"I am not interested in taking over the company," Brad said calmly, his voice steady and sure. He had not even bothered to offer any explanations or reasoning beyond this.
Also, he had not offered his two older aunties and their sons a seat, but they obviously treated the place like their own, and to add to it, the three Dumb ones had their feet on the table as if they were in their own living space. Brad only took a casual glance at them from the corner of his eyes but did not comment on it.
Silence fell.
The words hit the room so suddenly that Molly and Sally were at a loss for words. The two, regal and poised, blinked as if they hadn't heard correctly. They hadn't anticipated this. Their plan had involved coaxing and manipulation, not a flat-out refusal.
It didn't make sense that he did not want to rule over all that power their family represented, because that was what the Thornston Industries was.
