Sorry Too Late (by J.J. Twelve) novel Chapter 71

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Chapter 71 A Carefully Laid Plan

Caleb had planned every single thing when it came to tonight’s welcome banquet, and every ste taken was purposeful. 1

First, he had invited all the top-tier power players in Silverton so he could use this opportunity to announce Artemisia’s return to them. This was to be her debut banquet, which would allow her to the Silverton elite circle. It was a way to get her face known and establish her presence.

Second, he was confident in Artemisia’s exceptional talent, so he had invited Evan as the most honored guest of the night. His goal was to formally introduce Artemisia as Evan’s apprentice

He knew that she would undoubtedly achieve great things under Evan’s tutelage, likely gaming the chance to break through the bottlenecks she’d been facing in the medical field so she could restore the ancient formula.

Third, he wanted to give Artemisia a chance to build rapport with Evan. That was why he personally sent her to pick Evan up.

In his opinion, the last step was the most important one of all.

Now that everything was in place, it was time to officially announce the start of the banquet.

Caleb couldn’t help but be pleased with how farsighted he had been and how well he was grooming

Artemisia to take up his mantle.

What he didn’t know was that his precious daughter hadn’t brought Evan here at all.

Just a while ago, she didn’t even realize that the man she was supposed to pick up had been standing right in front of her.

Meanwhile, Hazel was still uneasy. She tugged at Artemisia, who was busy mingling with the quests. Ms. Stone, is it really okay that we didn’t bring him here?”

A sense of dread had been circling around her heart for reasons she couldn’t quite explain. She had a bad feeling that Caleb would explode in anger.

She also couldn’t shake the thought that the person they were supposed to pick up was the ver doctor who had misunderstood them.

They had missed him entirely.

Artemisia didn’t take her words seriously at all. “Relax. I came back to make waves, not to be someone’s apprentice. I’d be the laughingstock of the overseas medical field if word got out that of

country just to become someone’s apprentice.

“Still, you’d better back me up if my father starts to blame me later. It’s not my fault tha

He’s the one who stood me up.” She reminded them again and again.

Hazel and the others could only agree, utterly resigned.

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Most of the guests had arrived by now.

Every single one came from a different field. Nevertheless, they were all undoubtedly top-tier figures across several fields. There were military personnel, successful businessmen, and prolific politicians happily chatting away. The lineup was intimidating.

Caleb’s influence was no joke.

Everyone had chosen to attend the banquet as a show of respect to him.

Anya even spotted Hugo in the crowd.

In the past, the Goldens would immediately do a 180 whenever they ran into the underground kingpin of Silverton.

However, things were different now. They now had the Queen of Finance as their powerful backer. Thus, they no longer had to fear someone like Hugo.

Anya shot Hugo a vicious glare before following Artemisia away.

Artemisia had brought the three of them without notifying Caleb. Hence, they weren’t on the official guest list. That was why they were deliberately trying their best to be wallflowers.

“Hm? Did someone just glare at me?”

Hugo, who was surrounded by people, suddenly turned around in his black suit, scanning the room in

confusion.

A young man beside him chuckled. “That’s impossible, Dad. No one else, aside from Mr. Solomon, would dare show you such disrespect. They had to be suicidal to do that.”

“Exactly, Dad. If anything, they’re definitely going out of their way to avoid you.”

The ones speaking were all Hugo’s godsons.

In the underground world, marriage and kids were dangerous, as people would exploit those weaknesses without a single shred of hesitation.

Therefore, those weaknesses could easily invite fatal consequences.

As a result, Hugo had no children of his own, but several godsons.

There were even rumors in the circle that Hugo would consider that person his son as long as they had the guts to address him as their father.

Of course, the prerequisite was that the person had to be ruthless and capable enough to even show up in his presence.

After all, nobody wants to end up as the next Graham, right?” another godson added

“Hahaha!”

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