But strangely, when Joy Quinn reached the address, she found only a mountain nearby and immediately sent a message to Leo.
[Leo, I’ve arrived at the location you gave me, but there’s only a mountain around here. What’s going on?]
She feared that Leo might be playing a trick on her.
But luckily, Leo replied quickly.
[Did you take a taxi? Just tell the driver the name Eugene Hawthorne, and he’ll bring you to me.]
After reading the message, Joy Quinn felt a strange familiarity with the name.
Nevertheless, she still followed Leo’s instructions and told the taxi driver Eugene Hawthorne’s name.
"Eugene Hawthorne? Oh, you’re heading to their place, why didn’t you say so sooner!"
The taxi driver immediately turned the car around and headed up the mountainside.
Watching the taxi driver navigate so effortlessly, Joy Quinn couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled.
"Driver, do you know Eugene Hawthorne?"
The driver chuckled at himself, "I’m just a lowly cab driver, how could I know him?"
"Then how do you know where his house is?"
"It’s not just me; every taxi driver in Esteria knows where his house is! Do you know why?"
"Because the Hawthorne Family is one of the four major elite families in Esteria, and Eugene Hawthorne is the head of the family."
The driver went on, "Although the Hawthorne Family isn’t as prestigious as the top family, the Keatons, they still have a higher status than the other two elite families. That’s because the matriarch of the Hawthorne Family is Lord Keaton’s cousin."
"And do you know why this mountain is so beautifully serene yet without other buildings? Because the entire mountain is the Hawthorne’s backyard!"
Once the driver started talking about the Hawthorne Family, he couldn’t stop.
Yet Joy Quinn was only puzzled about why Leo would invite her here, instead of his own home.
Did he have some ulterior motive, or...
Anyway, on the way to the mountainside, many thoughts raced through Joy Quinn’s mind.
It was only when the car stopped in front of the luxury mansion on the mountainside that those bizarre thoughts flooding her mind came to a halt.
After scanning the code to pay the fare, Joy Quinn got out of the car.
She initially thought it would be difficult to enter such a grand estate, but to her surprise, a servant approached her as soon as she stepped out of the car.
"Are you another student here for our young master’s birthday party?" Thɪs chapter is updated by ⓝovelFire.net
Though Joy Quinn didn’t know who the young master was, she nodded in agreement.
Upon getting her response, the maid made a gesture of "please."
The courtesy and elegance were simply incomparable to the servants employed by the Quinn Family in the past.
As Joy Quinn marveled at the gap between people, she followed the maid inside.
The luxury mansion occupied a vast area.
Just how big, Joy Quinn wasn’t exactly sure.
But she knew that she was exhausted and drenched in sweat just walking halfway from the gate to the large front garden.
Halfway through, the maid was called away by another maid.
"I’m going to help out quickly, please rest here for a bit, don’t wander around; the terrain here is complex, and it’s easy to get lost."
The maid duly reminded her before leaving.
Once the maid was far away, Joy Quinn quickly took out a small mirror to touch up her makeup.
She didn’t want her makeup to be smudged when she met Leo later.
But just as Joy Quinn used blotting paper to remove the shine and was about to apply foundation, she saw Victor Hawthorne’s reflection in her small mirror!