What Maurice heard next bewildered him, even though it was a detail from many years ago.

Felix straightened his back almost instantly. He also adopted a strident tone as he explained, “Mr. Reid, he and his boss once came to propose a business collaboration with my company. It’s just that they got kicked out.”

He did not elaborate on the latter half of the information as he believed clarifying the first half was enough for Darius to guess what came next.

Darius could tell Felix was a reasonable