“What?” Zachary frowned. “Robbie saw his mother?”

“No,” Bruce answered firmly. “I blocked his sight. He shouldn’t have seen Ms. Lindberg.”

“Shouldn’t have?” Zachary growled.

“I’m sorry for my incompetence.” Bruce was frustrated, but he didn’t defend himself.

“Calm down, Mr. Nacht,” Ben advised him. “You can’t hide it forever. Ms. Lindberg is still going to make a public appearance on the South Sea territorial waters project’s opening day. Even if the people from Southridge and Northridge aren’t seeing one another right now, they’d know she’s back on that day.”

Zachary frowned after hearing the explanation. “When’s the opening?”

 

“Thirteenth next month,” Ben answered hastily. “It’s already twenty-ninth today.”

“So we have sixteen days to work with.” Zachary tapped the armrest of his leather chair, then he told Bruce, “Call Cynthia. If she’s holding up, tell her to have dinner with me tonight.”

 

he quickly answered, “Right away,

ended the call, but he didn’t look relaxed. In fact, he was tense. I have to get Henry back to M Nation, or

There are about two weeks before that. We’ll settle

back, “Ms. Blackwood

that. He thought Cynthia would accept the invitation no matter what, but he never expected her to

even get out of bed. Going out for a meal seems unrealistic

about this later. For now, let’s

“Yes.”

to go home soon and spend some time with

came back. Henry seemed to be in a good mood, and he laughed heartily. “Good form, Cynthia. Good form. Not many people out there

piece down and signaled, ‘Is Zachary the

head and sighed.

a moment, then she apologized, ‘I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have

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