“Violet brought upon herself this whole situation!” Zuko pulled Lina up with him with a smirk. “Let’s end this meal here. My wife and I will pretend we didn’t hear anything you said. If you insist on causing us trouble, I don’t mind meeting you in court!”

“Mr. Hamerton, please wait!” Fred called out to him. “Is there really no room for negotiation?”

“If my husband says there isn’t, then there isn’t.” Lina chuckled lightly. “Mr. Grist, I understand your desire to protect your niece, but we shouldn’t abandon our sense of right and wrong as a person, should we?”

“What if I offer you an internship position at the Grist Group, Ms. Jenner?”

“What did you say?” Lina halted her steps and glanced at the man beside her.

Zuko furrowed his brow slightly, his gaze filled with suspicion. He discreetly held her small hand tightly and gently squeezed it twice as if telling her not to worry and that he had everything under control.

“An internship position at the Grist Group isn’t just open to anyone.” Fred smiled. “If you’re willing, you can have an internship position, and I can reserve a permanent job for you after graduation.

“Ms. Jenner, what do you think?”

softly. “But not to the extent that we’d

gaze. “You have exceptional abilities. How did you end up being PR for

my niece, after all. I might have a lowly background, but

eyebrow. “Even if the Grist Group is handed over to Violet in the future,

Fred’s expression suddenly changed.

admit that Zuko had seen through him. He had countless grievances, but he was an illegitimate child at the end of the day and had to suppress his own brilliance. No matter how capable he was, he was always marginalized in the Grists. He could only bide his time now, help the Grists on the surface, and secretlyBooks Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay Updated For All Books Updates… accumulate his own power and connections, waiting

seen through

examined Zuko, and

holding Lina’s

ear, enunciating each word, “Mr. Grist, please stop. If you come looking for us again because of Violet, I’ll reveal even more scandalizing news about your niece. Heh! When she falls from grace again, I wonder how the outside world

shivers down his

stared at their receding figures for a long time until his assistant came to remind him that the food

“That guy’s… Zeke?”

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