Chapter 59 Dignity

At noon, stepping right on time, Charles arrived at the estate's annex.

Now that he was there, Russell felt it would be impolite not to ask him to stay for lunch, so he had no choice but to instruct Butler Morris to add a place setting for Charles.

"Mr. Charles, you needn't always come right on the dot; you should rest at home for a while. Coming over in the afternoon would be just as well," Russell said.

"Heh heh," laughed Charles, with a shamelessly relaxed air, "I just remembered there was something I needed to report, and it happened to coincide with this time. Who knew I would run into you, Sir, enjoying your lunch. This must be the call of the Black Pearl wine."

Faced with Charles's brazen shamelessness, what could Russell say? He could only express his helplessness and say, "Let's eat first."

It was inevitable.