Galen was holding his son's corpse even as he bawled—losing a son at his age was too much to bear!The other members of the Yaffe family could certainly empathize, just as Jan slammed his hand on the table and bellowed in rage, "Frank Lawrence again?! He's gone too far! He stole the Earthen Dragonheart from my father, and now he killed my cousin! We must retaliate!"Everyone else was nodding with righteous indignation too, as Galen more than painted Frank as a vile criminal.At the same time, Galen had scrambled to his brother Kuno, hugging his leg as he howled, "Please, Kuno… My cultivation was crippled, and my son died so horribly! You have to avenge us!"Kuno was seated on the main chair, his eyes narrowed and his thoughts unfathomable."There's no need to hesitate, Dad," Jan told him. "Let's just kill Frank already."Kuno shot him a glare and asked icily, "And who's going to do that? You? You can see that he's as powerful as he is well-connected. You probably don't know about
The Yaffes' banquet took place in two days as scheduled.Vicky, unaware of Frank's recent escapades, drove to Frank's hilltop mansion to bring him over.As Frank stepped outside, he was surprised to see Yara with Vicky.Still, it made sense for Yara to be invited too, since she was the Quill family's heiress.As Frank got in the car, he asked, "Why bring me along to a party for rich kids?""Hey, you're one of us too," Vicky giggled, patting Frank on the arm. "And you're not going to embarrass yourself when I'm gracing you with my presence. Also, we can properly enjoy ourselves since this party is held exclusively for brats—the geezers won't be showing up, not to mention that we haven't hung out ever since Grande Pharma was founded."Frank pursed his lips. "Amazing. You're treating me with someone's money!""Oh, quit fussing with the details. Yara, drive."They soon arrived at a prestigious clubhouse by the river, and the security guard took a moment to check who they were befor
Kim looked over Frank's shoulder just then. "Did you lose all your chips, Mr. Lawrence? I still have some—why don't you take mine?"Frank promptly threw up his hands. "I'm fine. I was just playing for fun.""What are you doing here, Kim?" someone suddenly asked.A man in a suit had arrived, and Frank realized it was Jan upon a closer look.Jan in turn feigned surprise when he saw him. "Frank Lawrence? Didn't expect to see you here.""Jan is the host of this party," Kim explained.Frank frowned in turn—he did not know this was the Yaffe family's turf.Jan turned toward Kim at that. "Come on, Kim. Let's meet some of my other friends.""No," Kim said quietly. "I don't know who they are anyway.""Come on, you're the main character today," Jan pressed. "And having more friends opens more doors. As my future bride, there's no harm in meeting my friends."Kim glanced at Frank and sighed exasperatedly. "Fine."Jan turned and smiled at Frank too. "Please enjoy yourself too, Mr. Lawre
Jan snarled, "Did you think you can strut in Riverton just because the Turnbulls have your back?"Frank merely regarded him with disdain and scoffed. "So what? It's unlike you, who keeps chasing Ms. White around you when she doesn't give a damn about you.""You little…" Jan was always furious whenever he remembered that, but this time, he restrained himself and snorted. "Hah! So what about it? She will be mine eventually—I can do everything I want with her once we're married! Hell, she wouldn't be able to do anything even if I have a couple of other women on the side! On the other hand, you will forever remain the Turnbulls' lapdog!"Frank shook his head exasperatedly. "Ms. White would really be disappointed if she hears this."Jan laughed as hard as he could. "Shut it! Once my family is allied with the White family through marriage, not even the Turnbulls can stop us! Now hand over the Earthen Dragonheart, and I can consider sparing your life. Refuse, and you will suffer!""It'
"What is going on here?"Vicky and Yara had just returned indoors as well, and they hurried upstairs upon seeing the chaos up there.Jan turned to Vicky right then and said, "Ms. Turnbull, your friend was insulting Flying Sword Sect and vandalized my family's antiques. I tried to stop him, and he attacked me in return—I'm afraid you're going to have to do something about this.""What?!" Vicky exclaimed in surprise and quickly turned toward Frank.Having been around him for so long, she knew Frank well enough to not take Jan's words at face value."What happened here, Frank?" Vicky asked.Frank was folding his arms before his chest as he said evenly, "He demanded for the Earthen Dragonheart. I refused, so he tried to attack me. Why wouldn't I hit him?"Everyone was left trading glances at that, unsure who to believe with the contradicting testimonies.Vicky naturally believed Frank and frowned at Jan. "Was that what happened, Mr. Yaffe?"Jan snorted. "Of course he's lying. My f
Jan quickly said, "Listen to me, Kim. That's not true—"Smack!Kim slapped Jan across the face before he could finish.Biting her lip as she glared at him furiously, she snapped, "I never knew you were that horrible. Our engagement is over.""No, stop! Kim—it's all just slander! Frank is trying to slander me!" Jan cried.He reached for her shoulder, but she shook him off and snapped, "You can tell that to my grandfather."And with that, she stormed out of the clubhouse, with Liv hurrying after her. "Wait for me, Ms. White…""Kim…" Jan was about to give chase, but Frank stood in his way. "You were clearly slandering me earlier, kiddo. What are you going to do about that?"Vicky stood beside Frank, folding her arms before her chest as she added coldly, "Exactly. You'd better explain your actions here."Jan was left gritting his teeth as he glared at Frank furiously. "You piece of shit. I should've known you'd resort to such cheap tricks…""No, you're just that stupid." Frank sn
Meanwhile, at a certain military barracks in the fringes of Riverton, an officer wearing camos was taking a nap in his office.When his phone suddenly jingled with a notification, he snorted impatiently as he took his cap off his face. "Who the fuck is it? It's in the middle of the friggin' afternoon…"As he grumpily whipped out his phone, he was wide awake when he saw the sender. "Oh, shit…" He scrambled to his feet and barked at his men, "Assemble everyone, stat!"-Aside from the soldiers at the barracks, the Quills were assembling as well.Vicky wasted no time and called Cliff Dixon as well, telling him to gather every man at their disposal to come to the clubhouse.Flying Sword Sect was no small force—the Quills alone would be no match for their numbers.However, before Cliff could do as Vicky asked, Susan Redford suddenly snatched his phone and snapped, "What are you doing, Vicky? Why are you suddenly gathering everyone?""Oh, I don't have to explain," Vicky sighed impa
The glass doors of the clubhouse shattered as the Flying Sword Sect's elites charged in, sword in hand.They quickly surrounded Frank and the others, while a delighted Jan shouted smugly at Frank, "It's over for you, bastard! My daddy's here!""Fuck you."Seeing that he was still running his mouth, Frank slapped Jan across the face, sending two bleeding teeth flying!Soon, the Flying Sword Sect apprentices cleared a path for Kuno, who stared at Frank, Vicky, and Yara, and then at his son who was on his knees.Knowing that his plan to frame Frank failed, he decided that there was no reason for cloak-and-dagger stuff anymore."Release my son, Frank," he said calmly.He did not want to push Frank, as he knew the man was so crazy that he would kill anyone if pushed too far.However, Frank snorted in disdain. "Why would I do that? Your son tried to slander me.""Really?" Kuno said, keeping his tone as amiable as possible. "Then I apologize on his behalf. Are you happy now? Let him