A moment later, Solomon slowly spoke:
"Just keep things as they are for now. There's no need to deliberately change anything. Wait until I've fully secured the position of CEO of Vought International and stabilized the situation. You'll attend the upcoming board meetings with me."
At this point, Solomon's tone softened somewhat.
"Once my position is completely secure, you can bring Ryan over and raise him yourself. He's still young. He should have his parents with him, not spend his life in isolation and loneliness."
Those words instantly lit up Homelander's eyes, and genuine delight suddenly bloomed across his face.
But that joy vanished in an instant. Hesitation soon appeared on his face, and his expression dimmed.
How could he not want to keep his only son by his side?
But the greatest obstacle had never been Vought. It was Ryan's mother, Becca.
Solomon instantly saw through his concerns and asked casually:
"You can bring Becca out too. By the way, what exactly happened between you two back then? Did you rape Becca?"
At those words, Homelander instantly panicked. He frantically shook his head and waved his hands, his expression anxious and flustered as he protested repeatedly.
"No! I absolutely never did anything like that!"
Watching his flustered, guilty reaction, Solomon's gaze sharpened slightly, and he activated his super vision and super hearing simultaneously.
He clearly picked up every tiny movement within a seventy-kilometer radius, and Homelander's current physical condition registered in his senses without a single detail missing.
His heart rate abruptly skyrocketed, his chest heaved violently, his blood flowed erratically and rapidly, and every muscle in his body was rigid with tension-all signs of extreme panic.
"Tell the truth."
Solomon stared at him, his tone certain.
"Your heart's beating too fast. You're lying."
Homelander froze completely, his face