Austin seemed to have flipped a switch and turned into a terrifying person overall.Even Aldus and Vincent behind him were left speechless.The two of them looked at each other and noticed the horror and surprise in each other's eyes.They both agreed that Austin had truly changed.Morgan stood up and greeted him. "Mr. Campbell."Austin ignored him and sat down on the largest seat before looking down at Morgan and Amadeus.He eventually noticed the blade held in Morgan's arms. "I see that you've already prepared the tools. You can finish the job whenever you like."Murderous intent filled the entire room in an instant.The short and concise order did not even allow for Austin's prey to talk back against him.Both Morgan and Amadeus were also shocked. They had anticipated the worst, but they did not expect Austin to be so direct.Austin had just ordered the head of the Redmonts to kill himself after all.Amadeus tried to speak up. "Mr. Campbell—"Austin glanced at him once,
Austin's disdainful tone was nothing short of arrogance.Morgan could not help but feel suffocated.Amadeus from the side was extremely furious. "What else do you want, Austin? You've already humiliated us more than enough! Are you trying to kick us while we're already down?"Austin turned around and stared straight at Amadeus. "Yes, I am. Why else would I bother? Have you considered that when you tried to plot to murder me, you killed my mother instead?"You—"The living room fell eerily quiet.Morgan glared at Amadeus as he opened his mouth. "What do you want, Mr. Campbell?""I want ownership of half of all shares belonging to the Redmonts!"Both Morgan and Amadeus were left dumbfounded.The Redmonts only managed to reach their current status thanks to the countless number of businesses under their name.And now, Austin had declared that he wanted half of everything the Redmonts had built throughout their history.It was still a huge amount of money even if it was just hal
"I'll take you up on your 'offer', Mr. Campbell…" Morgan looked up at Austin with great determination. "...So can I go now?""Let me give you a push!" shouted Austin.Within the brightly lit living room.A flash of cold steel could be seen coming from the blade placed on Morgan's neck.The next second, blood began to spew all across the room in all directions.Amadeus, who had been crying, immediately stopped. All he could do now was stare in disbelief as his own father's blood dropped on his face.The heavy stench of blood entered his nostrils. He did not even dare to look up as he tried to wipe his face with his right hand. And yet, all he could see was still the color red.Amadeus started screaming out in agony as his mind went completely blank.Morgan fell down onto his own pool of blood, and he would no longer move a muscle ever again.Meanwhile, Austin had the blade in his hand, with the tip pointing onto the floor. Blood flowed along the blade all the way to the tip bef
The sun shone upon the earth by the next morning.It revealed the desolate and depressing Redmont residence.Even though it was the dawn of a new day, everyone in the Redmont family could not feel even a tinge of warmth in their bodies.Massive changes had just happened to the Redmont family overnight.Amadeus carried Morgan's corpse back home. It was as if he were delivering an atomic bomb into the Redmont residence itself.Nobody could sleep all night long as there were loud wails echoed throughout the Redmont residence.It was just three days ago when Morgan had celebrated his own birthday.Nobody could have expected him to be reduced to a cold corpse lying in his own coffin just three days later.It was an apocalypse for the Redmonts.Not a single soul within the Redmont family could have expected their powerful family to be met with such a sudden turn of events for the worse.As the Redmonts cried out for their loss, the rest of Basin City was in an uproar.The other po
In the distance was the dawn breaking at the horizon, as if painting the scene red with blood.Austin rubbed his nose and smiled. "I guess it's going to be chaotic in Basin City for some time to come."He had already shown plenty of 'mercy' to the Redmonts. But when news spread about Amadeus carrying the corpse of Morgan back home, the entire Basin City fell into chaos.The other powerful families would have surely made their move regardless if the Redmonts had actually fallen or not.However, as Austin had already reached an agreement with the Reed family in the first place, the chaos happening in Basin City right now would not last for long.Suddenly, a knock came from the door."Come in," replied Austin.Vincent, Aldus, and Iris then entered his room.Vincent greeted him with a smile. "Shit hit the fan, Austin. All of the powerful families within Basin City have already moved out, and the Reed family's essentially leading all of them."Aldus remained as calm and collected a
Amadeus alone represented the Redmonts.He was visibly depressed with his swollen eyes and dejected expression.Behind him was a lawyer who had served the Redmont family for a very long time.As Austin and the group arrived, they proceeded with the paperwork without any additional steps in between.With Kyle's help, all of the agreements were signed without a hitch.As the richest family in Basin City, the Redmont family had countless businesses and pieces of property within their possession.It was a lot of work and effort in just signing the huge pile of documents alone.It would already be late in the morning by the time everything was settled.Amadeus slowly stood up and bowed at Austin dejectedly. "Mr. Campbell, please rest assured of the fact that the Redmonts will not seek revenge or anything of the sort against you."It was part of the deal that Morgan had emphasized on before his death.Even if Amadeus was unwilling to do so, he was not stupid enough to actually defy
Cecily came up with the idea to surprise Austin with a hearty meal after learning that he was on his way home.Raquel wanted to help her out in the kitchen. "Let me help you, Cecily."She felt that it would be too difficult for Cecily to prepare all of the meals alone.And besides, it had always been Raquel who handled the cooking.Housework and cooking up three meals a day were the only things left for Raquel ever since Dahlia had passed away.She felt that she was useless if she could not even contribute to cooking the meals within the house.Cecily was sweating profusely, but she didn't seem the slightest bit affected as she continued cooking in the kitchen. "I'm fine, Raquel! I can do this! Austin must be really tired after everything that happened… so I want to make some delicious food for him. As his wife, I have the responsibility to keep him well-fed!"Raquel was stunned. "Well fed?"Cecily suddenly shuddered in front of the pot as she realized that Raquel seemed to hav
Inside the VIP ward within Legacy Hospital, the silent room contained only the echoes of the hospital instrument in operation.Cecily covered her mouth with her hand as she stared at Ezra currently lying on the hospital bed. Her eyes were red with sadness and disbelief.Alongside her was Raquel, who was also similarly distraught.Ezra was unconscious as he lay on the bed.Scars could be seen littered all across his back, some of which had skin already torn open, revealing flesh that served as the evidence of the torture that he had gone through.Cecily took a deep breath and turned to Samuel. "Dr. Lewis, what happened?"Samuel tried his best to reassure her. "Mr. Lockwood's in stable condition now. His wounds came from being whipped with extreme force. Not even the man that delivered Mr. Lockwood to us knows who did this to him."Cecily almost fainted after hearing about how Ezra had gotten his wounds.She could not imagine just who could be so merciless to be whipping an old m