Back to the Past: Breaking the Love Spell ( Carlisle Zahn ) Novel
Chapter 509

Chapter 509

Carlisle smiled as he went up to Gareth.

Gareth had brought Sheldon to support Alumni Network, which had shown his sincerity. He had also indirectly elevated the legitimacy of Alumni Network, and more people would know about it as a result.

Gareth glanced at Carlisle. "Well, well. You didn't even tell me about the Alumni Network press conference. Do you even think of me as a friend?"

Carlisle said wryly, "I only found out about it this afternoon. It was Sean's idea."

Gareth frowned slightly. He wanted to say something, but with Sean and Carlisle's relationship in mind, he kept his worries to himself.

Carlisle wouldn't be wrong in his judgment of people.

Sean was young, and it was normal for him to make mistakes.

Also, Carlisle was probably keen on training Sean to take care of things on his own.

At that thought, Gareth asked, "Shall we go and get a couple of drinks?"

"Where shall we go?"

"Wonderland Steakhouse?"

"Alright." Carlisle pulled open the passenger's side door and got in, and Gareth tossed away his cigarette stub to start the car.

Carlisle took out his phone to call Sean and Owen.

Sean felt very nervous when he saw that Carlisle was calling.

Carlisle had been at the press conference. Sean almost ruined everything with his mistake and assumed that Carlisle was calling to scold him.

Lily saw that Sean still hadn't picked up the call, so she asked curiously, "Why aren't you picking up?"

Sean hunched down and gave Lily his phone. "Carl's calling. He must be calling to scold me! You pick up for me!"

Gillian's eyes narrowed. "Carlisle is the real founder of Alumni Network, isn't he?"

Sean wasn't ashamed to admit it. He nodded and said, "Yes, I'm just working for Carl!" Gillian's lip curled and said, "As I expected. I knew you wouldn't have the ability to do so!" Sean was annoyed and said, "Gill, would it kill you to go a day without sniping at me?" He had no idea how he had offended her.

It was fine when she didn't talk to him, but whenever she did, it was always unpleasant. Lily took the phone from Sean and answered the call. "Carl?"

"Oh, Lily? Where's Sean?" Carlisle sounded calm, and there was no trace of emotion in his tone.

Lily was rather nervous. "H-He's in the bathroom. I can pass on any messages you have for him!"

Carlisle laughed and said, "I was planning to ask him out for drinks to celebrate, but it seems he doesn't have any time. How's the recovery of your injury?"

"I-I'm recovering very well. I haven't even had time to thank you yet!" Lily had been recuperating over the past two days. Sean had been worried about the radiation from her phone, so he had forbidden her to touch it. It was why she still hadn't managed to contact Carlisle and thank him.

"What do you need to thank me for? We're all friends. If I was the one who needed blood, I'm sure you would also have donated without a second thought, right?" Carlisle said, chuckling.

Lily was kind, and as they had been high school classmates, he was sure she would have donated her Rh-negative blood without hesitating if he had gotten sick and needed it.

"Well, where are you having drinks tonight? Would you mind if I went with Sean?"

"Of course we wouldn't mind. Come to Wonderland Steakhouse. Sean knows where it is."

An hour later, Sean and Lily arrived at Wonderland Steakhouse.

Sean hid behind Lily, looking like a child who had done something wrong and was hiding behind his mother.

"Come on. Carl isn't that scary." Lily dragged him out from behind her, looking amused.

Sean looked nervously at Carlisle. "Carl... I..."

Carlisle laughed and said, "You did very well! Come and have a seat!"

Sean looked startled. "Aren't you angry, Carl?"

"Why should I be angry?"

"I... I prepared this press conference on my own without notifying you! Not only that, I almost caused trouble at the press conference because I couldn't control my emotions!" Sean hung his head as he admitted his mistakes.

Carlisle took a sip of beer and smiled slightly as he said, "You're the CEO of Alumni Network. As long as it's not something big like closing down the company, you have the right to make decisions on your own. As for the little issue that occurred at the press conference, you should be more careful.

"In the future, when the company grows, there'll be more people who are out to cause trouble for you. There are sure to be many kinds of problems. When that happens, we need to calm down and deal with things in an appropriate manner!"

He was referring to situations like Internet trolls in comment sections that tried to sway public opinion.