Phoebe did not shake Joel’s outreached hand. She just slightly nodded her head. “Mr. Quarters, good to see you.”

She was reserved and distant.

“What’s wrong, Phoebe? You won’t even shake my hand now? I, Joel Quarters, haven’t been annoying to such an extent, have I?” said Joel as he stared at Phoebe with a cold expression. However, a hint of flame flashed through his eyes.

The last time he saw Phoebe was five years ago and she was still in university at the time. Now that five years had pa