Mathias could almost feel Victor stiffen next to him as they walked into the restauraunt. It was probably only nerves, so he shrugged it off. His eyes glanced over to Victor as he explained who was waiting for them. Following the waitress around the various tables, chairs, and waiters, towards the back of the restauraunt. No one was there except for George.<br/><br/>He felt Victor stiffen again and looked at George closely, only to feel a chill run down his spine. Slipping a calm mask to hide his alarm, he sat down across from the man and nodded. "I apologize for keeping you waiting." He pulled a slim black folder out of his briefcase he had brought with him. The meeting commenced, with Mathias as a near-perfect businessman, almost to the same level as his father. But not quite.<br/><br/>"...If we merged these two plans, I think everything would work out similarly to if we did them both separately."<br/><br/>He was completely serious, his eyes narrowed in a condescending way, which was perfectly acceptable since the other man was doing the exact same thing to Mathias.<br/><br/>He pulled out a chart and handed it to George. "This is approximately the amount of money we will save, as well as earn and keep, compared to doing them separately. Others won't see the plans as useful unless they go hand-in-hand. It's easier to compare the similarities and benefits when the two are side-by-side. Which would sell the project easily."<br/><br/>He glanced up at George, watching the man, keeping notice of what Victor did in his peripheral vision, though his eyes remained fixed on the associate in front of him. Why was this man making him so nervous? Was it only because he was an enemy of Victor's? Or was it something else? He was just a business associate, wasn't he?<br/><br/>He didn't want anything else from Mathias...right?<br/><br/>Blinking his eyes a few times to focus again, he waited patiently for George's answers, prepared to relieve any doubts about the ideas if the man seemed hesitant or wary.