Gavin and his crew rushed home, all excited, only to be met with the housemaid''s news: "Young Master hasn''te back yet."


    Gavin''s face visibly darkened.


    Benjamin quickly tried to soothe him. "Dad, he used to hang out with the McCoy family a lot. Maybe after getting out, he headed there first."


    Gavin nodded, finding this reasonable. "Call Frankie and check if your brother''s with her," he instructed Benjamin.


    "Got it." Benjamin pulled out his phone to make the call.


    Gavin plopped onto the couch, grumbling, "He''s got a bum leg and he''s still wandering around instead ofing home. It''s worrying. At his age, he should know better."


    Ashley chimed in softly, "Uncle, if I may, you''re being too hard on Nathan. Maybe he doesn''t want toe back at all. Coming to the Rond family might''ve been a mistake. I''m heading over to the McCoy family to find him."


    With that, Ashley ignored Gavin''s troubled expression and walked out.


    Suddenly, Gavin hurled his teacup to the floor in a fit of anger. "Fathers and sons shouldn''t hold grudges forever. Does he n to resent me for life? Our family almost went bankrupt because of his reckless spending, and I didn''t even hold it against him. How can he still be mad about the past?"


    After finishing his call with Mrs. McCoy, Benjamin turned pale, his voice shaking, "Dad, my brother isn''t at the McCoy family."


    Gavin was taken aback.


    "If he''s not with the McCoy family, then where is he?"


    Nathan was missing.


    The once-confident Gavin deted, losing his cool and cursing, "That ungrateful kid! I was counting on him to turn things around for


    Rond family business. Wth.


    went


    out of our way to get him, and he dodges us?"


    Benjamin, keeping a cooler head than Gavin, responded, "Dad, he''s in high demand now. Every big firm in the Capital wants him as a digital marketing guru. Even though we''re family, we didn''t exactly keep the bond strong over the years. It''s no surprise he feels distant. If we want the Rond family to bounce back, we need his help. So we''ve got to swallow our pride and find him, ask him toe home."


    Gavin sighed, defeated. "Go find out where he is. Once you do, let him know I


    won''t hold what he did against him. Ask him toe back."


    Benjamin, eager, replied, "Will do."


    It seemed as if Gavin believed that as long as he extended an olive branch, Nathan would willingly return. With Nathan back, the Rond family''s resurgence seemed within reach.


    Over at the Stewart Estate.


    Nathalie returned home, feeling low, and grabbed an apple from the fruit basket, biting into it like it was Morris''s captor. She wanted to tear them all apart.


    Lizzy brought her some tea and took the apple away. "Sis, the doctor said your stomach''s sensitive. Avoid raw and cold fruits. Have some hot tea instead."


    Nathalie absentmindedly took the tea, then instructed Lizzy with a sly grin, "Go next door and borrow some aloe vera. Just say I need it for a face mask."


    Lizzy paused, puzzled. "Borrowing aloe vera for a face mask?"


    The excuse was pretty weak.


    "Sis, you''re the richest in the Capital now. Don''t you have ess to high-end face masks? Ashley will see right through this excuse and use you of ulterior motives."


    Nathalie sheepishly admitted, "I do have ulterior motives. I just want to know how Nathan''s doing over


    there. Is he adjusting to the new


    setup Does he need anything? The McCoy household isn''t exactly roffing in cash; I don''t want Nathan to go without."