“Violet brought upon herself this whole situation!” Zuko pulled Lina up with him with a smirk. “Let’s end this meal here. My wife and I will pretend we didn’t hear anything you said. If you insist on causing us trouble, I don’t mind meeting you in court!”

“Mr. Hamerton, please wait!” Fred called out to him. “Is there really no room for negotiation?”

“If my husband says there isn’t, then there isn’t.” Lina chuckled lightly. “Mr. Grist, I understand your desire to protect your niece, but we shouldn’t abandon our sense of right and wrong as a person, should we?”

“What if I offer you an internship position at the Grist Group, Ms. Jenner?”

“What did you say?” Lina halted her steps and glanced at the man beside her.

Zuko furrowed his brow slightly, his gaze filled with suspicion. He discreetly held her small hand tightly and gently squeezed it twice as if telling her not to worry and that he had everything under control.

“An internship position at the Grist Group isn’t just open to anyone.” Fred smiled. “If you’re willing, you can have an internship position, and I can reserve a permanent job for you after graduation.

“Ms. Jenner, what do you think?”

Zuko chuckled softly. “But not to the extent that we’d

gaze. “You have exceptional

my niece, after all. I might have a lowly background, but my brother and

Violet in the future, you won’t compete

Fred’s expression suddenly changed.

He had countless grievances, but he was an illegitimate child at the end of the day and had to suppress his own brilliance. No matter how capable he was, he was always marginalized in the Grists. He could only bide his time now, help the Grists on the surface, and secretly accumulate his own

through

Zuko,

cold smirk, holding Lina’s hand as they

stopped and whispered in Fred’s ear, enunciating each word, “Mr. Grist, please stop. If you come looking for us again because of Violet, I’ll

with a chilling smile that sent shivers down his spine.

at their receding figures for a long time until his assistant came to remind him that the food had gone cold and asked if they should be replaced. Only then

“That guy’s… Zeke?”

momentarily surprised

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