Chapter 90: An Invitation

The lights are dimmed in the restaurant. I can see my good friend Jarrod Thorpe talking to the maitre de as Aurora and I approach.

I haven't seen much of Jarrod in the last month. I still haven't told him about his father and my mother or the fact that my brother Ayden is his brother too. I've been avoiding that conversation by avoiding him. It's remiss of me and something I will have to fix.

He looks up as I come to a stop in front of him.

"Landon, my friend!"

"Jarrod." I nod my head. "How are you?"

"Very good. Business is fantastic."

Jarrod and his business partner Jack have been my friends since our university days. I'd known Jarrod longer than that because of our parents, but we hadn't become friends until uni.

"The new restaurant is almost ready for its launch next month and the ad campaign TRW have done for us is superb."

His eyes are alight with excitement.

I take the praise of my company with a slight bow of the head. His gaze leaves me, and his smile grows.