Kingsley arrived at the entrance of Neveah Department Store's parking lot accompanied by the clinks and clanks of the janky Santana.
After sizing Kingsley and his car up, the parking lot attendant disclosed with disdain, "The parking fee is twelve bucks per hour. Ruining over the boom barrier will cost you five thousand."
Kingsley was rendered at a loss for words for a moment. "Got it," he mumbled. Does this guy think I'll hit the boom barrier and run away, figuring I can't afford the parking fee?
Then again, he couldn't blame the guy for thinking so, for anyone driving such a janky car might actually not be willing to pay a couple of bucks.
Kingsley learned from the profile Lancer gave him that Reene's office was located at the top of the office building behind the department store.
Hence, he wasted no time and rode a staff elevator to the top.
After exiting the elevator, he was greeted by a bright lounge with three window walls filled with greenery and the sound of rippling water resounding through the space.
It got him exclaiming involuntarily. Reene's taste is still so refined and sophisticated.
She actually built an elegant sky garden in this part of the town where every inch was worth a fortune.
But just as he planned to search for the president's office, a guard securing his falling hat was running to him, shouting, "This is the president's private area. No one else is allowed in this premise!"
"I need to talk to your president."
"I don't care what business you have." The guard panted while saying impatiently, "You have to book an appointment with Gardiner if you want to see the president."
"Gardiner?" Kingsley scratched his chin, asking, "Is he a he or a she?"
"What does it have to do with you? Get the hell out of here! I'll get a scolding if the president finds out a stranger has entered!"
However, just as the guard wanted to shove Kingsley out, the elevator door opened with a ping again.
A stunning beauty in a low-cut evening dress sauntered out of the elevator the next second. "What's going on?" she asked with a frown.
The woman was none other than Kingsley's eldest sister—Keene Wynn.
"P-President, you're not in your office?!" Terrified, the guard stuttered and pointed to Kingsley. "This guy insisted on barging in. I'm chasing him out right now!"
Keene looked coldly at Kingsley in response, her gorgeous face elegant and cold.
"It's been a while, Keene."
Her name sounded a little foreign to Kingsley after having not said it for over a decade.
The guard, on the other hand, immediately condemned Kingsley upon hearing him call Keene by her name. "How dare you call her by her name?! She's—"
However, the guard paused his words the next second, for he saw Keene's icy face melt into a puddle of gentleness.
"You... Are you Kingsley?" she asked with a shaky voice while covering her mouth with her hands.
"It's me. I'm back, Keene."
"It's really you..."
Tears fell like a never-ending waterfall from Keene's eyes as she scrutinized Kingsley's face for a solid minute before throwing herself into his arms, sobbing, "We... We all thought you were dead... We even claimed a disfigured corpse... What took you so long to come back..."
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