Chapter 270

"You brat, are you trying to curse your old man or what?!" The moment Adrian spoke, Charles' booming voice blasted over him, practically vibrating through the walls. Adrian squinted instinctively, resisting the urge to plug his ears. It echoed through the room so long that he had to wait for it to die down before responding, face scrunched. "I wasn't trying to curse you, okay? You just sounded so much like…" He stopped himself just in time, swallowing those not-so-kind words—"getting things in order"—because hey, the man still had his pride. But really, you couldn't blame him for thinking weird stuff. The old man yelled at him more often than he spoke kindly, and even though he'd been away for years, he never once called with a warm word. Always the same arrogant tone over the phone. Wasn't it the same during that last dinner? He hadn't been back in forever, and a normal dad would at least act like he missed him, right? But nope, his first sentence was demanding he move the company bac