Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1413

The manager received a call from the mother of the restaurant owner.

At first, he couldn't believe what he heard from the call. Then, he glanced at Caleb with a conflicted look. Finally, he ended the call with an almost hopeless expression.

As he turned to face Caleb and the others, the manager sweated profusely and stammered, "Mr. Jensen, perhaps you should…"

Before he could finish, Caleb cut him off sharply in a tone colder than ever. "You'd better think it over before saying another word!"

The manager was on the verge of tears. "Mr. Jensen, please don't make things difficult for me."

Caleb's face darkened further. As a dignified Jensen, he'd become the laughingstock of the entire elite social circle by the end of the night if he were to be asked to leave the restaurant!

He turned to the two women and was certain he didn't know them, but who were they to have the manager disregard his dignity so thoroughly?

"What are you trying to do?" Caleb asked as he glared at Celeste.

Even Shannon was a little surprised. Did Celeste have some other identity in this alternate world?

Celeste simply smiled at Caleb. It was a smile that carried an air of superiority.

"You're good friends with the restaurant owner, and I'm coincidentally good friends with the owner's mother. By that logic, I suppose it makes me more respected as an elder."

Caleb's jaw clenched. Clearly, he was infuriated by this "elder" who was barely older than he was.

Cecily hadn't expected things to turn out this way either. Everything had been going smoothly. If they'd just gotten these two kicked out of the restaurant, she would've felt vindicated for the night.

But now… Why did it feel like she and Caleb were the ones about to be kicked out?

Caleb wouldn't let himself be shown out the door just like that either. He opened his mouth to speak again when his phone rang from his pocket.

He reached for his phone, and the moment he saw the number, his expression shifted from grim anger to shock. He straightened up instinctively and adjusted to a respectful posture.

Adam in the alternate world had never gotten married and had no children. But as the head of the Jensens, he bore the responsibility to nurture a competent successor for Jensen Corporation.

Once Caleb and Hank were of age, they were forced to begin learning and managing corporation affairs under Adam's direct intervention.

Since the Jensen family now had only these two adult grandsons, Caleb and Hank came to view each other as rivals. This intense competition for Jensen Corporation consumed their energy and diverted their attention from Cecily.

In their original world, Hector's presence as the exceptional heir of the Jensen Corporation meant that both Adam and George allowed the other children to grow freely without too much intervention.

Hector's absence in this alternate world freed Caleb and Hank from their entanglement with Cecily, thus entirely altering their fates.

The trajectory of the alternate world wouldn't come to a halt just because one person was missing.

Shannon couldn't quite put her feelings into words. For the first time in a long while, she found herself missing Hector.