章 2282: He's like that

It was a tense minute after that but as soon as Kengo opened his mouth, I knew he had made his decision. "Fine."

It was one word and his expression didn't even change at all apart from that visible momentary softening. He leaned back on his chair, downed his cup of tea and didn't say anything else.

Marika looked at me with wide eyes. Did we just... win? Did we just win without fighting? That's the question lingering within her beautiful eyes.

Nonetheless, I kind of expected this coming from someone like him. He was a calculating man. I might not know what he was truly planning but it certainly never included bringing up Ichihara Jun as a man to inherit everything their family built.

He tolerated all his whims that many would probably think he was being spoiled but underneath it, he was being set up for failure.

Maybe even if I didn't show up for Marika, he already had a plan to pull him down years ahead.

Alas, I probably ruined that.