The Contracted Ever After novel Chapter 651

Ronan flashed a grin as the car smoothly approached Birchwood. “I’ve got someone to meet first. Any objections, Miss Liu?” he asked Daniella through the rear-view mirror.

“Oh, no objections at all!” As the “second party,” she didn’t dare to show any dissent.

“Who are we meeting?” Emerson asked, still clueless about the purpose of their trip to Birchwood.

“An old classmate of my grandfather’s.”

“Does this visit have something to do with him?”

“Quit prying. We’re here. I've already made arrangements,” Ronan said, ending the conversation as he parked the car in front of a place called “Garden View Café,” a Western-style bistro chosen by Dustin which Ronan didn’t mind.

Emerson took a quick glance at the establishment, his brow slightly furrowing at its modest appearance. But stepping inside was like entering an oasis of nature, with chirping birds and fragrant flowers surrounding them.

Dustin was already waiting.

“Dr. Dustin, these are my two friends,” Ronan introduced Emerson and Daniella. “We’ve come to Birchwood on business, and it’s fine to speak in front of them.”

With a heavy sigh, Dustin lamented, “It’s a damn shame. Petra got arrested. Her kid’s been left without anyone to care for them, and the local station’s trying to find someone. Mr. Evans, in my opinion, you might as well take the child in yourself, but, of course, that’s just an old man’s two cents. You mentioned the kid’s leg injury and how she wouldn’t even cover the child at night. You’re right; the kid’s emotional issues aren’t innate—she brought them on. To be a teacher, and behave like that?”

Dustin banged his hand on the table, a picture of anguish. “The world’s going to hell in a handbasket, I tell ya!”

Before long, Dustin’s eyes brimmed with tears yet again.

Daniella, clueless about the situation and unfamiliar with the professor, just sat there dumbfounded, glancing at Emerson while trying to piece together who this “heartless” person could be.