Chapter 401

Isaac looked up at James, staring at him for a couple seconds and growled, “He survived,”

James replied. “Yes, but the driver didn’t.”

“Clean up the mess. Compensate the driver’s family generously.”

“Yes, sir,” James said.

In fact, he felt guilty because the staged traffic accident was meant to kill Mick, only to end up hurting an innocent.

“Also, you should take the trip to Franconia to check on the company for a while, sir,” James added.

“Yeah,” Isaac flatly replied.

His face was impassive, and the air around him seemed cold enough to freeze.

He raised a hand, gesturing to James that he could leave.

He had been sulking for days, and James actually became careful with his words around him.

As he closed the door to the study and saw Irene in the living room, he asked, “Could you show more concern to Mr. Jefferson?”

The atmosphere everyone had to work in was suffocating–even Stan was refusing to show up at Isaac’s home. He used to hate going to the office, but he was now basically camping there and refusing to leave. However, it was not as if Irene did not want to care–Isaac needed time to let his mother’s death sink in.

just died a few days ago. Was

Was that even possible?

that type of person, and there was even less chance of it

understood his

him time,”

that he stays like that,” James said earnestly, feeling that Isaac was brooding too

vent his heartache by yelling at someone, but he stayed silent instead, creating a suffocating atmosphere for everyone around

he would get ill if

“Yeah,” Irene said.

sighed. “I’ll

started toward the bedroom when the door to

opened the door, and seeing her, he said, “Come in. I have

is asleep. I’ll tuck him in

took it for his silent

to twitch and looked like he would

him down and left, though

soon.

closed the door as she left, and flexed her

frame shrouded by the radiant glow of the sun behind him, illuminating his face and

for a moment

silence–he was not even thirty, but he carried an air of maturity, composure,

a placid lake, devoid

Irene’s chest hurt–she did

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