A Second Chance at Forever (Eleanor and Bernard) novel Chapter 778

"Mr. Spencer, what can I do for you?"

Robin was a looker, but he's got a bit of a short fuse.

The last time he rented out the whole place looking for Emilia, Hailey was so scared she didn't dare make a peep.

She was scared out of her wits, but to protect Eleanor, she tricked Robin into thinking Emilia had skipped town for G country.

Now he's back and probably knows she lied, coming at her like a bully looking for a fight.

While Hailey's trying to figure out why Robin's looking for her, she's acting cool as a cucumber and flashing him a smile.

When dealing with hot-headed folks, you’ve got to keep it cool and play along.

"Same question: where's Emilia?"

Robin's standing there, hands in his pockets, a head taller than Hailey, and he has to look down to see her.

Luckily, he popped a pill before he left the house to keep his temper in check; otherwise, he would've blown his top by now.

As the head honcho of the Spencer family, his status is no joke. And here's Hailey, making him stand while talking. She didn't know the first thing about doing business.

Hailey was just so scared that she forgot to invite him to sit down in a private room. It's not like she didn't know how to do business.

For any other rich guy, she would've rolled out the red carpet.

But because she lied to him, Hailey's guilty conscience was making her hesitate.

But now that he's only asking about Emilia and not giving her a hard time, Hailey breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed like Robin's just like she thought, too impatient to look up Emilia's flight information and ended up buying her story.

If he bought her story, then he wouldn’t come back looking for payback. That's not too bad.

But how's she going to explain Emilia?

Hailey thought it over and decided to keep up the charade.

He didn't seem too bright anyway.

"Um..." Hailey coughs, covering her mouth, and puts on a sad face. "Emilia passed away. She was buried not long ago. If you came a bit earlier, you could've seen her one last time."