I felt guilt overcome me the moment I heard Julian mention my early departure. It was quite fortunate that it was just a casual question from him, though, as he did not seem that bothered about it. The two of us chatted for a while longer and made plans to play golf together at the Bluestone Club sometime later and then left for our villas.
I waited for Erwin to retaliate against me, but nothing happened over the next two days. I did not know whether he had lost the courage to take revenge on me after he learned I was an illegitimate child from the Taylor family or whether he was cooking up some grand plan. I did not give a damn about it either way and just worked according to my schedule.
The company's business had finally gotten on track now and I had much more free time since I had co
