The Billionaire's Intern (Maya Thompson) novel Chapter 537

Chapte

Chapter 266: Just Take Mine

The moment Dahlia spoke, the father and son’s argument came to an abrupt halt. Both men fell suspiciously silent, and neither seemed particularly eager to explain.

Dahlia slowly raised an eyebrow before turning her attention to her husband.

“Dominic,” she said evenly. “Care to explain?”

“Ahem…” Dominic cleared his throat.

“Sweetheart, we… uhm…”

The words died in his throat. For some reason, he suddenly found the floor far more interesting than meeting his wife’s eyes.

When no explanation came, Dahlia simply folded her arms and raised her other eyebrow.

“Well?” she asked. “Where did all that confidence from a moment ago go?”

Dominic awkwardly cleared his throat again, but the words simply refused to come. Instead, he continued staring at the floor, still unable to meet his wife’s eyes.

Dahlia looked at him for another moment before quietly turning to Eleanor.

The two women exchanged a knowing look.

Without another word, Eleanor stepped forward and shifted her attention to the Blackwood patriarch.

“And how about you, old man?” she asked, folding her arms. “What are you arguing with your son about

this time?”

Charles looked thoroughly offended, puffing out his chest in protest.

“Who are you calling old man?”

Eleanor answered with nothing more than a sharp look and a raised eyebrow.

Charles opened his mouth as though to argue, thought better of it, and quietly looked away.

“…Never mind.”

Eleanor let out a long, exasperated sigh.

“Honestly, aren’t the two of you embarrassed? It’s barely morning, and you’re already arguing again. Right in front of Jaime, no less.”

She looked from father to son and shook her head.

“You’re both worse than a pair of five-year-olds. I could hear you bickering all the way from the kitchen.” She folded her arms. “Now what is it this time?”

When neither man answered, she raised an eyebrow.

M

Chapter

Neither father nor son uttered a single word. Only moments ago, they had been arguing loud enough for the whole house to hear. Now they looked like two boys who had just been caught causing trouble. Unable to get an answer from either of them, Maya turned her attention to the only other person sitting between them.

“Jaime…”

Jaime looked up innocently.

“Huh?”

Maya smiled knowingly.

“How about you tell us what’s going on?”

His eyes widened.

“Why me?”

Maya’s smile only grew.

“One…”

Jaime pouted, stubbornly trying to hold his ground.

“…Two…”

Before she could count any further, he let out a long, defeated sigh.

“All right, all right,” he surrendered, looking around at everyone.

He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly.

“Well… Grandpa Charles and Uncle Dominic both wanted to give me their credit cards so I’d have spending money.”

He quickly looked at Maya, as though afraid she’d misunderstand.

“But, May, I swear, I told them I didn’t need one.”

His eyes shifted back to the two men beside him, and he gave a helpless shrug.

“Then somehow… they started arguing over whose card was better and which one I should take.”

Dominic and Charles exchanged awkward looks. Hearing the situation explained out loud somehow made

it sound even pettier than it had moments ago.

Maya barely reacted. Having gotten a new phone only a few hours earlier, she didn’t immediately realize it was hers.

Damien, however, felt the vibration coming from Maya’s purse, which rested on top of the suitcase he was pulling behind him.

He unzipped the purse, retrieved the phone, and glanced at the screen.

“Love,” he said, handing it to her. “Harper’s calling.”

Before Maya could take it, Jaime’s eyes landed on the unfamiliar phone in Damien’s hand.

He blinked.

Then his eyes widened.

“Wait…” he blurted out. “Why did you get a new phone?!”

The moment the words left his mouth, everyone’s attention shifted to him.

Maya looked at him in confusion.

“Jaime… what’s wrong? Is there a problem?”

Only then did Jaime realize he had reacted a little too quickly.

His heart sank as panic surged through him. All the effort he had put into it had just gone to waste.

The night before, he had secretly installed something on Maya’s old phone. He had spent so much time making sure she wouldn’t notice, convinced everything was finally in place.

Now she had an entirely different phone, and everything he had done had been for nothing.

Of course, he couldn’t possibly admit that out loud. If he did, he would only get himself into even deeper trouble.

Forcing himself to stay calm, he pushed the panic aside.

He would just have to find another opportunity to do it.

Jaime quickly forced a smile.

“Nothing,” he said, waving a hand dismissively. “It just caught me off guard.”

No one seemed suspicious.

At least… he hoped not.

Inside, however, he silently prayed Maya would let it go.