Richard glanced at General Watson once the maid left. “What's going on?”“I have no idea.” General Watson replied. “But considering you two are most likely here to speak with me, I believe it's best I listen to you both or what do you think?”Richard pursed his lips, considering if it would be alright to meet with the ones who wished to spy on him for reasons unknown.Just as he came to a decision, the door opened and the maid walked in with Caesar Milan.“Hello, General Watson, I hope I'm not catching you at a bad time.” Caesar casually remarked in a manner Thag showed he held no deep regard for General Watson.Richard couldn't help but wonder if they had connections with people in the capital.Only such people could react so casually before the general.General Watson didn't seem to mind as he replied. “You aren't. Regardless, I do have a guest and you should know him.”Saying that he gestured at Richard with Caesar furrowing his brows, having not noticed Richard up until he was tol

Don Ventura was speechless.He'd never expected that Richard would give him such an aggressive refusal even after all he'd offered in exchange for his request.He had thought Richard was like every other rich man.Even if others saw him as a hero, Don Ventura saw him as an opportunistic fellow who would do anything for money and fame, just like other billionaires he was familiar with.However, he was wrong.Richard didn't care about the money or favors.He genuinely cared about the city and wished to make it a better place.Such a person would never be swayed by money and would always do things morally which caused Don Ventura to have respect for Richard.It was sure that losing Richard as a business partner would be a major loss for him so Don Ventura remarked. “Haha, Mr. Smith, why so serious?... It was a joke, a joke.”“Really?” Richard raised a brow in response.“Of course, why would I propose such a thing when I know what you are trying to do?... It would be foolish of me to do s

[What's the problem?] Vincent inquired over the phone. Letting out a sigh, Richard inquired. “Do you know about the Great Fire that happened several years ago?”[Of course. It was an accident, a rather unfortunate one if I might add.]“No.”[Hmm?]“The real truth behind the Great Fire. You know the real truth of what happened that day, right?”[... What are you talking about?]“There's no point lying to me, Mr. Dawson. I already know about what happened in the Great Fire all those years ago. All I need to know is if you know as well.”[Hah, you'd get yourself in trouble someday with how you go around digging into stuff like this]“People died, Mr. Dawson, don't try to act like they didn't. Now tell me what I want to know.”[... Yes, I know the truth about what happened all those years ago]“Good. You know that it's the Malcolm family that spearheaded the disgusting act, yes?”[Unfortunately so, but you are mistaken about something.]“What's that?”[If it were just the Malcolm family,

“It was a big misunderstanding. The owner of the company had asked me out once but I declined, due to that, he always tried to make life miserable for me. After he found out that I was dating his general manager, he used that as an excuse to have me fired for inappropriate relationships at the workplace.” Fiona lied right through her teeth.Of course, it wasn't a lie that the owner of AV had shown interest in her but he ultimately never acted on it as he realized what kind of person she was, he'd stopped bothering himself with her and even left the country for an extended period to focus on other things.Fiona had always felt regretful that the man had run away since she'd initially planned on getting him as a lover.Her failure resulted in the fact that when the owner returned, he was able to think enough to make the right choice, unlike his general manager who was already long gone.In any case, it wasn't like Richard could know that since he had no idea who the owner of AV was in t

Richard didn't know whether to beat up the security head for intentionally being thick-headed or just pitying him.The security head saw that Richard touched down with a private jet yet he still came to make things difficult for him, which meant that he was only trying to get on Richard's nerves.The reason of course was still not quite clear to Richard and so, he refrained from carrying out any extreme actions to avoid getting Melinda into more trouble.“Oi, aren't you listening to me?... You shouldn't be here, so pack your backs and get out.” The security head continued, treating Richard like he were some kind of fugitive.Richard could have sworn that the fool was sent to annoy him and that was when it clicked.Someone did send the security guard and from all likelihood, it was to either embarrass him or to get him to leave soon.It would seem the Five Coalition knew that Richard had arrived and wanted to prevent him from meeting with Melinda.If his conjecture was correct, then Ri