Novel Squares
Chapter 15
I sat on the bed, feeling like I was in a dream. The room wasn’t fancy, but it felt warm and cozy.
The maid placed my change of clothes on the bedside before smiling and saying, “Mr. Wood picked these pajamas for you, Ms. York. Please inform us should you find them unsuitable.”
I glanced at the powdery pink pajama set and nodded right away. “Please thank Mr. Wood on my behalf.”Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.
The maid soon left after teaching me how to use the landline phone on the bedside table and the buttons.
in the bathroom.
That was when my phone rang.
It was a call from Teri.
Once the call connected, she complained, “Why did it take you so long to answer the phone? I was worried sick! Elijah didn’t do anything to you, did he? And how’s your hand?”
I briefly explained everything that happened at the hospital to her.
Teri sounded baffled. “Thomas? Thomas Quinell? The orthopedic expert? Holy cow! Who’s that handsome man that rescued you? How can he be so capable?”
I gave it a thought before answering, “He said his name is Logan and that he used to be classmates with Jonathan.”
“Oh my God!” Te
Teri shrilled. “What? What did you say? Did you say “Logan?” You aren’t mistaken, are you?”
I frowned. “That’s his name. What about it?”
Teri took some time to calm herself down before saying. “Logan, duh! Do a quick search of him now! ASAP! Right away!”
I
I did as I was told and froze in utter shock. My heart beat wildly as I asked, “Is he the man in the first search result?”
Teri gasped. “Wait. Did you say you’re currently at Horseshoe Bay?”
I nodded, “Yeah. This place has such great views, and there aren’t any other houses around.”
Teri shrilled again. “Obviously there won’t be any other houses! Several mountains at Horseshoe Bay belong to the Wood family! They inherited it from their ancestors, so it’s a given that nobody can build houses on their family’s land!
“Oh my freaking God, you silly girl! God has favored a naive girl like you. He’s blessed you with the chance of encountering Logan!”
Upon listening to Teri’s ramblings, I finally understood Logan’s background.
To put it simply, the Wood family was the wealthiest among the wealthy. Logan’s great–great–great- grandfather got rich in Halton City and built a highly complex business empire. And because of the industry they’d built, they were far more than leaders of the industry.
The Wood family’s generations of accumulated investments indicated that they had investments in various business industries. Nobody could begin to estimate the total sum of their investments
The Wood family’s company was Wood Group. Identifying the company’s exact investment sum or status in only one industry would be challenging.
Yet, one would have a different outcome if one examined dozens of profitable Industries or physical
businesses. One would find that Wood Group or its subsidiary companies had investment shares in 20% of the renowned companies.
Thus, it was hard to accurately describe the scale of Wood Group’s influence with numbers.
If Elijah was a rare and outstanding unicorn in the business world, Logan represented a century–old wealthy family with many intricate connections to the world.
Anyone could tell which of the two men was more powerful and had a stronger backing.
I muttered, “But Logan looks like an ordinary guy! He doesn’t seem to behave too ostentatiously.”
However, he did seem slightly more fancy compared to Elijah.
Teri sounded offended and disappointed, as if I had failed to understand what she was getting at. “Ariana, do you think Jonathan’s an incredible person?”