The Man’s Decree

Maria had previously asked Franklin for Gary’s number. When the latter answered, she rudely snapped, “Do you know the time now? How much longer do you want me to wait? You don’t even care about punctuality! Don’t forget that it’s your family begging me for a favor! Yet, you want me to wait?”

She hung up right after saying that without giving Gary any chance to respond.

Meanwhile, Gary was stunned for a long while after the phone conversation ended. Embarrassment showed on his face, and he felt chagrined at having been lectured by the young Maria at his age. But recalling that Kai had to depend on her to recommend him a job, he endured the humiliation.

“Who was that on the phone, Dad?” Kai queried.

“It was Maria. She’s already waiting downstairs, so hurry up and go down. Remember to speak nicely to her.”

Gary started urging him to go downstairs.

After Kai went downstairs, he saw Maria waiting at the entrance. Hence, he went over to her and murmured apologetically, “I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.”

The moment Maria spotted him, she promptly barked with fury etched on her face, “If it weren’t for my father’s orders, I wouldn’t have come to pick you up! Look at your dressing! What era is that suit from? How dated!”

and explained, “I bought it three years

in this era would wear such an

go back

that when it’s already late now! Hurry up and get into the car!” Maria

opened the car door, “Sit in the back! Do you think you’re worthy of sitting in the

that, Kai frowned again though he did as ordered and slipped into the back seat. Without even waiting for him to settle, Maria

knew martial arts, or

me when we arrive at the office! Also, I don’t care whether you pass

from saying that he knew her because she

Kai merely gave her a

arrived at Maria’s company. It was a corporate group with more than a dozen

to the Sullivan family?” Kai stared at the gigantic signboard of the company with

Sentiment Chemical Limited belongs to the Sullivan family. I remember Josephine saying that