Becoming A Tech Tycoon Begins With Regression novel Chapter 184

Chapter 184: A Proposal

"Of course," Irina nodded, "it is terribly unpredictable, things just... collapse sometimes, out of nowhere... right"

Oh she was very much enjoying this. They couldn’t let frowns grace their faces since it wouldn’t be a good look on them, so they had to maintain that smile.

"Though," she continued casually, "with how fast things happened, one would say you two are pretty bad at this business thing."

Everyone watching around them sensed the tension and began to quietly step back, forming a subtle circle around the Romanova siblings.

This was in no way small talk and as much as they wanted to curry favors, getting in between would just cause them to lose their heads.... literally.

"Still," Irina said, tilting her head with a sympathetic expression that held not one drop of sincere sympathy, "I’m sure you’ll recover, eventually."

Both their gazes hardened and their smiles hardened.

"Irina," Vladimir said softly, "whatever game you’re playing, "

"Game?" Irina interrupted with a bright smile. "Why would I play games with family?"

She stepped closer, her heels clicking on the marble floors, stopping just an inch away from the two men who towered over her.

She looked up at them, violet-purple eyes bright with amusement.

"You both have been very... busy," she whispered. "Trying to box me in and get me out of the succession line, maybe even get me married to, what was it again? Ah. Some pathetic little oligarch’s son in Saint Petersburg. The one who still lives with his mother."

She got a bit closer.

"So I thought..." she placed a finger against her cheek, pretending to think, "why not return the favor?"

"This brat.." Damian, the youngest, muttered but before he could continue his words, a voice was heard from above.

"Enough," the person said, pulling all attention towards the top of the stairs.

Everyone immediately recognized the voice, because only one man in this house could make the entire Romanova clan freeze with a single word.

Alexis Romanova.

Irina’s father.

The Patriarch.

He stood at the top of the staircase overlooking the foyer, tall and broad-shouldered, dressed in an impeccably tailored black suit.

His graying hair was slicked back, his sharp jawline half-shadowed by the chandelier above, and his violet-purple eyes, the same color as Irina’s, swept across the room until they landed on his children.

"Father," Vladimir greeted, immediately adopting a respectful posture.

"Отец," Damian echoed, inclining his head.

Irina offered a soft smile to him.

"Father," she said sweetly.

Alexis descended the stairs slowly, each step heavy with an aura that dominated the hall.

He approached the three siblings, stopping right in front of them. His gaze flicked to the gathered onlookers behind them.

"Leave."

The single word scattered the crowd instantly. Not even the bravest dared linger. The foyer emptied in seconds, leaving the Romanovas alone.

Only when the last servant vanished did Alexis finally speak again.

His voice was controlled and completely cold, mixed with the kind of calm that always preceded danger.

"I return from Geneva," he said, "to find my sons’ enterprises in ruins."

Vladimir and Damian stiffened, but stayed silent.

"And," Alexis continued, "I am told Irina flies across the world without informing me."

Irina lifted a brow.

"You called me here," she said calmly, "so I came. Would you prefer I ignored you?"

Internally, Alexis smiled, there was a reason Irina was her favorite and it wasn’t because she was his only daughter....well, not entirely anyway.

But he wouldn’t let his fondness show, after all, that’ll just allow his daughter to relax and it would invite more hate towards her.

Besides, his fondness towards her didn’t mean that she was the heir, that was a position to be earned.

And right now, his favorite child seem to have the upper hand over her brothers.

He turned to his sons.

"And you two," he said quietly. "You allowed your holdings to be compromised this easily?"

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