"Regardless of how this matter concludes, you are to leave headquarters immediately.
Spend the next few years at the overseas subsidiary—it's time you tempered your recklessness."
Leave headquarters?
Be exiled to the overseas branch?
Was his father sidelining him?
The blood drained from Harrison's face as the full meaning of his father's words sank in.
Knowing his father's ironclad resolve, he didn't dare refuse outright. Instead, he sidestepped cautiously.
"But Father, the engagement banquet with Juliet is coming up soon. I can't possibly leave right now." "Engagement banquet? That's no longer a consideration," Mr. Harrison replied, his gaze shifting toward where Juliet and Queen stood. His eyes were shadowed, unreadable.
"The news of what happened today will surely reach the Bernardo family, and they'll send someone to break off the engagement."
Breaking off the engagement. Being sidelined.
