Harvey gave mr. Roger Sr.
a respectful handshake, and like performing a magic trick, he pulled out an intricate-looking box.
“mr. Roger Sr., the elders in my family, are busy, so they’ve gotten me to pass on this small gift to you.
If you would.”
mr. Rogers Sr.
was not feeling well, and as he heard that, he nodded, asking Shawn to receive the gift in his stead.
After Harvey greeted mr. Rogers Sr., he turned his gaze toward Jared, his smile was like a spring
breeze, and one could not sense any hostility in it.
“mr. Johnston, today’s mr. Johnston’s jubilee.
Leaving just like this isn’t good optics.”
Jared had initially just ignored him.
Seeing that Harvey spoke, he stopped as he gave the latter a glance.
“These are words that should be said by the Rogers.
What do you mean by that?”
Noticing that the two young men were at each other’s throats, mr. Rogers Sr.
felt like even his soul got a violent jolt.
Upon hearing what Jared said, he immediately interceded.
“mr. Johnston, please treat this place like your home.
You can come and go as you please.
You don’t have to worry too much.” When Shawn heard him say that, the look in his eyes changed as he
looked at Jared. mr. Rogers Sr.
was a difficult person to talk with, even with him around.
After all, the Rogers family was one of the top wealthy families in San Joto, and mr. Rogers Sr.
was also the actual steward of the Rogers family.
Everyone had always paid reverence to him, and Shawn had never seen the latter treat someone with
such caution before. As he looked at both Harvey and Jared, he silently swallowed his saliva. ‘Who are
these two exactly? And what sort of background they have?’ Just as mr. Rogers Sr.
was about to speak, another crisp and beautiful voice suddenly came from upstairs. “Grandpa, mr.
Johnston had only just arrived.
How can you chase him away?” Everyone’s eyes fell upon the girl who walked down from the second
floor.
She was wearing a yellow dress, and one could tell that she was dolled up for the occasion.
Although she was beautiful, the makeup was heavy and did not look all that natural. Even Murphy, who
was about to slink away, also stopped as he could not help to be enchanted. mr. Rogers Sr.
looked at the girl upstairs, and the look in his eyes mellowed. “Lyana, lassie.
I’m not chasing mr. Johnston away.
How can you say that?” mr. Wyance was speaking with mr. Rogers Sr.
at that moment.
When he noticed the latter’s gaze shifted toward the girl who had spoken earlier with a proud look in his
eyes, he could not help but let out a dry cough.
“mr. Rogers Sr, this is?” 1 Jallen immediately reacted and called Lyana over.
“mr. Wyance, this is my daughter, Lyana.
Lyana, come and greet.” Lyana walked over and gently nodded at mr. Wyance.
“Hello, mr. Wyance.” Immediately after, she exchanged a few words with Jallen and walked toward
Jared’s direction. As they watched, the Rogers family tried to appease Jared, Damien, and Miley, who
had come to attend the banquet and had a bitter look on their face.
Although they could throw their weight around within the Riddle household, they were nothing before
outsiders. They were not even comparable to a junior like Jared.
When they recalled that he was also Nicole’s fiancé, they felt extremely displeased.
But there was no other way as Miley was only a daughter of a Rogers branch family, and the branch
family was not on good terms with mr. Rogers Sr.
It took a lot of effort for them to get an invitation from the Rogers family, yet they could not even
exchange more than a few words with Christopher. Damien could not hold on any longer as he walked
toward Jared and handed the latter his name card.
“Hello, mr. Johnston.
I’m Damien Riddle of the Riddle family.
You must’ve heard of my name before.”
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