Celena nodded in understanding, but the rest of the employees were not convinced. They still remembered how Liam almost killed them all, and they were not willing to let him off the hook just yet!"Ms. Stone, let me offer you a piece of unsolicited advice, but you should divorce him as soon as you can! He does nothing except run around causing you trouble and ruining your reputation! Your life is a living hell because of him!""He's too hard for you to keep up with!""How dare you even continue to be here, you useless bastard? You're too shameless! Ms. Stone is too good for you, and you don't deserve her even one bit! You almost ruined our dinner and got all of us killed!""None of this would've happened if you hadn't crossed Gabriel and Mr. Jacka! You ruined a perfectly fine day for all of us!"Celena wanted to defend Liam, but at the same time, she knew she could not justify Liam's behavior. There was nothing else she could do except apologize to everyone on behalf of Liam. An
With that, Celena grabbed her notes and scurried out of the living room as fast as her legs could bring her. She entered the bedroom, closed the door behind her, and placed her notes on the nightstand. Then, she jumped into bed, panting as though she had just run a marathon. She reached out to cup her cheeks, feeling them burning hot underneath her fingertips. Did Liam realize that she had been staring at him? How could she have been so stupid? Why did she touch him while he was sleeping? How embarrassing of her!Meanwhile, Liam grinned as he reached out to touch his face, where Celena's fingertips had brushed just a few minutes ago. Finally, he tucked himself back underneath the covers, smiling from ear to ear.The next morning, Jovie was missing from the bed the moment Celena woke up. By the time she finished getting ready and went downstairs to the kitchen, Jovie was already sitting at the table, grinning mischievously. "Mom, you're a lazy pig! I got up earlier than you!"Celen
Celena shook her head and explained, "No, Grandpa, it wasn't Liam who sent me here asking for help. I came here to ask for help on my own. He's Jovie's father, and I can't let anything happen to him. I can't let Jovie grow up without a father…"With that, tears brimmed in her eyes as she sobbed, "Grandpa, please… Please help him… Please help him on behalf of me…""Thud!"Reginald was so outraged by this that he hurled his cup toward Celena without warning. Celena did not manage to dodge in time, and the cup slammed against her forehead, cracking in half before falling onto the ground and smashing into smithereens, leaving a trail of fresh blood in its wake. Reginald stood up and sauntered over to Celena, then stared at her bleeding face from his towering height and said, "Shut your mouth! You're a Stone, but he's not! What he does has nothing to do with us! We would never have lost a valuable opportunity seven years ago if it weren't for him! You would not be in this predicament r
Reginald paused to consider it for a moment but finally shook his head, frowning. "I've considered this before, but the Hughes are far too powerful for us to risk offending. Trevyn is about to be promoted to general soon, and we can't possibly put ourselves at such a disadvantage just to protect Liam when he's done nothing to us. I don't want to hear any of this anymore. Get out of here, both of you!"Cheryl knew that there was no point trying to convince him otherwise. She glanced at Celena, who was still kneeling on the ground, and finally stomped away.Celena had no choice but to get to her feet. She stared at Reginald pleadingly, but Reginald had already turned away, refusing to even look at her. Celena finally slunk out of the room, defeated. She had just taken a few steps when Cheryl caught up to her. She slung her arm around Celena's shoulder and said in a sugary tone, "Celena, you said that you'd hand over the Max Group project to me as long as I help you and Liam out, righ
As soon as he got off the phone with Cheryl, Wasyl dialed Trevyn's number, but Trevyn did not answer. Finally, just as Wasyl was about to hang up, someone picked up. A familiar voice rang out, "Wasyl Abbott? Why are you calling my brother?"Wasyl recognized that voice immediately. "Is that you, Brianna? I haven't seen you in ages. Nothing, really. I just heard that Trevyn is back in Drunham City and wanted to invite him out for a drink with a few pals."Brianna sneered. "Enough dilly-dallying. I know you too well, Wasyl. You can't possibly be phoning Trevyn out of the blue for nothing. Just tell me what you want."Wasyl had no choice but to come clean with Brianna Hughes about Cheryl's plan. Brianna scoffed when they heard this, then replied, "Very well then! Tell Celena that you've got it covered. I'll go meet you guys tonight."With that, she hung up without another word. A glimmer of malice flashed through her eyes. Who would have thought that Celena would end up in such a pre
Cheryl was rather pleased by this. She let out an indignant scoff, then turned and sauntered away. Celena spent the rest of the day getting ready for her dinner appointment. She took care of her work to make sure that she would not be disturbed at night and even called Liam to let him know that she would not be having dinner at home with him as she needed to meet with a client.Liam and Jovie were in the middle of building a puzzle together when Celena called. Liam could not help but recall the strange look on Celena's face when he had dropped her off at work that morning and asked, "Where are you meeting your client? Maybe I'll go pick you up after your dinner."Celena was so preoccupied that she did not think twice about this. Instead, she forwarded the address that Cheryl had given him so that he could pick her up after she was finished. Soon, dinnertime rolled around. Celena and Cheryl made their way to Abaraham Hotel, which was one of the most ancient and renowned restaurant
Wasyl heard this and added, "Cheryl's right. Don't be nervous, Celena. He's already on his way here and will arrive soon. Just be patient."At the same time, a black Bentley pulled up at the entrance of the Abaraham Hotel. The door swung open, and a dazzling woman in an elegant red dress stepped out. Two soldiers wielding guns soon joined her. This sight naturally caught the attention of all the guests and waitstaff milling about near the entrance, and soon, someone recognized the woman. "That's strange. Why is she here?""Hey, who's that? She looks gorgeous, but why is she with those two soldiers? She must be someone very important!""I know who she is! She's Brianna Hughes, the heiress of the Hughes family. What is she doing here?""Brianna Hughes? If she's here, does that mean Captain Hughes is somewhere here as well?"Brianna overheard this and tilted her chin arrogantly, casting her contemptuous glance across everyone staring at her. Finally, she turned and sauntered into
Brianna just so happened to step in at that exact moment, catching all three of them by surprise.Celena was so stunned by this that her entire body froze in shock as though she had been struck by lightning.What was Brianna doing here?Celena and Brianna's history went way back. She, Brianna, and Clora were the best of friends, and Brianna had a crush on Liam for the longest time. However, Liam was Clora's fiance at that time, and since the Hughes was not as powerful as the Walkers, there was nothing Brianna could do about this, so she kept her crush a secret and never tried to win Liam over.Brianna and Clora had plotted against Celena, leading to her unfortunate 'affair' with Liam and subsequently their downfall. Even though she had betrayed Celena and helped Clora set Liam up, she still harbored vengeance toward Celena because Celena was the one who had ended up with Liam instead of him.Celena's long-hidden anger, rage, and sorrow surged through her entire body and made her s
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