The room fell quiet.
The awkwardness of the current situation was incredible. These two men had never met in person, but they knew about each other's existence. However, neither intended to meet in the past or the future.
Unfortunately, this meeting was inevitable because of Leila.
Despite the silence and awkwardness of the moment, there was no hostility between the two of them. Their blood relationship was simply a fact. There was no kinship, only a sense of alienation because they were strangers.
"Where is she?" Xavier asked for the second time.
Cornelius looked at the young man in front of him with a critical eye. Their features were a little similar, but it was not to the point of being able to detect a familial connection immediately.
