Three days passed after the fight between Jordan Rodriguez and his father.
The atmosphere inside Rodriguez Mansion remained tense enough to suffocate people.
Nobody mentioned the punch.
Nobody mentioned Richard’s bleeding mouth.
And most importantly—
Nobody mentioned the way Jordan completely stopped speaking to his father afterward.
Even during meals, the silence between them felt brutal.
Meanwhile, business magazines across Country A continued praising Jordan for expanding Vesper Group internationally.
To the public, he looked untouchable.
Cold.
Powerful.
Perfect.
But privately—
Only Maureen Green saw the exhaustion slowly consuming him.
He slept less.
Worked more.
And spent most nights alone inside his office staring silently at documents without actually reading them.
