“I do understand that.” Brayden pursed his lips.
“So, you offended Miss Moore and earned yourself a slap in the face?”
No sooner had the words slipped from his mouth than he regretted ever uttering them.
He quickly mustered a smile.
“I mean… Well, the handprint on your cheek is quite prominent. It’s rather hard to miss it.”
A beat of silence fell in the room.
“Brayden,” Bryson sneered.
“If you want me to gouge your eyes out, then just say so.”
“No, no, no! I don’t mean anything like that at all!” Brayden desperately cleared his throat and tried to shift the subject.
“Anyway, now that you’re back, should I set an appointment with Dr.
Asher for you? He provided your prescription before you went abroad, right? Perhaps now—”
“You want me to take the medication he prescribes so that my other personality surfaces?” Bryson interrupted in a cold voice.
“So that I become a so-called normal person again?”
Brayden had the decency to look embarrassed. He tapped his nose and said, “You are normal as you currently are, but we both know that your temperament needs a bit of work. If you slip up at the wrong time and someone gets wind of the truth, even the Mitchell Group could get in trouble.”
“Stop spouting nonsense.” Bryson appeared unfazed, despite the other man’s apprehensions.
“You may set an appointment with him under my name. There’s no need for you to return to Valmere in the meantime.
Let Yosef deal with the trivial matters in the company.”
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“Okay. I wasn’t planning to go back so soon, anyway. Lydia asked me to stay and spend some time with her. I was actually going to ask you to grant me an extended Leave.”
Bryson hummed in agreement.
“We’ll go over to the company tomorrow and sort out the project collaborations we’ve signed these past few days. By the way…” He paused as he remembered that he intended to partner up with Enchantment Casino in Muvrand.
“Look into Merlin’s background and his recent activities.”
“Roger that. I’ll get to work on it tomorrow.”
The next morning, a Saturday, Hannah woke up to the sound of a commotion in the yard.
She changed into something decent and headed downstairs, where she saw a handful of servants carrying Johanna inside.