Dominic sounded as if something had happened, and Lily was puzzled. “Austin? What’s wrong with him?”
“There’s nothing wrong with him. He’s doing great! He also dared to hang up on me and has even turned his phone off for two days!” Dominic got upset and puffed his cheeks.
Galen thought he looked funny and started to pinch and poke his puffy cheeks.
“Hey, hey, you little brat! Don’t be so heartless like your mommy, okay? You’ve grown bolder after just surviving an ordeal, have you—hey, hey, not my beard!” Dominic whined as he played around with the boy.
However, Lily had a vague feeling that something was not right. Having spent some time around Austin, she knew what kind of a person he was even though she was unfamiliar with him.
‘Austin might behave like that to others, but he’s subservient to Dominic. Did he hang up on the old man? That’s so unlike Austin. Besides, he even turned off his phone for two days.’
“Old man, why would Austin hang up on you? Were you fighting?” Lily asked after some thought.
“Hell no! He hasn’t returned after leaving in a fit the last time. Then I thought something was wrong in the lab and wanted to tell him not to be a pawn in someone else’s game. He said nothing when I called him and even hung up on me! Don’t you think he’s being disrespectful?” Dominic got angrier as he spoke and wanted to give Austin a beating.
“He didn’t say a word? What did you say to him?” The more Lily heard, the more she felt something fishy was going on.
“Nothing, of course!” Dominic said indignantly. “Why should I speak first? I had to wait until he told me he was sorry! Who knew he wouldn’t make good use of the opportunity and hung up on me instead!”
Lily was at a loss for words.
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