James Reed arrived home to find Ethan Seymour and Charlotte Reed already waiting at the front door.
Seeing them return, Charlotte hurriedly came over: "James, why did you go out so late?"
"Hayley went to see her mom, so I picked her up," James replied tactfully. However, Ethan wasn't a fool—couldn't he understand the insinuation?
It was Hayley causing trouble again.
"Ridiculous," Ethan muttered before angrily heading back inside.
Hayley also said nothing, dragging her heavy footsteps back to her room.
With no one else around, Charlotte then quietly asked: "What did the Cole Family say?"
"They didn't say anything," James replied in a voice only they could hear, "Let's just leave it for now."
Charlotte nodded in understanding; it wasn't the right time for James to hastily divorce Hayley, or his reputation could suffer.
As long as the Cole Family stayed put, James couldn't possibly be unable to handle Hayley, could he?
