Each finding their respective satisfaction, Julien and Harrison were happily chatting along the way to the palace.

Somehow, Harrison found Julien even more agreeable and was patting himself on the back for having such an understanding son.

As for Julien, he was in a pleasant mood now that he had gotten his father's approval, and he was looking forward to moving base to Oskia, to properly get in Charlie's good graces, pulling each other closer.

The move would definitely work in his favor without any kind of drawback to Julien. Even if he couldn't secure Charlie's support in claiming control over his family, he still could hope to get some pills out of Charlie's hand with flattery. That was absolutely better than staying in the United States right under his father's nose, who would only grow ever more suspicious and distant just because of their proximity.

As such, they were once again an amicable father-son pair, almost as if Julian was suddenly back in his childhood days.

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