Belinda could not be bothered to talk to Adrian any longer.

After scolding him, she said, “I’ll hang up if you have nothing else.”

“I’ll help Carol out, Mom. I don’t have anything else to say. You get busy then.”

Belinda ended the call.

Adrian breathed a sigh of relief.

He raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat that beaded his forehead when he hastily accused his mother earlier.

Adrian must have been terrified for him to sweat on a cold day.

Caroline passed him a piece of tissue.

Adrian