2026-04-30 11:59:34Logan’s mother in-law continued to plead with the female receptionist while Stacy stood by the side, nodded continuously to whatever Leslie was saying. He was amazed by the sight.
He noticed that there was another lady with them. She seemed to be around the same age as Stacy, she was talking to the female receptionist along with Leslie. "You should know who I am, I'm Adriana Lima. My father has a lot of connections with most of the higher-ups in this company. One phone call from him and you might not get to keep your job. So I advise you to let us see the CEO while we're asking nicely."
The female receptionist was still unfazed by her threat. "I'm sorry. But I can't let you see the CEO unless you have a significant appointment with him. How about you go get an appointment and then come back later."
Adriana scoffed, “Did you not hear a word I said?”
Logan guessed why they were desperately seeking an audience with the CEO. Leslie was the deputy sales director of a mid-tier company and she needed the support of a top-tier conglomerate for the business to thrive. Perhaps, she’s here in hopes that she could get the CEO of Astral Corp to come onboard as a major investor.
Adriana was supposed to help them through her father's connections, but it didn't seem to be working.
Stacy sharply turned to her, “What the heck, Adriana? You promised us that with your father's influence, we would be able to see the CEO and get his help. What’s happening now?"
Adriana rolled her eyes and looked away, “You think it's easy standing here and getting embarrassed along with you two? I never promised you anything, okay? How am I supposed to know that it wouldn't work?”
"You two, stop it. This is not the time and place for you grown up adults to be doing this." Leslie cut them off calmly, even though she was frustrated on the inside.
Stacy huffed in annoyance and turned away while crossing her arms. She unknowingly turned towards Logan and caught him staring. Her face twisted in annoyance, “What are you looking at, dirt bag?” She sneered.
Logan quickly turned away, not wanting to be recognized. That's when it clicked for Stacy, her eyes narrowed, “Hold on. You are…” She pointed at him. “Logan?! Is it you?”
Leslie turned at the mention of her son in-law’s name, “Huh? Logan? Where?”
Stacy pointed more precisely, “That's him right there! How come he's being attended to so well? That's unfair!”
Leslie didn't pay attention to what her daughter was saying, she had already made her way towards him, her eyes getting sharper by the second. "Logan? What are you doing here, you good for nothing useless fool?"
Logan sighed, he definitely did not want to be seen but there was no turning back now. Left with no choice, he forced a smile. "Hello, Mrs Cooper." He then nodded at Stacy, "Hi."
Leslie raised up her hand to silence him even though he was already done. "Keep your greetings to yourself, you fool." She snapped at him. "What are you even doing here? Are you not supposed to be at the hospital with my daughter and sick granddaughter? You're here parading yourself around when you can't even provide a stable life for your family. You could at least stay there with them and offer whatever comfort you can give.”
"Actually, I came here straight from the hospital." Logan didn't have time to deny his reason for being there because they were going to find out later anyways. He decided to go straight to the point. "I'm here to meet the CEO. There's something I must-"
Leslie, Stacy, and Adriana burst out laughing, cutting Logan off.
Adriana looked at Logan with disdain. How could this nobody think he could do something she couldn't? "How dare you think that you of all people could possibly meet the CEO? Don't you know your place here? Just look at yourself. You disgust me.”
Logan was a tad bit annoyed, but he didn't let their words get to him because they had always been this way since he married Ava… Always wanting to embarrass him, mock him. Especially in front of people. He truly hated talking to them.
