Chapter 475 - The Smiths (1/2)

✿ Patrick ✿

Patrick looked at the financial reports for the umpteenth time.

His eyebrows furrowed.

”Sir, here are the other reports you requested,” came a voice in front of him.

Patrick raised his head, and looked at his assistant of over 10 years.

”Quentin, do you also think I was too harsh on Kyle?”

When Quentin didn't answer immediately, Patrick sighed and supported his forehead with the palm of his hand. He continued to flip through the documents, trying to focus while not thinking of his missing son.

”He's a Smith, Sir,” said Quentin eventually, ”It's inevitable that the two of you would clash. It was the same between you and your father.”

”I was not as stubborn as Kyle!” protested Patrick, shutting the file he was reading in a huff, ”At least, I didn't run away from home!”

”Your father never kicked you out either,” Quentin pointed out.

Patrick glared at him.

”Are you working for me, or for him?” Patrick snorted, ”If you were half as capable as Sam, you would have found out that Kyle had hired him independently. I would have known that all this time, Kyle had not been using my money at all. If ...”

”Would you like me to steal Sam over for you, Sir?” Quentin cut in, hardly bothered by the rant that Patrick was going on.

It had been like this ever since Sam had met up with Patrick.

Quentin wasn't feeling offended at all by Patrick's rant for he, himself, felt rather ashamed that he did fail to detect that.

He, like Patrick, had underestimated the capabilities of Kyle and Samuel.

He had been utterly depressed for a while until his wife managed to get out of him why he had been so moody the past few days. The moment she heard it, she started laughing.

In fact, she had laughed so hard that tears came out of her eyes and she said, gasping, ”Did you really think that a monster like Kyle, would not have a monster by his side as well?”*

It was as if he reached an epiphany then.

Why hadn't it ever occurred to him before? It was so obvious that he felt pretty stupid. When he looked at his wife, she just smiled and nodded, saying, ”Yes, you were stupid.”

Sometimes, it wasn't that great to be married to your soulmate.

His wandering mind came back to the issue at hand when Patrick slammed the file onto the table in frustration.

”Hell would freeze over before you could steal Sam away from Kyle,” complained Patrick as he harumphed and his chair to face away from Quentin.

Quentin left without a word, but he had caught that ghost of a smile on Patrick's face.