Chapter 1104

"Still..." Maximus muttered.

"Come on. Didn't you make mistakes at their age?" Magnus added, throwing salt into the old wounds.

"Dad...!" Maximus said, grimacing.

"Just have faith," Magnus said calmly. "Brown's a good kid. He probably just let fear get the better of him. He's been trying hard to make things right—you can see

it."

"You know," Magnus added with a chuckle, "old George even offered him all his businesses just to stay with his crazy granddaughter."

"What happened?" Maximus asked, clearly surprised.

"What do you think? Didn't you say when you found him, the kid barely had enough to survive?"

Maximus nodded, remembering.

"The young Brown earned my respect for that," Magnus continued. "It says a lot when, for someone his age, his daughter and your daughter were more important to him than any fortune. And believe me, that's not easy to walk away from." Maximus sighed heavily. "Oh, Dad... what am I going to do with you?"

"Listen to your old man, that's what," Magnus said, taking a puff of his cigar. "By the way, in a few days, Matthew and I are flying to Las Vegas. You'll be in charge while we're gone. We need some vacation, a little fun."

"Fun?" Maximus asked suspiciously.

sex, and

you be so descriptive?" Maximus

private, aren't

where's the dignified man I

grinned mischievously. "Son, once you get

"What am I

respect

"I guess I will..."

Magnus's eyes shifted slightly, and he nodded toward the path. "Look

his gaze and stiffened when he saw Laura and Adrian

cold sweat at seeing

you were away..." Laura said, a

I came back and dropped by to see your grandpa. I found myself babysitting my granddaughter," Maximus said with narrowed

Evans..." Adrian said nervously, looking

your daughter. I'm not going to always be around to babysit for you." Itwasn't exactly permission, but it was as close as Maximus would get to approving without losing

"let's head to the office. I

son, let's go," Magnus said, getting

Laura, Magnus knew his son understood it was

as Magnus and

then approached the stroller and smiled down at her beautiful

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