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"Stop." Hendrix had ruthlessly interrupted Lucas's spiel and the entire living room turned quiet.

Unfortunately they were unaware of how to behave as a guest of Zuckerberg before arriving at our doorstep. They didn't look angry at being interrupted. Instead they smiled and gestured patiently at Hendrix to finish what he wanted to say.

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Lucas thought that Hendrix hadn't finished, so he kept smiling and listened intently.

Hendrix however, clamped his lips shut tightly and calmly with nothing more to say.

The air in the room grew stagnant and Lucas's smile slowly dwindled.

"What are you implying, Mr. Roberts? Are you saying that our organization isn't worth doing business with?" Quinn asked.

I had assumed that Quinn wasn't a good man and he had proven me right. Just on time to vindicate my presumptions.

was Hendrix? A man from a small town called Ucrebury who dared to take down Valerie and Pedro. A man

tricks, and we should always provide opportunities for the younger generation. We can talk business if you want. But, if get

with a faint smile. He looked at them with such intensity that it became uncomfortable to look at him. Quinn and Lucas stumbled for a moment

underlings had quietly shoved their hands into their

cold and icy stare, he said flatly, "Oh, I

House Guest Etiquette 101: Uninvited guests will

say that? Your woman just told me that you'd be elated to have friends from

"My woman?"

"Which woman?"

blurted that out simultaneously. After we said that, we both looked

which woman,

underlings. The underling then took out a stack of

the photos onto the table and said, "Look! That's you isn't

whether he was angry or confused. I went to pick up the photos. After that, I sat down

happened right after we