Jackson clearly couldn’t wrap his head around it either and couldn’t help complaining.
“I seriously don’t get what he was thinking. He personally ruined the company, handed all the money to his mistress, and in the end even screwed over his own son.”
“With moves like that, business schools could use him as a negative case study.”
I leaned back into the sofa, tapping the armrest idly with my fingers, my tone flat.
“I was originally planning to play with Julian a bit longer.”
“Turns out he’s this useless.”
“Yeah,” Jackson chimed in. “Now he’s already been taken away by the police. The company’s under his name—he’ll probably get a few years.”
Just then, hurried voices suddenly came from the villa entrance—
“Clara, let me in.”
“I’m looking for Aria. There’s something very important I
