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

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

Austin was in disbelief the moment he laid eyes on the unconscious Ezra lying on the bed.Vincent exclaimed, "Holy hell… When did Ezra get a thing for such hardcore stuff?"Austin glanced at Vincent and shouted, "Shut it!"Cecily lowered her head as she explained, "It was Wolf that sent Mr. Lockwood to the hospital from the hotel… He had already looked for the surveillance footage inside the hotel and saw that a woman had come out from Mr. Lockwood's room before the call for help."Austin was left speechless as he wondered if Ezra had truly gone off the rails.Vincent replied, "Tsk, tsk, tsk… Can't believe Ezra really changed so much in so little time while we're away. His hair may be graying, but his vigor's still as good as ever. Not even I would dabble in such… sophisticated behavior."His comments instantly caused the women in the room to blush.Iris abruptly tugged on Vincent to motion for him to stop talking.Austin rubbed his nose and sneered, "If not even you would try

Austin did not reach out his hand to shake Fiona's as he asked, "Are you the one responsible, or what happened to Mr. Lockwood?"The nearby crowd never caught on to his question as he had lowered his voice.But they were all shocked after seeing that Fiona had lowered her right hand dejectedly after not getting a handshake."My God! Who the hell does this guy think he is? Fiona, of all people, offered to shake hands with him, and he just refused her!""Tsk, tsk… What a cruel man. It's my first time seeing Fiona being rejected by someone.""This is big news! Fiona appeared in public to meet up with a man, only to be met with a cold shoulder! Unless…"Some bad apples had even started to fill in the blanks with their imagination.…Fiona looked around at the crowd and frowned. "Austin, how about we talk somewhere else? It's noisy out here with so many strangers around.""Sure."Austin, Aldus, and Wolf then followed after Fiona.They were all being endowed with countless flashin

Austin squatted down in front of Fiona and then grabbed her by the collar before pulling her right in front of him.Another slap echoed across the room.And following it were Fiona's screams.Even Aldus and Wolf had to look away.Austin eventually opened his mouth to air his grievances. "If you hate me that much, come at me alone! I will never forgive anyone for harming any of my friends… Not even Dorothy herself!"Austin let go of Fiona's collar and let her fall back onto the floor without any hint of restraint.It would have been an extremely horrifying scene for anyone without any context.Arguably the most popular actress in the world was being beaten up to such an extent.Fiona gritted her teeth and shouted, "Who the fuck do you think you are, Austin? You're just an outsider, an animal! Mr. Walter may be protecting you, but no one else will do the same! You angered Grandma… That's why I'm taking revenge for her!"Austin could not help but laugh at the absurdity of it all.