Looking down from the fifth floor of Columbus Circle, the brightly lit mall was bustling with people around 8 p.m.
Liam Thorne really wanted to joke like he had with Aaron Xie a couple of days ago: "I'm a billionaire now; if you’re a real brother, start licking my boots."
But the scene at the dinner table just now meant that such a joke would backfire. He now needed his roommate to believe a plausible "reason," even if it was fabricated.
Damn it, he thought, the company needs to be up and running as soon as possible. Otherwise, I'll have to keep lying forever!
Liam pulled a cigarette out of his pocket, handed it to Zack, and said, "You know that e-commerce firm I work for. I tell people I do graphic design, but I actually handle high-stakes sales too. I recently closed a massive deal,
