Chapter 219

• Manuel’s POV
• ​Mr. Alton Fairfurt adjusted his silver-rimmed spectacles and scanned the warm amber lights of the private salon. "Speaking of arrivals, where on earth is Vesper? Did that boy actually run off to pick up this mysterious girlfriend he’s been hinting about?"
• ​Old Mr. Fairfurt had a soft spot for Vesper. Even though Vesper was several years older than the rest of our chaotic pack of friends, he had endured Alton's brutal advanced physics lectures back at the private academy just like we did. To the rest of the world, Alpha Vesper Harrisford was an untouchable corporate warlord, but in this room, he was simply our grumpy senior.