Chapter 31: Family Meeting

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An hour after the encounter with the middle-aged man, Ley arrived at the bungalow, his face reverted to a taciturn one, as if the carefreeness he showed to the middle-aged man was nothing but an illusion, or a pretense.

He ate dinner with Hana and the guest.

After that, he brought up to Hana and the others the issues he had considered this afternoon before they decided that they would bring the old man into the discussion too. As it was a ‘family affair’, Nathan was naturally not invited since he was still a mere guest.

The sole reception room in the house had a fairly huge screen installed and on it, the old man’s face appeared.

Fernando was wearing a thick jacket, and a scarf wrapped around his thin, bony neck. Behind stood Sam, the official butler. Had Nathan signed the contract already, Ley would have loved to introduce Sam, his future boss, to him.

At first, the old man’s face was not looking good, as if something had pissed him off. When the connection had yet to stabilize ev