Celena could tell that Liam was stealing glances at her from time to time, but she was very confused and wanted to ignore him. She then turned her head to face the window.Whenever Liam looked over, he could only see Celena's beautiful side profile and her long lashes that fluttered occasionally.Celena did not speak while Liam did not dare to do it. After all, she was still angry at him. Since she agreed for him to accompany her, he did not dare to make any noise to annoy her. He decided to just be a good and quiet chauffeur. Soon, they arrived at the hotel. After Liam parked the car, he unbuckled his seatbelt and hurriedly stepped out of the car before Celena. "I'll get the door for you," said Liam.His smile was full of flattery as he opened the door for Celena like a gentleman. When she got out of the car, he even placed his hand on the top in fear of her hitting her head. As soon as Celena got out of the car, a woman's voice could be heard coming from behind her."Cele
Yanely covered her mouth and snickered upon saying that. She was looking right at Liam with a mocking gaze.Was he not a famous person? He was the famous loser from the fallen Cole family and the Stone family's useless live-in son-in-law.He was a man who had no capability at all. He was even willing to let go of his dignity as a man and live with his wife's family.It would have been fine if it was in the past. When the Walkers were still around, people would not look down on the Stones out of respect for the Walkers, even though the Stones were not quite significant.The Walkers offended a big shot some time ago and were destroyed by a mysterious person. It was only natural that the Stone family's social status took a nosedive as well.Of course, Liam was a little annoyed by Yanely's mockery. His expression was a little sullen as well. If it were not because he promised Celena that he would control his temper, he never would have tolerated how rude she was.Also, Celena was sti
Soon, Yanely, Celena, and Liam arrived at the private room that was reserved. They could hear laughter coming from the room before they even entered. There were men and women in the room, and they were talking about recent hot topics as well as bags, jewelry, and so on.Yanely opened the door and announced loudly, "Look who's here! It's the gorgeous Celena!"Upon saying that, she turned her body sideways. In that instant, Celena and Liam saw everything inside the private room.There were many expensive drinks and snacks on the table in the huge private room. Everyone had their car keys placed in front of them. They were Porsches, Ferraris, and Lamborginis.Also, all the women in the room had a limited edition purse from big brand names right next to them. All their clothes were from designer brands or those famous haute-couture brands. They were all decked out and were comparable to Yanely. The women each had a successful man in a suit sitting next to them as their company. All t
Samara's soft voice instantly brought Celena's thoughts back to the past when they spent their days together. Tears flowed down Celena's cheeks uncontrollably as she kept responding by nodding."Samara, I would like to apologize to you as well. What I did back then was wrong as well. Let's let the bygones be bygones. We're still good friends!" Then, the two hugged each other while crying tears of joy. If people who did not know better saw such a touching moment, they would think they were as close as sisters who were related by blood.However, in Liam's eyes, everything that Samara did looked different. Her actions seemed too fake. That was because even though Samara was hugging Celena and looking so affectionate, Liam could tell there was ridicule and hatred in her eyes. Perhaps Celena was the only one there who was naive enough to not have noticed it.Everyone there looked extremely hypocritical. They were like wolves in sheep's clothes and might just pounce at any moment.At
The people in the room heard about it, but they were still stunned when they heard it again."So this is THAT Liam?""Holy shit! How shameless! He's a man who's living with his wife's family. How dare he come and attend this gathering tonight?""I agree. What nonsense is this, Celena? We invited you to the gathering, but why did you bring his loser with you and spoil our mood? To think that Samara missed you so much. How could you do this to her?"Samara looked very hurt as she looked at Celena. Her eyes were filled with grievances. It was as if Celena did something heinous.Celena saw how upset Samara was, so she quickly let go of Liam's hand and went up to Samara to explain. "That's not the case, Samara. I wasn't deliberately trying to spoil your mood. I only asked him to drop me off."Upon saying that, Celena turned to look at Liam while feeling a little troubled. She said, "Liam, how about you wait for me outside."Then, Celena sat next to Samara and apologized to her profus
Samara did not avoid Celena’s gaze at all. She did not conceal the disdainful and loathsome sentiments she had for Celena either. She calmly put her glass down, took a napkin, and slowly wiped the red wine off her delicate hands. “Celena, you didn't think that I was truly apologizing to you and wanting to reconcile with you, did you? Do you deserve that? Listen up, being good friends or whatever, it was all an act. I will never be good friends with you! I can't believe you had the guts to come with that loser, Liam. The way you made a fool of yourself truly amused me."Samara finished wiping both her hands while she said that. Then, she threw the napkin at Celena’s face. She let out a mocking laugh and continued, “Celena, you've given me a good laugh! "It was truly a shame that I didn’t get to personally witness the moment you were banished from the Stone family seven years ago! I’m back now, and you have also been accepted by the Stone family again. How can I not come and have
“You bitch! I only peeked at the papers for a bit back then, yet you snitched on me! I was sent to detention and my parents were even called to the school! I was severely punished when we went home that day!”The plump woman then threw her glass side and yanked Celena's hair. She bellowed, “The two of us were the only ones who brought the papers to the office. Who else would be the one to rat me out If it wasn't you? You bitch, you pretended to be weak when you're truly a vicious person!"One by one, the other women in the private room stood up and cursed at Celena. All of them were blaming her for their misfortunes.Celena already fell to the ground during the commotion. She felt afraid and wronged being targeted by all these women. She had some recollection of what they were accusing her of, but it was not like what they said at all.The woman who said she was a disappointment to her family was a truant during her schooling days. She was caught fooling around by her family. When
The woman hurled insults as she clawed at Celena's dress. Celena's face was streaked with tears and marred by the red welts of slaps, blood trickling from her mouth. Her hair was a tangled mess; she fought back and tried to dodge, looking utterly defeated.Desperate to flee the nightmare of the private room, Celena's attempts to run were thwarted as hands kept pulling her back, leaving her no choice but to scream for help."Liam! Save me! My love... please... save me! My love..."Her cries grew increasingly desperate as she hoped for Liam to rescue her. However, the music blared at full volume, swallowing her pleas. Liam could not possibly have heard her. Celena's tears flowed freely, her voice growing raspier with each cry for help.Samara, in a rage, yanked Celena's hair and pinched her chin with her long fingers. Her sharp nails dug in, piercing Celena's skin."Pathetic! Still crying out? As if that good-for-nothing husband of yours could do anything. Girls, give her a good bea
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