Hollywood Zenith

While Samuel was hiding away from public eye waiting for the eventful party, Delphina was going through her own troubles.

She went ahead and disclosed about the recent share acquisition which in turn alerted his father that his daughter had a mysterious backer.

He knew everyone who had capable wealth to ease her with such a large transaction. After a few phone calls with his contacts, he wasn't able to find this mysterious person.

In his decade of reign, he never thought he would be presented with such a situation, the buyer's identity was so well covered that people would hang up on him when he asked about it.

He had plenty of contacts inside the government, even they didn't dare to say anything to him which made him annoyed. The most he could get out was the information that the voting rights were firmly in his daughter's hands.

Still fearing that his daughter was tricked as it was common for powerful people to utilizes loopholes to have their way, decided to hold a family brunch.

Since his wife passed away, this practice had became a thing of the past still when their father called, the two siblings didn't dare to turn down his invitation. Anyone could tell that even at the age of retirement, he still was the strong head of the company.

While he waited for his children to arrive, he asked some of his people to conduct their own operation. Having immense wealth, he obviously had his own dedicated division which were responsible for his and his children's safety.

It didn't take long for his men to give him all the recent information of his two children. As usual, his oldest child Alan was wasting away his life but recently he was focusing too much on a single girl. He looked at the information and squinted his eyes and suddenly slapped his thigh.

He knew he had seen her before, it turned out she was the classmate of his daughter but he was under the impression that they had lost touch over the years.

It was understandable because his daughter never liked to associate with useless people. Chasing vanity and trying to be famous, the girl did make a name for herself. They must have gotten in touch at that time.

He easily connected the lines smiling slightly. He had to admit even though he didn't approve of his daughter in public, she resembled him more than her brother. Using deceit and treachery, just suited her as she was able to calmly asses the situation.

It became clear why his son failed to get the viscount's share, he had gotten to comfortable. Four percent seemed a lot but he knew that even if she possessed these shares, she wouldn't be able to shake the majority.

He did become a little curious about what happened to Alexis. He had given his son a golden opportunity to deal with both his enemies with one move. Dragging Alexis to suffer loss would become a deterrent for Hermes family to make moves in future.

Since LVHM had already surpassed them, he was aware that many such new enemies were emerging from the shadows for juicy pieces of pie of his legacy. He wasn't one to spare these hungry wolves, he had made ample plan to deal with them one by one after the heir was finalized l.

Using Alexis, Alan could easily fight back against his sister who was hell bent on taking his position. With large sum of 'inhertance' Alexis possessed, it was a cake walk for him to gather more shares to ensure his victory.

He wanted his son to work through this issue on his own that's why he stopped giving him hints. He wa biased toward his son but he was not irrational. Handing Alan the keys to his 'kingdom' could lead to a tragedy if he didn't tamper his son.

Hence, it was like a trail for him knowing that Alan would always have the upper hand with him by his side. On the other hand, he also wished for his daughter to rise up and give sufficient challenge to her brother. He knew no matter how much she thrashed around, there was no escaping the end result.

He would arrange for her to seperate the communication company she built over the years as a way of ending the friction once and for all. If she was as smart as he thought her to be, she would happily take this arrangement.

Such was the ways how he grew up in, he wanted both his children to suffer few setbacks before they burst open the cocoon of security.

These were not his thoughts but he was pouring his heart out to his butler making him understand why he was doing this to his children.

The butler was puzzled hearing his master talk on and on about his plan because throughout the years that he worked under him, he never heard him speak so casually with him.

The shrewd old man of fashion street was speaking his mind aloud to another person, those that knew him wouldn't believe even if he told them about it.

The butler heard every detail attentively, memorising it like it was his will. He gave the old man couple more glances, his face was still the same with a dignified expression with a little hint of sorrow.

How long had it been since he seen such genuine expression on his master's face? Has he truly willing to let go after all these years?

Bernard's eyes met the middle aged butler's eyes as he nodded towards him hearing the commotion downstairs.

Before butler could say anything, someone knocked on the door telling about his children's arrival.

He stood up and tidied up his clothes before heading downstairs. It's been years since they last had a meal together like this so he knew there would be some friction. Nonetheless, he was looking forward to the sudden family reunion.