Chapter 308 - PECULIAR COINCIDENCE (1/2)

Akira looked at the handsome face and felt that the good features were completely wasted on him. If he had a better personality, he could have been something.

”Indeed, I feel a strong fate,” Akira responded with her eyes on Kaito.​​

The group of people were shocked by her words. Elder Takahashi frowned a little because he did not like brazen girls. He preferred reserved girls with a graceful demeanour. Chairman Yamazaki only looked at Akira a little more closely because she surprised him.

As for Sayaka, she was a little embarrassed. She thought her daughter was moved by the handsome face and had become a little foolish. She needed to plan for a few lessons for Akira so that she could learn how to relate well within upper-class society.

Akira continued after the short pause. ”We should go to a temple to dispel it.”

Kaito laughed merrily at the audacious girl. She did not disappoint him. Other girls might have hidden their animosity, acted scandalised at his words or even behaved in a shy manner.

But his Akira was straightforward and unabashed just like himself.

How could he not like her?

Elder Takahashi looked between the two of them with suspicion.

”Do you two know each other?” He asked.

”Yes,” Kaito said.

”No,” Akira responded at the same time.

The two of them looked at each other. Akira glared while Kaito retained the teasing twinkle in his dark eyes.

The other people looked at the two of them with increasing suspicion. It was obvious there was something strange going on. Even if Akira acted annoyed by Kaito, that reaction was unusual. They must have had a prior connection for her to behave like that.

However, the more peculiar thing about the situation was that the two of them were long-lost family members of affluent families who had just returned to Mountain Ridge.

That point was enough to trigger a few more thoughts about the pair.

Chairman Takahashi thought about this connection and felt that the coincidence was too much. The chances of a rich family discovering a long-lost relative was low. And now, two families had found direct descendants in the same period.

His eyes narrowed a little. He wondered if his father was stirring things up or if he was plotting something new. It was obvious that Elder Takahashi was dissatisfied with the current state of things.

It was not unthinkable that he had taken action to address his grievances. After all, it was strange that this relative who he had claimed existed ten years ago had appeared again out of the blues.

Maybe he was plotting to have this unknown nephew take over the company from him. If this Kaito was interested in the company, he could band up with the new Yamazaki daughter to fight against him.

Of course, these were his casual imaginative speculations.