Dr. Jensen snorted and said in an extremely displeased tone, "Riley, do you know that you've screwed up?""What? Sir, I don't know what you mean. I've always followed your teachings and I haven't done anything wrong!" Riley looked puzzled. He completely did not relate this phone call to Liam because it never crossed his mind that Liam would know his mentor! Noticing that Riley was oblivious to his mistakes, Dr. Jensen scolded angrily, "How dare you! Riley, you've disrespected someone that you can't afford to offend. I don't even dare to disrespect and take him lightly. That man saved me in the past! I owe my life to him! And you think you're so clever. How dare you get in his way?"A few years back, Dr. Jensen was the main person in charge at the hospital in the military region. An accident happened, and if it were not for Liam, he would have lost his life there and then! What Dr. Jensen said struck down Riley like lightning, and he was completely stunned. A person that even
Meanwhile, at the hospital, Clayton glared at Liam and spat, "Listen, you twat! Riley Norton is the apprentice of the legendary Dr. Jensen. Riley himself is one of the most experienced and renowned doctors in his hometown, Hamish City! How naive of you to think you'd be able to get in touch with one of the best doctors this country has ever seen just because you want to?"Clayton raised his brows contemptuously and sneered. When Liam claimed that he had single-handedly caused Rhett Lockhart to be fired, he had believed him. Now that he realized what a fraud Liam was, he could not help but wonder if Liam had been lying all this while. The thought grew in Clayton's mind like weeds until eventually, it overcame every ounce of his initial rationality and equipped him with a newfound sense of arrogance. Meanwhile, Herbert and Jaxton continued insulting Liam just to butter Clayton up. When Herbert heard what Clayton said, he immediately agreed and added, "You're so right, Mr. Lindberg
To his surprise, the color drained from Riley's face the moment he heard this. His eyes lit ablaze with rage as he screamed, "How dare you, Clayton? Get on your knees right this instant?"Clayton fell to his knees without hesitation the moment he heard this. Riley was not someone he could afford to cross, and he would obey Riley's every whim and fancy without question!However, he lifted his head to stare at Riley through the phone with a puzzled look. "Why, Mr. Norton? What did I do wrong? Why do I need to get on my knees to beg for mercy?"Riley scoffed but did not even bother to answer Clayton's question. Instead, he snapped, "Hand the phone over to Mr. Cole right this instant!"As confused as Clayton was, he still did as Riley asked and handed Liam the phone.Liam took the phone from him and stared calmly at the man on the screen. "We finally met, Mr. Norton."Riley immediately fell to his knees the moment he saw Liam and said, "This is all my fault, Mr. Cole! I was unaware o
Jaxton's entire face was as pale as a ghost as he muttered, "Liam… no, I mean, Mr. Cole, I'm sorry for ever underestimating and insulting you. I was out of my mind and acted rashly! Please forgive me for my callousness. My sister is married to the Nortons, so please show me and my father some mercy! Please, Mr. Cole… Please don't lock me up or torture me! I used to be one of your subordinates, Mr. Cole; please show me some mercy!" Jaxton was bowing his head against the ground so many times that his forehead was bleeding. He was no longer the contemptuous, cocky man that had looked down on Liam just a mere two minutes ago. Liam stared coldly at them and replied, "Fine, I will show you mercy, but only under one condition. All of the Shaws' assets have to be transferred over to Eaden. From today onward, I don't want to see either of you in this town! You are hereby banished from Drunham City, and if you ever show up before me again, I will not hesitate to kill you!"Both Jaxton and H
Wasyl immediately let go of Cheryl's hand and sprinted toward Malcolm like a slobbering dog that had caught sight of a bone. When he passed by Liam, however, he even turned and spat, "Bastard!"Then, he circled past Liam and approached Malcolm with a grin as he extended his hand. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Lynch. I never thought I'd have the pleasure of seeing you here today. I'm the heir of Abbott Group, Wasyl Abbott. My father is Paget Abbott. I'm sure you must remember him. We've both met you before at various luncheons in the past!"To his surprise, Malcolm did not shake his hand and instead nodded without a single word. How could he possibly remember every single entrepreneur or businessman he had ever had a meal with?Besides, he had just witnessed Wasyl insulting Liam right in front of him, so there was no way he would give this rude young man the time of day!The former mayor of Drunham City, Rhett Lockhart, was sacked because of his disrespect toward Liam, and just a few minut
Eaden furrowed his brows at this. It was clear that he was beginning to lose his patience toward Wasyl. If it were not for the fact that Liam warned him not to expose his identity, he would have punished Wasyl by now!Eaden glanced first at Wasyl, then at Liam, who shook his head surreptitiously. Eaden finally replied, "I don't want to deal with you now, so scram!"Wasyl's entire body shuddered. He quickly took a few steps back and turned to leave. When he saw a stunned Cheryl, still shell-shocked by the entire interaction, he grabbed hold of her arm and dragged her out of the hospital as fast as their legs could take them. Wasyl and Cheryl sprinted all the way to their car, which was parked across the street from the hospital, before finally stopping to catch their breaths. Cheryl leaned against the car, panting, and asked, "Is that really Eaden Wafer? Why would he be here with Malcolm at the hospital and at the same time as that wretched Liam, no less!"Wasyl clutched his swolle
Not even Teresa could hold in her anger at this. "Look at what you did, Celena! You wouldn't be happy until you brought all of us down, even my dear Anna! She got beaten so badly because of you! You're a curse to this family! My baby Anna would never have suffered this fate if it weren't for you and Liam!"Teresa was heartbroken every time she thought of the cruelty Anna had endured when trying to beg for mercy on Celena's behalf. Rage boiled in her eyes, and there was nothing she wanted to do more than skin Celena alive!Reginald was beside himself with rage. He stared at Celena coldly and said, "Do you understand what you did wrong, Celena?"Celena's face was as pale as a ghost. She was both terrified and ashen. These people had watched idly as she and Jovie were captured and tossed into the back of a military jeep without even batting an eye. Now that she and Jovie were saved, they had the audacity to turn around and blame her for everything that had gone wrong!Celena wiped the
Celena sobbed as she stared at her grandfather's cold, expressionless face. "You can't do this to us, Grandpa… I'm your granddaughter… "However, Reginald was unfazed. He stared at Celena as calmly as though looking at a stranger. The rest of the Stones agreed with his decision, and all began to insult Celena."How dare you even plead for mercy, Celena? Don't you know how much trouble you've brought to the family already? If it weren't for you, none of this would have happened in the first place! Do you have any idea how much money we've lost as a result of all the broken business agreements?""Yes! We commend Reginald for this sound decision!""We would never be in this predicament if it weren't for Celena and Liam in the first place! I sincerely hope that the Hughes will punish Celena and let the rest of us off the hook for this!"Celena, however, did not want to give up. She continued pleading, "Grandpa, are you really going to send me over to be punished by the Hughes?"Regin
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