Jason could see that it was no surprise that Montreau was known as The Pacesetter city. Everything seemed to be done on a larger scale here. Skyscrapers everywhere you turn, trendsetting companies that only a few others could compete with around the world and a little more so in the whole of California state. The venue of the dinner meeting was The Bond. The Bond was unlike any other in the world. It was a restaurant where the most influential of celebrities comes to have their dinners and to be seen. It was said that it took months for anyone to get reservations in The Bond. some had been known to wait for as long as half a year while some never made it all their life. Most people would give up along the way or make do with any of the substitutes that The Bond had partnered with. Resumes of hopeful chefs were enough to fill the streets of Montreau with each of them hoping fervently that their name could be linked at least once to The Bond. Some were satisfied to be connected to th

Jason felt like a bug under a microscope as Heinrich Kavinsky motioned for him to come forward. Jes snickered from where he was sitting at the dining table in a lounge. His mother’s warning look made him shrug unapologetically before he moved to the side buffet where two waiters were waiting for the family’s order.He picked a sauteed shrimp and popped it in his mouth before snorting laughter again.“Good afternoon, sir,” Jason said anxiously when Heinrich kept looking at him without saying anything. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Charlotte take her seat on one of the padded chairs. If he had not been so nervous about the stare-down match that Heinrich seemed engaged in, he was sure that he would have smiled at the way Charlotte d

Jason had no idea what she was thinking.Since she stalked out of the dinner that was never held in The Bond. Jason mused about the irony of entering a place that many would love to be in and he had been unable to taste even as little as water from the legendary restaurant.After getting into an argument with her dad, she left the venue in anger. Jason had not been able to leave not after being given a series of warnings by his father-in-law who made it clear that he hated his guts. Jes had thrown in his twopence when he had cornered him on his way out as well to give him his unsolicited advice of “leaving if he knew what was good for him” as his likes would never be able to worm his way into their family. “Why do you think dad changed the venue?

“What are you talking about?” Charlotte asked instantly.“Was that a denial I heard in her voice?” Jason thought briefly before raising his hand in a form of surrender “No, no. I do not mean that literally. At least not yet, I was just thinking of things that could change the narrative for you” he said as he motioned for her to sit and he sat in the large, comfy chair she uses when she was not at her table. He faced her “Think of it this way, Charlotte. The reason why these people are throwing this much shade on you was that you are married to me, yeah?” she nodded, her expression still unconvinced.“Yes?”“They wouldn’t do this to you on a normal day. It seemed all I have brought to you so far in the past weeks is the potential to ruin your reputation” he said reasonably.She folded her arms across her body “And you think that a divorce right now would not shred the little that remained of that reputation into tatters? What happens when they learn that you are now the CEO of the com

“What? Aw, come on. How come you get to have all the fun?” Silas turned to Mia that was peeling an apple close to his bed “How did he get to have all the fun while I get nothing?” he whined.“Maybe because you enjoy lying around on your ass while people wait on you” Mia countered as she scrunched up her nose at him.“Yeah, that could be the reason,” Silas said as if contemplating before looking over at her “Wanna switch places?”“Silas, what are you talking about?” Celia, who was just entering the room at that moment exclaimed as she moved closer to her son and hit him with the dishcloth in her hand.“Ouch, mum! I am the patient here” he said with a  fake groan of pain before pointin