Chapter 585 - Killian Makela (1/2)
Lately, Finland had been feeling increasingly lonely. For several months, their house was so quiet as Rune had decided to move out to live with his uncle, Aldebar. It would be easier for him to carry out the most recent project that they were working on together by staying with Aldebar.
Meanwhile, London had moved to Berlin, spending most of his time there, focusing on the family business. Ever since London met Lyana at his sister's wedding in Grosetto, he began to hang out more with her.
Lyana was a contemporary art artist and she had a fun personality. Both of them immediately got along. Their opinions matched very well as when it came to various photography and fine arts, they shared the same interests.
The budding artist had a small design studio in Berlin. Whenever London was not busy, he would often visit her and they would have a drink together, chatting about stuff. London and Lyanna had become good friends and had a platonic relationship as there was no romantic feelings between them.
London, which had only had Rune and his sister Aleksis as his friends, growing up, began to enjoy life outside the golden cage created for them by his parents. He frequently hung around the young people in Germany, going along with Lyana, who was quite popular there.
”I am just a normal artist. No one in my community knows who I really am. Next week, I want to invite you to meet more people at the party that Stephan Zimmerman will be throwing. He is an influential art collector. Arguably, he is also one of the most eligible bachelors in Germany. But ....”
Lyana narrowed her eyes to look at London from head to toe. ”You can't claim to be the owner of Schneider Group. You have to use an alias and disguise your appearance a little bit. I don't want you to be surrounded by some gold-diggers who only want your wealth. Who knows what they would do to pursue you. Gold-diggers can be quite scary.”
London shuddered at the thought. He was immediately reminded of something from a few months ago when he came to Virconnect's fourth-anniversary party. His brother-in-law, whose drink was spiked with aphrodisiac, fell into a trap and almost had s.e.x with a gold-digger.
Since then, London had been cautious and did not want to get caught in the same scheme. That was why he felt comfortable making friends with Lyana as she already knew about his real identity and never seemed to try anything inappropriate unto him.
”Okay, I understand,” he nodded. ”I can use my middle name and my mother's last name. I'll have an alter ego. In the business, I will be London Schneider, but outside of that, I can be an ordinary person hanging around regular people.”
”Now, that's a great idea. That way, you can filter out people who only want something from you and those who sincerely want to be your friend.” Lyana smiled in satisfaction. ”Well, then... we have to prepare a story for you. If someone asked who you are, we could just say... oh, you're an electrician or something ... ahahahaha.”
London frowned and thought for a moment. ”Hmm ... I can be a poor photographer struggling to sell my work to the media. I can buy a cheap camera, or I can be a sheep farmer. When I was little, my brother and I raised a herd of sheep in New Zealand ... hahaha.”
”Hmm ... pretending to be a photographer makes more sense than being a farmer. Then what name will you use?”
”My middle name is Killian, and my mother's last name is Makela.”
”Woahh ... you have a nice name there. I like Killian Makela.” Lyana nodded. ”Now, now, look at your appearance ... Even though you're doing great avoiding the media, I'm sure one or two people have seen your pictures on the internet. Maybe you can wear ugly glasses and outdated outfits...?”
London rolled his eyes. ”The glasses are fine, but where should I get outdated outfits?”