Just as the trio was chatting away happily, Nadine walked over.She greeted, “Umm… Hey, everyone!”The three women turned their heads in unison upon hearing this and looked at Nadine. Joanna and Sarah immediately whispered to one another upon seeing the woman.Joanna said, “Are you seeing this, Sarah? Your godpa brought home a woman.”Sarah said, “She’s very pretty and much more mature than me.”Joanna grunted. “A beautiful woman usually isn’t a good woman.”Sarah looked at Joanna in a daze upon hearing this remark.Joanna hastily corrected herself as if she had noticed her slip of the tongue, “Umm, aside from the three of us, other beautiful women are not good women.”Sarah was rendered speechless.As the two whispered to one another, Samantha stood up and said, “You’re Nadine, right?”Samantha had called Adrian five times daily at the very least over the past few days. Being a competent wife, she had learned about this woman from the phone calls.Nadine sized up Samantha.

Shirley answered, “I’m at home and am taking a shower. Would you like to join me, Legate? I’ll keep the door unlocked for you.”“Where’s your mother?” Adrian asked, ignoring Shirley’s question.“Don’t worry. Mother isn’t home. I’m all by myself here,” said Shirley.Adrian was rendered speechless. “I’m asking you where she is, not checking to see if you’re home alone.”Adrian ruined Shirley’s wonderful fantasy.Shirley answered with an “ah” and said, “Mother’s at the construction site—the same one I brought you to previously. Why?”Upon hearing this, Adrian hastily said, “I’m rushing over to your house right now. I’ll be there in roughly two hours. I’m going to give you two tasks now and you must do as I say.”Noticing that Adrian sounded rather off, Shirley said anxiously, “What’s going on?”He instructed, “Lock all the doors and windows of your house right now, and don’t open the door to anyone who comes knocking. Also, reach out to the residents of your residential area via t

Gabriel furrowed his eyebrows.He was eager to perform a meritorious service to Novemton and was infuriated when the door remained tightly shut. He said, “No one’s home? The investigation showed that Shirley is currently in the house, and you’re telling me there’s no one inside? How is that possible?”Someone continued to knock on the door upon hearing Gabriel’s retort.Gabriel said furiously, “Enough, stop knocking. She won’t open the door even if you knocked it until it breaks. Break the door down. We’re going in by force!”“Yes, sir!”Two minutes later, Gabriel’s subordinate brought out a huge hammer and raised it before violently pounding on the door.Bang, bang, bang!The sounds of pounding rang out as the door was pounded to splinters. The lock broke with a loud clang and the door toppled to the ground with a loud bang.Internal Affairs had broken into the house.“It’s open, Mr. Gabriel!”“Go, go.” Gabriel beckoned his subordinates.Upon saying that, he strode into the

Gabriel threw his head back and laughed again. “Since you know who I am, why aren’t you on your knees yet? Bow down and I may spare your life.“After all, no one who provokes me gets to live.”Adrian shook his head. He walked over and laid down on Shirley’s bed with his upper body leaning against the headboard. He chuckled. “Don’t be so hasty, Mr. Gabriel. I know who you are, but it seems that you don’t know who I am.”“I don’t need to know who you are. You’re a dog to me no matter who you are. You’re going to roll on your back, wag your tail, and show your belly, you dog,” Gabriel said bluntly.“You don’t want to hear my introduction first?” asked Adrian.“Hah-hah-hah!” Gabriel laughed frantically once again. “I told you, you’re just a dog to me no matter who you are. Why? Are you trying to show off your incompetence? I’m afraid that you’ve come to the wrong person.”Adrian did not reply.Gabriel chuckled and said, “Also, my position as the special zone’s leader is not a minor

Adrian chuckled and said, “Even if Chase himself were here, he wouldn’t get any respect from me, let alone you.”Gabriel panicked and bowed to beg for mercy. “Please, Legate!”Adrian said upon seeing him bow, “No need to panic. I’m not planning to kill you.”Gabriel was relieved upon hearing Adrian’s words.Adrian then asked, “Tell me, Gabriel. Has Internal Affairs located Kayn yet?”Gabriel said without any hesitation, “Sir, Chase dispatched the order all over the country to search for Kayn. However, his whereabouts are yet to be located. Hence, Chase ordered us to capture Shirley and her mother so Kayn would be compelled to show up.”“What are the places you’ve searched?” Adrian questioned.Gabriel thought about it and quickly answered, “We’ve been looking all over Southeast, and almost all of Internal Affairs were mobilized for the task. We’re also searching within Southrive but we don’t dare to draw attention because that place is mostly under your organization’s control.”