Even at such a moment, Raidon was making a pass at a woman. Liam and the other ladies were completely baffled by his abhorrent behavior.However, upon closer thought, it was not that strange for a scumbag like Raidon to do such a thing.Liam was annoyed by Raidon's yells. He furrowed his brows impatiently and slapped Raidon on the face.The loud slap echoed through the entire restaurant and stunned everyone.Liam glared at him and said, "Even a fly's buzz is less annoying than your voice."Raidon cupped his face which was quickly getting swollen. Staring daggers at Liam viciously, he growled, "Fuck you! How dare you slap me! Just wait and see. I'll make you pay for this!"Raidon's threats did not work on Liam. He sneered and said, "You'll make me pay? As if you have what it takes to make me pay.""How dare you—" Raidon was furious. He wanted to rush forward to beat Liam, but his hands were cuffed. Before he could attack, Liam raised his hand and gave him another backhanded sla
Nevaeh was instantly infuriated. She looked at Lyle with great disapproval and said, "Lyle, do you know what you're saying? Have you forgotten that you're a police officer? You're in a police uniform. How could you ignore justice and the law just because the other person is rich and powerful?"Lyle gave Nevaeh a helpless gaze as if saying that she simply would not understand. "Nevaeh, of course, I understand. I have never forgotten that I'm a police officer. You're just too young. You're not flexible enough," he said.Lyle pointed at the three ladies before pointing at Liam. He said, "Nevaeh, look at them. They are fine. It's just a lover's spat. It's nothing serious. Besides, Raidon has been beaten up quite badly by your friend."If we were to arrest him, the ladies and also your friends would be taken away too. If Raidon pressed charges, your friend might be arrested for assault."That infuriated Nevaeh to no end. She looked at Lyle in disbelief and growled, "Lyle, what the hell
At the thought that Raidon’s uncle was the Deputy Chief of the Drunham City Police, Lyle suppressed his anger.Instead of getting angry, he smiled ingratiatingly.Lyle cupped his swollen face and said apologetically, "Mr. Brin, you’re right. I should have kept my mouth shut."Raidon sneered. He pointed at Liam and the others and barked, "Enough with the nonsense! Take them all away, especially that man named Liam! Arrest him and lock him up! How dare he hit me! I’ll make him regret it!Raidon looked ferocious as he said that, glaring at him with resentment. His uncle was the deputy chief. Their fates would be at his hands once they were arrested.Lyle was stunned but he soon came to his senses. He also quickly made a decision.He fished for a pair of handcuffs and said to Nevaeh apologetically, "Nevaeh, I’m sorry. You and your friends need to come with me.""Lyle, do you know what you’re doing? Have you lost your mind? You’re a police officer, not his—" Nevaeh was trembling wi
Nevaeh turned to glance at Lyle and added, "You better think long and hard about this, Lyle. You're a cop, and not one of Raidon's lap dogs. Are you sure you want to side with these corrupt troublemakers?"This infuriated Lyle greatly. He was already feeling incredibly humiliated at the hands of Raidon, but he had no way of letting his anger show, for fear of offending Raidon. This scrawny, nameless twat, on the other hand, he could bully for all he liked. He would not live down the humiliation of being threatened by a gawky adolescent like this!Lyle shot Liam a dirty look and scoffed. Then, ignoring Liam's warnings, he proceeded to handcuff Liam without another word. It was not until Liam was safely bound that Lyle finally said, sneering, "I'd very much like to see what you have going against me! What makes you think I'll be at your beck and call? What makes you think I'd get on my knees to beg you for mercy?" Then, he yanked Liam roughly and dragged him to the police car. Nevaeh
"Now, you will sit quietly and answer all my questions. Tell me, in detail, how you beat up the victim, Raidon Brin, and his men!" one of Lyle's partners settled into his seat, flipped open a notebook, and prepared to jot down Liam's confession.Liam snickered at this. He turned to the officer who had questioned him and asked, his tone frosty, "Is this how you cops do things around here? You just assume I was the one who attacked him first? Haven't you considered the possibility that I was provoked?"Lyle felt his blood boil at this. He leaped to his feet and snarled, "Liam Cole! You better give us all the information right now! We are the police, and we are trying to do our jobs here! This isn't a game!"You better come clean with the truth right now and apologize to Mr. Brin. You will be able to walk out of here a free man once you earn his forgiveness. If you do not, however, you will be charged with assault. You will spend a few nights in prison, and this will also go on your pe
Liam did not seem the slightest bit fazed. Instead, he glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and said coolly, "Officer Davis, two minutes have already passed."The more calm Liam behaved, the more Lyle's panic grew. For some reason, a bad feeling arose in his gut. Liam was but a civilian. What ordinary citizen could remain so calm despite being arrested?Lyle could not help but speculate about Liam's true identity. All of a sudden, one of his subordinates entered the room and murmured in his ear, "Captain Davis, Mr. Brin has been waiting outside for a long time now, and he's beginning to lose his patience. He wants you to hurry up."Lyle swallowed his fear and replied, sounding irritated, "Alright, alright, I know!"He pushed all his speculations aside and said to his partner, "Let's not waste any more time on him! Let him sign the papers!"His partner—the policeman who had attempted to interrogate Liam earlier—approached Liam with the interrogation notes and a drafted admiss
Lyle immediately plastered a smile on his face, bowing as low as he could go. "Of course, Captain Goggins. I shall leave this rascal in your hands. My men and I will leave you in peace now."With that, he hastily gathered up his things and dragged his whining partner out of the room.Kemuel settled himself into the chair and eyed Liam coldly. "You were the one who beat up Raidon?"Liam nodded calmly. He did not even attempt to hide it. "That's right. Guilty as charged."Kemuel scowled at this. He could not believe Liam's audacity—how dare he look so calm and unbothered as if he had done nothing wrong?"Very well then. Since you admit your guilt so outwardly, this simplifies everything," he said. Then, he shot his two subordinates a meaningful look. The two of them approached, preparing to take Liam with them.They had taken just two steps forward when Liam's aura crackled menacingly, holding them off. "You are Captain Goggins, aren't you? I was brought here by your men, and I wil
This made Liam sneer. "Well, in that case, I'd very much like to see what you have in store for me, Captain."Kemuel scowled at this. Liam's audacity made his blood boil, and he shot his subordinates a meaningful look. The two of them understood immediately. Then, swiftly, as if they had done this thousands of times before, they grabbed hold of Liam's arm from each side. One of them bound Liam's arms behind him, whilst the other prepared to break his wrists.Just as they were about to strike, Liam shifted his weight and sprung into the air without warning, leaping straight out from between their arms. With a somersault, he twisted around and grabbed hold of one of them by the wrists. Before the man could even realize what was happening, he found himself being flung across the room. With a deafening thump, he crashed into the opposite wall, then landed on the ground in a crumpled heap. He spat out a mouthful of blood.His partner was momentarily stunned. The next moment, he snapped o
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