Not only that, but Liam could not help but feel that there was more to Corie than she was letting on. He had a distinct feeling that she was after him for something else. However, since he had nothing better to do anyway, he decided there was no harm in finding out what she was up to, so he shrugged and got into Corie's car.Corie seemed delighted that she successfully charmed Liam into going with her. She leaped into the driver's seat, stepped on the gas, and the car sped off.Meanwhile, Celena was busy with work from the moment she arrived at the office. All of a sudden, she heard the familiar, though unwelcome, clacking of heels against the tiled floor.The next moment, her office door was flung open, and Cheryl stormed inside, looking furious. Celena lifted her head to gaze at Cheryl in disbelief, then, after a brief moment of confusion, she asked, "Is there anything I can help you with, Cheryl?"The unassuming look on Celena's face only seemed to anger her even more, which
Meanwhile, Corie and Liam arrived at a luxurious eatery by the name of the Royal Terrace Restaurant. It was a very well-known restaurant that was not open to the public at all. Only those belonging to the Royal Terrace Restaurant's membership program were allowed to book a table here, and the membership was offered only to the most elite of Drunham City.Liam raised his brows when he saw the sign at the front. It turned out this young lady was far more well-connected than he initially thought.However, on second thought, he realized he was foolish to assume otherwise. After all, according to Vincent, Corie was the granddaughter of the legendary Dr. Yannick Doyle, one of the most esteemed healers of their time, so one would not be surprised to discover that she was just as influential as her grandfather.Liam waited at the entrance while Corie went to park the car. All of a sudden, a sharp cry, laced with contempt, rang out from behind him. "Get out of my way, you muck! How dare you
The young man called Xavier retorted, sounding frustrated, "Why did you tell me off, Grandpa? It was all his fault! He shouldn't have gotten in my way! I was just trying to get him to skedaddle! Besides, what is he even doing here at the Royal Terrace Restaurant anyway? People like him don't belong here!"Liam scowled upon hearing this and shot him a look so sharp it could cut through butter. He toned down his temper considerably since arriving in Drunham City—if this rude young man encountered the old Liam, he would be sprawled on the ground in five seconds flat!The old man, however, seemed horrified to hear such atrocities coming out of his grandson's mouth. He glared at his grandson and thumped his walking cane a few times on the ground as if to drive his point across. "Watch your mouth, Xavier! Have you forgotten everything I've taught you?"Judging by the look of defiance on Xavier's face, he did not take his grandfather's teachings to heart at all. The old man continued, soun
Xavier immediately scoffed upon seeing Liam's attitude toward his grandfather and could not help muttering, "Tsk! Get off your high horse, you git."Xavier did not make any effort to lower his voice at all, so naturally, both Liam and his grandfather overheard him. His grandfather shot Liam a rather sheepish grin, then whipped around to glare at his grandson in a warning. Xavier was so startled by the murderous look on his grandfather's face that he lowered his head guiltily. Liam, however, did not feel like wasting anymore of his time on this unpleasant encounter. He shook his head, smiling, but the moment his gaze landed on the old man's face, he noticed something wrong.The old man's face was devoid of color, with a pale yellow tinge. This was a sign of impending heart failure. The old man seemed rather unnerved by the look on Liam's face. For a split second, he thought the look of surprise on Liam's face was because he noticed something strange behind him, but when he turne
Corie turned to smile apologetically at the old man and said, "Sir, I'm so sorry about my friend here. He didn't know you're celebrating your seventieth birthday today."Before she could even finish, however, Liam cut her off, "Sir, please believe me. I'm not trying to curse you. I'm a healer, so I'm just stating the facts. I would advise you not to drink at such a time, otherwise."Although he did not finish his sentence, he managed to get his point across loud and clear.Liam was not one to meddle in other people's business, but he could not turn a blind eye to the situation when it was sitting right under his nose. A healer's responsibility was to save lives, and he was upholding that virtue. Not to mention the old man's handling of his grandson's behavior caused Liam to take a liking to him, which was why he chose to give a few words of advice.However, not everyone understood where he was coming from, and Xavier was one of them. He was already extremely annoyed at Liam over th
"Liam, I thought you had been pulling my leg all this while. It turns out you do practice medicine?" Corie asked incredulously, glancing back at Henry's retreating figure as he disappeared into the Royal Terrace Restaurant. "He does look a little sickly and from first glance, it does seem like he has a weak heart. He needs to pay more attention to his health."Corie was astounded by Liam's performance just now, for the ability to diagnose someone just by a single glance was a display of remarkable medical knowledge, one that surpassed even her own!No novice could diagnose someone so accurately with a single glance and even give appropriate medical advice tailored to his condition, such as Liam did to Henry. Even she, who spent decades honing her medical knowledge under her grandfather's influence, did not manage to achieve such a feat. What was more shocking was the fact that even after scouring all the information she could get her hands on about Liam, she never once recalled tha
