Salute To The General (Nathan Cross) novel Chapter 37

Joseph Myers stared at Nathan Cross and forced a smile onto his face. "So you're Ms. Smith's husband. What do you do for a living?"

"I protect the country." Nathan Cross said lightly.

Joseph Myers' eyes widened. "What?"

"Don't listen to him, Mr. Myers. He used to be a poor soldier who quit not long ago. He's unemployed now," chided Miles Smith with a grin.

Joseph Myers scoffed after he heard that. "Huh. I've never seen a poor soldier talk so highly about themselves."

He yanked his hand out from Nathan Cross's grasp after that, since he did not want to shake hands with some unemployed thug.

Miles and May Smith gave Nathan Cross and Penny Smith mocking glances.

Penny Smith looked at Nathan Cross anxiously, expecting him to fly into a rage

and start beating people up for hurting his ego. He was not the type to let even the smallest insult slide.

Penny Smith grabbed Nathan Cross and spoke up for him, "No soldiers means no peace. Their duty is to protect the country for all of us. I don't see anything wrong with what Nathan Cross just said, and besides, being a soldier is a huge honor itself!”

Joseph Myers was too distracted by Penny Smith's curvy figure to continue the argument. "That's right, that's right. I'm convinced. Let's sit down, shall we?"

The five of them took their seats at the table.

Joseph Myers told his assistant to bring them a bottle of wine, and it turned out to be a top-tier La Romanee-Conti that could cost well over a million for a bottle.

La Romanee-Conti was regarded as the best wine in the world, and even the famed Lafite would pale in comparison to it.

Joseph Myers clearly wanted to prove his wealthiness to Penny Smith.

He figured that no woman would be able to resist such an extravagant display of wealth, let alone someone like Penny Smith whose company was in desperate need of money.

Both Miles and May Smith were shocked when they were presented with the bottle of La Romanee-Conti. There was no shortage of people in the world who owned expensive cars, but it was rare to find someone who could spare the money for a bottle of wine that costs millions.

May Smith took it upon herself to open the bottle and pour the wine into a decanter, before serving the wine to everyone at the table.

Joseph Myers picked up his glass of wine and smiled. "Let's have a toast for Ms. Smith, Miles, May and uh...who's that again?" "Nathan Cross!" Penny Smith exclaimed.