Queen of Wild Cards novel Chapter 472

Most importantly, it would keep the young couple together.

Distance made the heart grow fonder, but too much time apart could cool any romance. She certainly didn't want her eldest grandson separated from his wife for too long.

She was still hoping to hold a great-grandchild soon.

"Grandma, I actually suggested that to Stella, but she said her grandfather is used to living in his rural hometown and doesn't want to come to the city."

"Then video call her right now. I want to see my granddaughter-in-law." She missed her so much; it had been entirely too long.

"Grandma, the cell reception in Stella's hometown is terrible. It's snowing heavily there right now, so the signal is completely dead. A call won't go through."

One lie always required a dozen more to cover it up.

*Sigh.*

Nadine didn't buy it and tried to video call Stella's phone herself, but the call failed to connect.

Julius let out a quiet sigh of relief. Thank goodness Stella's secret phone was set up exclusively to contact him.

However, he didn't realize that his relief was entirely premature.

The very next day, he was summoned to the Vaughn residence by Grandpa Wilfred.

"Julius, what exactly is going on? Your mother told me Little Star has been back in her hometown for over a month, and you haven't even bothered to go see her. Tell me the truth, did you two have a falling out?"

Grandpa Wilfred interrogated his eldest grandson the moment he walked through the door.

During a phone call with his eldest daughter the night before, he had casually asked about Stella, only to learn she had been out of the capital this entire time.

No wonder Little Star hadn't come to visit an old man like him.

"Grandpa, we didn't have a falling out. Stella just went back to take care of her sick grandfather. She knows how crazy things are at the company toward the end of the year and didn't want me exhausted, so she told me not to visit."

Julius recited his fabricated story once more, delivering it far more smoothly than the day before.

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