Chapter 674

Nightfall. Lambert, who had just clocked out for the day, was about to head home when Old Mr. Stone summoned him to the main estate with a phone call. Irritation flickered through him. But if the old man was calling, it had to be important. Suppressing his annoyance, he made his way over, pausing only to call Ariana and tell her not to wait for him for dinner—she should eat without him. Ariana simply replied, "Got it." Yet the moment she hung up, her expression turned icy—a coldness she hadn’t shown since her pregnancy. Her mother-in-law had been acting strangely all day. And now, Lambert was being called away by Old Mr. Stone… Something was definitely wrong. And whatever it was, it involved her. Ariana’s eyes darkened, a quiet chill settling in their depths. … When Lambert arrived at the main estate, the first thing he saw upon entering the living room was the twins, Kevin and Carson, playing boisterously. He had never paid them much attention. Lucian was his and Ariana’s firstborn, a