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Chapter 13 - Do Things For You

Miles sighed as he exited the building. The cars passing by were noisy but his thoughts were drowned with something else.

'Soren Chandler was a sponsored child?' He asked himself.

Not once did he ever expect that someone who was rumored to have the backing of the god of wealth would come from such humble origin. Was it humble origin to begin with? No, Soren was literally homeless when he was seven.

'But brother? He had a brother?' That was another mystery too because the public knew Soren did not have any siblings.

But considering that no one even knows anything about his family as they are as elusive as vampires in broad daylight, it was normal that no one would acknowledge Soren even has a brother.

There were tons of questions running in his mind right now and the last thing he wanted to think of was Seven.

His phone had been ringing since earlier and in the middle of the interview, he had to shut it down because it kept on interrupting Soren's narrative.

As he crossed the pedestrian, Miles' thoughts went back to the interview he had with Soren. There were a few things he was trying to conclude.

Soren said that the couple who sponsored him and his brother were of mixed nationalities. The lady was Korean and the man was Russian. Miles' mind then went to the interaction he had with Kael Cavallero earlier.

Was that child Kael? It most likely was.

Kael's features gave it straight away. The man looked like he came out from a fantasy book as the protagonist who had a fair complexion and immense beauty that made the gods fall for him.

However, the biggest question mark in his head right now was the reason why the couple sponsored Soren and his brother.

'They said their work dealt with dangerous people, right?' He aimlessly walked the streets that led to his apartment.

He could've taken a cab but he wanted to let his thoughts run for now.

Walking had always been Miles' favorite thing to do whenever his head was clouded with his ideas about certain things. Sure, his apartment was quite far from Soren's place but there's no harm walking once in a while.

'Perhaps the couple's work was related with law?' He hummed. It's common knowledge that people who work in law oftentimes make a lot of enemies. Policemen, lawyers, judges, and the likes are individuals who are risking their lives daily from those who have bad intentions in the world.

However, another thing crossed his mind.

"In Soren's narrative, one statement made by the man was that if they do not agree with the sponsorship for the first business, they would inherit the legal businesses..." His eyes widened when he started to piece together the puzzle even though it was just the first interview.

'Could it be?' Miles did not want to acknowledge the thought but it has a high possibility especially now that the statements were linking together like spiderwebs.

It couldn't be, right?

There was no way someone like Soren Chandler would be associated with...

Beep!

Miles jumped when the loud noise of a car beeping beside him echoed like a gunshot in thin air. He angrily looked at the source and saw a vehicle driving beside him. It was slow as if it was matching the pace Miles was walking.

"What's wrong with you?!" He asked but did not bother stop walking.

The driver then lowered the window and he glared when he saw who was inside.