Liam released her hand almost immediately after exchanging greetings, as though he did not want to linger any more than was appropriate. This small gesture earned him some respect from Yennifer, who smiled back at him before turning her attention to Corie. "Corie, when did you have time to make friends? I can see why you didn't want to meet up with me whilst you're here in Drunham City now—it turns out you already have a new friend!" she said teasingly, glancing at Liam as she did so.Corie blushed at this and immediately replied, "Stop making fun of me, Yennnifer! Come on, he and I haven't even known each other that long. I haven't found the time to introduce you, but there's no better time than the present!"Corie's attitude toward Yennifer was a stark contrast to the aloof manner in which she carried herself when Liam first met her.The three of them exchanged some friendly conversation, then finally entered the Royal Terrace Restaurant together, where they were led to a private
"Shut your mouth!" Vincent snapped without even waiting for his friend to finish his sentence. This was, no doubt, the perfect outlet for him to release his anger, so he veered toward his mate and snarled, "What does it have to do with you? Are you my mother? No! Keep your nose out of my business!"The sight of Corie with another man was already infuriating enough, but it set him off the edge to see that she chose none other than Liam!He was already extremely resentful of Liam, having embarrassed himself multiple times in Liam's presence, but this was the last straw! His friend chose the worst possible moment to ask questions, so, of course, he was forced to face Vincent's wrath.The entire room fell silent at Vincent's voice, and immediately all eyes flitted between Vincent, Corie, and Liam. Vincent and Corie were inseparable before this, and it was plain as day that Vincent had feelings for her! Therefore, it came as a great shock to see Corie choose another man over him!An
However, Andy was a smooth talker, so the eldest member of the Drayton family liked him. Because of that, the head of the family tolerated him. That was why Andy, who was just a member of the branch family, dared to be so cocky.Andy saw Howard standing at the side from the corner of his eye as he spoke. He thought of what Howard said earlier, and that made his blood boil.He pointed at Howard and bellowed, "Uncle Derrick, this Howard is trash as well. You have no idea. I told him I was a member of the Drayton family, yet he did not take our family seriously at all."Not only did he have his men capture me, but he said cockily that he wanted to lock me up forever, and nobody could stop him."Weren't you very cocky before this, Mr. Mosier? Go on. Continue acting cocky in front of my uncle now. Detain me and lock me up forever."Andy took a couple of steps closer to Howard as he said that. He extended his hands arrogantly and said, "Come on. I have my hands stretched out for you. Hu
Soon, Andy and the thugs from the nightclub yesterday were released.Andy saw Derrick standing at the entrance of the police headquarters at a glance. He got so excited that he shouted, "Uncle Derrick! Uncle Derrick!"Fletcher's subordinates were incredibly excited to see Derrick as well. All of them shouted, "Mr. Derrick Drayton!"One of the subordinates was in Drunham City because Derrick arranged for him to be there. After he was brought to Derrick's side, he smiled apologetically and said, "Thank you for saving me, sir. Don't worry. Fletcher's faction and properties are all here. I'll be able to rebuild the faction here very soon."In other words, even if Fletcher was out of the picture, he would be able to thrive in Drunham City and replace Fletcher.However, Derrick shot an icy glare at him and sneered. "Hmph! How shameless of you to say that? There are so many of you, yet you can't deal with a small loser who only married into the Stone family."If it wasn't because this w
Howard did not expect that the Drayton family would have a connection with the Carter family. They could even produce a token from the Carter family."Mr. Derrick Drayton, I didn't expect that your family and the Carters go way back. You even got the Carter family's token out," said Howard.Derrick sneered and said, "Enough with the nonsense. Howard, my family did the Carter family a favor back then, that's why the general of the Carter family gave this token to us. He promised us that we could take out this token if we were ever in a bind in the future, and they would help us!"I'm taking out this token today to tell you that I'm going to bail Andy out of here. I'd like to see who in Drunham City has the guts to stop me!"Howard was stunned, and then he fell silent.He did not think that Derrick would take out a token from the Carter family.The Carter family was the top family in Mirstone. Nobody in Mirstone would dare to go against the Carter family. Derrick became even more
