Chapter 633
“Something happened within the Lodge family. Do you know about it?” Arianna asked.
“You mean that the old man from the Lodge family is dead?” Nathaniel calmly replied as he started to
clean up his bottles while studying them closely.
“Of course, that’s not all. Have you heard of Henry Lodge?” Arianna sat on Nathaniel’s chair and
looked at him. “Since you’re Lily’s ex–boyfriend, you must know a thing or two about the Lodge family,
right?”
Nathaniel sneered mockingly as the fingers that were fiddling with the incense stopped. Moments later,
he continued, acting as if nothing had happened, “If it weren’t for Mother telling me about it, I wouldn’t
have known she was from the Lodge family. So, how much do you think I know?”
“Huh?” His answer surprised Arianna. “Wow, you were quite a horrible boyfriend then.”
“That’s all in the past now!” His downcast eyes showed no emotions. “Why are you here, Ari? I’m sure
it’s not just to lecture me.
Arianna drawled while playing with a pen on Nathaniel’s office table, “Since you don’t know the Lodge
family…”
“Did I say I’m not familiar with them?!” Nathaniel snapped.
“Didn’t you…” Arianna was shocked. Just a while ago, he said he did not even know Lily was from the
Lodge family, so how much could he possibly know about the family?
“Just because I didn’t know much about them last time doesn’t mean I’m still clueless. Also, it shouldn’t
mean I’ll continue being ignorant.” Nathaniel stopped studying his incense bottle. and stared at his
sister.
Then he smiled coyly and continued, “Henry Lodge is that old man’s youngest son, but he’s not much
older than either Lily or Justin. He should’ve been the one to inherit the family head position, but he left
the family years ago, and no one had heard of his whereabouts since. The Lodge family never tried
searching for him, so it was as if they’d forgotten that he existed.”
His information was accurate, so Arianna nodded and commented, “That’s right, no one had expected
him to return to the family at a time like this. Besides, his timing was impeccable. Who knew something
this huge had happened within the Lodge family?”
“It was no coincidence at all,” Nathaniel smirked as he lifted his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose
and sneezed softly. “Do you know why Henry left the Lodge family in the first place?”
“You know the reason?” Arianna lifted an eyebrow and turned to him with interest.
It took a lot of work to obtain detailed information about the Lodge family. Arianna had personally tried
to dig for information, but as the family was very low–profile, information about them was scarce.
Hence, there was a limited amount of information about Henry too.
She only knew he had left the family ten years ago, but she was sure no one knew what he had been
up to or where he had gone all these years. Besides, no one cared about him after he left the family.
“The Lodge family is a mysterious and influential family skilled in kickboxing. There aren’t
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many families skilled in martial arts anymore in today’s modern society. Henry was gifted in martial arts
and was supposed to take over as the family head. Still, for some reason, the family banished and
stripped him of his ability to practice the Lodge family’s kickboxing…”
“Wait, did you just say banished?” Arianna could not help but interrupt Nathaniel, shocked by this
discovery.
Nathaniel stopped, glanced at her briefly, and nodded.
“Is your information credible?” Arianna frowned as she was skeptical of Nathaniel’s information. “If he
were banished, that would’ve been huge news. Even if they tried to hide it, the Lodge family elders
would’ve heard of this. Why would they still side with Henry, knowing he got banished from the family?”
cup
of tea
“This is getting interesting,” Nathaniel took a seat in front of Arianna and took the he had made a while
ago. He took a sip and drawled under Arianna’s intense gaze, “This could only mean that they were
tied together by greed and a shared interest!”
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