I Quit, Mr. Shaffer

“Fortunate? Nonsense! He nearly brought the Shaffer Family to its knees!”

Stephen’s angry shout reverberated in Seth’s ears. He slowly opened his eyes, and outside the window, the view had shifted to the roses near the mansion.

The car door swung open, and as Seth stepped inside, he quickened his pace.

Upon entering the living room and just as he was about to head upstairs, the butler approached him.

“Mr. Shaffer, why have you just returned?”

Seth furrowed his brow and glanced towards the stairs. “Is something wrong?”

“Miss Symons left a while ago.”

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His heart sank upon hearing that, and he looked upstairs sharply,

“Where did she go?”

“She moved back to her original place.” The old butler sighed and gestured as he spoke. Suddenly, he remembered something in his hand. “Oh, she left something behind.” With that, he handed the blue box to Seth.

“Miss Symons said it was something you lent her temporarily...”

Seth’s gaze fell on the box in front of him. Without opening it, he already knew wha was inside.

He found it slightly amusing but was leaning more towards getting angry.

She acted swiftly. After visiting her mother, she returned with a clear intention to sever 27

ties with him.

He understood what Spencer had discussed. He could sense it even during his time in Bleaktown. After an entire night, he simply wanted to see how Isabella would handle things.

He had imagined so many scenarios, but it turned out to be surprisingly straightforward.

Alright, that’s just great, Seth thought.

“Mr. Shaffer?”

The old butler sensed something was amiss in his expression, so he couldn't resist asking.

“Throw it away.”

Seth averted his gaze, brushed past the old butler, and ascended the stairs.

The old butler was startled. He exchanged a glance with Jordan and quickly put the item away respecifully.

Upstairs, Seth entered the study room with a stern and expressionless face. He opened his laptop without hesitation and proceeded with the postponed meeting.

He remained composed throughout and calmly rejected two flawed plans.

His easygoing nature, which one would think would be a relief, ended up making everyone in the meeting more anxious instead.

After the meeting, Ariana initiated a private chat and asked him, “Seth, is something wrong?”

Seth didn’t turn on his camera and coldly replied, “It's working hours.”

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With that, he hung up abruptly.

The sudden disconnection of the video call made the room feel uncomfortably quiet. He closed his eyes, feeling the urge to break something, but found nothing to release his frustration on.

As his emotions built up and he had nowhere to vent, the untimely ringing of the phone only added to his irritation.

He swiped to answer without bothering to check the caller.

“Seth.” The caller was Leonard. With his eyes closed, Seth simply responded in a flat tone.

“Seth, is there any available space at your company’s property in Rise Residence?”

The keywords caught his attention, and sell stantly opened opened his eyes. “What are you planning?”

“Courtney wants to get a fully furnished apartment nearby. It’s convenient for her to go The content is on noveldrama.org! Read the latest chapter there!

to the newly opened store.” Leonard chuckled nervously. “! want to live next door to

her. Seth remained silent.

Leonard thought he was annoyed and couldn't help but continue, “I really want to get back together with her. Can you help me this time for the sake of my sincerity?”

Seth took a moment before unexpectedly saying, “Sure.”

“Huh?”

Leonard was briefly stunned. “Really? Fully furnished, and two apartments?”

“Yeah.”

Leonard was instantly overjoyed and started to flatter him excessively over the phone. But halfway through, Seth, showing little courtesy, abruptly ended the call.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

The heavy atmosphere lifted slightly as he reached for his phone to call Rise

Residence’s sales department.