Jacob answered the phone in a trembling voice and nodded continuously after that.
"It's me."
"Things are going well, but… No, I swear I haven't offended him!"
"Okay. I understand. Hah? Are you serious, Dad? You aren't kidding with me, right?"
"No, I don't dare to do that. All right. I got it."
"Don't worry, Dad. I'll listen to what Gael says."
"All right, then. I'm going to hang up now. Goodbye."
Jacob talked with caution throughout the entire call and his face went through a colorful myriad of nervousness, astonishment, apprehension before he hung up the phone. He then fell into a daze and even forgot to return the phone to me.
Julian also had a similar expression beside me and stared at me in a daze since he was yet to recover from the sudden turning of the tables.
I chuckled a
