Chapter 2105


    The friend Decker came here with had regr business dealings with Carter Corporation and was considered one of their more


    respected business partners. It was out of consideration for his status that he and Decker were seated in an esteemed seat at


    the table right next to Odell''s.


    One of the senior executives was put in charge of hosting everyone and promptly addressed everyone with a brief speech.


    After everyone was invited to sit, the dinnermenced.


    Decker picked up the cutlery gracefully, minding his manners all the while. He waited until all of the noteworthy men had given


    toast to Odell before raising the ss himself and motioning politely in Odell''s direction." President Carter, it is a great honor to


    have met you here. Let me give you a toast."


    Odell looked at him rather cordially. "You are very kind, President Rockwell."


    Decker downed the ss of wine.


    Odell raised his ss and took a humble sip from it.


    Decker sat back in his chair after that.


    While dinner was ongoing, several executives of Carter Corporation exchanged casual small talk with their business partners.


    After eating several bites of food, just enough to fill his stomach, Decker looked at the people around him. Upon noting that they


    were wrapping up their conversation, he asked quite nonchntly with a friendly smile," Speaking of which, why isn''t the current


    president of Carter Corporation, Mr. Rnd here?"


    This seemed to have caught Odell''s intrigue, but his reaction was quite subtle.


    Upon hearing this, two senior executives eyed Decker suspiciously.


    One of them asked, "President Rockwell, it sounds like you''re quite familiar with Mr. Rnd. Are you acquainted with him by any


    chance?"


    Everyone else at the table turned to look at Decker to see what he had to say.


    Decker remarked with a candid smile, "You see, he is my nephew."


    The two senior executives were visibly caught off guard by this and darted curious nces at Odell.


    Everyone else at the table was equally shocked.


    Odell, on the other hand, was quite in control of himself. He barely reacted at all to this sudden revtion.


    The two executives redirected their attention back to Decker.


    One of them remarked, "That''s a surprise. We didn''t know that Mr. Rnd came from Southboro and is a Rockwell as well."


    Decker noted, "Yep. Something happened in our family around a year ago which led to him leaving Southboro. It was only very


    recently that when | received word that he had found his way to Westchester and was now the acting president at Carter


    Corporation. It was such a shock to me andpletely refreshed my opinion of him."


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    Although Westchester and Southboro were some distance apart, news tended to travel faster than one would expect, especially


    in exclusive circles among the high society. This was especially the case with scandals such as what went down with the


    Southboro’s Rockwells.


    It was said that the patriarch of the Rockwells favored his illegitimate son over his grandson who was said to be quite a


    promising young man. Not only did the patriarch choose to let his illegitimate son inherit Rockwell Corporation, but he even


    nned to leave behind all of his assets to the illegitimate son as well. Of all these assets, more than half of them belonged to


    his wife who had expressed firm intention of letting their grandson inherit them.


    If Rnd was truly Decker''s nephew, that must make Rnd the rumored true heir of the Rockwells. He was the one who was


    said to be a very promising youngd but ended up getting betrayed by his grandfather who chose the illegitimate son over him,


    the one who ended up getting banished from the city.


    Everyone knew better than to tantly point this out, but they all shared a secretive chuckle amongst themselves since they


    knew the full story.


    One of the executives quickly pulled himself out of his state of shock. He swiped a nce at Odell''s expression before turning to


    address Decker," You must not be very familiar with your nephew. He may be young, but he is certainly a high achiever and has


    proven himself to be more than capable in everything we entrusted him with. We have nothing but admiration for him. Even


    President Carter is impressed by him.”


    Another executive echoed the same sentiment, "That''s right."


    They were not-so-subtly rallying for Rnd.


    Decker stiffened briefly, then he yed it off with a quick smile. "I''ve always thought he was verypetent as well, but he


    refused to stay in Southboro and there was nothing | could do about it.”


    After a pause, he asked casually, "Why isn''t he here today? | thought I would see him here."


    One of the executives remarked, "It’s Saturday. He usually spends his weekend in private."