Meanwhile, Cheryl stood at the sidelines, watching gleefully as the clan argued over their fate. She thought to herself, 'That wretched Celena! She's finally met her fate! Perhaps too much beauty is not necessarily a good thing at all!'With a sinister smile playing on her lips, Cheryl slowly made her way to the center and laced her arm around Reginald's lovingly. In a syrupy sweet voice she added, "Grandpa, if it were up to me, I would've said yes to Mr. Williams immediately! There's no point keeping Celena around. She doesn't care about us, and all she thinks about is that good-for-nothing husband of hers! He's got her wrapped around his finger! When has she ever thanked you for all that you've done for her?"Just take a look around! Is she anywhere to be found right now, knowing what trouble her husband has landed our entire family into? She doesn't care! All she does is cause trouble left and right while leaving the rest of us to pick up after her!"Reginald scowled at this, and
Celena, although unsure of what was going on, knew that her father's sudden arrival could mean nothing good. She was practically shaking like a leaf as she replied timidly, "He went out to get the groceries…" "Pffft!" Yafe snorted, then said disdainfully, "What a useless piece of sh*t! What kind of man does the shopping? It's probably because he knows what else to do with his life!"With that, he turned to Celena with a sneer. "Well then, that makes things much easier. Boys, get her!"His men lumbered forward, prised Celena and Jovie apart, then quickly bound her tightly with ropes so that she could not move even an inch. Her face was as pale as a ghost as she cried out, thrashing and flailing, "Father! What are you doing? Why are you tying me up? Let me go!"Jovie, on the other hand, was kicked aside and landed with a thump on the ground. The next moment, all she could see was her mother being captured and restrained, and she lunged forward, trying to get these people away from C
"Tell me then, why did you have to return to us in the first place? You're nothing but a curse to this family! You've brought nothing but disaster and calamity everywhere you go! There has never been a peaceful moment ever since you returned to the Stone family! This was all you and your husband's fault!" Yafe said with bitterness and resentment that Celena had never seen before. This was his first time ever admitting out loud his hatred toward Celena. Although Celena knew that her father had never liked her very much, it was still a great shock to hear him admitting just how much he despised her, so much so that he was willing to deliver her right into the hands of another man. She was at an utter loss for words. Yafe merely scoffed at the look of astonishment on Celena's face and gestured to his men. "Take her away, boys!"With that, he turned and swept out of the yard, with his men following closely behind as they dragged Celena between them. By the time Celena snapped out of
Jovie burst into tears, grateful to have her heroic father home. "Daddy… Why did it take you so long… Daddy… They took Mommy away…"Jovie clung to her father like a drowning swimmer that had found shore. She was panting heavily from all the crying, and her eyes were swollen to twice their original size, but she did not stop crying for her mother. Liam, however, froze upon hearing this. The next moment, comprehension dawned on him, and a glint of malice flashed through his eyes.Someone took Celena away!He patted Jovie's back reassuringly, then waited for her to calm down before asking, "Jovie, you have to tell me everything. What happened? Where's Mommy? Who took her?"Jovie replied, hiccuping, "Daddy, there were a lot of bad guys here… They took Mommy away… It was Grandpa… He took Mommy away…"A surge of cold fury washed over Liam when he heard Yafe was behind this. He clenched his fists, making his knuckles crack menacingly, but he knew he had to tend to his daughter first.
"Did something happen? What can possibly be worse than almost getting killed by the Nasso Group? Anything less than that should be the least of our worries!""Come on, we already brought Celena over as Mr. Williams requested, so what's the worst that can happen?" The Stones whispered among themselves. Reginald was not around, so Yafe sat at the head of the table, sipping leisurely on his cup of tea as he toyed with a couple of walnuts in his hand. When he heard this, he smiled and replied coolly, "Come on, it's just some unpredictable weather, don't make a fuss out of it. Besides, I've already brought Celena to the hotel where Mr. Williams is staying, and didn't he promise that he wouldn't touch us once we fulfill that request of his?"Yafe said this with a sneer, as though he had not just sent his own daughter to her doom. In fact, he seemed rather pleased that he had successfully mitigated the entire Stone family's impending downfall.Sherah snickered at this and added, "Yafe is
At this point, the rest of the Stones had snapped out of their stupor and were shooting Liam murderous looks."Liam! What on earth are you doing here? Do you have any idea what you just did?""This is unacceptable! We cannot tolerate such behavior coming from a good-for-nothing like you!""How dare you disrespect us like this? All of us here are your elders, and you should be treating us with respect! What gives you the right to behave this way?"The Stones were practically seething with rage at Liam's audacity to barge in unannounced. A middle-aged man who was a distant uncle of Celena's leaped to his feet and stomped over to Liam, propelled by his indignation at being shown such disrespect. He pointed a stubby finger at Liam and shouted, "This is unacceptable! Liam, you have trespassed into the Stone family's territory, and I'm warning you, you better get out of here, or else—"Before he could even finish his sentence, however, Liam punched him squarely in the middle of his ches
A dozen or so of Yafe's men, wielding weapons and ropes of all kinds, materialized at his orders and lunged straight toward Liam!However, they were barely a few feet away from Liam when all of a sudden, they felt a strange breeze passing over them. Before they could even realize what was going on, Liam had struck, and all they could feel next was an excruciating pain that shot through their abdomen while at the same time, their bodies were launched into the air from the impact of Liam's attack!This all happened so quickly that before they knew it, Yafe's men found themselves sprawled on the ground, clutching their abdomens and chests as they howled in agony.The Stones were utterly stunned by the sight. Their eyes were as wide as saucers, and their jaws were practically on the ground, for they had never seen such a swift attack before!Some of the more timid members of the Stone family had hidden behind their larger companions, shooting Liam looks of sheer terror as they peeked o
One sharp look from Liam was enough to make Sherah clamp her mouth shut, her beady little eyes glancing at Liam with fear and trepidation. Yafe had barely pieced together what had happened when, all of a sudden, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Liam standing right in front. The sight of Liam just a few feet away from him unnerved him so much that he stopped howling at once and instead eyed him warily. "Stay away from me. I… I'm Celena's father, so you can't hurt me!"The next moment, however, Liam grabbed hold of him and lifted him off the ground by the scruff of his neck!"You— Ugh!" Yafe's collar tightened around his neck so that he could not even get any air in. His face flushed scarlet whilst he flailed around in mid-air like a fish out of water, trying desperately to break free of Liam's iron-clad grasp. He kicked wildly in any direction he could manage, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not get Liam to release him at all. On the contrary, the effort of
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