When Clara woke up, she was lying backstage in the art exhibition hall. “Miss Clara, you’re awake!”Michael immediately rushed to her in concern. “Mr. Carson…” Clara slowly regained her senses, but her face darkened. She was humiliated at the art auction today. “Mr. Carson, why are you still here?” Clara’s expression turned cold, and she was very indifferent toward him. Michael had always claimed to be her fan, but he ignored her desperate gaze for help during the auction. “Miss Clara, please don’t misunderstand. It’s not that I didn’t want to support you, but… I couldn’t afford to!” Michael sighed helplessly. “You’re the heir of a prestigious family in Central Harbor, and you couldn’t afford it?” Clara scoffed. Michael signed again. He was unable to explain, so he showed Clara the texts he had received. When Clara saw the text, she looked shocked. She could not calm herself. The head of the Carson family, who was Michael’s father, threatened to disown him. W
The Carson family’s base was at Central Harbor. The Carson family was not on their home turf, but Michael was still able to gather together a group of people. When Michael led his group to Dustin, the latter was drinking tea in a cafe in Rivenesco. “All the people who’re not involved in this, leave now!” Michael and his group stormed in and chased out all the guests. Dustin sat at a table with a cup of tea in hand. He appeared calm and was unfazed by their arrival. This made Michael furious. “Dustin Fox, how do you have the nerve to sit here and drink tea after you’ve offended me?!” he shouted at Dustin. “Beat him up! Make him kneel before me!” Michael’s lackeys immediately shouted and rushed at Dustin. These were the thugs he had gathered in Rivenesco. They were vicious and had done some pretty terrible things. He had hired them to work for him. Among them were some who laughed in the face of death. Michael thought that he could take Dustin down with these pe
“Dad?” Michael’s eyes widened in disbelief. He was certain that was the voice of his father and the head of the Carson family, George Carson. But why was he here? Following the sound, Michael turned and saw a stern middle-aged man glaring at him in anger. Michael rubbed his eyes. He was still in disbelief. George was supposed to be in Central Harbor. Why was he here? “Dad, why are you here?” asked Michael in fear as all his arrogance vanished. He was the heir of the Carson family and feared no one except for George. Whenever George pulled a long face, Michael trembled in fear. At that moment, George was so furious, and Michael was terrified. He had never seen such a scary look on George’s face before. “I said, get on your knees and apologize!” George shouted. Thud! Michael did not dare disobey him. He fell to his knees in front of George. “Not to me! To him!” George shouted. Michael followed George’s gaze, and his face stiffened. George was talking about
“When the Carson family fell into decline, Thomas joined Hell Hall. With their support, we rose to power again and joined the ranks of powerful families! “In order to repay the King of Hades, Thomas became one of his Secret Guards. That is a great honor for the Carson family!” George’s words sent Michael into shock. This was too much for him to handle. “He’s… the King of Hades… the leader of Hell Hall?” Michael looked at Dustin in disbelief. “Obviously.” George really wanted to slap Michael again. Michael felt all his strength drain from his body, and his face turned pale. The King of Hades? He was the ruler of the underground! He stood at the top of the world! Michael could not believe that the person the Wyatt family kicked out was the leader of Hell Hall and the master of the Carson family. Michael trembled so badly at that point that his mouth quivered. He was no longer arrogant. ‘Oh no… Oh no…’ he thought as he trembled. “After I sent those two messages to
The Wyatt sisters gathered together at the Wyatt family villa. Amara looked much better than she had a few days ago. It seemed like she had recovered from the dejection she felt from losing her money in the stock market. “How’s the situation with the company?” she asked as she sat on the sofa. “Not good. The Zimmer family keeps pushing us, and they don’t seem to want to stop. It looks like they intend to take us down with them,” Clara said darkly. Amara pulled a long face. She had thought about buying shares to save the company, but she ended up losing fifty million dollars, which worsened the situation. “How are you feeling, Bella?” She looked over at Bella, who was sitting beside her. Bella appeared to be in a daze and did not answer. “She’s not mentally here… at least not entirely. Sometimes, she’s okay, but whenever I ask her what happened that day, she starts screaming and loses all her reason.” Delia sighed. “I can’t cure her… not with my skills. I heard that a fa
“Why is one of the Seven Fiends here?” Shadow Two asked darkly. “I heard that the Wyatt family is no longer under the king’s protection. Looks like it’s true.” The Hidden Fiend looked around with a teasing grin. “Over the years, plenty of powerful fighters attacked the Wyatt family, but they’ve never been able to step in because of that person who was protecting this place. Now, I’ve just walked in, and I’m still fine. It seems like he really has left.” The Hidden Fiend smiled coldly. “What did you say? King’s protection? People have been trying to attack this place?” Delia was puzzled. “He must be talking about one of the Shadows,” Amara whispered. “We have thieves vying for our treasure. Dad left behind the Shadows to protect us from the dark. That’s why we were safe. But Dustin shamelessly tried to claim credit for all of that since he didn’t know about the Shadows. He doesn’t know that I do, though,” Amara said mockingly. Shadow Two was stunned because he knew that the S
