Chapter 128
Author: Ye Above Story
last update2024-08-31 16:39:01

While the boring meeting continued, Boss Lex noticed something peculiar. The elven man kept staring at him throughout the meeting. He liked to tease him here and there, but tonight it felt more sensual than ever before. The other members seemed oblivious, focused on their back-and-forth business discussions.

‘What’s that man up to…’ he wondered to himself as the council meeting dragged on.

In the next fifteen minutes, the meeting concluded, and the members started heading home. The time was 9 in the night, and the city was already dark. The curfew would start in an hour or so, but for rich merchants like them, that wasn’t a real concern. No one would dare stop them.

Boss Lex returned to his large home in Cardiff. It was part of the biggest of all the mansions in the city. A huge bronze gate opened, and he was greeted by his servants after riding through his grand garden. Numerous maids bowed their heads, waiting to welcome their master home.

“Good evening, sir,” one of the maids said
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