"Are you all at Krontos University right now? I'll book a restaurant and come pick you up!" Angeline glanced at the watch on her wrist. It was just the right time."Don't do that—the traffic in Krontos is terrible! We've already booked the restaurant. I'll send you the address. You should set out early to avoid getting stuck on the road. Gregory wants to take us somewhere fun after we've had dinner."Marion hung up and promptly sent her the address. Angeline got dressed and picked up her handbag on the way to the door. She had just pulled the door open when she noticed someone standing outside. She jumped in shock. "Ms. Emmerson." The man standing before her was tall and slim. He looked to be about 25 or 26 years old, and he inclined his head at her. "Who are you?""I'm your bodyguard. Mr. Powell sent me here. If you want to go out, I've got to follow you to ensure your safety. You can call me Lenny Chestfield." Lenny's voice still had a youthful quality to it."How lon
"Gregory has very loose lips. Everything you tell him is sure to be leaked within an hour!" Alva said teasingly."I heard there's a problem with the partnership between Fletcher Corporation and Vitality Biotech. It's karma for Angeline's asshole ex-husband!" Marion took an angry bite of a piece of celery. She glared at Gregory and said, "I can't understand why Gregory's family still wants to help Angeline's asshole ex-husband.""This has nothing to do with me! I'm not the one who wants to help!" Gregory tried to defend himself. "There's nothing I can do to help, anyway."Angeline smiled and took a sip of her drink. It turned out Ned had asked the overseas Steele Group for help. It was no surprise that he had the confidence to talk to Danny about compensation."Forget it. It's nothing. Gregory says he's going to take us to the Night Palace tonight! Let's make the most of it!" Alva said. "I've heard about the Krontos Night Palace! I heard that the membership fees themselves
Angeline looked in the direction that Marion was pointing in, but her gaze traveled past the bar and landed on Sean, who was coming in through a side door. A bunch of strangers surrounded him.The Night Palace was dimly lit, with strobing lights that flashed and blinked. Angeline could barely see Marion's face clearly, even though she was standing right before her. Yet, she spotted Sean immediately.The blue and purple lighting and the strobing white lights seemed to dance across his chiseled features, but the wild chaos that permeated the atmosphere did not appear to reach his cold, impassive expression. Sean's shirt, tie, vest, and suit were perfectly in place. His pants looked as if they had just been ironed, and he wore a cold expression as he walked amid a reverent crowd. He walked straight toward an elevator on the first floor, which a staff member guarded.There was a sharp contrast between him and the other patrons.Angeline gripped the railing and hurriedly took a few st
When she noticed the empty room, Angeline turned to the excited Marion and asked, "Where are Alva and Gregory?""Oh! Alva's a little excited because it's her first time at the Night Palace, so she dragged Gregory down to have some fun." Marion pointed out Alva, who was sitting at the bar downstairs, taking a video of the bartender mixing drinks. "Why didn't you go down as well? I thought you liked young men with abs." Angeline laughed at Marion."Hey, I'm married! As a married woman, I merely want to enjoy some eye candy. If I were to go down and Reese found out… I'd be in trouble!" Marion's lip curled. Angeline looked down distractedly at her phone. There was still no message from Sean. When she looked up again, she saw that Ned had appeared out of nowhere and was standing beside Gregory. Ned had his hands in his pockets, frowning as he spoke to Gregory. He seemed to sense Angeline's stare, and he looked up. Their eyes met. Gregory looked upstairs, too.In the flashin
Angeline's smile slowly faded. "You're an interesting person, Mr. Fletcher. Ingrid isn't the one going to jail. Why are you so anxious about this? Fletcher Corporation is already in chaos, yet you're still going to waste your time on someone so insignificant. "Do you think everything will be fine just because you have the Steeles helping you? Shouldn't you be trying your best to buy Vitality Biotech's prescription back?"Ned's eyes darkened. "Danny told you this too? What is your relationship with him? Did Danny put Tommy in jail for you?""Is any of it your business?" Ned took one step toward Angeline, a firm light in his eyes. "Neither Mr. Norwalk nor Danny will marry a divorced woman with children. They're being nice to you merely because they want to get you to bed for some fun! You—"Angeline slapped him across the face. She grabbed his tie and pulled him roughly toward her. Her eyes were frighteningly cold, and she looked completely different from how Ned remembered
"Mr. Green! Mr Green, I was wrong! I will teach my subordinates well in the future! Please have mercy on me!" Brayden Green panted with exhaustion as he beat the pleading man relentlessly with a golf club. He threw down the bloodied golf club and kicked the man, who was now lying motionless in a pool of blood. Then he waved a hand and gestured for his underlings to drag the man out. He let his rolled-up sleeves back down and walked over to Sean. He saw that all the wine glasses on the table were empty.Brayden opened a bottle of wine and poured some for himself. He downed it in one gulp and then filled the glasses of both himself and Sean again. He leaned against the table and asked, "I heard you assigned Lenny to protect that woman. Is she the woman for whom these idiot subordinates of mine went to create trouble? I'm rather curious about why she's so important."Sean put down his wine glass, then picked up another and downed it again. He tossed it aside, buttoned up his suit,
Marion aggressively bit the arm of the middle-aged man and grabbed the opportunity to break free and run out.Alva had just pushed aside the person beside her, but someone grabbed her wrist as soon as she stood up. At some point, Angeline rushed back in and grabbed Alva's other hand as she kicked the middle-aged man holding on to Alva so that she could drag her out.Before the two of them could reach the door, the middle-aged man whom Marion had bitten grabbed an ashtray and brought it down to smash against Angeline's head. "Angeline!" Ned kicked aside the bodyguard obstructing his path and grabbed Angeline to protect her in his arms.The ashtray smashed onto Ned's head, and his ears rang. His vision went black, and blood gushed out from his forehead. Ned had been holding Angeline tightly. She turned and saw Ned's body go slack as he slumped to the ground and stopped moving. Angeline instinctively reached out to grab him, but the middle-aged man seemed livid. He raised the ash
The current version of Sean was different from how he always looked on television, with his perfectly pressed suit, cold expression, and aloofness. It was also different from how he was in private when he showed his desire for her without abandon and confessed his feelings without any qualms."Ned! Ned, don't scare me! Wake up!" Gregory had his arms around Ned, who was lying unconscious on the floor.Gregory's shouts drew Angeline's gaze back to them. She looked down at Ned lying on the floor. He had taken the hit from the ashtray for her. She swiftly pulled out her phone to dial 911. Angeline had just reported their location when Sean gripped her arm with a sinister expression. He pulled her out roughly from the room and dragged her out of the Night Palace.Sean was walking very fast on his long legs. Angeline had to run to keep up with his pace."Sean, slow down!"Angeline's voice was drowned in the pounding music, just like the screams of the fight in Room 8923 had been com