"I will choose anyone I want," Adrian said quietly, his voice steady despite the pain lacing through his body. "It is none of your concern regarding whom I choose, you better not pay attention to my life or things I do." The words fell into the room like a sharp blade.The old man’s eyes darkened at the way Adrian spoke, but he did not raise his voice as he knew Adrian is still angry with him."After everything I taught you," he said slowly, "still, you chose softness.... What exactly is wrong with you, Rian?" Adrian’s jaw tightened, the hand that wasn’t wrapped in bandages curled into a fist beneath the blanket, because he knew his father never changes, and to him nothing is important even own family."If I had listened to you," he replied, "I would have become exactly like you, and I know what that would’ve cost me, I'm not ready to listen to you or your words anymore." The old man studied him for a long moment. "You threw away an empire just to protect a weakling...." Adrian’s

"Mr. Adrian," Christian gently asked, "What do you want to eat for lunch? I'll order now."Adrian smiled with a calm look, "anything is fine." "Yeah... Yeah," Christian grinned, "we both can eat anything right now after eating the food you cooked." Adrian who understood Christian is teasing him, rolled his eyes, "be grateful that I taught you how to be humble..." "With your cooking skills, right?" Christian continued it for him, both of them laughed at their own joke, and Christian became busy in scrolling through his mobile in order to choose their lunch from a good restaurant.Adrian asked out of curiosity, "which restaurant are you choosing?" "One of the most popular restaurants," Christian smirked, and that smirk made Adrian wonder, "did you win a lottery or what?"Christian proudly answered, "I already won a lottery by being my mother's son no need to win another one." "I didn't understand!" Christian pulled out the four cards he got from his aunts and uncles, "my uncles an

"The promise," Adrian said reminding Christian of their earlier conversation. "About walking away if it gets dangerous, I never thought you'd have short term memory loss, do you?""I've no such disease for godsake!" "Then why did you forget it that easily? It's not even an hour." Christian tightened his jaw. "I didn't forget it, it's just I didn't pay much attention because I already answered, if you can't remember my answer, it's better if we go through another scanning to check what's wrong with your brain.... Should I talk to the doctor about this?" "No thanks," Adrian forced a smile, "I'm fine, and to be frank, you didn't answer, it's called dodging, you better learn the difference in between both terms." Christian exhaled slowly. "I can’t promise to abandon someone I care about, that's not in my blood, even you've no right to ask such a promise from me, I hope you clearly understand my answer now." Adrian’s eyes darkene