After Reborn, I Become a Billionaire
Chapter 914 Taking The Initiative To Contact Oscar

Chapter 914 Taking the Initiative to Contact Oscar

After ending the call with Susan, Hannah felt a bit emotional because of what Susan said. Emotions were the most elusive thing. They could change at any moment.

Back then, she had also liked Charles so much. But after being hurt by him, her feelings for him changed and she fell in love with Oscar instead. Oscar could do the same thing too.

In the face of her cold rejection and living with Lillian day in and day out, he could change his mind just as easily as she did about Charles.

Hannah held her phone silently lost in thought when Michelle came into the room calling for her name.

"Hannah,"

Hannah snapped out of it suddenly.

"What's up?" Michelle asked while looking at Hannah who seemed a little flustered.

"Nothing. Your voice just startled me." Hannah made up an excuse,

"Do I have a loud voice?" Michelle self-reflected, "I've been taking care of Sal lately so my voice has naturally grown louder."

"Do you need something from me?" Hannah asked instead.

"I was wondering if we should invite some relatives and friends over today for Sal's birthday," Michelle asked.

"No need Mom. Just like I told you yesterday, we'll celebrate his birthday among ourselves." Replied Hannah firmly but politely.

"Hannah, you can't keep Salem locked up forever. He will grow up eventually and he will meet people outside someday too. He's only one year old now but when he turns three years old are you still going to keep him from going to kindergarten?" Michelle disagreed somewhat strongly.

She found Hannah's arrangements unsatisfactory but compromised. After sleeping on it last night Michelle still couldn't understand why they had agreed on those terms.

"Let's take things slowly, shall we? Salem is not even three yet."

"Hannah..."

"Susan and Manuel will come here tonight." Interrupting Michelle's words, Hannah continued, "Prepare some dishes that Susan and Manuel like."

"Oh okay then." Sighed Michelle, helpless.

Seeing how determined their daughter was, Michelle decided once again that there wasn't much else left except compromise. Michelle turned and left, but before she did, she suddenly thought of something and asked, "Is Oscar coming back?"

Hannah was taken aback. It had been a long time since her mother mentioned Oscar. There was no more blame or dissatisfaction. Perhaps she had completely given up on him.

At this moment, Michelle's question caught Hannah off guard and she didn't know how to answer it.

"Forget it," Michelle could tell from Hannah's expression what the answer was going to be. "I'll go arrange Sal's birthday dinner."

"Okay."

Michelle left.

After she left, Hannah gripped her phone tighter in her hand.

Was this it?

She waited for Oscar to change his mind. She waited for him and Lillian to become a family. She waited for herself to completely detach from Oscar's family.

Hannah narrowed her eyes in frustration. In the end, she picked up the phone again and dialled his number once more. Some things were beyond forgiveness with ease.

So, she didn't want to compromise with Oscar anymore.

The phone rang several times before he answered.

"Hannah." Came Lillian's voice from the other end of the line.

It had been a long time since Hannah heard Lillian's voice on one of Oscar's calls.

Had things started changing?

"I'll look for Oscar." Lillian said, "He is meeting an important international friend right now. His phone is with me at the moment so I can't give it to him but I'll have him call you later." Explained Lillian "Okay, thank you."

"You're welcome."

They maintained their polite tone throughout their conversation until Hannah hung up the phone.

Her eyes tightened as soon as they disconnected.

Lillian put down Oscar's cell phone; her expression also cooled down immediately.

Oscar was indeed doing an important interview work at that moment so naturally he wasn't carrying his cell phone around. His executive secretary kept Oscar's phone safe while working next door. Lilian happened to be with his secretary. When seeing the secretary take out their cell phone, she took it over to answer any incoming calls.

No matter what kind of attitude towards Oscar now, the fact remained that nothing had changed about destroying his relationship with Hannah.

Her eyes narrowed as she watched Oscar move smoothly through the large hall in a suit looking mature and stable, a cold smile forming on her lips.

Soon enough, she swore she would take away all his glory.

This was his retribution for ignoring her.

Naturally, Hannah never received that call from Oscar again. She had expected that Lillian might delete the call record she made to Oscar, and she certainly wouldn't tell him about it, let alone ask him to return her call.

What saddened her was that Oscar had forgotten Salem's important day today. He was too busy to even spare a phone call for Salem. Thinking back to a year ago when Salem was born as a critically ill baby, Hannah still picked up her phone and dialled his number.

She thought if it was Lillian again, she would give up on calling Oscar again.

But at that moment, Oscar's familiar voice came through the phone.

"Hannah,"

Hannah pursed her lips. She had prepared herself for anything but him. The sudden sound of his voice left her stunned for a second again.

"Hannah?" Oscar called out to her in his usual gentle tone of voice.

Sometimes Hannah wondered if he did have multiple personalities or suffered from dissociative identity disorder.

"I know you're busy. Lillian answered my call this morning." She said truthfully without hiding anything from him about calling him earlier on. "Mm-hmm." Replied Oscar.

He wasn't surprised that Lillian hadn't told him about Hannah's call or deleted the record of their conversation. So he didn't have much emotional reaction either way. But Hannah heard it as indulgence towards Lillian by Oscar because they were in love so whatever Lillian did, he wouldn't question it anymore.

Hannah tried not to get emotional. She told herself she must stay calm no matter what happened next. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to take revenge on anyone anymore.

In an even tone of voice, she said, "Today is Salem's birthday."

"Mm-hmm." Replied Oscar still with little emotion in his response.

He knew. It shouldn't be possible for him not to remember such an important date.

Didn't he care about it?

"Manuel and Susan are coming back tonight to celebrate with Sal. I just wanted to ask if you're not too busy and whether you'd like to come over?" Hannah asked hesitantly anyway. Oscar fell silent considering the invitation seriously before giving any answer.

"If you're too busy then forget I asked. I'll send you photos and videos later." She felt like pushing further would only make things worse between them. Otherwise, Oscar might do something worse. "I'll try my best." Oscar suddenly spoke up.

Hannah was frozen for a moment.

"After I finish my work, I'll try to come over," Oscar promised and added, "But don't wait for me."

So he was just placating her.

She gave a cold smile, feeling a bit heartbroken.