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…

to Jonathan and coaxed, “Maybe you should go

“All right, then.”

not refuse her since he owed her too

his acquiescence, Miguel breathed a sigh

that the man would repudiate him and hold a grudge against the Smith family. Considering the influence he presently wielded, the Smith

the living

in the middle of the room with a glass

his intoxicated state earlier, he seemed much soberer right

all over their faces. When Jonathan came in, they

“Mr. Goldstein!”

Jonathan’s approach, he hastily stood up

want to see me?” Jonathan went straight to

Hugo waved a

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

awkward expression crept 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

wasting time with him there, Jonathan stated, “I’m only giving you ten minutes. Whatever

face flamed in mortification, yet he

to speak to me in such a manner back then, I would’ve long since slapped

voice to his

 

“Spit it out.”

Mr. Goldstein?” That was the real question Hugo wanted to ask. In fact, it was not just him. Every single member of the

the capability to have someone from the King of War Division personally come over to

simply could not make any sense of

“Yes,” Jonathan answered placidly.

did you make his

him blithely, Jonathan questioned, “Is that all you

his head. “I’m just sort 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

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