The Billionaire And His Son Want Me Back by Juliette Vaughan

Chapter 166

Chapter 166

Outside the private room, Leo was holding the wine that had arrived a bit late, looking perplexed. "Looks like my

boule of wine won't be needed

Max hd apparently cout of the private room at spoint and was now standing behind Leo.

Leo jumped a little, turning to look at his boss. "The person next door is actually the big boss behind Cloud Crest

W Winery. | didn't expect that."

At first, when he saw Paisley living alone with her child in such a big house, he thought she was just skept

woman of a big shot from Harrowfell

After all, in the circle he was in, such situations were common. Most of the time, it was the skind of

arrangement. So, he didn't have a very good opinion of the woman next door, but he wasn't particularly hostile

either. Of course, if it hadn't been for Max asking him to help resolve the issue, he wouldn't have gotten

involved. But he didn't expect that such a delicate- looking woman, who seemed so frail, was actually the hidden

big boss behind Cloud Crest Winery.

Cloud Crest Winery's high-

end wine was hard to cby, and in catered to a market of powerful capitalists and elites. This was also a

result of cultivating high- level connections

So, when she had spoken with that couple earlier, it wasn't her being overconfident. It was more like a superior

showing tolerance for someone below them. Throughout, her emotions had remained calm, and her purpose was

clear- to solve the problem.

In contrast, that couple seemed to have been creating more problems, Thinking back on it, hadn't he too been

prejudiced, assuming she needed a man to speak for her and handle her problems!

Max glanced at Leo with a cold look. "You were narrow-minded"

Leo nodded in agreement with Max's assessment. "Yeah, | was narrow-

minded. Max, so what do we do with this wine!"

He looked at the Cloud Crest Reserve in his hands, his eyes lighting up.

"Siner you've already brought it, juy idrink it" Max lazily waved his hand, turning to head back to the private

roolTl,

Lucy accompanied Paisley and Serena all the way to the parking lot. Paisley first strapped Serena into the car

seat and then turned to take her bag from Lucy. "Thanks for running this errand fortoday." Lucy gave a goofy

smile, "Don't be so polite. It's kind of scary"

Paisley's mood was lightened by Lucy's words, "Do you have other options for the professional manager

position?"

"Yes" Lucy nodded, quickly understanding what Paisley meant. "Don't worry, I'll handle everything at Cloud

Crest"

Lucy had already been hesitant about renewing the contract with Nate for the next year. So when he hinted

several times about renewing it, she didn't give a

firm answer

She had been planning to wait for the right opportunity in the next few days to ask Paisley for her opinion before

making a final decision. But now, it seemed there was no need to ask "Alright, I'll leave it to you," said Paisley

Over the past few years, Paisley hadn't paid much attention to Cloud Crest Winery

Nate had been introduced to the winery t

Through a high-

end headhunter shortly after I'aisley gave birth to Serena, and after several interviews with Lucy, he was hired

At that time, Paisley was just coming out of the shadow of Dominick and Grayson's actions and was fully focused

on taking

care of her newborn,

In wasn't until Serena turned two that she picked up things related to wine again. Even then, she only worked

with the master brewer at the winery to errate a sinall batch of craft beer each year.

All other management and operational matters were handled by Lucy and the professional

managers. So, in the past few years, the only people who had really seen Paisley at the winery were the master

brewers.

She had only seen the or new manager's onboarding

report from Lucy once, briefly catching a glimpar of his photo.

On the way home, Serena had stopped crying, bait ber mond was still low.

"Rena, why were you crying today! Paisley asked during a red light, turning to look at the lule one.

Serena stared out the window, lips pressed tightly together, refusing to speak.

"Did Millie argue with you?" Paisley probed further.

Serena shook her head but remained silent. The light turned green, and Paisley dropped the subject, driving

them home.

Serena was clearly troubled. Since she didn't want to talk. Paisley decided not to push. Serena would open up

when she was ready.

That evening, after returning home, Serena behaved unusually. She didn't insist on a bedtstory, quietly

bathed, and went straight to sleep.

Outside Serena's bedroom. Maria noticed the little girl hugging her doll and sleeping quietly, her expression

tinged with worry.

"Paisy, something seems off with Rena today" Maria found it odd-

Serena usually resisted bath tfor ages, but tonight she obediently went to wash up. Afterward, she even

volunteered to go to bed, skipping her nightly story.

"Did you ask her about it?" asked Maria

"I did, but she wouldn't say," Paisley replied softly. "Maybe she needs stto process. Let's observe for

now."

Paisley decided that if Serena's mood didn't improve in the coming days, she would step in.

It wasn't that Paisley was indifferent to Serena's feelings, but earlier that day, Serena had seemed perfectly fine.

present

The change occurred after Serena returned from the restroom-

a short tduring which plenty of parents and children were pres Paisley didn't feel worried about Serena's

safety. The only explanation was that Serena had seen or heard something that deeply affected her. Unless

Serena chose to share, any attempt to force an answe Who said children didn't have worries? As they grew older,

their concerns only multiplied By Monday morning, Serena's mood had improved. She clung to Paisley and Maria

playfully, acting as though nothing had happened. Maria had been worried all weekend. She finally felt some

relief.

As usual, Paisley drove Serena to kiddergarten. Along the way, they chatted and laughed. Serena even

announced her goal of being the

first to finish her lunch that day.

When

they arrived at the kindergarten gates, just as they were about to say their daily goodbye, they spotted Vivian

hurrying out of the school. wearing sunglasses.

Vivian froze when she saw Paisley and Serena, offering an awkward, forced smile before quickly leaving Sophia

followed behind, smiling as she greeted Paisley.

She explained. "Vivian cto withdraw Millie from school

"What?" Serena exclaimed, both surprised and disappointed. "Millie's not coming back?"

Sophia nodded. "No, st

she's moving to another city with her parents.

"Oh Serena's mood plummeted. Her first-ever best friend was leaving without saying goodbye.

Sophia glanced at Serena, then leaned closer to Paisley, whispering conspiratorially, "I don't know what's going

on with Millie's family, but her mom's eyes were swollen- she must've been crying.

"Even though the principal tried to persuade her to stay, she insisted on leaving, saying she was taking Millie to

Brightmoor to join her husband. Every family has its struggles"