Chapter 116

Lily put her phone down and walked into the bathroom. … After finishing the call with Lily, Maryanne tossed the phone back to Terence. "Terence, why didn't you send Lily home?" Terence tucked the phone away. "It wasn't convenient." It was just three words, but Maryanne couldn't make sense of them. She complained as she got out of the car, "What do you mean? You're just worried. She's only a girl, taking a cab alone in the middle of the night. And now that Xavier doesn't even bother giving her a ride..." She kept rambling on while Terence followed behind, his head aching from her constant chatter. Soon, they reached the second floor. Terence turned toward his study. "You should get some rest. I've got some work to handle." "You should sleep too! Don't push yourself so hard. You're always making me worry!" Maryanne yawned as she entered her room and closed the door. In the study, Terence opened his computer and started working on tasks related to the Devereux Group. In the