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Even though Ethan was locked up in Drakthorn Ridge, he could still find out everything that happened inside and outside of Riveria. Theo had no doubt that if Ethan wanted to take action, he and all his connections, family, and forces would be obliterated instantly.Ethan said, “You can go back now. When you return to Breeze City, release Daniel Ford and Caleb Lane.”Theo lowered his head. “I understand.”He tried to stand but found that he had lost all the strength in his legs. After a brief rest, he managed to struggle to his feet.“Don’t forget to take the trash with you.” Ethan glanced at the knife on the ground.Theo silently picked up the knife, then left with his head bowed.When he came, he came with the intent to kill, but when he left, he was listless like a dead man walking. Throughout the ordeal, Ethan had not touched him at all, let alone laid a hand on him, but Theo felt as if his body was covered in bruises.He had a sister, but he had no way of finding her. Only E
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“Yes,” Edward immediately said. “We should release them. We took it too far this time.”Theo was speechless.Edward continued, “I’ve thought of a way to get them out. We can use Stephen to have them released. It’ll make the process a lot easier. That way, we can deepen the rift between Stephen and Rachel. That’ll work to our advantage as well.”He knew that Stephen had met with both Daniel and Caleb recently, and they left a good impression on him. If he told Stephen that Daniel and Caleb did not deserve to be imprisoned, it would free the two men and elevate the Spencers’ standing in Stephen’s heart.That was the best plan Edward could think of.If Daniel and Caleb were released, they might still suffer some consequences, and all their previous efforts would be in vain. However, if the Spencers stepped in and got Stephen to intervene, they could avoid a total disaster.The next morning, Tyler approached Stephen. He had gathered enough evidence and made sure to present it in a wa
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After Theo saw Rachel off, he fell into an anxious and seemingly endless wait again. Until he received a new request from Ethan, he could not find a moment of peace. He felt like he had gained a new superpower: being able to foresee his own death but not knowing exactly when or how he would die. It was not until Tyler came to see him that he snapped back to reality. “We should start transferring the money out of the companies,” Tyler stated his intention as soon as he arrived. They acquired the two biggest companies because they needed the funds to further strengthen the Spencer family’s position. If they succeeded, the Spencer family would be stronger than ever, even more powerful than they were three years ago.Theo nodded. “I’m on it.” A slight hesitation later, he asked, “Can I ask another favor?” “What is it?” Tyler raised his brows. “Ethan told me that I have a half-sister. I want you guys to locate her.” Tyler narrowed his eyes. “Any clues?” He was both surpri
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“Don’t spend too much time on finding the girl. We should focus on Daniel and Caleb first.” From the moment the two of them were rescued, they had been keeping a close eye on them. They must prevent the two from leaking any news to Stephen or the media regarding the Spencers. On the other hand, Daniel and Caleb were still feeling lost. It had only been a day since their arrest, but the changes in their businesses and families had been overwhelming. The companies they had worked so hard on were suddenly someone else’s property, and their families were put under heavy restriction, so much so that even a 2000 dollars transaction required the authorities to call and ask what it was for. As if that was not enough, people would vandalize the gates and walls of their houses, berating them and criticizing them openly. Some even threw homemade explosives into the yard in the middle of the night. Daniel and Caleb were no strangers to hardship, but this time, they truly didn’t know what
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“Thanks to your support Mr. Rivers, not only have our lives improved, but the people in Breeze City are doing well too. But…” Daniel and Caleb lowered their heads, saying, “Something went wrong recently.” “I know. This video call is to resolve the problems,” Ethan said. The Fords and Lanes had always been loyal, dedicated, and doing their best to carry out Ethan’s orders. Breeze City’s current prosperity owed much to their contributions, and Ethan believed they should not end their lives behind bars. “Your best choice is to leave Breeze City. You’ll still retain enough assets to rebuild your fortunes later or live a quiet, ordinary life.” Ethan said. Daniel, Caleb, and their sons were stunned by that suggestion. Why was Ethan advising them to leave Breeze City? Had Ethan lost trust in them? Did he think they were involved in something shady? “What did we do wrong?” Daniel and Caleb were so close to passing out from the shock. Others blamed them for selling contaminated
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Daniel and Caleb hung up the video call with a heavy heart. Their sons, Timothy and William took their phones back, still struggling to accept the harsh reality unfolding before them. Ethan had contributed a lot to Riveria, yet someone else was reaping the rewards of his hard work, leaving him locked up in Drakthorn Ridge. “Mr. Rivers, are you sure you don’t want to leave with us?” The two young men wanted to persuade Ethan to change his mind. Ethan smiled. “I like it here.” There, he was free to do anything. He could plant, relax, watch the sunrise and sunset, listen to the birds, and write a novel. When it rained, he could just lay on the rocking chair in front of the door with a pot of tea beside him, enjoying the sounds of nature. He could also watch as Stephen slowly ruined Riveria. Timothy and William sighed helplessly. “Mr. Rivers, we have one last question.” They knew that would be the last meeting with Ethan, so they had to ask every question they had in mind
