"I'm at the lounge."
He paused, glancing at Richard’s smug profile, then gazed back toward the cockpit windows of the Boeing 777 preparing for takeoff.
"Tell the pilot his father has arrived."
Chapter III: The Stunned Executive
Richard froze, his arrogant smirk locking into place as his eyes widened in sudden, creeping apprehension.
"What kind of nonsense are you babbling into that phone?" Richard scoffed, though his voice lacked its previous venom. "You think name-dropping flight crew will bypass lounge security?"
Ethan paused his keystrokes, watching the interaction with curious respect.
Before Richard could hand his VIP pass across the counter, the lounge’s frosted glass doors parted.