Reginald Stone, an elderly man in a suit, walked out with a walking stick. The security that stood at the door immediately moved aside when he saw him.Reginald's gaze was cold and sharp. He was exuding the mighty air of a man who had long been in power. The frosty glint in his eyes was terrifying. People who locked eyes with him could not help but lower their heads.However, Liam had seen billions of gazes like that on the battlefield. That was why the mighty air he excluded did not work on Liam at all.Celena's grandfather saw her standing outside the door at first glance. A sense of great disgust gleamed in his eyes.Then, Reginald's gaze landed on Liam, who was next to Celena.Reginald was shocked. He had a hint of surprise in his eyes for a brief moment.Liam had an extraordinary bearing, especially when Reginald looked into his eyes. He felt like he was looking into the eyes of Death.The heads of the few big families who led a low profile life would be terrified to meet L
However, Celena got pregnant after that. Reginald asked her to terminate her pregnancy, but she could not bear to do it. She simply refused to do so, no matter what.She had no idea how, but the entire Drunham City learned about it afterward. Because of that, the Stone family became the laughingstock among the city's high society. In a fit of anger, Reginald kicked Celena out of the family.Celena had never resented her family and Reginald. She had always thought that she was the one who brought shame to the family and tainted their reputation.That was why she felt very guilty when she saw Reginald.No matter how harsh he was, Celena did not dare to talk back. She simply cried with a sense of guilt.Apart from feeling heartbroken to see Celena crying inconsolably in his arms, Liam felt that she was a fool. He could clearly tell what Celena was thinking. This silly woman was putting all the blame on herself when it was all the Walkers' and also Liam's fault.Celena was so foolish
After Cheryl regained her senses, a disgusted and scornful expression appeared on her face. She pointed at Celena and Liam and bellowed, "You bitch! How dare you bring this useless piece of shit back here? You had brought such terrible shame to the Stone family back then. Everything has finally settled down, yet you brought him back. Are you trying to remind the entire Drunham City that you had slept with your best friend's fiance at her wedding and had a daughter with him?""No, that's not what I was thinking," Celena refuted in tears. She was not trying to sully the Stone family's reputation once again.Feeling helpless, she tugged at Liam's clothes. With her face covered in tears, she begged him, "Liam, don't say anything anymore… I'm begging you."The Stones were clearly trying to humiliate Celena. Liam desperately wanted to pull Celena up and leave. However, he knew Celena was a weak but stubborn person. Unless she figured it out herself, nobody would be able to stop her once
Liam hugged Celena and promised that she would return to the Stone family with great certainty."Really? I can still be a member of the Stones again?" Celena looked at Liam with tears in her eyes after she heard his promise.She repeated her question a few more times. It was after Liam answered her firmly every time that she calmed down.He carried Celena back to the car. He turned around, glanced at the door to the Stone Mansion with a frosty gaze, and said firmly, "Trust me. I'll keep my word."Meanwhile, Louie was looking at the file in his hand in Athenapolis. He got so angry that he slammed the papers on the table.He looked at the people in the room and bellowed, "Assholes! The Walkers really are something else! They bullied my niece, the little princess of the Cole family. After that, they wanted the people in Athenapolis to look into Liam's information. Tell the Southern Division of the military to watch it. If anybody else were to inquire about Liam's information, get rid
Gilbert's men threw out Charles while he was still confused after being scolded.Everything was still fine earlier, but Gilbert's attitude toward him changed after receiving the call.Charles felt a chill down his spine when a thought suddenly popped into his head. Could the call have something to do with Liam?Charles used his connection and found out that Liam was in the military. However, he could not find out which specific region Liam belonged to. That was why he came to Gilbert. He wanted Gilbert to help him take a look.Unexpectedly, Gilbert received the call from Athenapolis before Charles could talk to him about it."Quick! Take me back to Drunham City!" said Charles.The more he thought about it, the more he panicked. He just had a feeling that he could not describe. Gilbert's attitude toward him earlier made that feeling stronger than before.He had to rush home and tell his brother about this. He feared that Liam was more than he led on.His subordinate did not dare
As soon as Donald said that, the group of soldiers brought Charles and his subordinates away.Morgan was sitting in the living room of the Walker Mansion with a solemn expression. The other people sitting in the room looked just as serious."Sir, we're still unable to contact Mr. Charles. We can't reach the people around him either," said one of Morgan's subordinates.Morgan's expression got increasingly sullen as he listened on. Charles would sometimes be unreachable in the past when he went on a mission, but the people around him would still be contactable.They were suddenly out of reach at that moment, so Morgan just had a feeling that something was wrong."Morgan, could Charles be held up because something happened? Should we send someone to the Southern Division to ask?" Jonas asked with a somber expression. He felt something was off too.Morgan had a long face as he gave it a thought. Then, he shook his head and said, "Forget it. Let's leave Charles be for now and go on ac
A week passed by in the blink of an eye.In the past week, the Walkers had repeatedly sent people to rescue Trent, but none of them returned.The people they sent did not just fail to rescue Trent. They could not even set foot in Jade Manor. They were all killed outside the manor by the Four Elders of the Cole family.The atmosphere at the Walker Mansion became more and more grave. They failed to get any useful information, and they lost quite a number of people.Morgan sat in the center of the living room, looking at the information his subordinate brought to him with a sullen expression. The frosty air he exuded got stronger the more he read.In the end, he threw the papers on the floor and kicked the subordinate standing in front of him. The subordinate fell a few meters away from him."Useless! You're all a bunch of worthless crap! It's been days, yet you failed to get any useful information. What's the point of keeping you around?" Morgan bellowed.Jonas went up to pick up
Liam did not like what Celena said. He raised his eyebrows and refuted, "So what? I'm more than happy to spoil my daughter. I would gladly spoil her rotten."Jovie was a little unhappy when she heard what Celena said. She pouted and made a funny face at Celena. Then, she said in a playful tone, "I'm a good girl. I'm not going to be spoiled. Dad is doting on me because he loves me. I love Dad too. Mom is bad. Hmph!"Upon saying that, Jovie put the bunny aside with a grin and threw herself into Liam's arms. She was beaming happily and nuzzling Liam's chest from time to time, which looked extremely adorable.Celena felt relieved when she saw Jovie smiling more and seemed to have forgotten about the trauma from the car crash. She then started to play with Jovie. She pretended to look sad and covered her face. While peeking at Jovie through her fingers, she said, "Jovie said Mom is bad. I'm so heartbroken and sad."Celena even pretended to let out a couple of sobs. Then, while Jovie w
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