As night fell, Simone drove back to the Langley family villa. As usual, Dustin followed her. He followed Simone everywhere every day and helped her take care of company matters. They looked like a couple, and other people also treated Dustin like he was already married to Simone. Dustin said nothing about the matter and just let things happen on their own. He did like Simone, and if they really were to get together, he would not refuse. After they got out of the car, they wanted to go into the villa, but Dustin suddenly stopped. “Head in first, Simone. I’m going to buy some things,” Dustin said with a smile. Simone gave him a look. “Come back soon. I’ll wait for you to have dinner together.” Then, she went in. Dustin’s face darkened. He left the Langley family villa in a flash and stopped under a tree. “Come out!” he snapped. Someone stepped out from the dark. He looked surprised. “You live up to the reputation of being Lucas’s best student. You’re pretty good
He held a dagger and lunged toward Dustin to attack him from the back. He wanted to tear Dustin up and slice his flesh off to make him experience a fate worse than death. That was the price for underestimating him. In an instant, the Hidden Fiend drew close to Dustin. With a savage face, he swung his dagger. Boom! Suddenly, he heard an explosion beside him. It was quick and loud. “What?” The Hidden Fiend looked to the side and was surprised to see someone charging at him at lightning speed. During that critical moment, the Hidden Fiend gave up on attacking Dustin and attacked the other person instead. Clang! His dagger shattered to pieces. The Hidden Fiend’s eyes widened in shock. But before his surprise could sink in, a violent force rammed into his body. “Cough!” His ribs broke, and he coughed up blood. The Hidden Fiend skidded back for nearly thirty feet before he stopped. His face was filled with fear. The pain he experienced could not even compare t
Nearby, the guests let out a round of cheers. The reunion came to a climax. “The wine already costs 800 thousand dollars, and we’re having our reunion in Majestic Hotel, too! Marco must have spent at least a million dollars on this reunion! He’s so generous!” Devina said excitedly. She desperately wanted to throw herself at Marco. During the entire reunion, the only people who kept their cool had to be Dustin and Shawna. Since Marco had brought out the renowned Ronan wine, everyone wanted a taste of it. After all, it was a luxury they would never again have the chance to savor. Smiling, Marco went to each guest and poured them a glass of wine. He felt like he was floating when he got praise and thanks from them. Soon, a lot of people had their glasses full. They tasted the wine and enjoyed it. As they did, they praised and complimented him even more. They made it sound like the wine was the nectar of the gods. It did not even matter if they were discerning wine connoisse
“Let’s go, Dustin.” Shawna did not have the patience to stay put anymore. She called for Dustin and got ready to leave. “Forget it. Please forget what happened for my sake.” Marco played the mediator when he saw that Shawna was going to leave. “We’re all ex-classmates here, so we don’t need to make things so awkward. This man only said such things because he’s drunk. Shawna, please forgive him. However, you should also control your boyfriend. If he keeps attacking people, I won’t be able to protect him.” “Aw, don’t leave, Shawna. Stay and accompany me?” Devina went over and held onto Shawna and did not let her leave. Resigned, Shawna nodded. She sat back down. Dustin was quiet when he saw that. He went to sit beside Shawna. He could only follow her lead. Meanwhile, the man Dustin had pressed to the floor was quickly pulled away by a couple of people. Although some men still had ill intentions, especially after the first of them failed, no one dared to approach Shawna
Desmond’s hurried departure with Stephanie was nothing more than a quick distraction in the reunion. Not many people noticed it. After all, Marco was the most important person at this reunion. Thus, not many people focused on what was going on with Dustin. The guests were too busy trying to suck up to Marco, so they did not have time to bother with Shawna and Dustin for the time being. Although the men were all interested in Shawna, they were in public. Plus, Dustin was there as well. Thus, they could only put aside their desires for the moment. As such, the reunion went on. After a while, some people started to get drunk. When people got drunk, they got bolder. A man came over to Dustin and Shawna with a glass of wine. He was staggering. “Shawna, it’s been a long time. Why don’t we have a drink?” the man said loudly. Shawna frowned. She wanted to ignore this drunkard. “I don’t drink,” Shawna said coolly. “How can you say that? It’s so rare for us all to meet