Meanwhile, Derrick and his men were already at the entrance of the police headquarters.Derrick's eyes were burning with rage as he looked at the door that was shut tightly. A sneer appeared on his lips as he said, "Hmph. Looks like they already know I'm coming, so they are deliberately trying to assert dominance."Then, he asked his driver next to him, "Where are our men? Have they all arrived?"The driver nodded and said, "They're here, Mr. Derrick. They are all waiting at the side. We'll tear down the main door to the police headquarters once you give the command."Derrick nodded with satisfaction. Then, he shouted at the police headquarters, "Howard! You're just the chief of the police headquarters! How dare you lock me outside?""I'd like to see how powerful you are today, Howard! Come on, guys. Take it down!"At his command, a group of burly men rushed out of the black van next to him. They were all holding thick bats, and they rushed up to the door ferociously.Right at t
At first, Yafe and the rest of the Stone family were stunned after they heard what Liam said. Then, they all burst out laughing.Yafe looked at Liam with a mocking gaze and said, "Are you kidding me, Liam? You're going to get the Draytons to come and apologize in person? Come on, that's the Drayton family we're talking about! Do you think they are just some nobody?"Right now, I don't want to waste my breath anymore. As long as you're able to stop the Drayton family from targeting us, I'm more than grateful. Don't you forget that you're the one who wanted to leave the Stone family? So, stop dragging us into your mess."Liam shot the crowd with an icy glare and brought Celena out of the Stone Mansion.Celena was still in a slight daze after they got into the car. Liam put on her safety belt for her and asked, "What's the matter, dear? Are you still worried about the Draytons?"Celena nodded and replied, "Yes. After all, all these were caused by the conflict between Andy and us. Jus
Liam wanted to ask what the family heirloom was, but he had no choice but to let it be after he heard what Yonatan said.However, Liam heard Yonatan's voice again, saying, "I've never seen that thing, but I heard from the Drayton family members that it was from a big shot in the military."The military?Liam's eyebrows furrowed once he heard it had something to do with the military. Then, he kicked Yonatan away, making him land next to the thugs.Yonatan passed out because of that kick.Once the thugs saw their leader was out cold, they took a couple of steps back in fear.However, Liam did not care about them at all. He looked at Yafe and the others instead.Once the Stone family members saw that they were out of the woods, they became cocky again.Yafe and Sherah, in particular, were so cocky that they ran up to Liam and condemned him, "Look what you've done! You're bad luck! What else can you do other than cause us trouble? Do you know who that is? He is from the Drayton fam
Yonatan was infuriated and bellowed, "So this is how you're going to play! Alright! I'm not going to stop until I kill you today!"Yonatan was radiating an intense desire to battle. That was the air exuded by a fighter of Fourth Order War King caliber.The Stone family was so frightened by the air he exuded that their faces turned pale. All of them took more than ten steps back in fear, afraid they would be injured by mistake.Yonatan clenched his fist and charged at Liam like a ferocious beast. His fist was packing so much power that it created a sonic boom, cutting through the air and going for Liam's face.The punch was so powerful that it could kill a bull right away.The Stone family thought Liam was going to die. Nobody would be able to survive a punch like that.Yonatan thought the same. He was very confident in his ability. He looked into Liam and knew he used to be a soldier, as well as a good fighter. However, so what?No matter how skilled Liam was in combat, could he
The moment Liam stepped into view, the Stone family members lit up as if they had spotted their guardian angel. They pointed at him, their voices rising in a chorus of relief and accusation. "Mr. Yonatan, look over here! It's Liam! I said they weren't with us!""Exactly! Mr. Yonatan, see for yourself, Liam's not part of our family!""Mr. Yonatan, now that Liam's here, if you're looking to pin the blame on someone, he's your man!""Liam, you actually showed up. If you hadn't crossed the Drayton family, would we, the Stones, have ever been dragged into this mess?""Liam, Celena, you two are nothing but trouble. You've left the family, so why keep stirring the pot for us?"...The air crackled with the Stone family's collective outrage, their faces twisted in anger as if they were ready to rip Liam and Celena to shreds.Celena and Liam's arrival was pure happenstance. They were just in the neighborhood to check in on an old friend when they overheard Yonatan's boastful taunts.Lia
Yonatan did not even bother to look at him. He checked his watch with a chilling laugh and said, "You've got ten minutes for Liam to show up. Don't say I didn't warn you."The words sent a wave of shock through Yafe and the rest of the Stone family, who stared at Yonatan, panic-stricken.Yafe was a mess, desperate to explain, but the sight of Yonatan's henchmen, eager and ready for a fight, stopped him dead in his tracks."Mr. Yonatan, I swear it's the truth. Liam has nothing to do with the Stone family anymore. You've made a mistake!"Yafe's face was flushed with urgency as he tried to convince the unmoved man."It's true, Mr. Yonatan! Liam and Celena were kicked out of the Stone family ages ago.""That's right! He's got nothing to do with us anymore. If you're after Liam, go to the villa at Emerald Lake. He's there, not here with us.""Mr. Yonatan, if you head over to Drunham City and ask anyone, they'll tell you the same thing: Liam and Celena have no ties to us Stones anymor