Ever since Liam returned, they spent more time together and their connection got stronger. Celena could feel that she was getting more and more dependent on Liam. Even if Liam was the one who hurt her at the very beginning, she could feel that her feeling of hatred she once felt toward him had long changed because of Jovie. After all, she had such an adorable daughter with him. On top of that, he would always show up at moments when she needed him the most after he returned.Celena would often recall the scene of Liam appearing like an angel descending from heaven the night he barged into the scary private room and saved her. Every time she recalled that her heart would race. She even dreamed of walking down the aisle of a church toward Liam one night.In the wedding in her dream, the whole church was decorated with white roses. The people who attended were all her closest friends and family. She was wearing a pure white wedding gown and a crystal tiara, walking slowly toward Lia
All the guests almost arrived, so Peter walked to the center of the banquet hall and addressed all his guests loudly, "First of all, I'd like to welcome everyone to our humble abode. Your presence adds to our honor, and I hope you'll enjoy the night!" The guests who were present all chimed in congratulatory replies. Then, someone shouted from the crowd, "Mr. Hughes, when will Trevyn arrive? We can't wait to lay our eyes upon the future general of Biskeland!""That's right! Stop hiding him, Mr. Hughes. Quickly let him make his entrance!""That's right!" As he listened to everyone's passionate flattery and cheer, Peter's smile became brighter than ever. He was decked out in a sharp maroon suit, which made him look even more cheerful.He calmed the crowd down by saying loudly, "Patience, my friends! My son called earlier and said that he was going to visit the mayor first. He's already on his way back! Please wait for a little longer, and he'll be here before you know it!"Peter's
The entire hall fell silent upon hearing Trevyn's remark. Those who had no relations with the Stones were eager to watch the drama unfold. Those who were working with the Stones looked at the people around them with a solemn and surprised expression."It looks like Liam's about to be finished. Looks like Trevyn is going to fight Liam and the Stones to death this time.""Come on, be more confident. What do you mean it looks like it? Liam and the Stones are going to be finished. They've offended a general. On top of that, the Hughes family is a very powerful family, to begin with. The loser, Liam, and the puny Stone family are done for.""Holy shit. I'm still collaborating with the Stones.""F*ck, what are you waiting for you? Hurry up and have someone terminate the collaboration with the Stones! It'll be bad if you get caught in the middle if they truly were to fight against each other.""He's right. Hurry up and pick the right side. What are you still waiting for?"In that instan
Reginald listened to everyone's argument on the chair, looking more and more upset and ready to burst out in anger at any minute. Cheryl quickly stood up and walked next to Reginald. She poured a cup of tea for him, "Grandpa, have some tea to soothe your nerves. If you ask me, this was all that loser Liam's fault. If it was not for him, there was no way we would offend the Hughes family, and I wouldn't have—"At the mention of that infamous engagement party, Cheryl's face went pale, and she felt really upset. If Liam did not mess it up, she might have married into the Hughes family and become a rich housewife with a general as a brother-in-law. That would have been not such a great honor. She would have been able to do whatever she wanted in Drunham City."Grandpa, our family is a victim as well! And this time round it was Trevyn who personally intervened. He's a general! You know that Malcolm is a general, too. How could we have the power to go against him?"With that, Cheryl wip
Reginald was weighing the pros and cons. He did not wish to offend either Malcolm or the Hughes family. He did not wish to cross Trevyn, the future general.Right at that moment, Liam rushed in with Celena while carrying Jovie in his arms.As soon as the family of three walked through the door, the Stones' relatives and the senior executives of the company got all worked up again. They immediately stood up and cursed at the three of them."Celena! Liam! How dare you come? Do you know how much trouble you've got the Stones in?""That's right. You've poked the bear, do you know that? Celena, do you know the Hughes family wants to fight our family to the death now? Trevyn has made a threat that he wants to finish our family half a month later.""Celena, it's all your fault. If you didn't insist on bringing this loser home, would the Stones be in this mess now? Our partners requested to terminate their contracts with us after Trevyn made that declaration. Do you know how much loss we'
"Liam! What are you waiting for? Did you not hear Grandpa telling you to get on your knees? Kneel before him now!"The crowd started to chime in angrily, "That's right! If it wasn't for a loser like you, our family wouldn't have ever offended the Hughes family, would we?""That's right! You're a loser, Liam! How can you still be so arrogant now? How about you take a look in the mirror? Who are you compared to Trevyn who's future general from the Hughes family?""Hmph? Liam? Don't make me laugh! He's not even good enough to polish Trevyn's boots! If he did well in the military, would he be discharged? Trevyn is about to be promoted to general, and he is not even thirty yet! How about Liam? Nothing more than a loser who was discharged from the army.""Haha. That's right! What a joke! How dare he be so arrogant!" Everyone was scolding passionately, but Liam was not bothered in the least bit. He looked at Cheryl coldly and said, "If you no longer want your hand, I can remove it for y
It was clear as day who among Liam and Trevyn was better.Everyone burst out laughing as soon as they heard Liam's remark. They were filled with contempt."You're killing me! Did you just call the Hughes family and General Trevyn puny? How dare you look down on them? You're just a loser who was discharged from the army in dejection because you couldn't survive in the military region.""Who do you think the Hughes family is? They are a big and powerful family in Roselle City. Also, Trevyn is the future general. Our mayor, Malcolm, is also a general. Do you think you, a discharged soldier, can fight against the Hughes family?""Fuck, is there something wrong with Liam's head? Does he think he can always rely on Malcolm's special treatment? Does he think Malcolm would help him fight against General Trevyn and the Hughes family?""Come on. What are you thinking? Do you think that's possible? Would someone offend the future general and the Hughes family for a small fry like him? They a
Everyone froze when they heard that, then glanced incredulously at a smug-looking Jovie and the unbothered Liam. Finally, everyone burst into laughter. "Do my ears deceive me? What did Celena's daughter say? Did she say she would buy out this entire shopping complex?""Like father, like daughter! I can't believe she learned to lie at such a young age. She's inherited this from her father, no doubt!""Did you see that, Celena? This lying scum of a little girl is your daughter. How embarrassing! Come on… buy out the entire shopping complex? I doubt you can even afford to buy a supermarket!""Tsk, how can a scumbag like Liam possibly afford an entire shopping complex? In your dreams!"Not only did no one believe Jovie, but everyone even turned around and scolded her instead. Jovie, being the innocent child she was, tried desperately to explain herself, but everyone's voices drowned out hers. Her face grew redder and redder with each exasperated attempt, until finally, she burst into
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