BuzzNovelAlessia didn’t take the menu. Instead, she simply told the waiter, “The usual,
please.”
Catching on, the two men handed their menus back and ordered a few extra dishes. As luck would have it, they
ended up naming the exact sitems.
Five dishes in a row matched perfectly, which made Bacchus chuckle.
“Just add those five to the order. That's enough,” Alessia said, resisting the urge to pinch the bridge of her nose
and bringing the chaotic ordering to a close.
“How’s the merger coming along?”
“Just about done. We're tying up the last details.”
“And York?”
“He's eating, drinking, and living it up-more comfortable than anyone else.”
Alessia laughed softly, as if picturing York's smug face.
“By the way, Alessia, what's your relationship with the Quincy family?” Bacchus’s question made Alessia pause.
“They've been in touch with you?”
“To be precise, they reached out to my grandfather. | happened to be hgrabbing something and overheard
them. They mentioned your grandfather too-it was pretty clear they wanted to pull sstrings to get their
grandson into the school. Shabout those paintings, though... not much to look at.” Bacchus shrugged. Over
the years, he'd seen plenty of families trying to use connections to get into Berlington Elementary.
“What did your grandfather say?”
Their conversation was interrupted as the food began to arrive, dish after dish.
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“He knows how you are and just laughed it off~smoothed things over without causing a scene.”
“They askedfor a recommendation letter. | didn’t give one.”
“Got it. Ill let the old man know.”
While the two chatted, they didn’t notice that the other two at the table had started drinking. One glass after
another, almost as if they were competing.
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“Who ordered the drinks?” Alessia asked.
Without missing a beat, the two in question pointed at each other in perfect unison. “Let them be,” Bacchus
grinned, thoroughly entertained. “It’s rare to see Max drink
Alessia suppressed a sigh and ignored the childish antics, focusing on her meal.
By the end of dinner, two of them were full and satisfied, while the other two were flushed and tipsy. Luckily,
both could hold their liquor-if you didn’t know them well, you'd hardly guess they'd had anything to drink at all.
“How are you getting everyone home? Wantto give you all a ride?” Bacchus asked, steadying Max, who
stood quietly and obediently-so unlike his usual self.
“No need. We drove ourselves,” Alessia replied. She'd gotten her license as soon as she turned of age, passing
every test on her first try. She was a skilled driver.
“All right, drive safe. We'll head out,” Bacchus said, guiding Max toward the car. But suddenly, Max broke free
and walked over to Alessia.
Seeing this, Cole, still a bit dazed, instinctively stepped in front of Alessia.
Max didn’t bother with pleasantries. He simply placed a large hand on Cole’s face and pushed him out of the
way. Cole bared his teeth, ready to retaliate, but Alessia caught his arm and pulled him back.
Cole got the message and settled down as soon as Alessia took his arm.
“What is it?” she asked.
“Cby Golden Age Holdings in a
couple of days,” Max said. Higsspeech
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drunken act.
“What for?” Golden Age Holdings was the company Max and Bacchus had founded together.
“To sign spapers. Five percent of the shares are yours.”
“Mine?”
“Yeah. Your brother arranged it ages
ago. You get five percent, York gets
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what to say. Back in the alley she'd
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he’d left for boarding school, she’d been forced to learn how to stand on her own
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