Chapter 171 Insider Knowledge

• Hugo looks back at me with an expression so unreadable, I wonder if he’s even going to answer my request. But he must, right? I mean, why even bother agreeing to this meeting if he intends to shoot me down?
• “I don’t have concrete proof myself,” Hugo admits. “But you are certainly not the only one who is suspicious. By all accounts, he should never have risen so quickly, given his lack of direct contacts within the political sphere.”
• Hugo lifts his elbows onto the table and leans forward. “I also have questions regarding his finances. How does a generous, selfless man become as rich as he did just from running an orphanage?”