Do you know why I put up with you? At first. Why I let you close when I kept everyone else at bay?
[It's not something he's proud of, not now. But if Tamaki has somehow convinced himself or been convinced by his family that he is somehow not valuable, even from a purely business standpoint...
That is being taken care of right now.]
I had no interest in a friend. But my father told me to get along with you.
If you're concerned about... not being important? You are the only heir to the Suoh family, legitimate or not. As much as your grandmother likes to pretend she's in a position to deny you? Everyone else knows the truth.
Unless that old woman wants to see her company bought up by an outsider -- likely a foreign outsider, with the way business is going -- you are her only option.
And losing that company? She'd rather see it go to her son's illegitimate child than face that shame.
[Calm and ruthless. A woman who had been studied and summarily dismissed.]
Besides, in five years time, if the paperwork to make your father her successor and you his isn't complete... the Otori Group will have no more dealings with the Suoh Group.
Provided you want the Suoh Group, of course.
[He's tipping his hand, letting Tamaki see the ace.
This isn't about business, he knows. The worth Tamaki wants to know about is something much deeper. But... first, he can address the top issue. Then... Then he'll look below.]
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[It's not something he's proud of, not now. But if Tamaki has somehow convinced himself or been convinced by his family that he is somehow not valuable, even from a purely business standpoint...
That is being taken care of right now.]
I had no interest in a friend. But my father told me to get along with you.
If you're concerned about... not being important? You are the only heir to the Suoh family, legitimate or not. As much as your grandmother likes to pretend she's in a position to deny you? Everyone else knows the truth.
Unless that old woman wants to see her company bought up by an outsider -- likely a foreign outsider, with the way business is going -- you are her only option.
And losing that company? She'd rather see it go to her son's illegitimate child than face that shame.
[Calm and ruthless. A woman who had been studied and summarily dismissed.]
Besides, in five years time, if the paperwork to make your father her successor and you his isn't complete... the Otori Group will have no more dealings with the Suoh Group.
Provided you want the Suoh Group, of course.
[He's tipping his hand, letting Tamaki see the ace.
This isn't about business, he knows. The worth Tamaki wants to know about is something much deeper. But... first, he can address the top issue. Then... Then he'll look below.]