Jon Lane-Gavin Lane's second son-alighted. "Madam Lang? What are you doing out here? Dad's saying that Grandfather fell sick, and he's asking you to head back right away." He was very respectful, since he had no idea why his grandfather was sick in the first place.

As he finished and turned to see the imposing woman beside Fleur, he stiffened right then. "Madam Yimmel? W-What are you doing here? My dad just sent someone to Bralog=" Yora snorted coolly. "Hmph! It would be the end of the world if I had to wait that long!"

Jon quickly hung his head, sweating all over his brow in silence.

After all, Yora held a special place in the family-not only was she Mark Lane's first wife, but she was also the foundation which Mark built his success in business upon.

One might say that the Lane family would not enjoy their current status without the Yimmels' help-even Mark usually had to defer to her.

And since Yora was as unreasonable as she was assertive, the Lane were all terrified of her.

Even as Yora stared at Jon, he felt goosebumps, his throat suddenly parched as he did not know what to say.

And after much staring, Yora asked quietly, "Jon, right?"

wiping the sweat off his brow

the next

"What?!"

Yora's sudden bombshell,

an awkward smile even as he stammered, "Y-You're kidding, right, Madam Yimmel? Grandfather has already appointed Helen Lane as the

coolly

announced that she must step

"What?!"

Jon was left gaping.

would show up here they were forcing Helen to step down! Even

stable within the family, while Lanecorp have been

that, even Jon himself got a share of the

honest, Jon earnestly

did not run them into the ground.

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