Frank said icily, "Give the order to boycott the Larkins.""Yes, Mr. Lawrence," Trevor replied without hesitation.-Meanwhile, Zeb entered his father's room and asked, "How did it go, Dad? Is Frank giving up the Rejuvenation Pill recipe yet?"Cram slammed his palm on the table as he spat furiously, "He told me to get down on my knees and apologize! He's really full of it!"Zeb narrowed his eyes. "In that case, let's just kidnap Helen. I can see that Frank is still attached to her, and it'll all be worth it when he hands over the recipe when we threaten her."Cram thought about it and nodded. "Guess it's our only way. Frank Lawrence only has himself to blame for not knowing his place."Zeb nodded and was just getting started when the phone in the study rang.Cram answered it and was immediately deafened by the caller's screams, "What's wrong with you, Cram Larkin?! How dare you challenge Mr. Lawrence?! Understand this—we never knew each other! And don't try to call me ever agai
Leaving home, Zeb drove straight to Helen's office and greeted her once she stepped outside the building."Hey, Helen." He smiled."What are you doing here, Mr. Larkin?" Helen stared at him in surprise."Was just missing you. You didn't have lunch, right? There's a new restaurant nearby—why don't we go try it?" he offered with a cordial look.Helen thought about it and nodded—she was just going to eat anyway, and there was no reason to refuse.They soon arrived at the restaurant, with Zeb enthusiastically making the orders before smiling, "What do you think we should drink?"Helen shook her head. "I'll pass on the alcohol—I still have work to do."Zeb gave up, and after dining for a while, he cut to the chase. "It's been years, Helen. I'm sure you know how I feel about you. I came back to the country as soon as I heard about your divorce, and I never got married because you're the only one for me."Helen stiffened and leveled him a weird-out look. "Why are you suddenly telling
Helen thought that she stood up too quickly and was going to reach for the wall, only to fall backward on the floor."What…"Helen tried to call for help but realized she could not speak!Zeb moved on top of her and smiled. "Oh, Helen—you shouldn't drink if you're bad with alcohol. Come, let's get you home."Helen's eyes widened in disbelief as she glared at him, knowing that he had drugged her.Her mind was clear, but her body simply refused to move!At the same time, Zeb carried Helen out of the restaurant, as the waitresses looked on with smiles, and threw her in the backseat.Helen kept looking around and tried to shout, but she could not do anything.That was when she spotted her own phone in her purse and pushed her hand as much as possible!It felt as heavy as lead, but she refused to give up. After all, she had no idea where Zeb would take her or what he would do to her!Luckily, she managed to make an emergency call with all her strength, and her emergency contact wa
Frank answered Helen's call on reflex, but he could only hear Zeb who was busy driving and did not see what Helen did.Laughing smugly, he gloated, "Stop struggling, Helen. I spent big bucks on that drug—you'd be wide awake, but you just can't move. After all, I'm going to show you what it means to have a good time as a woman. I mean, rumor has it that you never did it with Frank… is he impotent or something? Hahaha!"Frank was left incensed by that unruly laughter and sprang to his feet as he bellowed, "I'll kill you, Zeb Larkin!"Zeb never heard him, though Cram was left stupefied as he sat opposite Frank."What happened, Mr. Lawrence?" he asked, not sure what got into him.Frank leveled a sharp glare at Cram and kicked him in the chest, sending him flying!"Oof… Bleurgh!" Cram screamed and coughed a mouthful of blood while his chest burned!Frank charged out of the mansion too, pointing at Cram as he bellowed, "Your son has the balls to abduct Helen Lane! If anything happens
Zeb turned to see that the center of the door suddenly had a huge dent on it!The door was solid wood! How powerful was the man to have kicked it into that shape?!There was another bang, and the door collapsed heavily on the floor as Frank entered!Helen was rejoicing as soon as she saw him. "Frank, help…""You're ruining my plans again!" Zeb growled through his teeth.He already had enough of Frank. It was time he finished this!Frank snapped in turn, "I was going to spare you, Zeb Larkin, but you had to keep digging a bigger hole for yourself. Enough is enough."He could tolerate Zeb joining the Zondas to mock him in public, but he would not abide with him going after Helen."Fuck off!" Zeb whipped out a pocket knife and stabbed it at Frank, having never seen him fight or care that he could."Frank!!!" Helen screamed on top of his lungs as Zeb's knife almost reached Frank!Clang."What the…?"Suddenly, Zeb's knife broke.He stared at it—it was not some cheap knife, so h
Gina had received a call from Lane Holdings that Helen never returned after lunch.Since Helen also had a meeting later, she would not leave for no reason.That was why Gina tracked Helen's phone, and it was fortunate she made it in time… or Frank would have had his way with her!Frank rolled his eyes but said patiently, "It was Zeb Larkin.""Don't you dare slander Mr. Larkin!" Gina snapped at him in contempt. "Do you think he's scum like you?!"Frank frowned. "I'm just telling the truth. Believe what you want."Peter leapt up to grab his arm. "Don't even try to argue! We're taking you to the cops!""That's enough!" Helen snapped right then. "Zeb was the one who drugged me and brought me here, but Frank came to save me. Zeb would have his way for me if he didn't make it in time!"Gina gaped, but she refused to believe it. "It's alright, Helen—I'm here now, so just tell the truth. Don't worry about that bastard.""Exactly," Peter joined in. "What good is helping him anyway?"H
Frank's tone was icy. "Death."Hans nodded in understanding. "Understood sir. I'm on my way."-Meanwhile, Zeb managed to make it home.Cram could tell from the way he was panicking and the fiery-red palm print on his face that Frank had him beaten up."You kidnapped Helen?" he quickly asked. "Yeah! And I was so close!" Zeb wheezed as he slammed a fist on the table in frustration. "But that bastard Frank Lawrence had to meddle again!""Really…" Cram pointed at him in disappointment. "The worst thing you can do with this is get impatient! Now Helen is completely on his side!""So what?! We could just kill him!" Zeb snorted in disdain.Cram did a double take. "Kill Frank? And how are you going to do that?"Zeb grinned. "Hah! Dad, don't forget that Viola Salazar and I are tight. I also know that she's fought against Frank before, and nothing's better than borrowing her strength on this.""Will she help?" Cram asked, skeptical.Zeb snorted and picked up the phone from his fath
Frank had come to massacre the Larkins, and not by hiding.He kicked down the front gates with a resounding crash, startling everyone inside.Countless bodyguards charged out of the mansion right then and surrounded him and Hans.Cram and Zeb stepped outside, and the latter was sneering when he saw Frank—he really doubted Frank would defeat all of his men!"You really have the balls to come here, Frank…""Shut up!" Cram barked at him before turning toward Frank. "To what do we owe the pleasure this late, Mr. Lawrence?""Your son's life," Frank said, his expression nonchalant but his tone murderous.Cram frowned. "Zeb made a mistake today, and I apologize. Can't you look the other way this one time? Let him make amends…""Why bother writing laws if apologies work?" Frank growled coldly. "Give up your son, and I can spare your life.""How about twenty million dollars to Ms. Lane in compensation?" Cram pressed, convinced that money could solve everything."One last time," Frank