Cameron took a deep breath and gnashed her teeth. “He got off easy.”Cameron returned to her room, took a shower, and changed into fresh clothes. The pants with blood on them were thrown onto the pile of dirty clothes. Mahina entered soon. “Your period started?”She never let the helpers clean her clothes or enter her room. Every helper in the house knew that her room was prohibited, so her room would always be cleaned by either the butler or Mahina, including her clothes.Mahina sneaked in even her period pads. Cameron sat on the bed with a hot water bag on her lower abdomen. “Help me throw the clothes into the washer, and don’t let anyone see them.”Mahina nodded, then left with the laundry basket. Cameron lay in bed, feeling unhappy because she was caught in his tactics. She had been too careless.Meanwhile, Mahina brought the basket to the laundry room, opened the door of the washer, then noticed someone was there when she was throwing the clothes in. “Who’s there?”Way
Daisie turned to look at her, then squinted. “Daisie, did you do that intentionally?”She played dumb. “Did what intentionally?”Waylon smiled. “Are you afraid that I found something?”Daisie shook her head and continued to bluff. “No. Are you trying to find something?”Waylon stared at her. He knew that his sister was a great actress, but he was able to see through that.“Daisie, am I the brother who loves you the most?”She smiled and walked next to him. “Of course. You’re the nicest to me.”Waylon looked at her with a wide grin and asked, “You’re hiding something from me, right?”Daisie coughed and looked away. She didn’t know if he already knew something.He sighed. “I thought you would trust me. How could you be so close to another man?”He seemed to be saying that she was ‘cheating’.Daisie pouted. “Don’t say that!”Waylon squinted. “Then why are you hiding it from me?”Daisie blurted, “It’s not that I want to hide it—”When she saw Waylon raise his brows, her mouth
Manuel stood behind her and watched while she threw a tantrum. Even though he felt bad, he thought that she was always too hasty. “Mr. Puzo just wants you to lay low for now because the timing isn’t right yet.”“When will it be the right time!?” Florence grabbed him by the collar. “You said that if I took over my dad’s place, I could do whatever I wanted, but ever since I joined Fabio, he’s been looking down on me!“Cameron, on the other hand, keeps bullying me. Not only do you pieces of trash not help me, but you also keep asking me to tolerate it!”Her radical words made Manuel ball up his fists. “Tsk tsk, you’re such a fiery woman.”Donald walked into the villa with his men. She frowned. “Who are you? This is between us, The Serpents. You have no place here.”Donald smiled. “If you can’t keep calm, you’re not going to be able to do great things. The heir of the Southern Clan has no time for your games because he doesn’t even care about you. You overestimate yourself.”Flor
Joaqin laughed at himself. “After all this time, it’s the ones that are closest to me that betray me.”“Florence joined Fabio after taking over The Serpents.”That stunned Joaqin. After a long pause, he asked with regret, “Don’t you hate me?”Sunny slowly said, “Your brother and I were like brothers. When he passed away, he asked me to take care of you and The Serpents, and I promised him I would. When I learned that you wanted to join Fabio, I was disappointed on behalf of your father.”Joaqin pressed his lips together and didn’t have the courage to look into his eyes. The Southern Clan had done all they could to treat The Serpents well, but Joaqin wasn’t content and started second-guessing when Fabio approached him. But the person who almost killed him was his own subordinate, and the person who saved him was his enemy.Sunny slowly stood up. “But you didn’t choose to betray me immediately, which meant you didn’t want The Serpents to have to go through that. I don’t blame
Cameron flashed a broad smile. “A cheque for a secret. Isn’t that a good deal?”Waylon squinted. “You’re scamming me.”Cameron put her hand on his shoulder and leaned in. “Mr. Goldmann, let me clarify that. It’s not a scam. It’s taking advantage.”Waylon looked at her quietly. If he had to describe her as an animal, she would be a fox. She was cunning and smart. She had a strong spirit, demeanor, and strategies and planning that a man should have. It was understandable that she was able to hide her identity for more than a decade and manage to make people respect and fear her.“What are you up to?”Sunny entered the yard and saw Cameron’s arm on Waylon’s shoulder. They were standing very close to each other. To him, it looked like his ‘son’ was flirting with Waylon. Cameron moved her arm away and shrugged. “Nothing. We’re just talking.”Sunny scoffed. “I think it’s more like you’re touching him inappropriately. Where is your decency?”Cameron was rendered speechless. Way
Cameron wiped the corner of her lips with a handkerchief. “Alright, dad. I’ll go get the things done.”She rose to her feet, and Sunny called her. “Let Wayne go with you.”Cameron was stunned.…Several black cars slowly came to a stop in front of the entrance to the Southern Chamber of Commerce. Cameron dusted her suit and gazed at Waylon. She still couldn’t fathom why her father wanted her to bring along Waylon.It was a mess in the Southern Chamber of Commerce as everyone was fighting someone inside.Manuel was sitting on the couch while sipping on a glass of wine. This was the first time he tasted the sweetness and benefits of power. He was obsessed with it as it slowly ate away his conscience.“Stop now, all of you.”Cameron and her men stepped into the building. Everyone came to a stop as they all turned their heads to look at Cameron.She glanced at Manuel and smirked coldly. “Well, people always say that fine feathers make fine birds. I didn't understand the phrase in
“That means he died in the wee hours of the morning.”Cameron lifted her eyelids and scanned at the staff members of the Southern Chamber of Commerce. Then, she asked, “Who was on duty last night?”A few staff members turned to look at a skinny young man standing at the back. Sensing their gazes, the skinny young man said, “It’s me, sir. B-But I really didn’t see or hear any fight.”The people from The Serpents shouted, “Of course, you would say that. You guys must be helping your own people.”Cameron rose to her feet and replied, “Helping our own people? Then why did you guys come to my place early in the morning? Do you not know that's trespassing? So it's reasonable for my people to beat you guys up when they found you.“Moreover, my subordinate said that he didn't see any signs of a fight, so why would the corpse appear here out of nowhere? Could it be that he walked all the way to my place after he died?”“Cameron, the body was found here. This is the evidence, and there's n
The three security guards and the skinny man were taken away. While they were taken away, they shouted, “Sir, we’re innocent!”Cameron ignored them and looked at Manuel, whose face was dark. “Don’t you guys want the truth? Didn’t you say that we’re just covering up for our own people? Don’t worry. I'm someone who treats everyone equally. I'll interrogate these four suspects to the end.”“Why should I trust you? Who the hell knows if you go behind our backs and do something again.” “I would go behind your back and do something again? What do you think I am? A dream walker who walked into their dreams and told them to kill your guy? Didn’t you guys want me to find out the real murderer?”Cameron walked up to Manuel and crossed her arms in front of her chest. “Don’t you ever think that you can go up against our Southern Clan just because you have the support from that person. If you push me too far, I can even kill all of you here, let alone one person.“After all, only our reputati