ked up at the elderly man. “Daniel, as of now,

ecial gift, the ability to naturally lead and wield great influence. His mere presence commanded authority that not only inspired people to want to

employees flirted with him shamelessly at the office, though Daniel knew Sam paid no heed to them. As a single

negotiating deals as well, in his own way. Daniel w

el. I will be coming into the offi

lders from Sam’s desk, he left the tastefully decorated

ed his suspicions to Jeremy. “Very unlik

got me, Sam. You got me. All right. All right.” He sighed and continued happil

up to. “Make the deal, Jeremy, and do the dating on y

it,” Jeremy said as he got up. “Now then, I’m off t

ow,” Sam said as Jere

wn luck,” Jeremy said in the corrid

ad no doubt whatever deal Jeremy proposed, he would succeed. This was partly due to his friendly and

eyes, and boyish smile. He was very sure the three girls would fall for his cousin in an instant, like m

e to the massive glass window that overlooked the blue sea beyond. The sun was in the west, just about

at he had succeeded and gained so much in his thirty-three years. He counted himself as one of the lucky fe

especially during the lonely nights when he’d just lay th

am’s attention. A second later, Jim Ma

tablet in hand, ready as usual for instructions. “I heard the project isn’t going too w

made a promise to take his darling daughter Lilly to the Pacific Fair shopping center for the evening,

as he got up. “That will be all

replied as he watched hi

d floor of the house. He walked toward the east wing and then went in through a door. H

” he

face. Noting him, she threw the book to one side, rus

ightfully. “Are we going to

daughter fondly. “Of course.

ad. “Yeah, you did. You never break pro

his daughter and tossed her high,

nergy and entertainment. After popping in and out of a few stalls, Lilly finally found one she was excited about. It was a stand that sold posters of cartoons, anime, and manga. The little girl w

ectric type. I love him. He’s the cutest. He’s so smart,

o you like any

ought about it for a moment. Then she br

hanks to his quick reflexes, he turned and caught her on time, embracing her in his arms before she had the chance

s arms, Sam simply wanted to continu

then, without looking at him, started heading a

Sam was interested. He wondered if she was one of the tou

, drawing Sam’s attention. He reluctantly flic

ng Lilly away from the stall an