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Chapter 152: The Perfect Son-in-Law
Kyle's throat moved.He pulled in a slow breath, and then he stepped forward and put both arms around Logan.It was a firm hug, the kind that said more than most sentences could, and he held it for a moment before releasing.Logan returned it, one hand on Kyle's back, steady and unhurried, letting the older man have the moment completely.When Kyle pulled back, his eyes were bright in a way he was clearly working to manage, the press of emotion held back through sheer effort of will, the way men of his generation often managed things that moved them too much to show fully in public.He shook his head once, looking at Logan."I always knew," Kyle said, his voice slightly rougher than usual. "From the beginning, even when everyone else was saying otherwise, I always knew you were a good man." He paused. "An excellent son-in-law."Logan held his gaze and said nothing, letting the words land.Then Kyle shook his head again, more firmly this time, and something in his expression shifted, b
Chapter 151: The Gift of Integrity
Kyle crossed the short distance between them with a chuckle that came from somewhere deep and genuine, the kind of laugh that carried relief and pride and something warmer underneath both of those things.He put his hand on Logan's shoulder, gripping it firmly, and looked at his son in law with the full, unguarded expression of a man who had stopped managing how much he showed.“Fifty million,” Kyle said, shaking his head slowly. “Logan. You just walked into this room and pulled fifty million dollars out of a painting nobody else in here could see properly.” He shook Logan’s shoulder once, still holding it. “Congratulations. That’s yours, you earned every cent of it.”Logan looked at him with a warm, steady expression.Then he shook his head.Kyle’s hand slowed on his shoulder. “What?”“It’s not mine,” Logan said.Kyle frowned. “What do you mean it’s not yours? You’re the one who found it. You’re the one who…”“You made the payment.” Logan kept his voice calm and unhurried. “Two hundr
Chapter 150: The Price of Decision
Logan was already looking back at him.They stood facing each other across the small distance, the noise of the room continuing around them, the murmuring crowd, the excited voices of the appraisers, Stacy quietly rearranging herself behind Kyle's shoulder, none of it touching the space between father and son in law directly.Kyle looked at Logan's face with the focused, searching attention of someone reading a document they needed to understand completely before moving on.“Logan,” Kyle said quietly. “You knew. From the very beginning. You knew what was inside that painting.”Logan met his eyes steadily. “Yes.”Kyle exhaled slowly. “The tapping. The agreement with Charles. The offer. All of it. You knew exactly what you were doing.”Logan nodded once. “I did.”Kyle glanced toward the painting, then back at Logan. “Why didn’t you say anything? Why not tell me what you suspected? Why let me risk almost everything I had left without giving me the full picture?”Logan’s voice stayed calm
Chapter 149: The Valuation of Trust
Alex looked at Logan with the quiet, brooding attention of someone revising a theory they had been certain about and finding the revision uncomfortable.At the front of the room, the experts had drawn together again, a brief, murmured exchange between Roman, Holt, and Charles Green, their voices too low to carry. Roman held the painting throughout, his grip steady and careful, and the three of them spoke with the focused efficiency of people who had done this before and knew what they were deciding.After a short while, Mr. Holt took a step forward and faced the room.“Based on our collective assessment,” he said, his voice carrying its usual weight, “and pending full authentication through appropriate channels, the current estimated value of this work is fifty million dollars.”For a fraction of a second the room held perfectly still.Then from somewhere to Kyle's left came a sound, sharp and involuntary, the exclamation of someone whose self control had simply not been fast enough t
Chapter 148: The Anatomy of a Discovery
Stacy stared at the emerging painting, her mind working backward through everything she had watched over the past twenty minutes.The tapping. The ear pressed against the canvas, listening to something nobody else in the room had thought to listen for. The careful, methodical way Logan had examined the piece before agreeing with Charles's appraisal, the agreement everyone had taken as proof he didn't know what he was doing.He had known."That's why he was tapping," she said, almost to herself, her voice quiet but carrying in the way quiet voices sometimes did when everything around them had gone tense and listening. "He was checking if there was something hollow behind it. He could hear it."Carlos turned his head toward her. “What did you just say?”Stacy repeated, louder this time, “He was listening for a hollow space. That’s why he tapped it like that. He knew there was something underneath the whole time.”Alex looked at her sharply. “You’re defending him now? After everything?”
Chapter 147: The Expert Consensus
Roman took the painting with both hands and stood with it for a moment, simply looking.He didn't reach for tools or lean in immediately. He just looked, the way someone looked at something when their instincts had already formed an opinion and they were giving their eyes a moment to confirm it before they said anything out loud.The two men who had accompanied him moved closer, flanking him, their attention dropping to the canvas as well. The three of them formed a quiet cluster around it while the rest of the room stayed where it was, nobody moving, nobody wanting to break whatever was happening.After a long moment, Roman spoke to the man on his left in a low voice. The man nodded and produced a small case from his jacket, similar to the kind Charles Green had used, and passed it to Roman. Roman accepted it without looking away from the painting.He examined the canvas closely now, moving through a brief but thorough inspection that covered the edges, the surface texture, the back
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