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Ronin gave her an odd look "Why would she ask you to do that?"

She shrugged "She handeda walk-through while I was in the building So I did Nice place" Although, Aht actually find the Hello Kitty whip collection Shiori had e,dudes waited for the when they realized Nureki Okada’s grandson had arrived They merely pointed up the randfather

Once they were out of earshot, Aht jovial compared to them"

"It’s not an act either They will fuck you up if you’re even rehtened her hand around Ronin’s when they reached the top of the stairs "Speaking ofwhat am I supposed to call him? I don’t know protocol for this He’s Ojisan to you Okada is his surname so do I call him Mr Okada? Because it seems presumptive on my part to call him Nureki"

Ronin stopped and loomed over her "Amery, do not freak yourself out about this If you make a misstep, my mother will correct you Ojisan is a shark He smells fear on you he’ll zero in on it"

Now her panic really kicked in

"But rerandfather to disrespect you Part of the reason we came early is so you can meet him without an audience"

"Pro he says and you won’t editorialize it"

"I prorandfather spoke English but pretended he didn’t It gave hi he didn’t understand

Opulent was too tame a word to describe the entire space they entered Gold and s alone could probably feed an entire country

Don’t gawk and for godsake don’t whip out your cell phone and snap a selfie in front of the gold-plated sea turtle sculpture

"I hear the wheels churning," Roninabout?"

"What was it like to corandfather when you were young?"

"Ojisan didn’t live here when I was a kid This building is only ten years old Believe it or not, s than this He has a need for people to know he has ed "Another point of contention between us"

"Because you can’t be bought" As soon as she’d said it she wished she could take it back