Noticed Something Strange
“Why did you sleep here, Darling? Have you been working all night?” The woman’s eyes welled up the
moment she noticed Solomon’s bloodshot eyes and unkempt facial hair.
“I’m fine. I just had a lot to do. That’s all,” replied Solomon in a hoarse voice while looking at his teary-
eyed wife.
“But this is going to take a toll on your health. You can’t work all night like this. Please, Darling. You
have to promise me that you’ll stop doing this to yourself, okay?” pleaded Ichika as tears started to roll
down her cheeks.
Seeing how heartbroken his wife was, Solomon could no longer hold it in. He immediately wrapped his
arms around Ichika and embraced her tightly.
“Okay, I promise.”
After that, the couple went downstairs to have breakfast as usual. It was just like every other morning
until they were done with their meal.
“Ichika, I’ll be away for two days. Do you want to go to Frontier Bay? Or maybe the Hayes residence?”
“Huh?” Still busy cleaning up the table, Ichika lifted her head when she heard her husband. He’s going
abroad again? But I just got back home. Can’t he stay a while longer with me?
As much as the news saddened her, Ichika decided to be understanding. Even as a young girl, she
was taught to respect the decision of the family’s breadwinner.
“Don’t worry about me. Just come home soon, okay?”
“I will. So will you be going to Frontier Bay or the Hayes residence? I have to inform them.”
Solomon could feel his heart break a little when he saw how Ichika pouted at the sudden news, so he
immediately grabbed his phone and called the Hayes residence.
He remembered Ichika had mentioned that there was no point in going to Frontier Bay since the
children were no longer there. On the contrary, she could help out at the Hayes residence since
Thanksgiving was just around the corner.
Relieved to see that Ichika was kept busy there, Solomon packed and flew off to Jetroina.
Haruto was already waiting for him when he got there.
Meanwhile, at the Oceanic Estate, Sasha only found out about Solomon’s trip when Ichika texted her.
The Jetroinian needed help finding some stuff at the Hayes residence.
Sasha: I thought you just got home. Why did Solomon have to go abroad all of a sudden? Couldn’t he
stay for another a day or two?
Ichika: It’s fine. I know he’s a busy man. He even fell asleep working in the study last night.
When Sasha heard how busy Solomon seemed, she could not help but wonder if something had
happened to Hayes Corporation.
Worried, the woman immediately jumped to her feet and went downstairs to Sebastian since it was still
early.
“Hey, can I talk to you?” asked Sasha after opening the door to the study.
“Give me a minute,” responded Sebastian, still hard at work under the desk lamp, before motioning for
Sasha to come in.
She then grabbed a chair and sat down close to Sebastian.
Even though the man was still working, he did not seem displeased that Sasha pulled up a chair beside
him. Not only that, but he also moved his chair a little so that Sasha could move closer to him.
For some reason, that gesture warmed her heart.
“Could you find out if something has happened to Hayes Corporation? I was in contact with Ichika, and
she told me that Solomon was so caught up with work he fell asleep in the study. He even told Ichika
that he had to go abroad the next day she got home.”
“What? Today? Nobody told me anything of that sort,” Sebastian’s slender fingers suddenly stopped on
the keyboard.
“Here, take a look. Ichika told me herself,” stated Sasha as she handed Sebastian her phone.
After going through the messages, the man furrowed his brows concernedly.
“Let me make a phone call.” With that, Sebastian took his phone out and started dialing.
Since he was the one who almost single-handedly put Hayes Corporation on the map, it was only
natural for Sebastian to be concerned about the company’s welfare. If something terrible were to
happen to Hayes, there was no way the man could sit by idly.
However, to Sebastian’s surprise, Luke told his boss that there was nothing wrong with the company.
“Mr. Hayes, I’m not sure what Mr. George has been so busy with lately, but I can assure you that none
of us at the company have been working overtime or attending late-night meetings. You can check the
records for yourself.”
What the heck was Solomon busy with then?
With his brows still tightly knitted, Sebastian followed up with another question. “Could it be something
personal?”
“Something personal?” After thinking for a while, the assistant remembered Solomon’s odd behaviors.
“Now that you mention it, I did notice how strange Mr. George has been acting lately. He always comes
to work looking exhausted and distracted. Not only that, but he also seemed to be easily irritated all the
time. He wasn’t like that before.”
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