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Ethan calmly said, “Money? You know what the Spencers did and you have proof. Just go to them for the money. As for how they’ll give you the money, it’s their problem to figure it out.” Timothy and William were stunned as a sudden realization dawned on them. They could get money from the Spencers.It was a solution they had never considered, but the more they thought about it, the more sense it made. After all, the Spencers had taken money from their businesses—it seemed only fair to ask for it back.“We understand!” They thanked Ethan once more for enlightening them. After asking all the questions that bothered them, they left with a heavy heart.“Goodbye, Mr. Rivers.” As they walked out of the mansion, they saw the city further away. Three years had passed, and the once-rural city became a modern one filled with skyscrapers. The changes were drastic, and the one who made the changes was locked up in the mansion behind them. Their thoughts returned to their own predicamen
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The wild animals would often damage the crops in front of the farmers. The farmers were driven crazy, but they could not do anything to the protected animals. They had to come up with ways to drive the wild animals away without hurting them. “This isn’t going to last.” After driving another wave of animals away, one of the farmers lay sprawled down on the ground. His body was covered in mud, but he was more worried about the future. “Maybe this will happen once or twice only. It shouldn’t last forever. We can’t hurt the animals. What else can we do?” The others sighed helplessly, feeling aggrieved and angry but they could not do anything. In order to minimize the damage to the crops, some farmers started to move their farms further away. Some of them reported the incident to the authorities, hoping to get a solution. When Rachel learned about the news, she said, “Let them be. This is their problem, not ours. I am not here to clean up their mess.” She decided not to help and d
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Simon asked weakly, “Is there really no chance?”Ethan replied calmly, “Figure it out yourselves. This has nothing to do with me.”With those words, Simon’s last hope was completely shattered. His body swayed. He wanted to say many things, but in the end, he could not utter a single word and stood up in a daze.“Sorry for disturbing you.”With that, he turned and slowly left. At that moment, he felt like he aged a lot. Regret filled his heart. If he had known, he would never have provoked Ethan in the first place. He was the one who cut off every retreat and every path to survival.He had doomed himself!As soon as he left the villa, his phone rang. It was a call from his father, Harrison.“Something's happened!” Harrison said anxiously. “Stephen just announced that he’s going to reveal the truth that he deceived everyone! What’s he trying to do? He’s not really going to expose the truth, right?”Simon was silent. He did not expect Stephen to act so quickly. Stephen had just ca
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Stephen continued, “I’ve already made up my mind. I just called you to tell you about this. This is my decision. No matter what happens next, don’t try to help me.”Simon was moved. Stephen was telling them to watch as he walked to his death. Simon could not bear it, but the problem was too significant. Refusing would make no difference.In the end, he took a deep breath and said in a low voice, “I understand.”Stephen forced a smile. “Thanks.”The call ended.Simon stood still, holding his phone, lost in thought. In that final moment, Stephen did not seem like a young man, but an elder.“He really has... surpassed me.”Stephen finally had the strength to take over the Quinn family and lead it to glory, but he was going to die. Simon looked up at the sky and could not help but remember the word that Stephen said.“Fate.”What if he took Stephen’s place in death? Could that save him?However, after thinking about it, it was impossible. This whole incident involved Ethan. Ethan
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“What?” Simon was shocked.Reveal the truth? How could they do that?Coveting Ethan’s achievements, they wanted to take Riveria from him and claim his victories as their own. They worked with the Lowe family to frame Ethan, erased all his contributions, and painted him as a corrupt official who embezzled money to support his mistresses.Even now, many people still believed them and cursed Ethan online every day.If the truth were exposed, the Quinns would be finished. No one in the Quinns and the Lowes would be able to escape.“Have you gone mad?”Stephen shook his head. “I’m thinking straight. I’ve never been more rational than I am right now. I’ll reveal the truth, but I won’t implicate the Quinns.”He said slowly, “I’ll take all the blame upon myself. The only one who dies will be me.”Simon paled. “No!”Sacrificing Stephen to save the Quinns—he could not accept that!Stephen was the only heir of the Quinn family, and he represented the family’s image. If the public found
