And it was a simple, obvious truth that Gustav did not want to deny. A truth that hurt, but, well, it was the truth.
"You're wrong," Julius Linden said with calm conviction. "You are so much more than that, you just don't see it. Perhaps it's Olaf's fault that he planted these doubts about you, but now it's in your hands to prove him wrong. You may not know how a company should be handled, but no one is born with this knowledge. We acquire it by learning..."
"But I don't want to," he replied calmly but forcefully. He may have sounded a bit like a stubborn little child defying his parents, but his attitude didn't come out of nowhere. "I don't want to be part of a corporation. Why must my life be predestined by what family I was born into?"
Julius wanted to answer something. Probably to give him a strong argument that Gustav would not be able to refute. He even opened his mouth, but apparently changed his mind. He smiled warmly at Meiden.
