Andrea's father was well known for constantly cutting the bullshit and diving headlong into business first before anything else. Business before pleasure, hell, business before even pleasantries.
He was a very rich and influential man and like it always was, the rich and highly influential could always get away with anything, anything at all. From bad table manners to rude language. At least his father was rarely ever rude, Andrea had never seen him that way. His father was more of a dangerous snake who deceived you with the slithering, cold and sometimes unsure movements only to strike when you rarely suspected. And he struck hard and never missed.
“Did you miss your appointment with Jerda? You know her portfolio is the next big one after Calponija's, if not slightly bigger. Just becau
