Chapter 36

As expected, I had already found myself separated from Jane, not even halfway through the night. I must've been only able to stay by her sight for a good hour before I was pulled away from Jane by a group of my company's board members, families that have been allied with Cordova Industries since my great-great-great grandfather's time. And it didn't help that my father was part of the group of old geezers who were trying to pull me away from my Jane.

With much coaxing on Jane's part and a promise to stay within my sight, she eventually managed to get me to detach myself from her.

I reluctantly left her side and followed the others to the reserved upper balcony of the hall overlooking the entire floor.

The old geezers had brought along their successors in hopes of showing off their sons. Some were bragging about how well their sons did in college, while others were talking about how their sons already took over a portion of their company but not without kissing up to my father, saying