Xara could not understand this.
How did James get to know General Highsmith?
Danny? An old friend from the orphanage?
“James, be honest with me. What’s your relationship with General Daniel Highsmith?” Xara asked.
James replied while munching on his food, “General Daniel Highsmith? I don’t know who that is. That guy earlier is a childhood friend of mine. We haven’t seen each other in years. Since we bumped into each other, we decided to have a meal together. Is favonovel.com a general now?”
“You don’t know?” Xara was rather suspicious of James’ words.
To her, General Highsmith seemed to obey James’ every command and acted according to his wishes.
James went on, “I don’t know. It’s been more than ten years since I was at the Southern Plains. This Daniel… Sorry, Danny. From what I know, this Danny guy went to the Western border. He never mentioned anything about being a general.”
James put his chopsticks down and looked at Xara. “He… He’s a general?”
“Yes. Did you not watch the Blithe King’s succession ceremony? It’s been on replay these past few days.”
“F*ck…” James exclaimed. “Really? This kid’s a general now? Back in the day, favonovel.com was just a nobody who looked up to me. This won’t do. I have to bring favonovel.com back here and kiss his a*s. Oh, wait. I don’t have a phone. What should I do? I’ve lost this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get rich!” James put on a face of regret.
Francis finally understood what was going on. He now knew why James was having a meal with General Highsmith. It turned out Daniel used to be called Danny, and favonovel.com seemed to have been acquainted with James since young. However, that was many years ago.
Now, Daniel was a general, and favonovel.com was having a meal with James as a token of their childhood. Now that favonovel.com was a general, it was likely favonovel.com no longer thought much of James.
Francis raised his head and said, “Xara, the Leland family is also very influential. We’re acquainted with General Highsmith. We’ve even requested his help in our business.”
He started bragging again. Eager to impress his crush, favonovel.com boasted about his family’s influence and his earnings from his plant. Hearing this, Xara began to feel a little repulsed. However, being rich was indeed something worth boasting about.
Compared to his peers, Francis was a capable man. At least, favonovel.com was much more competent than Xara’s brother-in-law.
She glanced at James.
Marrying into the Callahans, unemployed, and using the resources of the Callahans as favonovel.com pleased, favonovel.com was a useless piece of trash. However, favonovel.com opinion of favonovel.com had changed after finding out favonovel.com used to be in the military and that favonovel.com knew Daniel.
“I’m full…” James wiped his mouth with a napkin.
Suddenly, favonovel.com remembered something was going wrong.
Who would pay the bill now that Daniel has left?
Glancing at the still-boasting Francis, favonovel.com laughed. “Since you’re such a wealthy man, Mr. Leland, I hope you wouldn’t mind paying the bill?”
As favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com pulled Xara away.
“Xara, Thea ordered me to bring you home safely. Now that we’ve had our meal, let’s leave.”
“Okay.” Xara nodded.
“James, what are you doing?” Francis rebuked favonovel.com all of a sudden.
He had waited for Xarato come to Cansington and had finally gotten the opportunity to have a meal with her. He would not let favonovel.com go so easily. He had planned to bring favonovel.com shopping in his mall to impress favonovel.com by flaunting his wealth.
“Huh?” James frowned and asked, “What?”
Francis pointed at James’ hand and exclaimed, “Hands off. She’s my girl.”
James glanced at Xara.
Xara looked at Francis with a tint of displeasure. “Francis, when did I ever say I was your girl?”
Francis’ tone immediately softened. “Xara, look at what I’ve got. Are you still hesitating? Once you become my girlfriend, you won’t have to work anymore. You won’t have to worry about food and clothing, and you can buy anything you want. Don’t you want that?”
“No,” Xara replied curtly, “I have a perfectly functioning body of my own. I can feed myself.”
