Trevyn's face was ghostly pale, his eyes betraying a flash of defiance. However, with Malcolm then a general and outranking him, he had no choice but to follow orders or face charges of insubordination. With a heavy heart, he holstered his gun, snapped to attention, and saluted Malcolm.Then, with a chilling look, Trevyn warned Liam and Malcolm, "General Lynch, I hope you're still around to watch his back next month! We'll see about that!"With those parting words, Trevyn, steadying the frail Brianna, led his team out of the lounge.Only after Trevyn's crew had cleared out did Wasyl and Cheryl come out of their stupor, still huddled in the corner.Malcolm himself had led the charge!They knew Liam had connections with Malcolm, but they never imagined that Malcolm would show up himself with reinforcements, especially not that late and with Liam cornered by Trevyn.Wasyl quickly plastered on a groveling smile and rushed over to Malcolm, fawning, "General Lynch, what an honor! Wasyl
Liam carried Celena out of the private room. Once he walked out of the hotel, he saw the soldiers Malcolm brought were maintaining the order of the crowd.The customers who were kicked out earlier were all standing behind the soldiers, craning their necks to watch the situation unfold. When they saw Liam walking out with Celena in his arms, they whipped out their phones and took as many photos as they possibly could. A spirited discussion immediately broke out.As the crowd watched on, Liam carried Celena into a military Jeep and drove her to the hospital.Celena was too severely injured and needed to be hospitalized. Liam was going to and fro the cottage and the hospital in the few days that she was at the hospital.Liam had chicken soup prepared at home early in the morning and brought it to the hospital. Before he even entered Celena's room, he heard an intense argument happening on the other side of the wall."Celena! Do you know how big of a trouble you've caused this time? I
Sherah's blood boiled as she could not believe that Liam had the nerve to smile at a critical moment like that. She bellowed, "Liam! How dare you smile? We're targeted all because you crossed the Hughes family, yet you have the nerve to smile? How dare you be so shameless and say you'll find new business partners within a day?"Sherah and Qemal were infuriated at that moment. If Liam did not offend the Hughes family, the Stone family would not be in this mess at that moment. What would become of their family if the Stone family was done for? Yafe stayed silent, secretly observing Liam. Seeing that Liam did not look like he was lying, Yafe gave it a thought for a while.Then, Yafe asked in an icy voice, "Liam, are you being serious when you say you can take care of this and find new business partners for our family?"Liam was sitting by the bed at that moment, carefully feeding Celena chicken soup one spoon at a time. Hearing Yafe questioned him, he answered frostily, "Of course,
Liam could tell Celena was worried and troubled. He smiled, poured the chicken soup into Celena's bowl, and said, "There's no need for you to apologize. Hurry up and drink the soup or it'll get cold in a while. Leave everything to me."Then, Liam turned to look at Yafe and said, "I'll get this resolved within a day."Yafe frowned and stared at Liam for a while before he said, "Alright. I'll give you one day. If you failed to find any companies that would work with our family after one day, you'd have to come with us to visit the Hughes family and get them to forgive you no matter what."Liam nodded and agreed without missing a beat. He saw that Celena was holding her soup without touching it, so he urged, "Hurry up and finish the soup. I'm going to head out."Upon saying that, he ignored Sherah, who was still making a scene on the floor, and left the hospital.As soon as he got into his car, he called Kolten and drove straight to Kolten's office.Twenty minutes later, Kolten was
Everyone was riled up upon hearing that remark, and one after another, they echoed, "That's right, Reginald. We have to tie Liam up and take him to the Hughes family. Otherwise, our company would truly be done for!""We never would've been targeted by the Hughes family if Liam didn't anger them. More than ten business partners want to cancel their partnership with us now, which means our company will be suffering a huge loss. We'll be just a few steps away from bankruptcy when the time comes.""In any case, Liam is the one who created all this mess. Why must he get our company involved? He should be tied up and sent to the Hughes family!""That's right! He should be forcefully taken to the Hughes family! That bitch, Celena, as well! She can't get away either! Both of them are the ones who created this mess, so we have to send them to the Hughes family and let them punish the two of them!"Everyone in the meeting room was furiously expressing their dissatisfaction. All of them agree
As long as the Stone family tied Liam, Celena, and Jovie up and sent them to the Hughes Mansion, then the Hughes family would only take their anger out on them. The Stone family would not be involved.Most importantly, Celena was still in charge of the collaboration with the Max Group. Of course, they would have to find a new person in charge later. Yafe's family was in constant trouble, so anybody within the Stone family could become the next person in charge of the collaboration.Thinking about the collaboration made Walter feel delighted deep down. His family was undermined by Yafe's for so long. As long as he could get the chance to collaborate with the Max Group, his family would come out on top.Right as Walter was making a call to send his man to the hospital, someone suddenly barged into the meeting room.Reginald's assistant rushed in and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Sir! There are a bunch of company representatives out there. They—They—"Reginald jumped up from this
Mr. Johnston was the representative of all the businessmen there and was standing in the forefront. After they exchanged pleasantries, he looked at Reginald with a big smile and said, "Reginald, your family has quite some tricks up your sleeves. I can't believe you have a relationship with Mr. Reath from Jerden Group. It's because of him that we're here to work with you. "These are the partnership agreements we've drawn up. If you feel there's nothing wrong with them, you can sign them. We'll officially become business partners then."What? Mr. Reath? Nobody expected that the person who saved the Stone family was Kolten from the Jerden Group!Everybody present was stunned. They just froze in place in shock.Kolten was a legendary person in Drunham City. He was self-made and built his own small company from the ground up. It only took him a few years to go from having a small business that was on the brink of bankruptcy to becoming the richest man in Drunham City. He even gained
Yafe and Reginald were not the only ones who were confused. Cheryl and all the other members of the Stone family, as well as the senior executives of the companies, could not figure it out as well. Why did Mr. Johnston and the others want to work with them?Mr. Johnston burst out laughing upon hearing their questions as if he expected that they would ask him that.He said to the crowd, "I knew you would ask. Mr. Reath has given me a message before he asked us to come.""What is it?" Reginald asked impatiently."Mr. Reath said it's out of respect for Mr. Liam Cole that he's doing all this. So, everybody, your so-called loser is your savior. Please treat him well."Mr. Johnston was about to leave with the others after he said that.The Stone family was stunned once they heard Mr. Johnston's remark. They were completely shocked.Never in a million years would they expect that Kolten was only helping them because of Liam. They did not expect that the loser, Liam, would have such inf
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