Chapter 270: Chapter 270: False Joy
Ashley Shaw felt her heart tighten, afraid that Warren Prescott would directly go after the person on the phone.
Even the employees next to him were so terrified that their hearts and lungs were trembling, they all wanted to grab the phone and say it was their boss on the call with her.
However, to everyone’s surprise, Warren Prescott still didn’t get angry this time.
Not only that, he patiently listened to all the complaints from the other side.
When the other person finished cursing and was tired, he finally spoke: "Ma’am, I have verified your complaint, and indeed there is a record of a top-up, and the amount is not small."
"Don’t give me that nonsense, just tell me, are you going to refund the money or not!"
Warren Prescott replied directly: "Refund."
"I knew you guys wouldn’t refund, I’m going to report to... wait, what did you say just now? Did you say you’ll refund?"
"Ma’am, you heard correctly. I will have them return the money for these top-ups to your account by the end of today."
The person on the other end felt much better upon hearing this, though the tone was still not very friendly.
"Hmph! I knew you were all bullies! A few days ago, I called nicely and you refused to refund no matter what. Now that I mention the police, you immediately refund. I’m telling you, if the money isn’t credited today, I’ll go to the police immediately! I’ll have the cops shut down your platform!"
Warren Prescott still maintained his good temper and said, "Rest assured, we will certainly refund your money today."
"Hmph, isn’t it better if you had done this earlier? Hurry up and refund! I have no patience."
"Okay."
"I’m hanging up now!"
As the other party was about to end the call, Warren Prescott spoke again: "Ma’am, may I ask you a question?"
"What question? Go ahead."
"Do you have a child?"
The other party asked warily: "Why are you asking this? Are you trying to threaten me with my child?"
Ashley’s first reaction was also that Warren was planning to settle scores later.
Her eyebrows immediately furrowed.
Yet in the next moment, Warren said: "It seems you do have a child. Based on the top-up records, we found that the live streams supported by your account are all content that children like to watch."
"So I think it’s very likely that your child made these top-ups."
"To avoid similar situations in the future, it’s best if you talk to your child."
"Otherwise, when you find out again that money has been deducted, you’ll have to come to us for a refund."
"This way we can save each other’s time."
Upon hearing this, the woman on the other end said unhappily: "Nonsense! My child is the most obedient and sensible, he would never do such a thing!"
"Whether or not he did it, you should ask him to find out. But we have no way of deducting money from your bank card without authorization. The money must have been used by someone to top-up. If you don’t believe me, you can report it to the police to investigate."
Warren’s unhurried tone and organized explanation left the woman on the other end in hesitation.
"Hold on! Don’t hang up yet, let me go ask."
After about a minute, the sound of a child crying and the woman’s scolding were heard through the phone.
"I work so hard all for your peace of mind in studying, and you go support streamers!"
"Are you being fair to me, or to your father?!"
Then there was another burst of the child crying and confessing in a tearful voice.
"I’m sorry, mom, please don’t hit me, I really know I’m wrong..."
Warren didn’t listen further and directly hung up the call.
He stood up from his chair, pressed the shoulder of the customer service employee with his right hand, and said: "Go report this situation to the tech department and have them create a refund application channel for minors."
"Yes."
After giving these instructions, Warren then walked towards Ashley Shaw.
"Let’s talk upstairs."
This place was full of calling customer service representatives, it was a bit noisy, and there were quite a few people.
For matters that could make Ashley come to him voluntarily, it was better to discuss in private.
Ashley Shaw followed a step behind, a self-mocking curve appearing at the corner of her mouth.
See.
Warren Prescott isn’t impatient.
He’s just not patient with me.
In her previous life, she was really too stupid, trying to wake up someone pretending to sleep.
Ashley followed Warren silently all the way back to his office.
"Go ahead."
Once seated, Warren asked straightforwardly: "What’s up?"
There was a faint hint of expectation in his heart.
Ashley hadn’t come to him voluntarily in a long time.
For months, this was the first time.
Yet his face remained expressionless as always.
Ashley didn’t beat around the bush, she put Warren’s phone on his desk and said: "You left your phone with me."
Warren’s gaze slightly tightened.
So she came just for this?
He still thought...
In the next moment, Ashley said: "Jillian Lynch called you a few times just now, I found it annoying on the way here, so I answered one for you."
Warren’s brow furrowed upon hearing that.
Was it because he was displeased she answered the call?
It didn’t matter, if he’s unhappy, he’s unhappy, as the victim here, she was even more unhappy.
However, Warren frowned due to a guilty conscience.
When they were having dinner, he mentioned his phone was running low on battery, but a Virgo person would never allow their phone battery to drop below fifty percent.
He wondered if Ashley noticed his phone’s battery level.
Naturally, Ashley had no idea what Warren was thinking.
She took a deep breath and was about to talk about The Wolves’ super topic when Warren asked calmly: "How could she still call my number?"
"What do you mean?"
"I remember I had already blocked her."
"...?"
She was a bit confused by Warren’s thought process.
She thought Warren would be unhappy because she picked up Jillian’s call, but it turned out his focus was entirely elsewhere.
Moreover, he blocked Jillian?
Warren picked up the powered-off phone and turned it back on.
After the phone booted up, he swiped a few times on the screen and had a ’so that’s it’ expression.
"I remembered wrong, I only blocked Rosalind Lynch, I forgot about another one."
"..."
Now she could see that Warren had no fondness left for Jillian or what Jillian had become now.
But in their previous life, he clearly cheated with Jillian after they got married.
What on earth went wrong in between?
Or... did she really get it wrong?
Ashley quickly told herself not to think about it anymore.
Regardless of whether it was a misunderstanding or not, the harm was done, and she had already made up her mind not to ’rekindle the bad relationship’ with him.
Warren put down the phone, looked up at her, and asked: "What is Jillian looking for me for?"
Ashley’s lips parted slightly, just about to speak when Warren’s newly powered-on phone rang with an incoming call.
They both instinctively looked at the phone on the table and saw the caller ID: Shanshan.