Chapter 105 The General Manager

 

Ahem!

 

Miguel stood there with embarrassment etched on his face, torn between staying and leaving.

He felt that he had come at a highly inopportune time.

“Is something the matter?” Jonathan’s expression went as black as thunder upon seeing Miguel, who had interrupted him out of the blue.

 

It had been four years since he and Josephine were married to each other, yet they had never even kissed.

Having gotten an opportunity to be intimate with her finally, he could not possibly show Miguel any courtesy for spoiling the mood.

“Mr. Goldstein, Dad would like to see you…” Miguel hung his head, not daring to look him in the eye.

Recalling his attitude toward the man in the past, he even found his palms a touch sweaty.

 

What if he’s a vindictive person? How am I going to survive in Jadeborough in the future then?

 

“I’m not free!” Jonathan declined right away.

If Hugo weren’t Josephine’s grandfather, I wouldn’t even bother saying anything to him! The Smith family and Hugo Smith are just ants!

“Mr. Goldstein…” When Jonathan turned him down without the slightest hesitation, Miguel instantly panicked.

Having no other recourse, he could only throw Josephine a pleading glance in hopes that she would lend him a hand.

Oh, well…

coaxed, “Maybe you should go and see Grandpa in case he

“All right, then.”

her since he owed her

breathed

Considering the influence he presently wielded, the Smith family

the living room in

sat in the middle of the room with

intoxicated state earlier, he seemed much soberer

family with apprehension written all over their faces. When Jonathan came in,

“Mr. Goldstein!”

approach, he hastily stood up to greet

straight to the point, not in the

have a seat, Mr. Goldstein!” Hugo waved a hand, signaling

sipped at his cup of tea before shifting his gaze to Hugo, demanding, “Whatever it

up Hugo’s features. Nonetheless, someone like him had long since trained himself into putting on a facade. For him, concealing one’s emotions was the most fundamental skill, so he merely gave a strained chuckle despite his burning dissatisfaction toward the man’s attitude. “You left for three years

about between us.” Not interested in wasting time with him there, Jonathan stated, “I’m only giving you ten minutes. Whatever it is, you’ve got

flamed in mortification, yet

a manner back then, I would’ve long since

gave voice to his ultimate purpose. “I sought you out today because I’ve got something to ask

 

“Spit it out.”

fact, it was not just him. Every single member of the Smith family there wanted to know the

someone from the

make any sense of

“Yes,” Jonathan answered placidly.

you make

Glancing at him blithely, Jonathan questioned,

of curious about the experiences you’ve had in the past three years since not only the three prominent families of Jadeborough personally came to seek you out, but even someone from the King of War Division came personally to offer his regards. It seems that the King of War regards you highly,

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