Chapter 1043

“Dad?”

“Come in,” Maximus said, still checking his inbox.

“What’s going on, Maximus? Why all the secrecy?”

“Alright… Serenity’s wedding is over, and Lucius, I know you’ll be heading back to New Zealand soon. Moriarty won’t give me another extension, so we’need to move forward with whatever decision we make regarding Paul.”

“What have you decided, Dad?”

“I sent an email to Pierre yesterday. We’re meeting with high today.”

“Wait… Today? So soon?” Laura asked, a bit surprised.

“Yes, today, It’s better to get this over with quickly–it’s time we talk to him.”

“Alright then… Let’s do it,” Lucius said without hesitation.

“What time and where are we meeting?”

“He suggested The Poet’s Cafe at 3:00 PM,” Maximus said, trying to sound calm.

“Well, that’s settled then. We’ll talk to him, and after that, we’ll speak with Paul.”

“Lucius, how can you be so calm? That man might have other intentions with Paul. I wouldn’t be so relaxed,” Laura said, clearly uneasy.

“I think we need to hear him out. My biggest concern is Paul’s reaction, not talking to Pierre,” Lucius replied.

feeling that his son was up to something. At first, Lucius had been resistant to the idea,

care of a few things before we leave for the meeting,” Laura said, feeling a slight unease. This week

she got up to leave,

“Lucius…”

“What is it?“!

Maximus

“Yeah… About what?”

and closed the door behind her. Once they were alone, he

I know you did something. Tell me if I’m wrong,” Maximus said, reading his son’s

you know I couldn’t just

tell me you didn’t do anything reckless.”

did Pierre say?”

“Nothing yet…”

you’ll find out soon enough.”

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Chapter 1043

“What happened?”

to

happened? Should I

had an

hope you didn’t do something we’ll regret later.”

he’s offering is a whole new world. We may

not a life!”

but think about it–Paul is

you and I both know what goes

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