Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade by Mr. Adeel

Chapter 25 Old Friend

“Mr. Jefferson, let’s have lunch together,” Jessica extended an invitation during lunch hours.

After cleaning for an entire morning, Jessica knew that Alex was trying to make life difficult for her.

Hence, she wanted to invite him for lunch to mend their relationship.

“No.” Alex refused her directly.

“I’ll be heading for lunch myself, then,” Jessica replied awkwardly.

“Alright,” Alex acknowledged without even looking up.

After Jessica left, he ordered takeout.

He just took over the company, and there were a lot of matters he had to take care of. Hence, Alex did not want to waste time leaving the office for lunch.

He had a habit of finishing the task at hand before moving on to anything else.

Half an hour later, the takeout had arrived. Alex allowed the deliveryman to enter when he heard the knocking.

“A–Alex?” the deliveryman stared at Alex in shock.

Alex looked up and exclaimed with surprise, “Dylan?”

He had not expected his deliveryman to be his university classmate, Dylan.

“Oh my gosh, Alex, I thought you were a live–in son–in–law? You’re the chairman here!” Dylan exclaimed in shock.

“Well, that’s life. You’ll never know when the smallest things might change your life, Haha.” Alex was happy to see his old friend as well.

Back when he was in university, he once invited Heather and her friend to have a meal at a restaurant only to realize that he had forgotten to bring money. If Dylan had not lent him the money back then, he would have been embarrassed.

Now that I think about it, I haven’t returned him the money yet.

“That’s right. Life really is full of ups and downs.”

Dylan placed Alex’s meal on the table and passed Alex a cigarette. He reminiseed, “Back when we graduated, I dreamed of a future where I’ll be able to do something big with my career. However, shortly after I got employed by a small company, it was shut down because of an economic downturn. Now, I’m reduced to being a deliveryman.”

mocked his own

and lit it. He nodded, “Whatever you do, as long as you stay true to your beliefs, you’ll surely achieve your

do. With that one line alone, I can tell that you’re still the old you, Let’s go out for drinks

of a different class of society than me, he’s still the

can pick a timing. I’ll be sure to oblige.” Alex

“I’ll call

you

afterthought, “Remember to give me a good

eyes

would

butter me up. At the very least, their be filled with fear and would be hesitant to act so casually

entered the office in trepidation, worried that Alex would tell her to do cleaning again.

greeted

Alex returned the greeting. He felt like laughing when he saw Jessica’s cautious expression.

her a stack of documents, “Will an

overjoyed that she had actual work to do.

“I’ll finish it in half an hour!”

her, and she brought the documents to her

of the world’s top five hundred firms, the boss‘ secretary

brought the sorted documents back into the office.

at the

left as Alex had

this point, Alex’s phone

It was Dylan.

arrange a timing to go drinking with him.

Dylan,” Alex replied.

Dylan sounded hesitant, and his

going on, he heard a cold voice holler, “Just tell him outright that you need a loan! You must have a death wish, stuttering

Dylan’s friend, right? He owes me two hundred grand. If you

glint flashed across his eyes.

was his best friend in university and was as close as brothers. Anyone who wanted to

I’ll bring the money over,” Alex replied

getting the address, Alex

Jonathan to get him a license plate. Thus, he did not have his car with him

his electric scooter at the showroom the previous