Chapter 1022: Valley Estate

More than forty years ago, when Thomas accepted Braden Rickett's invitation and flew to a Western city called Belande, he really did go with the kind of mindset he later admitted to. It felt like a social obligation, nothing more. Back then, overseas business wasn't nearly as developed as it would become, and traveling abroad was nowhere near as convenient as it was later. Still, with the Zane family's influence behind him, it would have been easy for the young master of the house to take a few...