Arden’s POV
“From tomorrow, you'll be managing one of our businesses,” he said.
My eyes narrowed slightly as I asked.
“How does it benefit me?”
“Politics,” he said, then lingered for a few seconds.” You need a public face; others have to see you as an influential figure, not merely the illegitimate child of the Morretis.”
I took a sip of water.
“I failed to understand the part where that actually benefited me.”
He gazed at me as he'd already expected it, so he answered.
“With a public face, you'd most likely get invited into various social gatherings, and you might even find the Rosettes there. Need I say more?”
I shook my head slightly.
“I see your point.”
After that, the patriarch went silent, but his mistress started the conversation.
She wasn't really a bad person, perhaps
