Chapter 195 - Party at Hill villa (4) (1/2)

Sophia led Felix to the area of the villa where older generation gathered. Sophia left Felix with her father, exchanged glances with Stella, and then went back to join her sisters.

Stella saw that Edward is talking to Felix and introducing him to other people in the room. She was pleasantly surprised to see that Edward accepted him without any issues and breathed out in relief.

”Sam, come here to meet someone!”, Edward called out to his good friend. ”This here is Felix. He is our new star in security area.”

”Really? Sam Peterson... Nice to meet you.”, Sam extended his hand.

”Nice to meet you too.” Felix shook his hand. ”Peterson? That sounds familiar.”

Sam shrugged. ”It is not an uncommon last name.” Sam looked at Felix and rubbed his chin. ”I'm interested in your area of expertise, maybe we can meet up and talk...”

Edward interrupted him. ”Don't even think about it. We found him first.” He looked at Felix and shared a background story. ”Sam here is interested in small devices and for years he is trying to poach our talent for his small company.”

”What small? We are doing just fine.” Sam lifted his nose defiantly.

Edward snickered, ”Hehehe... if you say so.”

”I would not try to poach of YOUR talent if you accept to work with me.” Sam told Edward.

Edward shook his head. ”My friend, your conditions are not favorable for me... you know that.” Edward got serious. ”Friendship is one thing, and business is another. And keep your hands off of Felix, you don't stand a chance.”

”Oh, how come you are so confident?” Sam looked like he is ready for a quarrel.

Edward raised his nose and said proudly. ”He just might be my son-in-law.”

”I thought that Sarah is dating some student.” Sam was suspicious.

Edward chuckled. ”Did you forget that I have three very capable daughters?”

”How can I forget? You always talk about them...”, Two of them laughed while glaring at each other. Felix was still dazed from when Edward said that he might be his son-in-law. Did he really accept him to such a degree? Isn't a bit too fast to call him son-in-law? It's not that he minds… but he didn't think about it.

In truth, Edward was not comfortable to call Felix his son-in-law, but he wanted to make a point to Sam that he can't have Felix.

After some time, Edward took Felix to another person. ”Hey, Mark, here is someone you should meet.”

Mark and Felix exchanged poisonous glares. Edward didn't notice and continued enthusiastically. ”Felix just joined our company. He could use few friends... you are both young and capable, that means you have at least two things in common.”

”We met... and we definitely have more than that in common.” Mark said through teeth.

”Yes, we did meet. It's just that one of our common THINGS is NOT interested in you.” Felix responded, making a big emphasis on few words as he spoke.

Edward noticed strange atmosphere and decided that it's best to move on. ”Ehm... good that you met already, that is good...” He turned to Felix. ”Right, let's go there...” Edward ushered him. ”I want to introduce you to Robert, he is...”

Mark looked after them with a sour face. Then he got an idea. 'If Felix is here, that means that Sophia is not with him.' Marks eyes lit up and he left the room swiftly.