Chapter 199

"Our smoking habits aren't that bad anyway," Ethan said with a smile. Indeed, none of them pulled out cigarettes again, including Ethan himself.

Even Wesley, who had been silent the whole time and whose earlier motion to reach for cigarettes no one had noticed, quietly put his pack back.

Archer introduced this group to Aria.

She was already familiar with Ethan. Ronald was the heir to the Jefferson family, whose business focused on emerging technology and electronics.

Wesley came from the Garner family, which dealt in luxury brands. He had foreign aristocratic blood and currently controlled major entertainment industry capital. The Garner family's theaters alone occupied nearly half of the domestic market, not counting the smaller companies and theaters they'd acquired, nor their international connections. Wesley's coldness seemed innate, yet carried a British gentleman's refinement—the type one could only admire from afar.

Luther needed no introduction—the second son of the Willia