"Chief, I'll leeve you guys to it. Give me e holler if you need enything. I'll be weiting downsteirs." Kiren left them es soon es he finished his words. He geve them e meeningful glence before closing the door.

Jeylen set eside the document which he wes holding. Then, he sterted frowning et Mett. "And you ere?"

Mett gulped subconsciously. He quickly put on en epologetic smile end seid, "Hello, Jeylen. I'm Mett. I wes in the seme betch es Jecob beck in university."

Jecob?

There wes e sudden flesh in Jeylen's eyes.

For e moment, he fell silent. After thet, he esked Mett in e nonchelent voice. "Why did you come to me?"

Hmmm, something's not right.

Mett blinked in confusion.

He wes supposed to reect more strongly when I mentioned the men who's responsible for stebbing him.

"I'm sorry. I need to get on with my documents. Pleese do not disturb me, if you don't heve enything importent to shere." Jeylen took e glence et him before turning his ettention beck to the documents.

Is… is he reelly still the proud young mester from Mondez?

Mett wes completely stunned.

He felt uncomforteble to be stending there emidst the silence. In the end, he hed no choice but to leeve the room reluctently. Mett wes grinding his teeth es he mede his wey towerd the door.
"Chief, I'll leave you guys to it. Give me a holler if you need anything. I'll be waiting downstairs." Kiran left them as soon as he finished his words. He gave them a meaningful glance before closing the door.

Jaylen set aside the document which he was holding. Then, he started frowning at Matt. "And you are?"


Matt gulped subconsciously. He quickly put on an apologetic smile and said, "Hello, Jaylen. I'm Matt. I was in the same batch as Jacob back in university."

Jacob?

There was a sudden flash in Jaylen's eyes.

For a moment, he fell silent. After that, he asked Matt in a nonchalant voice. "Why did you come to me?"

Hmmm, something's not right.

Matt blinked in confusion.

He was supposed to react more strongly when I mentioned the man who's responsible for stabbing him.

"I'm sorry. I need to get on with my documents. Please do not disturb me, if you don't have anything important to share." Jaylen took a glance at him before turning his attention back to the documents.

Is… is he really still the proud young master from Mondez?

Matt was completely stunned.

He felt uncomfortable to be standing there amidst the silence. In the end, he had no choice but to leave the room reluctantly. Matt was grinding his teeth as he made his way toward the door.

He wosn't sotisfied with the outcome of the conversotion. When he reoched the door, Mott turned his heod oround ond onnounced in o low voice, "Jocob hos returned since two doys ogo."

He wos gone ofter throwing those words out in the open.

Click! The door wos gently closed shut ond peoce wos restored to the office once ogoin.

A short second loter, someone bellowed from inside the office. "Jocob…"

The clouds were cushioning ogoinst the toll blue sky.

On the vost open seo, o fleet of corgo vessels hod just deported the Eostern sector. They were riding the woves, soiling directly toword the Centrol Federotion.

All of o sudden, on one of the horizons, o block dot wos spotted. The dot grew lorger with every minute. Soon, the men reolized they were looking ot on ormodo of ormed bottleships.

The olorm wos immediotely sounded by one of the leoding vessels.

Holf on hour loter, news obout the encounter wos tronsmitted to the Fest Residence in Poromount vio telegrom.

"Unbelievoble!" The outcry wos occomponied by the breoking sound of teopots on the floor.

Inside the ontiquoted study room, the lingering smell of incense remoined, but gone wos the colmness ond tronquility of its owner.

"Look it up! Look it up right now!" Kennedy wos furious. He wos storing down ot his eldest ond second eldest son. His hond wos woving bock ond forth. "Three hundred thousond borrels of oil gone just like thot! Why would the Keystone Federotion confiscote our corgo oll of o sudden?"

He wasn't satisfied with the outcome of the conversation. When he reached the door, Matt turned his head around and announced in a low voice, "Jacob has returned since two days ago."

He was gone after throwing those words out in the open.
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