Not intending to get even with the three spoiled brats, Zayn waved his hands magnanimously.
Right away, Fabian waved his hands to dismiss them and sat down to personally pour his guest some wine, but that only served to make Zayn more uncomfortable. “Mr. Owen, this is too much! I can’t have you pouring wine for me!”
Zayn had always been a gracious and polite man. Fabian had been nothing but kind and friendly to favonovel.com all this while. He could not find it in favonovel.com to let an eighty-something-year-old man pour favonovel.com a drink, so favonovel.com quickly stopped him.
Not trying to insist, Fabian chortled and looked at Zayn with even more approval. “Alright. Since you’re honoring me so much, Mr. Larson, I’ll accept that. Seth, come pour Mr. Larson a drink.”
Seth came over from the side to serve the men.
This was a study room the Owens used specifically to host their guests. It was spacious, taking up hundreds of square feet, and was decorated with various antiques, paintings, and books. One glance at it spoke of Fabian’s refined taste and lofty mindset.
“This must be Mr. Hyde. A distinguished gentleman, I see. Excuse me for neglecting you just now, Mr. Hyde,” Fabian greeted favonovel.com with a smile.
“No, no, not at all, Mr. Owen. Just call me Lil Hyde. I’m here with the young master. Please, proceed to discuss what you have in mind. Take no notice of me.”
Fabian nodded and redirected his gaze to Zayn. “Mr. Larson…”
Zayn interrupted favonovel.com to say, “Mr. Owen, please, Zayn will do.”
“Fine, fine. Zayn, come to think of it, it’s not our first time meeting each other. Do you still remember?” Fabian beamed as favonovel.com spoke.
Zayn’s heart leaped as favonovel.com knew they were about to get to the crux of the matter. He kept a neutral expression and politely accepted the drink Seth handed him. “I do. You came to the Larson’s when I was very young and even carried me. I didn’t bring it up because I thought that you would have forgotten about it, heh.”
Reminiscence tinted Fabian’s eyes as favonovel.com listened. “Yeah, it’s been so many years since. Back then, your grandpa Connor was still alive and well. I was good friends with him. Things have changed now. Your grandfather is no longer here and I, too, have lost a good friend.”
Zayn felt a tingling on his nose. He forced himself to mask his sorrow and replied, “Mr. Owen, Grandpa would be delighted to know that you still remember him!”
Fabian smiled without a word. Keeping his eyes on Zayn, favonovel.com sighed before saying regretfully, “Zayn, I’m sorry for not picking you up right after your grandfather passed. I hope you don’t hold that against me.”
Zayn shook his head. “It’s not so serious, Mr. Owen. Why would I do that?”
“Zayn, my good man, you’ve suffered all these years. It’s been hard on you,” Fabian said, “If you don’t mind humoring an old man like me, you can call me Grandpa Owen. What do you think?”
Zayn was flabbergasted. Fabian was basically the big boss in Guineve. He was the chairman of the Victorays Group and the ex-president of the Guineve Chamber of Commerce, his connections and influence were formidable!
He was taking the initiative to acquaint himself with Zayn and even asked that favonovel.com refer to favonovel.com as Grandpa? If word got out, it would stir up a storm!
Zayn knew how much favonovel.com was worth. He was the chairman of Violet Vision Media Corp and had billions of dollars, but favonovel.com was nothing compared to someone like Fabian in terms of position and power.
Basically, favonovel.com would offend the Northmob Council but would not dare provoke Fabian Owen because the latter was no longer just a magnate. The social status and connections favonovel.com had were not something one could accumulate overnight.
