It was Uncle Lucas. Adrian’s eyes widened when he saw him coming into his office.

“What are you doing, Adrian?” Lucas asked. His question came out as a yell.

“I should ask you what you are doing… barging into my office?” Adrian responded with an irritated outburst.

“First, it was about the loan you took, quite ridiculous, and I must say shameful amount, by the way. I thought you said that to cover up. Not that I wasn’t going to make a fuss about that.”

Adrian made another irritating sound that further fueled his anger, but he didn’t stop talking. Instead, he increased his volume.

“But you didn’t think you...