Luna, who was all too eager for revenge, frowned when she saw Helen quickly putting on her shoes. "Are you really going to defend the bastard who molested me?!" Luna shrieked.Helen completely ignored her and rushed outside in her stilettos.It was pitch-black and pouring outside, but a towering figure stood in the middle of it.Frank remained impassive even as he watched Helen run out toward him, braving the rain.Bang!A bolt of lightning illuminated the skies, and Helen saw his face just then.Reaching out to him despite the rain, she cried, "Come in, Frank! We can talk about this… I know I was wrong for doubting you. Can you forgive me?"Frank remained silent, completely ignoring her.Soon, Gina and the others rushed out as well with their umbrellas. "Oh, Helen—why did you come out into the pouring rain without an umbrella?""Where's my sister, Gina?!" Frank bellowed right then, and there was another clap of thunder."Oh, my goodness!" Gina almost fell over from the bru
Dwight was certainly full of himself as he growled impatiently while glaring at Hughie and the rest, "I told you all to stay inside—just leave the rest to us."His technique, the Crestone Fists, had always beaten any opponent to a bloody pulp, so he would rather not have an audience."Yes, yes, yes." Hughie did not argue and quickly pulled Cindy inside.Gina started to pull Helen along too. "Come on, Helen. Just leave the bastard to Hughie's friends—let's stay out of this."Helen smacked her hand away right then and demanded, "What is Frank talking about? What happened to Winter?!""T-That bitch…" Gina struggled to answer but soon gave up and snapped angrily instead, "Just stay out of this. It's more important that our family is brought back to the main family. And you just worry about marrying Chaz!""Mom!" Helen cried. "How could you do this?! Winter's my sister too!""Sister?! She's just a bitch Frank is grooming without the Turnbulls' knowledge!" Gina snapped at her disobedi
Frank glanced at Dwight's vile smile even as he tried to play both sides."Move." He growled a single word.Dwight's smile stiffened. "You sure you want to do this, kid?""You're asking for it," Frank retorted as he slowly turned and glared Dwight in the eye. "Move if you want to live."His pompous threat only left Dwight laughing. "No one has ever spoken like that to me in this business.""Someone has now," Frank pointed out, impassive.Dwight was incensed right then and grabbed Frank by the shoulder as he launched a punch at Frank's abdomen."You asked for this!" He flashed a bloodthirsty grin, already envisioning Frank's stomach bursting apart from his single punch.Pow!And yet, Dwight's smile faded, replaced by utter shock.His ever victorious Crestone Fists—launched at such a short distance—had struck Frank squarely in the abdomen as intended, but no gore ensued.Instead, his body and even his shirt remained unscathed, and Dwight seemed to see a ripple unfurling away f
And with that, Frank eliminated an entire guild of black market hitmen.Gina and the rest remained oblivious inside Lane Manor, as the walls were soundproof and thunder was cracking relentlessly outside. They could not hear the massacre nor the death screams of the hitmen at all.Convinced that Frank would never win against so many despite his strength, and certainly not the famous Dwight Houston, Gina had brought out the Lafayette wine she prepared beforehand and filled everyone's glasses in celebration.Now, they just had to wait for Dwight to carry Frank's corpse inside.Turning toward Cindy, Gina asked, "Have you sent the photo to the Turnbulls?"Cindy nodded and smiled. "Don't worry—I hate Vicky Turnbull myself, but she'd be furious if she found out that her gigolo has another bitch on the side. We just have to dump Frank's corpse on her doorstep, and she'd be awash with gratitude."Gina grinned. "Hmph. She's always so high and mighty, but we have leverage against her now. S
"How dare you, Frank!"Gina was going to lose it too, but Luna's scream brought her to her senses. "Help! It hurts so much! I'm going to die!" Gina screamed at Frank right then, "Don't you know who you just hit, you animal?! That's Gavin Lane's wife—their family is one of Southstream's Four Families! If you let Luna go and beg, I might speak on your behalf so that they let you live. If you keep being stubborn, you'll be dead!""Hmph."Seeing that Gina was still being delusional, Frank simply squeezed."Mmmph!!!!"Luna's face turned purple, her arms flailing as if to beg Gina for help."Stop, Aunt Gina! He's crazy!" Cindy promptly pulled Gina away and turned toward Hughie, shrieking, "Go! Fetch that bitch from the basement, or the Southstream Lanes will kill us all if Luna dies!"Hughie dashed downstairs immediately and soon returned with Winter, who was bound with so much rope that she looked like a dumpling. "Frank!" Winter cried, and Frank seemed to calm down.Tossing Lun
"Yes, I'm Hughie. Mr. Lawrence, I—"Frank punched him before he could finish, though his knuckle never made contact.It was the pure vigor swirling around his fist, tearing through the air like a lightning bolt that sent Hughie flying.His huge frame slammed viciously against the floor, his meridians severed as he was left with a hole in his chest.His eyes rolled into their sockets, and he was clearly not breathing much."Argh!!!" Cindy screamed right then and dropped to a crouch, clutching her head with both arms.She would not dare to snap at Frank—unlike her aunt, she had seen Frank's true nature.With the way he would kill without flinching, she would be next if he said another word."Frank Lawrence!"Gina shrieked in both rage and terror, pointing a trembling finger at Frank, "You ingrate! You refused to treat Luna, and you're attacking us in our own house now, even murdering right before our eyes?! The Southstream Lanes will kill you!"Seeing that Gina was still gloati
Vicky led the charge into Lane Manor, her heart skipping a beat when she saw all the corpses strewn around the courtyard.Before she could speak, she heard the gunshot from upstairs.When she and Yara Quill made it inside, she immediately found Luna cringing in a corner and Cindy cowering with her head beneath her arms.Jade was on the floor, having passed out, while Gina stood still, still clutching the vase."What happened here?!" Vicky then snapped at Gina. "Where's Winter?!"Gina came to her senses and appeared delighted to see Vicky even though Vicky was glaring at her.Forcing a smile, she began, "M-Ms. Turnbull… Did you know that Frank Lawrence had another lover—"Smack!Vicky slapped her across the face, not about to play along to her vileness. "Where's my sister?!" she demanded. "If anything happens to her, you and the rest of your family are dead!"Vicky's fury left Gina stupefied.She certainly could not say a word—Winter was supposed to be Frank's lover! How did
Frank murmured, "Good men shouldn't die like that.""Yeah." Vicky sighed, pausing as she remembered something else. "What about Helen? Does she know her mother kidnapped Winter?""I don't know." Frank shook his head. "I see…" Vicky murmured and got up to give him a gentle peck on the forehead, tousling his hair as she said, "As the CEO of Grande Pharma, I'm ordering you to take the week off—after that, you must come to work looking spirited.""Heh…" Frank chuckled bitterly. "Thank you.""Caring for employees' health is a CEO's responsibility. Anyway, just call me if anything comes up." Vicky smiled at him and started to leave the room.However, she opened the door to find that Winter had been eavesdropping.Leveling a cheeky smile at Winter, she asked, "What were you doing?"Winter blushed right then and quickly threw up her hands. "N-Nothing! I was just going to call you for breakfast… Would you rather I bring the soup to your room, Frank?"She really was a good girl.Still