"She is such an awful woman! Did Tremaine punish her?" Preslie asked.
Yesseca replied, "She knew she was wrong and she said she wouldn't do it again."
Although Yuliana wasn't forced to leave Quartley Palace, Tremaine's attitude had probably been threatening enough to scare her.
Yesseca believed that Yuliana would refrain from causing any trouble from now on.
And of course, even if she did, Yesseca was not scared at all.
Yuliana could not defeat her easily.
She would not be so dumb again. Yesseca would not allow her to say whatever she wanted and be fooled by her again.
Yesseca wasn't worried.
"By the way, is Mr. Hawls okay?" Yesseca asked.
Preslie had told her that Sheldon had been released from the jail.
At the mention about Sheldon, Preslie was surprised for a moment.
Then, she let out a deep sigh.
Yesseca's heart tightened when she heard her. "Preslie, what happened? Is there something wrong with Mr. Hawls?"
"There's nothing wrong with him," Preslie said with a hollow smile. "He is just a little skinnier than before, and a little darker."
It was true that he had gotten thinner and darker.
He had lost nearly 20 pounds.
And his skin was as dark as coal.
Yesseca breathed a sigh of relief.
It was normal to be lean and dark.
After all, he had been in prison for so long and might have been feeling out of it. It was reasonable for him to be in such a state.
After hanging up the call, Preslie continued walking with the thermos in her hand.
There was juice in the thermos.
She had stored it inside the refrigerator just to make it cool before giving it to Sheldon as a cold drink was the best to have on a hot sunny day. She'd made it specially for him.
Preslie could see Sheldon from afar.
Her nose twitched and her eyes turned red.
"It's Sheldon, it's Mr. Hawls!" Preslie shouted internally.
Now, however...
Preslie still remembered the first time she saw Sheldon, where they were at a night market in Nashaland.
Back then, Sheldon was dressed in a suit, he looked chic and handsome.
Later, when they met again, Sheldon had been dressed in his military uniform, and he looked absolutely stunning.
As for the present...
Sheldon had become a cleaner on the streets.
He was cleaning the streets with an electric vacuum cleaner.
Sheldon had a pair of attractive hands with defined joints. His hands were used to holding pistols, but now he was reduced to holding an electric vacuum cleaner instead.
It was a huge contrast.
Preslie wanted to cry seeing Sheldon.
She didn't know what Tremaine was thinking. Although he had released Sheldon from the prison, he still insisted on Sheldon becoming a cleaner for one month. Sheldon had to be responsible for cleaning up all the garbage on the streets!
He was Mr. Hawls, who was once Tremaine's closest subordinate!
Why did Tremaine arrange such work for him?
However, Sheldon did not complain at all. He got up from bed before dawn and began cleaning the street every single day. He tidied the streets meticulously and went home at midnight.
He was exhausted from work, and Sheldon became skinnier and tanner than how he used to be.
However, he still looked ever so handsome.
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