Cheryl was sitting next to Yafe, looking upset that the 15-million-dollar project was suddenly put on hold.She glared at Celena angrily and questioned, "Has the cat got your tongue, Celena? You were the one who had a meeting with Mr. Bristow last night. Now, the collaboration is paused. Hurry up and tell us what the hell happened. "Do you want us to lose such a big project that cost fifteen million dollars? Even if you don't have any feelings for the Stone family, you're living at Stone Mansion now. You should be contributing to the company, shouldn't you?"Sure enough, Cheryl's words made everyone even more worked up. Walter and Hayden usually could not get along with Yafe, but even they were on Yafe's side at that moment.Walter, Celena's uncle, echoed Cheryl and continued criticizing Celena in a frosty voice, "Celena, I'm not trying to pick on you. It's just that this is no small matter. As a member of the Stone family, how could you not think on behalf of the company? "You'
That was because what happened last night was too coincidental.Celena simply kept her head hung, saying nothing.Reginald was sitting at the head of the table, silently listening as the crowd cursed and criticized Celena. He did not stop them at all. He was quietly allowing them to continue instead.He also wanted to know what happened last night when Celena went to talk to Yankel about the collaboration, why would the project be paused, and why Yankel would be arrested. However, Celena just kept her head hung.Reginald's eyes were filled with great hatred as he looked at Celena, who was bowing her head. As he listened to the nose of the crowd, he slammed the table with great might.At the sound of the loud slam, the angry crowd quieted down, even though they were not happy with it.Reginald looked at Celena and said icily, "What are you waiting for, Celena? Do you want an old man like me to beg you to tell us? Hurry up and tell us what happened after you met Mr. Bristow at th
After the dinner, Cheryl was paying extra attention to Mr. Miller's news. She even had someone find out about Mr. Miller's contact.It was a pity that Mr. Miller was too mysterious. The person had no idea where to find out about his contact at all. Cheryl had no choice but to give up.At that moment, after she heard Mr. Miller's name come out of Celena's lips, her blood instantly boiled.Celena ignored how aggressive Cheryl was. She took a deep breath, looked up at the crowd, and said, "I didn't lie. I met Yankel last night to talk about the collaboration, but to my surprise, he wanted to assault me. Mr. Miller happened to be at the hotel to take care of something. It was Mr. Miller who saved me."I didn't see Yankel anymore after I woke up. Mr. Miller told me he was taken away by the police. I don't know about the rest."Celena told everyone about everything that happened last night. By the time she was gone, the room fell silent, and everyone looked at Celena in disbelief.It w
Celena's words made everyone burst out laughing. They were all looking like they expected it as they looked at Celena with a mocking gaze.Someone even started to poke fun at Celena, saying, "Oh, Celena, you truly are extremely shameless. Do you think we're fools? Can't you just tell us the truth? Why must you get Mr. Miller involved?""That's right! How shameless! She doesn't even know Mr. Miller, yet she insists on saying that it's Mr. Miller who saved her. She doesn't even have his number!""Celena, didn't Mr. Miller give you his contact after he coincidentally saved you?""Haha. Mr. Miller is such a distinguished person. How could he possibly know this bitch? She has returned to the Stone family, but who in Drunham City doesn't know what she did seven years ago?""Everyone in the city knew Mr. Miller. His identity is distinguished and mysterious. So many heads of eminent families wanted to get Mr. Miller's contact and build a connection with him, yet they had no way to do it a
Reginald was stunned. His hand that was holding the walking stick was still hanging mid-air. He was in shock as he looked at the assistant who came in.All the others in the meeting room were also dazed as they looked at the assistant who suddenly barged in.Cheryl was the first to regain her senses. She quickly asked, "What did you say? Who is here?"The assistant wiped the cold sweat off of his forehead and replied, "The boss of Misty Manor, Mr. Miller who's been the talk of the town lately, has come to our company."Everyone in the meeting gasped, feeling stunned.Gosh! That was Mr. Miller! Why would he come to the Stone family's company?Reginald regained his senses as well. He put down his walking stick and glanced at Celena, surveying her. However, he looked away very quickly and said to the crowd, "Alright. Let's stop the meeting here for now. The most important thing right now is to follow me to welcome Mr. Miller."A thought popped into Cheryl's head, and she walked up
Mr. Miller stood next to the car with his back straight, raising his hand calmly to acknowledge the crowd's greetings.Reginald took the chance to walk up to him in excitement, fawning over Mr. Miller as he extended his hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Miller. Welcome to the Stone Group. It's our great honor that you're checking out our company. We just received the news, so we didn't prepare in advance to welcome you. Please forgive us for that."The masked Liam looked at Reginald without any expression. His attitude was completely different from how he usually treated Reginald. He did not intend to shake Reginald's hand at all.Seeing that, his assistant immediately shook Reginald's hand and explained with a smile, "I'm sorry, Mr. Stone. Mr. Miller is not used to shaking hands with strangers."Reginald did not expect that Mr. Miller would be so rude, but it was fine since the assistant stepped up to save him from the embarrassment. However, Reginald did not get angry. He thought it was
Reginald led Liam to the meeting room. Liam was surrounded by the crowd, and all of their faces were covered in a fawning smile, trying hard to show him their best selves. They were also afraid they would upset Mr. Miller.Celena, on the other hand, was standing at the back of the crowd. After everyone walked off, Celena moved slowly and followed the others from the back.At first, Sherah wanted to set Celena and Mr. Miller up. However, after she saw how outstanding Mr. Miller was, another idea popped into her head.Why should she let that bitch Celena get such an excellent man? If he had to be her son-in-law, then he should be Cheryl's husband.However, Sherah did not forget that Cheryl was about to be married to Wasyl, the heir of the Abbott family. Thinking of that, she started to plot a scheme. Then, she finally followed the crowd.Suddenly, Mr. Miller stopped in his tracks, turning round to glance at the crowd before he quickly fixed his gaze on Celena, who was at the back of
Reginald let out a chuckle upon hearing Liam's words. He then pretended to thank Liam as if he cared about Celena very much.Liam did not wish to listen to Reginald's nonsense anymore, so he turned around and headed for the elevator.Soon, everyone arrived at the meeting room. Liam went straight for the center seat in the room and sat down calmly as everyone watched.That seat was supposed to be Reginald's as he was the president of the company. However, not only did the crowd have no objection that Liam was sitting on it, but they were fawning over him.If Liam were to appear in the room as himself, he would not even have the right to take the most ordinary seat, much less Reginald's seat. As long as Liam appeared at the Stone Group, he definitely would be getting criticized and insulted.That was because the Stones thought Liam was just a man who married into their family and a useless person who relied on his wife financially. He did not have the right to show up at the Stone G
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