“Did you say Shawna’s pig farmer boyfriend is the secret boss of your company? How could that be?” Stephanie really thought that she was mistaken. She could not believe that this was true. Dustin had been mocked the second he walked into the ballroom. How could he be the boss of a huge company? Was Shawna’s boyfriend not just a useless pig farmer? How had he suddenly become the boss of a huge company? What in the world was going on? Stephanie could not figure it out. She had wanted to shame Shawna and Dustin and calling Desmond over was supposed to insult them and highlight how awesome Stephanie was in comparison to Dustin. What was going on? Stephanie was going nuts. Even so, she had an idea of what it meant to be Desmond’s boss. Dustin was worlds more superior than they were, and they did not have what it took to mock him. “Stephanie, did you say something mean to him?” Desmond’s face darkened. He was terrified that she had offended Dustin. “She didn’t say anyth
“Desmond, over here!” Stephanie waved toward a man and gestured him over. She wanted to show off her boyfriend to Shawna and Dustin. That way, she would be able to hurt Shawna and feel even superior to her. It would fulfill her fragile ego. Dustin could not help but raise an eyebrow when he saw the man walking toward them. Desmond Weaving was familiar to him. Shawna noticed Desmond as well, and her expression turned strange. She remembered when all those important people had come to visit Dustin. Some of them had brought a retinue with them, and Desmond had been one of the underlings among them. Desmond had not even dared to look up at Dustin back then. Desmond had been too nervous and had tripped before the entire gathering. Everyone laughed at him. His superior had told him off viciously and even pressured him to apologize to Dustin. Yet, Dustin had not pursued the matter. Who would have thought that they would stumble into each other here? Desmond had been happ
Everyone in the VIP ballroom looked at Dustin with even more disdain. When Dustin stood up, it had taken everyone aback. They had nearly thought that he was secretly a rich man. However, it was only a mistake. Somehow, the situation was even more laughable. “Why did you stand up when it’s not your car? Are you determined to shame us all tonight?” Devina was already in a bad mood, but it had gotten even worse. She intentionally pulled Dustin aside and made him stand at the side. She was terrified that he would embarrass them further. She did not know what was up with Dustin. What was even in his head? Did he not see how many people wanted to embarrass him at this reunion? Meanwhile, he was willingly handing everyone the chance to make fun of him. “The class president is here!” someone said suddenly. Quite a few people went up to surround Marco. A handsome young man showed up. He was smiling, and this attracted a number of women to walk up to him in admiration. With t
How laughable the whole situation was! The men all had strange looks on their faces and seemed disdainful. Meanwhile, the women basked in their satisfaction. The worse Shawna was doing in life, the happier they were. Under those mocking gazes, Shawna’s face became ever darker, but she could not be bothered to explain. “A pig farmer? That’s not bad. I heard that the price of pigs is going up a lot. This could be a way to get rich fast,” a man said half-jokingly. A wave of laughter erupted in the VIP ballroom. It was very taunting. “I told you not to come. Look, you’re embarrassing Shawna,” Devina said to Dustin. “How can you be so thick-skinned? Don’t you feel ashamed? How can you just say that you’re a high school graduate and a pig farmer? You’re really useless!” “What’s so bad about being a pig farmer? I make a living with my own hard work. That’s not embarrassing,” Dustin said with a grin. Devina’s face became even more distasteful. She really did not know how
Majestic Hotel was the most luxurious hotel in Grayvale. After Dustin and the women stepped inside, Devina looked around at everything inquisitively. This was the first time she had been to such a high-class place. She was a little excited. “They said the reunion is at the VIP ballroom. I don’t know where it is.” Devina went to ask someone about its location and led Dustin and Shawna toward the VIP ballroom. After they got there, Devina opened the door to a raging revelry, The VIP ballroom had been decorated lavishly. Most of their ex-classmates were present. For most of them, it was the first time they had been to such a fancy place. That was why they were having so much fun. “Everyone, look who’s here!” Devina said loudly. Those who heard her turned and looked. When they saw that Shawna was among those at the door, they all had different reactions. Shawna was once the campus belle, and many of the men had been interested in her. When they saw her, interest shone in
“This reunion is being organized by the class president, Marco Geurrero, so everyone’s coming.” “A reunion…” Shawna was not really interested in it. “Hey, it’s at Majestic Hotel. We’re in the VIP ballroom. Marco’s paying for everything!” Devina said cheerfully. “Majestic Hotel? What a lavish place…” Shawna was surprised. Majestic Hotel was one of the fanciest hotels in Grayvale. Most people did not have gatherings there because they could not afford it. Yet, Marco was footing the bill. How generous he was! “It’s not like you don’t know how rich Marco is. Let’s just enjoy it,” Devina said. “Oh, if only I could marry into such a rich family. It’s a shame that he’s not interested in me… “Hey, didn’t he try to woo you back in the day? But you rejected him without even thinking about it. I really don’t know what you were thinking…” Shawna did not respond. “Oh, right. Are you waiting for someone? Who?” Devina looked around. “I have a flat tire. He’s gone to the bathroo