Chapter 28

• We soon entered the lavishly decorated banquet hall, teeming with businessmen from various nationalities.
• The air was thick with the heady scents of expensive cologne and the gentle tinkling of fine crystal in a cacophony of wealth and power that made my head spin.
• My father and my entire family had always urged me to accompany them to these elite social events, but I had steadfastly refused, for I was not a fan of such ostentatious displays of affluence and influence.