49 Mutual respect 1 (2/2)

Indeed... Nothing.

To Lazar's surprise, Andrew finally took a serious expression, he had visibly lost all desire to laugh in a split second, ”You are misunderstanding Logan. I'm not here as the Mayor of this city...”

When Andrew uttered these words, Buren suddenly turned to him, ”I think it would be better if I was the one to tell him about this part.”

Lazar noticed that Buren had glanced at him as he was speaking, and the fact that he looked less serene than before made him think that he wasn't going to like what he was going to hear.

When she saw that the pressure created by Lazar's fists had caused the apparition of a small crack barely visible on the table, Amandla patted his right arm under the table, out of sight, to let him know that it wasn't time for them to show weakness but control.

Lazar's response was to sigh, cross his arms and indicate Andrew and Buren to Amandla with a nod.

'When it comes to dealing with his anger, he's still a little immature. But at least he acknowledges that it's a problem.' She understood that Lazar considered that it would be better for her to take over.

She took a relaxed posture, put her elbows on the table and joined her hands, when she saw that she had Andrew and Buren's attention she decided to talk, ”If you want us to be partners, you'd better avoid keeping things from us. As far as we are concerned, we can't say that trust is in the air. So go ahead and don't leave out any details.”

”That's good, I don't intend to trust you either, unlike Logan I don't know you.” Andrew responded coldly with an unfriendly expression and tone towards Amandla.

Amandla ignored him, but she was inwardly very surprised by such a change in treatment between her and Lazar.

Lazar wasn't, it wasn't the first time something like this happened. In high school, Andrew had tried several times to keep his daughter's competition for Lazar's heart at bay. Most of the time he did this by sticking with Lazar at every event the high school organized and intimidated subtely every girl who tried to approached Lazar.

On the surface, Amandla wasn't very far from Lazar's age, she was incredibly attractive and seemed to be part of the same world as him. He saw her as a deadly threat to his daughter's happiness.

However... Andrew wasn't doing a favor to Lazar by trying to keep Amandla away from him and Lazar wasn't going to let it go this time.

*BAM*

Lazar slammed his fist on the table causing Buren and Andrew to startle.

Amandla remained calm as if she knew what Lazar had in the back of his head, but it wasn't so, 'What the hell is he up to?'

Lazar stood up and brought his face closer to those of Andrew and Buren, the inexpressivity of his expression in opposition to his violent behavior was putting them both unconfortable, ”Before I let you talk, I would like to make things clear about my partner for both of you.”