her teeth, she knocked on the door.
After knocking a couple of times, no one opened the door.
Yesseca gave it a hard push.
Tremaine hadn't locked the door when he left, so Yesseca was able to push it open easily.
No one was inside.
Yesseca looked around the room quietly.
Wasn't Tremaine supposed to be here? Why isn't anyone here?
After looking around, she still couldn't find Tremaine.
Yesseca was about to look elsewhere when she spotted something moving on the table.
Tremaine had left his cell phone behind and a text message had just been delivered.
Yesseca walked over to the table.
She spotted Tremaine's cell phone on the desk.
Since Tremaine left his cell phone behind, it meant that he was still nearby. He would probably return in a little while. Yesseca felt that she should just wait for him here.
She then casually glanced about the table and was stunned at what she saw.
Her eyes were glued to the computer screen.
A video was paused on the screen.
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