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A few minutes later, Stephen finally accepted reality and slowly walked out of the washroom.Still feeling lightheaded, he searched through the medicine cabinet, swallowed some fever medicine, and sat on the couch.“I don’t have much time left.”Stephen began executing his final plan. He would take the blame for everything and reveal the truth. Once he did that, Ethan’s name would be cleared, and he would reclaim everything that was rightfully his. The Quinns would also have a chance to survive.The only person who would die was himself.Stephen was afraid of death in the past, but it was different now. He had lost everything. His heart was shattered beyond repair. His heart completely died the moment Snow and Lily walked away from him.Rhys’s experience gave him the courage to face death. They had gone through similar experiences and shared the same fate of death, but Rhys had chosen to meet it head-on.Stephen took out his phone and started drafting his statement. He had to ex
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George rushed out upon hearing Rachel’s scream.“There’s a stranger in the house! He’s in the bathroom now!”George grabbed a broom and walked forward nervously. Who would dare to break into the Lowes' house? However, when he saw Stephen’s current appearance, he froze.George was in his fifties and had greying hair and wrinkles while Stephen was only in his twenties. However, Stephen looked even older than him.George rubbed his eyes, thinking they were playing tricks on him. When he opened them again, Stephen still had a head full of white hair.“That’s Stephen?”Behind him, Rachel covered her mouth in shock.The first time she saw Stephen, she had been attracted by his looks. Although he was not as handsome as Ethan, his status as an heir, along with his background and aura, added to his charm.However, that once-dashing Stephen had turned into an old man with white hair and wrinkles. His powerful aura as the heir of the Quinns was completely gone. Now, he no longer looked li
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Stephen’s mind went blank. Pleading Ethan to return did not work. He had missed his final opportunity. Ethan no longer cared about Riveria anymore. He was doomed, and so was Riveria. “Enough,” Ethan said. “You can leave. This should be the last time we meet.”After that, Ethan turned around and walked back into the villa. “No!”Stephen scrambled over to Ethan on his hands and knees, trying to grab hold of his thigh. Thud! Ethan’s strength surpassed that of a military expert. Before Stephen could reach him, Ethan kicked him to the ground. Stephen rolled on the floor disgracefully and was covered with dust when he stopped, looking like a beggar on the side of the road. “Please. Give me and Riveria a chance. I’ll tell everyone the truth!”Bang. Only the sound of the door closing slowly responded to him. Stephen crawled up and slumped on the ground. He failed to get Ethan to step in. Even his life was not worth anything now. All of the karma had come to him.Stephen’s b
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After waking up from his dream, he must face the fact that they had already left. “I’m fine,” Stephen said weakly. “Please discharge me.”He knew he was not physically sick, but it was his mind that was troubled. Staying in the hospital further was useless. He knew he had more important things to do and that staying would only waste his time.The nurse frowned. “I’ll let them know.”Discharging Stephen from the hospital was not a decision the nurse could make on her own. The doctor arrived and gave Stephen a full-body examination.“You’re in a bad state. We recommend you stay in the hospital and have some rest.”Stephen shook his head. “No.”“But…”“No buts!” Stephen raised his voice, “I don’t have much time left!”After joining the Rhys Festival, learning about Rhys, and hearing that Snow and Lily chose to leave him, he had a dream. In his dream, Rhys said that he had a way to solve the problem and asked him to follow him.Although he could not follow Rhys, Stephen knew tha
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Stephen slumped to the ground, the strength drained from his body. Even his consciousness was fading away. Due to a misunderstanding, he lost Snow. For temporary happiness, he had missed Lily. He had been living in pain and regret, always fantasizing about the day he would find the two women, apologize to them properly, and provide them with a happy life. But now, just when he had finally caught a glimpse of them, they slipped away from his fingers. And before he even managed to find them, he was informed of the news that they did not love him anymore. These revelations felt like a thousand knives stabbing directly into Stephen’s heart, so agonizing that he could hardly breathe. It was even worse than death. “How did it end up like this?” Tears streamed down his face as he muttered, “I haven’t found them. I still owe them an apology. Why…” He had lost Snow and Lily forever. They were alive and well, but they no longer had anything to do with him. From now on, they would b
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Stephen spun around anxiously, glancing and trying to find the figure of the two women in the crowd. The South Regent and Victor could not help but laugh at the side. “Stop teasing him,” Victor said. Stephen looked at them. “What do you mean?”The South Regent tried to hold back his laughter. “I tricked you. You didn’t run in the wrong direction. We took the boat here.”Stephen glanced at the river and, true enough, saw a small boat. He was in such a rush that he did not notice it. “Where are they?” Stephen could no longer care whether he was tricked. Right now, nothing was more important than finding Snow and Lily. “They left. Duh.” The South Regent said, “The festival is almost over, so they left. Although you didn’t run the wrong way, you were too late.”Stephen yelled, “Impossible!”“It’s true. They left,” Victor added. “Nonsense!” Stephen stood on his tiptoes and scanned his surroundings. “Snow! Lily! Where are you?”Victor shook his head. “Did you really think
