Always Been Yours

Calvin didn't bother waiting for Zachary to speak as he took the lead and reported the outcome of the meeting with Nicholas earlier.

Adam and Joseph fumed with rage once they heard his words.

"How dare that kid put forth such a condition!" Joseph hissed through gritted teeth.

Then, he spat out a few nasty remarks before looking at Adam. "What do you think?"

The others also turned their attention to Adam.

A cunning glint appeared in Adam's dangerously narrowed eyes. "Since he dares to make such a deal, we will grant his wish!"

"Grant him?! But… Uncle Adam, we are talking about the management rights of the whole of Europe." Felix was displeased by Adam. In his opinion, there was no way they should give up and allow Nicholas to do as he pleased.

Zachary and Calvin also chimed in and expressed their disapproval.

On the contrary, Joseph merely tilted his head at Adam and said nothing. He knew better than anyone that Adam wasn't someone who would relent so easily.

And he was right on the money.

Adam sneered, "We're merely agreeing to his deal. There will be plenty of chances for us to deal with him once we successfully get out of this place. When that happens, I will make sure he pays everything he has taken from us back with interest."

…

Later that day, Zachary, Calvin, and Felix made their appearance at the headquarters of Sawyer Group again.

Sawyer, it's

sneered as he requested Edward to lead the three to his

again in Nicholas' office a few minutes later.

hand over the management rights of the whole of Europe. We can, however, hand over half." Zachary got straight to the point and directly stated

simply leaned into his chair and tapped his fingers lightly on

into silence, and the atmosphere was very

they stared at the man who remained silent after their proposal.

to use their statuses as his elder to pressure Nicholas into agreeing.

stopping them before they could speak.

their antics. Still, he merely looked at them as though

let out a light cough. He intended to persuade Nicholas with a passive-aggressive approach.

our biggest concession. Not to mention, the success achieved in Europe over the past few years had been the result of our fathers' hard work. That's why we can't hand over the management rights of the whole of Europe to you. Otherwise, I fear they won't

hearing Zachary's words and nodded in

a sigh of relief after they received Nicholas' approval.

you let our fathers go then?"

will let the two

the trio had shown

that, the three left, feeling delighted with the

he simply leaned into his chair and tapped his fingers lightly on the

and Tobias came not long after they left.

inquired, "What were your uncles doing

still looked at

wish for me to

you say?" Tobias pressed on.