"Oh, my God, look who it is," Alister was the first to break the silence. "Isn't it our family's moral paragon? Phoenix, welcome home, brother."
Phoenix gave him a somewhat stiff hug and said nothing.
Beatrice also stepped forward. "Phoenix, whatever the circumstances, Father will surely be happy that you could come back for the reunion."
"Where is Father?" Phoenix asked. "I received a notice saying he had something very important to announce."
Timothy opened his mouth, but he didn't know where to begin.
Phoenix hadn't appeared before them in a very long time—so long that he was practically absent from their daily lives.
Just as he was about to say a few words in his capacity as the eldest brother, the doors to the front hall opened once again.
"What the hell?" He whipped his head around. "There's more—"
The person who walked in this time was not a blood relative of the Mellon Family, but a mature blonde woman with her hair in a meticulous bun and a powerful aura—Silvia.
