The Unassuming Mason Wilde

Chapter 149

They eventually reached the decision to meet back at the mansion, and Mason had an impromptu meeting where he had to suggest that Scarlett go before him and he would meet her there. He was not pleased with the meeting, but it was one he could not wave off because of the scale of it.

They were meeting with the Elrics for the first time, and this just made Mason realize how far he had come in the game, they were meeting the Elrics in their turf, it was a power play more than anything, and simply meant that at the moment the Wildes had the upper hand in this game of wealth and power, and the feeling was almost intoxicating to Mason.

Not letting your feelings show however was one of the rules of the game, so Mason attended the meeting with a perfectly blank face, portraying only a carefully drawn smile as the Elrics rose and greeted him, the exact same smile painted on their mouths and eyes.

It was one of the things Mason had found off putting about the business world, the inability to be