Chapter 1025

Talking directly to Naomi about this would only serve to make things worse. Wendy, of course, knew exactly what he was thinking and leaped to her defense. "Don't get ahead of yourself, my dear. Listen, and you can tell me what you think after." This would not have worked if she had been speaking to someone impatient, but Lionel happened to be the exact opposite. As nervous as he was, he tried his best to remain calm and stared at his wife intently. "Of course. Go on, I'm listening." Wendy nodded, her face briefly clouding over with hostility as she explained, "I had almost gotten tricked by Olivia Carver! I had indeed lost my cool for a while there, but as soon as I heard Naomi's voice on the phone, I managed to get ahold of myself. Naomi is a quiet girl and doesn't say much, but she's very grounded and always has a good head on her shoulders. Even just her voice alone was enough to snap some sense into me. "I didn't tell her what had happened. All I did was ask her some stuff abo