Chapter 125

A night without words, a bright morning.

The sun rises slowly on the sea level, illuminating the blue sea and silver sand in the Caribbean. The hot and humid sea breeze blows the careless leaves of palm trees, whistling, quacking

Lorraine found that the counter girl named ophy said it very well. Pelicans like the one-step balcony of 401.

Since the first ray of sky fell, dozens of birds lingered outside Lorraine's bedroom. I didn't know whether it was a board meeting or busy talking about love. In short... It was noisy.

The pelican's cry is worse than Jenny and McCarthy's chorus. It is scattered, short, hoarse, and has a strange rhythm that hits the soul.

They dragged Lorraine down from the soft bed, yawned, washed and changed clothes, and opened a new day's good life early.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, Lorraine calmly rang the bell on the counter. The bell rang for 13 times until Miss ofey in her pajamas floated out from behind the counter like a sleepwalking, raised her eyelids and glanced at Lorraine.

"Captain, you got up so early..."

"I like pelicans. As soon as I hear their singing, my stomach will be excited and hungry."

"Don't gentlemen always have morning tea at 9 o'clock?"

"Yes, so today's breakfast doesn't go with tea. Please prepare a sparkling cappuccino for me and send it to my study with breakfast."

"Can't you be a little late?"

"We paid, Miss McCarthy. Don't forget, the customer is God."

In half an hour, God had eaten a pure and rich English breakfast in his study. Although his disposal was somewhat careless, the unique Jamaica coffee still kept Lorraine's cheek and spirit refreshed.

He put down his coffee cup with satisfaction, wiped his mouth, and said to miss ofey, who looked resentful beside him, "Miss McCarthy, I have to work now. I need morning tea at 9 o'clock. I hope you know the secret recipe of Ceylon and Assam. Don't insult the reputation of your hotel."

"Yes, Mr. captain." miss ofey put away her plate with a sad face. "Can I go back to sleep, Mr. captain?"

Lorraine looked at the clock. "I'm afraid not. Pierce is used to getting up at seven. Haina will be a little late, about seven thirty. You're preparing breakfast for them at the right time."

Miss ofey stared in horror, "are you all evil pagans!"

"Except for some details... You guessed right."

After driving away poor Miss ofey, Lorraine opened the window of her study, sat at her desk and began to improve the chart of the Caribbean.

Improving nautical charts is a detailed and boring work. The main process is to compare the captured pirate nautical charts, calculate the longitude and latitude of those secret ports, and then calculate them again according to the proportion of the nautical atlas, adding ports, routes, islands, reefs and other risks along the road, which can't be careless.

Lorraine soon immersed himself in it and unknowingly passed three hours.

At 8:55 in the morning, miss ofey, who had completely awakened, knocked on Lorraine's door with morning tea.

"Mr. captain, a Mr. Parker downstairs said he had an appointment with you. Do I need to bring him up?"

"Mr. Parker?" Lorraine was surprised to determine the time, and couldn't help smiling. "Unexpectedly, the time of communication and transmission was counted. Is this a threat..."

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The tea in the reception room was pleasant. Lorraine and chuck Parker sat opposite each other. They didn't speak, but quietly adjusted the morning tea in their hands.

When the sugar and milk reached the standard, Lorraine put down her teaspoon and looked strangely at miss ofey standing nearby: "Miss McCarthy, when are you going to hear?"

"Ah?" miss ofey trembled. "What, the guests sponsor in the hotel, I'm the housekeeper..."

"But you're not a real housekeeper," Lorraine pointed to the door. "Please bring her to the door. In addition, call Carmen and say I need her for the interview."

Ophy hid his face and left.

When the door of the study closed, chuck pushed the morning tea with excessive milk sugar, crossed his fingers and asked, "I don't know Carmen..."

"Carmen Xavier, my social adviser, is the general head of Yiying land business of the General Chamber of Commerce."

Chuck nodded sharply.

Lorraine smiled and sipped her tea. "Mr. Parker cares more about this interview than I thought."

"Why?"

"Intuition." Lorraine raised his glass. "Lieutenant Colonel Nelson told me that you are Sir Parker's nephew and have a good reputation in the army?"

"It's just bureaucratic routine work. There's nothing to boast about."

"I also went to sea school. I understand how complicated the transactional work in your mouth is. Therefore, I don't understand."

Chuck's eyes flashed: "don't you understand why I'm obsessed with business?"

"No, no, No. I just don't understand why you want to be far away. Even if the Parker family doesn't have their own chamber of Commerce, it's not difficult to rebuild one, is it?"

Chuck was silent.

The two sides were silent for a few minutes. The well-dressed Carmen pushed the door in. Ping Tingting came to Lorraine: "Captain, I heard that our branch has begun to be built?"

"There is a suitable candidate for vice president. Mr. Cortez will come at 10 o'clock."

"10 o'clock?" Carmen looked at chuck in surprise. "And this gentleman?"

"Chuck Parker, nephew of Sir Peter Parker, commander of the new continental fleet, is a top student at the London Business School."

"It's a friend of the captain. Nice to meet you..."

Until this moment, the pressure exerted by Lorraine on Chuck was completely released through Carmen's approval.

Chuck began to feel embarrassed. He reached for the tea cup, thought about it, and put it back on his knee: "Mr. Drake."

"I'm listening."

"Uncle Peter told me that you have been a restless man since childhood. Lieutenant Colonel Nelson said that you saw the chamber of Commerce in Europe and left it to your partners to expand business in the new world alone. Is it true?"

"It seems good from the description." Lorraine tilted his head for a moment, "but I didn't abandon the mature European Northwest Branch, but defined the relationship mode between me and my partners through contracts and systems. After that, I appropriately arranged everyone to his suitable position, such as me and my partner."

"Do you think you are suitable for development, and your partner is more suitable for presiding over the daily affairs of the chamber of Commerce?"

"It's far more than daily. Ramos has all the rights except the decision-making power of the directors in the European Northwest Branch. I trust him, and the system of the General Chamber of Commerce allows me to trust him."

Chuck's eyes glowed: "Mr. Drake, can you understand a rebellious young man who doesn't want to be bound by his family?"

Lorraine couldn't help looking at Carmen.

He saw from Carmen's eyes that he couldn't laugh or cry. He believed that Carmen's look wouldn't be too different.

After thinking for a long time, he whispered, "Mr. Parker, you are 26 years old. I venture to ask, are you married?"

"I don't want to accept a family arranged marriage! The Welsh lady wears a high wig and has no sincerity on her face!" Chuck dances. "Sir, I have my own lover. Miss Alves shines into my life like an angel, and we will eventually enter the palace of marriage!"

"Eventually?"

"Well... Her father was a member of the mainland Parliament. Before the end of the war, we all thought..."

Lorraine finally understood chuck's brain circuit. The war between Britain and the United States forced him to separate from his lover. He was worried that the war was far away and that even if the war ended, his family would not allow him to come together with his rebellious daughter.

That's why he was eager to get rid of the shackles of the family and completely get rid of his dependence.

Now there is only one question left. What idea did Sir Parker have when he wanted to put him into the Drake chamber of Commerce

Lorraine pursed her mouth and didn't speak. Carmen thought for a moment and interrupted: "Mr. Parker, I don't know you and Sir Parker..."

"Uncle Peter is my godfather and the introducer of Miss Alves and I," Chuck thought and added, "this is what happened after the war began."

Lorraine laughed happily.

The war between Britain and the United States is much more interesting than it seems