Chapter 26. Solidify the plan

Mike was silent; he looked at his friend and cousin. He knew Nathan had been quiet enough; he had succumbed to their grandfather's arrogance. The man had turned into a robot, a money-making machine to keep the family afloat. Nathan had sacrificed his youth and suppressed all his passions and desires to maintain the stability of their family business empire.

Nathan was the superior man in the family, something that Mike himself would never have been able to do. He was even willing to be confined by a fake marriage contract with a scheming woman like Sonya. Mike had not been able to take much of a role in their family; he was more interested in himself; now, he was determined to help his cousin become a normal human being again.

"Are you sure you want to marry that girl, Tan? She looks so young?" Mike finally asked.

Nathan sighed; he and Nina were nine years apart, but that didn't matter; what mattered was that they loved each other, and they were both ready and agreed that they would g