Just as Kat was about to retort, Kali took off her coat and strode over, frowning as she snapped, "Mrs. Zeig, these people are my guests. Don't you think you're being impolite?!""No, Kali. You're out of line," Mrs. Zeig snapped back, showing Kali no respect at all despite just being a maid, even lecturing her, "If your father and brother knew, you will be punished!""I know," Kali replied.She was scowling and clearly unhappy with Mrs. Zeig's attitude, but she had to keep it bottled since Mrs. Zeig had backing. "Forget deciding my marriage on their own—I can't even bring my friends into my own house? What next—will my personal freedom be restricted too?"Seeing that Kali was really angry, Mrs. Zeig quickly hung her head."You're exaggerating—I'm just doing as Mr. Sturgeon tells me to. It's to avoid…"Mrs. Zeig sneaked a look upstairs, clearing her throat. "To avoid any messy rumors about the family.""Hmph. You don't have to worry about that."Kali snorted coolly. "Go rat me
In reality, Lauren was suffering from excessive buildup of body toxins that his body could not remove."Move aside, Kat. Let me have a look."Frank came over and took Lauren's hand in his, infusing his pure vigor into his body to examine his physical condition.Seeing that, Kat quickly backed away in fear of affecting Frank, while Lauren leveled a quizzical look between Kat and Kali. "Who is this man?""Oh, him…"Kat smiled, wiping away her tears. "He's Master Lawrence, my mentor. He's really amazing—he can cure some minor illness like yours in an instant!""Hehe…" Lauren smiled exasperatedly in turn and turned toward Frank. "Sir, you don't have to bother… I know my body—I'm not going to last more than a few days."Even as he spoke, Lauren kept smiling, his expression serene. "I was just wondering how I could see Kat one last time… and here she is today."Turning toward Kat, he chuckled. "I'm satisfied now.""Where are your parents? Haven't they visited?" Kat sobbed, wiping
The person who kicked open the door was a pale young man appearing around seventeen—the same youth Frank saw earlier in the backseat of the black Benz.He strode in, glancing between the half-dead Lauren in bed, and then at the medicine his sister was carrying. His face fell right then, and he strode up to slap his sister across the face!"You bitch!" he bellowed. "I told you not to waste money on that piece of shit! So why did you buy more medicine, huh?!"As Kali clutched her cheek and fell, the youth snatched the medicine from Kali's grasp. He flung it on the floor and crushed it repeatedly under his foot before clobbering Kali. "Fuck you! Do you think it's easy for dad to make money?! And you're still wasting money on that dying piece of shit?! Do you think we're that rich?!"Despite being snapped at and struck, all Kali did was clutched her cheeks and hung her head, trying her best to dodge and not saying anything in return."Patek… Stop… Don't hurt your sister… Do it to me
Kat did not use her full strength, but she pulverized the cartilage in Patek's nose anyway, along with half his teeth that he had inadvertently gulped into his own stomach."Argh!!!"Patek never expected such a dainty brat to have such terrible strength and screamed as her knuckle struck him squarely in the face.Even as he dropped to the ground, writhing as he clutched his face, a livid Kat was ready to beat him to death right then. "Despicable pricks… You and your whole family!"Still, just as Kat strode toward Patek, a middle-aged man with a square jaw charged inside."Stop!" he bellowed, picking his son off the floor while glaring furiously at Kat and Frank before wheeling on Kali. "What's going on here, Kali?!" he demanded."I… I…"Kali did not expect Kat to actually get physical, and it had to be Patek, whom every member of the Sturgeon family spoiled to bits, at that.She was shaking in fear. Even though she was clobbered until her eyes and face were swollen, she did
The Sturgeons seemed to give up on any pretense right then, with Wilk kicking Lauren away, pointing at him and snapping even as the man lay prone on the floor. "It's all your fault! You refused to die for two years, wasting everyone's time! Would my daughter have to keep suffering if you didn't hang on so stubbornly?! She'd be marrying again, and marrying rich!""Dad!"Kali had enough then and sobbed even as she rose to her feet. "This happened to Lauren because of us! Patek would be dead if he didn't donate his kidney! How could you do this to him?!""What did we do to him?!"Mrs. Sturgeon leapt up, grabbing Kali and slapping her twice as she screamed, "Did we ever mistreat him?! We had him marry you so that he could donate his kidney! And we paid his family 500 grand! Isn't that enough?! Why should we bother when his own family doesn't care?!"You, on the other hand, are a wastrel and a traitor! Did you think we don't know?! He survived this long because you sneaked him out to
The rest of the Sturgeons wanted Lauren to die as soon as possible because he had lost his worth.Lauren's parents were well aware, but they allowed the Sturgeons to do whatever they liked with Lauren.They simply watched as their son was used like a tool and dumped like garbage.One must say that both Kali and Lauren deserved sympathy.And while Wilk Sturgeon and the rest of his family were animals, Lauren's parents were no angels either.Striding forward, Frank glared coldly at Wilk as he growled, "Lauren is the man who saved your son Patek, but you're allowing that brat to abuse Lauren and his own sister like this? Do you know no shame?""Who do you think you are, accusing me in my own house?!"Wilk was further infuriated—how dare Frank insult him while his security guards had him surrounded?! He was as insolent and disrespectful as the brat with him!"Why are you wasting your breath with them after what they did to Patek?!"Beside Wilk, his wife was even more furious and
"What…"Wilk looked on, finally coming to his senses.Both the brat and the man with her were martial artists, and the security guards he spent so much on did not even last a blow!"W-Who are you?!"Fear seizing him right then, Wilk kept his arms around his son as he stumbled backward."Who am I?"Frank sneered. "You don't deserve to know!"Projecting two strands of pure vigor at his fingertips, he launched both with a flick.Wilk lost his balance and dropped to his knees right then, as overwhelming agony erupted from his kneecaps.His son, still in his arms, grunted as they both collapsed.Wilk then looked up to see that he was kneeling in front of the unconscious Lauren. A sense of humiliation seized him, causing his insides to churn and his cheeks to flush."You bastard! Do you know who I am?!" he bellowed. "I'm the CEO of Wilktrade! The Jankos and the Sunblazers have my back! Now get down on your knees and beg, and I just might let you keep a pretty corpse—"Smack!Kat
"What am I doing?" Frank glanced at Wilk, actually feeling puzzled."Didn't I tell you already? I'm buying back Lauren Floss' kidney for 500 grand."As he spoke, he pressed Patek on the floor, while drawing a long silver needle from the cloth satchel he always carried around.Seeing Frank's calm stare and feeling the sharpness of his needle, Patek was struggling in terror and screamed, "D-Dad!!! Help me!!!"Wilk was petrified—Frank was really going to take away his son's kidney?!"Y-You animal! Let go of my son!" he bellowed.In contrast to Wilk's fury, his wife was utterly horrified."Please stop!!!" she begged. "Kill me if you want to! Please don't hurt my son!"Her boy was everything to him, and she could not live if anything happened to him. In fact, she even stopped cursing Frank, and withstood the pain in her kneecaps as she kowtowed to Frank repeatedly."Mom!!! Dad!!! Help!!!"Patek was still screaming even as she watched the needle close in. He was trembling all over