Chapter 166

Thomas didn’t speak up right away. Years of experience in the business world had trained him well—emotions rarely showed on his face. He turned to his younger son. “Liam, what do you think?” Elsie glanced over at Liam too. If anything, she owed him. And as the future head of Harding Bank, whatever blow the bank might take—it’d hit him the hardest. Liam stood there in a clean-cut dark suit, looking calm and composed. His features carried a strong resemblance to William, but there was a steadiness to him, a quiet confidence. Meeting everyone’s gaze, he replied, “I’m not fighting alone like you were back in the day.” That said it all. Thomas asked again, “You do realize what this’ll mean for the bank once it goes public? Have you really thought it through?” Liam paused briefly, then brought up something out of the blue. “For my brother’s eighteenth birthday, you gave him a sailboat. That year, he sailed it around the world. When he came back, he told me about the 3,000-mile journey and th