From Ashes of Scandals to His Embrace novel Chapter 329

Orville started heading off to make the call, but Adolphus poured some water, his voice dropping. “Dinner’s on me tonight. Let’s invite everyone who’s free. It’s been ages since we all sat down together.”

“Sounds good. I’ll ask the hotel to set it up right now.”

“Wait, Adolphus, weren’t we talking about tomorrow night?” Egan reached out and stopped Orville, glancing at Adolphus. He lowered his voice. “You and Laurinda just got here, and you haven’t even told her yet. Maybe it’s better if it’s just us tonight. Let’s skip inviting the whole crowd for now.”

Adolphus noticed Egan’s hesitation and figured there was something else going on. He nodded. “Alright, just us then.”

Egan grinned, patting Orville on the shoulder. “Go on, make the call. A table for ten should be enough.”

Orville caught the hint that Egan wanted a private word with Adolphus. He also knew about what had happened last night, so he just nodded and stepped out onto the balcony with his phone.

Adolphus turned to Egan. “So, what happened? Something up?”

Adolphus wasn’t one for small talk. He wanted answers.

Egan didn’t hold back. He told him exactly what went down at the bar last night.

“After you made things official, everyone was asking Sam for details. He was already in a bad mood, so someone started a rumor that he was upset because of Laurinda. They twisted it, saying Laurinda knew Sam first, used him to get close to you, then dumped him, and that’s why Sam was so heartbroken about your announcement.”

“Did you find out who started it?” Adolphus’s face was stone cold, his voice sharp.

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