Chapter 660 - Hills and Whites talk (1/2)
After a pleasant and very harmonious celebratory dinner, Sarah and Aiden headed back to the apartment, while their parents went to the hotel. Their plan is to meet for breakfast, and after that Hills will go to Seattle while Whites will be heading to Reno.
When they reached Riverside Hotel and Spa, Stella, Edward, Elanor and Oscar went to the private lounge of the hotel.
”Is this a safe place to talk?” Oscar asked as soon as staff members left and closed the door behind them.
Edward pulled a palm sized device from his pocket and placed in on the desk.
”Signal jammer.” Edward explained. ”It prevents spying and recording within twenty meter radius.”
”So… where do we start?” Stella asked after about a minute of silence.
”We can start by you telling us about how much is your family involved in lives of your daughters.”, Elanor told Stella.
Stella raised her eyebrows in response.
”Will it help start the conversation if we also say that we are aware it's Lebedev family?”, Oscar added.
Edward smirked. ”I see that underground networks hidden behind White foundation are impressive.”
It was time for Oscar to raise his eyebrows while listening to Edward speak further: ”Now that Jeffrey is getting married, are you finally going to give him rights to control your underground forces and you go to enjoy retirement?”
Oscar's smirk showed a hint of irritation. He didn't like that Edward knows so much. But he responded: ”It will be a gradual process.”
”I believe that we should stop with games, and speak openly.”, Elanor interjected.
Edward faced Elanor. ”As expected from the main strategist of White family. You know when team play is beneficial for everyone.”
Elanor squinted while looking at Edward. ”And you were never part of the team… always working alone.” Elanor paused and smirked confidently. ”Hiding behind a ghostly alias.”
Edward frowned. ”How do you know that?”
Elanor let out a small laugh. ”We had you narrowed down to three possibilities. During this talk I eliminated one… between two persons which deal with nearly-impossible-to-obtain information, I guessed it's the more dangerous one.”
Edward laughed. ”You guessed…”
”Since we know who is who, and what each of us represents…” Elanor turned to Stella. ”Let's go back to the original topic of Lebedev family controlling your daughters.”
”They are not controlling…” Stella objected immediately. ”But they are watching. We thought that their focus is mostly on Sarah, but recently we got proof that they are watching all three of them. However, except for few incidences of meddling into their love life, Lebedevs are keeping their distance… for now.”
”Meddling into their love life?” Elanor paused before continuing. ”Are you saying that they approve of Anna and Jeff, as well as Sarah and Aiden since they allowed them to reach to this stage without incidents? Also, what about Sophia?”
Edward shook his head, showing that he does not have those answers. ”We only acquired data they have, not their plans or decisions.”
Stella continued. ”However, I don't think they approve of any of it. I believe that everything just happened too fast for them to react. Sophia met Felix in New York, and two of them were low key until recently. Even her pregnancy is kept confidential.”
”That man on the roof knows that she is pregnant.” Elanor reminded Stella.