Chapter 39

I found it. Despite its austere exterior, It was imposing. Its only design was a line of words engraved on its wall: Serve and protect.

Someone was waiting. I had seen him before the man who had reminded Soren that he had to leave while we were talking at the gate of the Kenway residence.

I parked my car and grabbed my bag.

The man introduced himself politely, “Good morning, Miss Taylor Jones. I’m Michael Kidd, Mr. Kenway’s personal assistant.”

“Pleased to meet you, Mr. Kidd.‘

He led me into the building, past the security check, and into the lobby.

“Mr. Kenway is still busy. You’ll need to wait for a while,” Michael said.

I smiled. “That’s fine. I’m sorry to have scheduled this meeting on such short notice. It must have disrupted his plans.”

We reached the top floor, which appeared to be a wide, clean office space.

Employees greeted Michael with deference as we passed by,

being their director’s personal assistant. He essentially answered to no one but Soren.

wait here. Il let you know

“Got it. Thanks.”

starting from the center of the panels. Jalousi

into Soren’s office through the gaps between the windows. I could see a

Was that… Soren?

the glass, I could tell the air between

tense.

me from inside, so I stared straight at Soren.

imagined a man–who had been so courteous, friendly, and gregarious–could ever

frown so stern.

furrowing his eyebrows to make you feel pressure on your

trouble. Perhaps his subordinates hadn’t performed as well as he had hoped, or something had gone wrong at work.

le

the three men he was glaring at.

I had come at the worst possible

a loan after he

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