A CALL FROM MIRIA

"FINALLY, we're back.  I thought that dinner was never going to end," Reas said when they entered the apartment.

"You didn't enjoy dinner?" Astrid asked while picking up Xiao Lan.

Reas only snorted.  "Why would I, when I was sitting beside that Thomas Grimaldi?"

He knew that his impression of the other was greatly affected by how he appeared on their mother's story of the past.  Although everything was told in their mother's point of view, the fact that Thomas Grimaldi didn't stop the duke from pushing their mother to that Cecil Lancaster.  That was enough for Reas to dislike him.

The only good thing about the other was that he's not talkative.  If he was, then his dislike for him would definitely go up to the next level.

"I think the food is good, at least," Astrid commented, sitting on the couch.