“What?” Zachary frowned. “Robbie saw his mother?”

“No,” Bruce answered firmly. “I blocked his sight. He shouldn’t have seen Ms. Lindberg.”

“Shouldn’t have?” Zachary growled.

“I’m sorry for my incompetence.” Bruce was frustrated, but he didn’t defend himself.

“Calm down, Mr. Nacht,” Ben advised him. “You can’t hide it forever. Ms. Lindberg is still going to make a public appearance on the South Sea territorial waters project’s opening day. Even if the people from Southridge and Northridge aren’t seeing one another right now, they’d know she’s back on that day.”

Zachary frowned after hearing the explanation. “When’s the opening?”

month,” Ben answered hastily. “It’s already twenty-ninth

work with.” Zachary tapped the armrest of his leather chair, then he told Bruce, “Call Cynthia. If she’s holding up, tell her to have dinner with me

request, but he quickly answered, “Right away, Sir. Give

the call, but he didn’t look relaxed. In fact, he was tense. I have to get Henry back to M Nation, or I’ll get held

There are about two weeks before that. We’ll settle

same time, Ben called back, “Ms. Blackwood

that. He thought Cynthia would accept the invitation no matter what, but he never expected her

a serious injury. I saw her yesterday, and she couldn’t even get out of bed. Going out for a meal seems unrealistic for now,”

about this later. For now, let’s settle some

“Yes.”

to go home soon and spend some time with his kids, but it was already ten when

in a good mood, and he laughed heartily. “Good form, Cynthia. Good form. Not many people

her chess piece down

shook his head and sighed. “It’s his

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