Revenge is My Love Language novel Chapter 800

Anastasia was instantly at a loss for words.

Back at home, she received a call from Lester.

He sounded slightly nervous as he asked, "I apologize for the intrusion, but will you be free tomorrow, Ms. Sterling?"

Anastasia remembered that she still needed to return the jade pendant to him. She had been so busy that she'd been putting it off for days.

She felt a pang of guilt. "Of course I have time tomorrow. I was actually planning to contact you, Mr. Calderon."

Lester's voice on the other end relaxed, tinged with a soft smile and a hint of delight. "That's wonderful. I was worried you might have forgotten our arrangement."

Just as she was on the phone, Harrison suddenly walked in.

Anastasia quickly hung up.

"Who were you talking to?"

Anastasia tried to act calm. "My professor, about the assessment results."

Harrison was about to ask more when a servant came to tell him his grandfather was asking for him.

He said to her, "If you're tired, go get some rest. I'm going to see Grandpa first."

Anastasia nodded obediently, watching him leave with a guilty heart.

She had no intention of continuing to see Lester; she was just returning something. There was no need to tell Harrison and make him unhappy, right…?

Besides, sometimes a small, well-intentioned lie is better for family harmony.

Having successfully convinced herself, Anastasia left the next afternoon under the pretext of visiting the Austin family, taking Lester's jade pendant with her.

Lester's expression instantly dimmed. He looked at Anastasia. "You don't like it?"

Anastasia smiled and shook her head. "This must be something very important to you, isn't it? If you want to show your gratitude, you can give me something else, like a consultation fee. I wouldn't refuse that."

Her tone was gentle, but her stance was firm.

She hadn't forgotten how jealous Harrison could be. She had brought this item with her today, and there was absolutely no way she was taking it back home.

Seeing her determination, Lester finally took the jade pendant back.

But just as Anastasia breathed a sigh of relief, she suddenly heard him say, "Today, I might be about to do something rather presumptuous—"

His tone was polite and gentlemanly, but his intense, earnest gaze made Anastasia's heart skip a beat, filling her with a sense of foreboding.