Chapter 822

Hesper remained silent. Rickard had clearly avoided her question and was just trying to convince her with his own reasoning. At the end of the day, this man only cared about his own plans, and he considered himself doing her a big favor by excluding from them. "I think you should leave now, Mr. Duval. We wouldn't want your fiancée to misunderstand if she saw you coming out of my room," Hesper said, her voice cold. Without waiting for Rickard to say anything, she opened the door. Though Rickard appeared conflicted, he chose to remain silent and left Hesper's side. * It was only one night, but the news Zoya had suppressed resurfaced. The Lanes' inaction and Hesper's silence seemed to give the public more ammunition. Finally, even Charles called. Hesper was on her way to find Willow when she received Charles's call. She raised her eyebrows. "Dad?" The call was connected and Charles's voice came over from the other side of the line. "I've seen the recent news. It's about that w