Sierra paused when she heard Nathan asking if he could hug her. She refused without hesitation. "No."
"Alright." Nathan nodded. He was not embarrassed at all. He immediately lowered his hands and changed the subject. "Do you want me to send the people downstairs away for you?"
Sierra had only slightly opened her mouth and had yet to say anything when Nathan answered for her already.
"I'll ask them to leave right now."
Then, he walked downstairs decisively.
Sierra was speechless. She felt like she could not quite keep up with any of this. It was not as though she had been away from home for a month.
When she could not come back, she would make a video call with Tommy every night. Even when she came back, everything seemed perfectly normal.
But when she came back this time, Tommy had turned into a hacker, and Nathan had become someone easy to get along with.
Everything had changed so much.
She pushed down her emotions and walked downstairs, quietly sorting her thoughts.
Downstairs, Nathan seemed like a completely different person from the one upstairs. His whole presence changed in an instant. He did not bother being polite to Charlie at all.
"If you have no other business here, please leave. The four of us still have family matters to discuss."
Charlie blinked.
Maxwell blinked, too.
Both of them looked at Nathan in confusion. Even Maxwell's usually cold expression cracked a little.
"A family of four?" Charlie repeated.
Nathan's eyes narrowed as he exuded pressure. "Do you have a problem with that?"
Charlie asked, "Has Sierra called you Dad yet?"
Nathan said nothing.
Charlie pressed on. "Has Anna forgiven you yet?"
Nathan continued to be silent.
It was not that he was afraid of his son. He just did not want to argue in front of outsiders.
"I'm not," Nathan said.
Maxwell gave a slight nod.
The next second, Nathan pulled out his phone and made a call. "Send four men in. Drag Charlie out. We don't welcome rats here."
"Nathan! Don't you dare!" Charlie had never suffered such humiliation.
"Mr. Lynch." Maxwell's eyes turned a little cold.
"This is between your father and me. I advise you not to interfere." Nathan's said, his height alone made him imposing. "If you do interfere, then this becomes a conflict between the King and the Lynch family."
Maxwell still wanted to say something, but Nathan's bodyguards had already walked in.
Looking at the four bulky and intimidating men, Charlie quickly chose dignity over stubbornness. "There's no need for any of this. I can leave on my own."
He stormed off, glaring at Nathan as if he were looking at an enemy.

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