Isaac’s mouth twitched; this answer tickled him. He turned to look at Paul, who lowered his head shyly and nodded.“Dahlia said that if I didn’t spend my life with her, she would make my family’s lives hell. But to be honest, she treats me quite well.” There was a complex mix of emotions on his face.Although Dahlia could be pretty unreasonable, there were some upsides to being with her. Whether it was in town or in their small community, getting things done was relatively easy. After all, her brother had quite the reputation. Not to mention, Paul didn’t have much of an academic background, nor did he ever want to start a career in the city, so Dahlia didn’t seem like a bad choice in his eyes.“Are you saying you want to marry her?” Isaac said, squinting at Paul.If he did, then did he just break up a couple that was to be wed? “No way. Look at what happened. I’ll never let a woman like that marry into the family.” Barry knew his brother’s intentions, but he couldn't bear it wh
“And where did you come from? How dare you call Mac by his name…”Before Jerome could finish speaking, Mac kicked him in the back. “Get lost.” Then, he quickly went over to Old Brooks.“Old Brooks, who is this?” Mac smiled respectfully at Isaac.“He’s my bro,” Old Brooks said breezily.Suddenly, Mac’s knees weakened, and he knelt abruptly.Jerome and Dahlia were astounded, and the Coxes were also shell-shocked. Emily couldn’t help but suck in a gasp.She’d thought that Isaac was wealthy and had government connections, but she’d never expected that the biggest mafia boss in Cloud City would refer to him as his bro!“Old Brooks, i–it’s my fault. I didn’t know better. I was blind and deserve to die for it.” Mac raised his hand and slapped himself over and over again. The sharp slaps rang through the room.Jerome, who’d just gotten up, felt his legs shake and fell to the floor once again.Even Mac was kneeling, so what chance did he have?“Mr. Garten, how should we deal with this
Isaac was stunned. He turned to find Emily blushing with her head lowered.The meaning behind her words was apparent, but Isaac simply shook his head and said, “You can sleep here alone. I’ll be fine.”Watching Isaac walk out the door, Emily smiled wryly. But immediately after, a steely resolve flashed in her eyes, and she turned around and entered the room.In the middle of the night, in a private restaurant room located next to Aurum County Hospital, Horace and an old man donning a blue garment sat opposite each other. The old man was the elder of the Azure Sect who’d come to visit Patrick before, Silas Deek.“Elder Silas, didn’t you say that once the Astraeus get involved, that bastard Isaac will undoubtedly die? So why is he still alive and kicking? He even came to Aurum County today,” Horace said to Silas.Horace was harboring a ball of fury within him. He’d already gifted a box of gold bars to a few of the major elders of the Azure Sect, but there were still no results. Si
Hugging Kai in his arms, Barry’s eyes reddened. He immediately pulled his son over to kneel in front of Harry.“You’re a savior. You really are our family’s savior. Thank you.”When Barry’s parents saw this, tears also spilled down their faces. They were also about to kneel in gratitude in front of Harry.Harry’s heart jumped. He quickly helped Barry and the others to their feet and laughed. “Barry, you don’t have to thank me. If you want to thank someone, it’s that man sitting right there. I only came because he asked me to.”“Alright, Barry, you don’t need to be so formal. It’s getting late, and we should get going.” Isaac smiled, walking to the door.Barry gripped Isaac’s hand tightly, sobbing.“Hey, you’re a man—act like one. Why are you crying all of a sudden? Spend some days at home while Kai recovers. Then, you can come over to Cloud City and visit me.”“I know that Allegra and her father are leaving the hospital today. You should go first. I’ll bring Kai to see you again
Eugene had already recovered completely. For the past two days, Allegra had taken care of him while he was at the Springview Clinic. During that time, Margaret and Andrew had come to visit once.Once Allegra and her father entered the car, Isaac sped toward the Cloud Nine Villas.When Allegra, who was in the passenger seat, saw that they were going a different way, she asked, “Isaac, where are we going? This isn’t the way to Riverview Villas, is it?”“We’re going to our new home. You’ll see once you’re there.” Isaac smiled. He wanted to give Allegra a surprise.She didn’t know what kind of drugs Isaac was smoking, and she was too lazy to ask. At that moment, she received a call from the office, and her expression turned sour.It was clearly about the Pegasus No. 1 project. Several of the employees were kicking up a fuss over it.After all, up until this point, they hadn’t gotten a single small project, much less a big one.However, as they drove into the Cloud Nine Villas, the s
“Mr. Garten, we’ve received accurate information that Horace wants to attack us tonight. The Kenne family’s troops are raring to go and have already begun,” Old Brooks whispered urgently.Isaac frowned and said coldly, “Old Brooks, didn’t I tell you before that I don’t care about this side of things? Not to mention, I let you have Shawn. Can’t you handle such a small matter?”Old Brooks’ heart seized. He didn’t expect Isaac’s tone to be so strict.“Yes, you did say that. B–but the difference in numbers is frankly…”Old Brooks wanted to tell Isaac that he’d given everything he had to build his power over the past two months. However, Horace controlled the capital city after all. Whether it was in terms of funds or numbers, Horace was far superior.Previously, things had still been calm and peaceful. He didn’t even know why the Kenne family troops were suddenly launching an attack on him, even going all out.All 17 heads working under Horace had kicked into action from the intel he
Considering Isaac’s personality, he would totally form an assassin squad to go up against the Kenne family and take out the backbone of Horace’s underlings. However, he’d decided to make the Kenne family disappear through normal means after the last time he saw Declan at the funeral home.He didn’t know that the Kenne family had so many skeletons in the closet, and he was enraged by what Beefy Bob told him.After he was released from prison, he didn’t immediately enter the Temple of Drakon. Instead, he joined the military through a special channel. The army was the nation’s first fortress and also their last defense.After Beefy Bob came to pick Isaac up, Allegra also left the house. She even went to Beefy Bob’s window to thank him profusely. As the car made its way to the northern suburbs of Cloud City, Old Brooks’s men began to move out of their territories.Besides a couple of guards who stayed behind to keep watch, all his men territories secretly left. Some returned to their
Beefy Bob didn’t say a word the entire time. He knew Isaac had his ways, and coming to see Stephan was just one of them. He planned to ask Stephan to go to Northland and wait for the special investigation unit to come over and testify about the Kenne family’s crimes from years ago.“Which unit did you work in? Typically, you get a good job and benefits once you're discharged. So why…” Isaac asked, smoking a cigarette, chatting as if they were old friends.Stephan looked at the girl beside him and smiled wryly. “I was initially from the Intelligence Unit. After I was discharged, I was assigned to the Traffic Bureau. But afterward, something happened at home…”When he said that, he lowered his head and clenched his fists, his body trembling.Isaac sighed and said slowly, “If it weren’t for the Kennes, then your family would be living a happy life, huh?”Stephan instantly raised his head, a cold light shining in his eyes. He said ferociously, “Did the Kenne family send you?” At the s