Before Tremaine became the president, Hogan had not been able to support him publicly due to his position within the cabinet.
Even so, although Tremaine had earned the position due to his own abilities, Hogan did lend a hand.
Hogan had, more or less, contributed to Tremaine's rise to his current position. Plus, Hogan had had a good relationship with Tremaine's grandfather, which was why Tremaine had more respect for him as compared to regular people.
Madam Quartley summoned Hogan to the Quartley Palace.
She told Hogan that Tremaine was going to get married.
Hogan was puzzled.
"He's getting married? I didn't know anything about that."
Every time a President was about to get married, they needed to inform the cabinet, but Hogan had heard nothing about it.
Madam Quartley sighed heavily and said,
"Because the woman he is going to marry is no one of importance, it's not out of the ordinary for you to not know. I'm afraid Tremaine might marry her before he informs the cabinet."
Hogan shook his head, "Madam Quartley, Mr. Tremaine is not someone who doesn't know where to draw the line."
Madam Quartley snorted. "He knows what he's doing, except when it comes to this woman. If it wasn't so serious, I wouldn't have asked you to come here. You yourself know and can count how many times I've looked for you these past years!"
A thought flashed through Hogan's mind.
That was true.
Madam Quartley had never liked asking for help. Although he was friends with Tremaine's grandfather, Madam Quartley had never come to see him for anything. This was the first time she had came looking for him.
However, this news was simply too shocking.
For many years, Tremaine had never had a woman around him. Why was he suddenly getting married?
It was a big matter for the president of a country to get married. It was impossible for him to have not been informed.
"Hogan, this woman was originally a servant of the Quartley family. Later, by some means, she became friends with Tremaine. He was fascinated by her, and now he's brought her to Quartley Palace!"
Hogan's expression changed. "Mr. Tremaine brought a woman to Quartley Palace?"
"That's right!" said Madam Quartley.
She pointed to a room upstairs. "She's in his bedroom!"
Hogan raised his voice and said, "Madam Quartley, why were you being hoodwinked along with Tremaine? You should have told me the moment you knew."
There was a touch of embarrassment on Madam Quartley's face. She muttered, "I thought it was nothing. Don't presidents of other countries do the same thing also? As long as it doesn't make too big of a fuss, I thought it would be fine."
Hogan shook his head. "Madam Quartley, you're rather slow. Tremaine is not the same as them. Since when have you seen a woman by his side? And now that he has brought her to the Quartley Palace, she must mean something to him. He wouldn't bring a random woman back to his place. The woman's pretty good to be able to shake up Tremaine in such a way. You mentioned that she was previously a servant? She must be a beauty to be able to attract Tremaine."
Madam Quartley's eyes were full of disgust.
A beauty?
If Yesseca had beauty, she would at least be able to understand Tremaine.
However, Yesseca was not beautiful at all.
Madam Quartley drew a straight line in the air.
Hogan did not understand what she meant.
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