Aiden's mother, Roberta Rader, frowned. She wanted to say something but stopped herself.Seeing that his daughter wouldn't listen to anyone right now, Albert pulled Jane—whose eyes were red from fury—aside and said quietly, "Let's leave first and let her calm down alone."Albert then approached Roberta to explain things. "Mrs. Kennedy, please don't mind her. Diana has always worn her heart on her sleeve since she was young. Once she cools down, everything will be fine."With that, Roberta's expression relaxed. She sighed, turned around, and left.After walking out the door, Jane got choked up and shook Albert off. "That rascal pisses me off.""Oh, don't be mad. We'll tell my father everything later and ask him and Mr. Garten to come and give her some advice. She'll definitely listen to Mr. Garten," Albert comforted her quietly.In the other room, Aiden and his buddies had already brought over all the white wine from the neighboring room.Their intentions were clear—they wouldn't
Connor paused, turning to look at Aiden and his buddies.The man's intimidating aura spread through the room. Aiden didn't dare to meet Connor's sharp gaze. One of Aiden's friends swallowed, pulling his friend aside and whispering, "I think that's the Southland governor, Connor Hart."Aiden was flabbergasted. He turned to face his friend and said in shock, "Don't blabber nonsense. Why would a governor come here to back Isaac up?""Haha!" Connor suddenly guffawed.He laughed in a manner that was almost unbecoming, tears pooling in his eyes."I am indeed Connor Hart, the most important official of Southland. But I didn't come here to back Isaac up," he said, still laughing.Aiden paused before laughing along. He pointed at Isaac and said to everyone, "See, I already said it was impossible. Hello, Mr. Hart. It's my engagement ceremony today. I'm really honored that you could come. Take a seat and have a drink…""Young man, you didn't understand me. Isaac doesn't need me to back him
"That night, I had a meal with Ethan," Isaac said, puffing out a smoke ring.Ethan?Connor's smile instantly disappeared, and his gaze grew solemn.Even those on the lowest rung of the ladder knew who Ethan was, much less Connor, who'd been a high-ranking official for so many years."Isaac, what are you trying to say?" Connor's voice also grew deeper.Isaac raised his cup and had a sip of coffee. Softly, he replied, "Connor, you're a good official. I think you can stand on an even bigger stage."Upon hearing that, a smile bloomed on Connor's face once again. He shook his head and said, "I'm going to retire in two years. You're not a part of my world, so you don't know what my position entails. I think, after so many years, I've done enough! After I retire, I just want to enjoy coffee and play chess with the other elders. If my son does well, I may even get some grandchildren soon."Despite those words, Isaac could see different emotions on Connor's face—satisfaction, disappointm
The two families had put in a lot of time to prepare for today's engagement ceremony. It had taken them a long time to get to this point, so they didn't want to call things off like that.Seeing both families begging as well as Aiden kneeling before him, Isaac nodded and said, "I'll do my best, but whether it works out or not, you can't blame me.""Thank you so much, Mr. Garten," Terence said.Terence had no idea what Isaac and Connor discussed. Even at his rank, he was still far from Connor's position, much less Isaac's.Since Isaac was willing to help, then he just counted his blessings.They went to Diana's room. Everyone else stood outside the door; only Isaac went in alone.Diana had already changed into her favorite athletic wear, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows. When she heard footsteps, she said coldly, "I already said you don't have to give me advice. Even if I had to remain single for the rest of my life, I still wouldn't marry him.""With your pretty
"Old Taylor, you don't need to say anything more. It seems like I shouldn't have come in the first place. Next time, don't ask me to come to such things anymore." With a smile, Isaac turned around and left.When he got home, Allegra wasn't back yet. Meanwhile, Eugene and Margaret were cuddled up on the couch watching television. When Margaret saw Isaac, she lowered her head and put some distance between them.It looked like their relationship was getting sweeter and sweeter.After Isaac shared a few lines of conversation with Eugene, Margaret pulled the latter into the bedroom.Not long after, Allegra came home looking exhausted. Seeing Isaac sitting on the sofa, she dashed over and jumped straight into Isaac's arms. While wrapping her arms around his neck, she asked, "How was it? I bet Diana's engagement ceremony was a blast. You should've sent me some photos.""Er…well, you could say that." Isaac didn't know how to describe what happened today."Really? Then I definitely must g
After receiving Isaac's instructions, Mitchell didn't hesitate for even a moment. He went straight to his room on the fifth floor, changed into athletic wear, and cleaned up a little. After exiting the room, he went straight to the elevator.Just as Mitchell left the headquarters, one of the guards standing by the entrance slowly raised his head and watched his retreating back.He took out a satellite phone from his pocket and quickly sent out a text.From here to the northwest region was about a hundred-mile drive. The northwest was different from the northern region in the sense that most of its land was mountains. Nonetheless, the weather was just as bad. Mitchell decided to take an international flight out of Tarzistan to Southland.This way was more convenient since Tarzistan was less than 60 miles from the northwest headquarters. The other seven armies were the same; besides the Temple of Drakon, which was based on an island abroad, the other seven armies were located on the
Hal replied in a helpless tone, "The past few days, we detected a few people with suspicious identities. Thus, we increased our investigative forces. I am in charge of this."People of suspicious identities? Mitchell smiled. "Your efforts are highly appreciated. I'm in a hurry, so please be quick."After he passed through the security check at customs with his credentials, he drove straight to the little town in front. Even though he was hungry, he didn't intend to stop.Tarzistan was a small country outside the northwestern region. They had close ties with Cynea, so Mitchell had the easiest time in the northwestern army. There hadn't been any conflict here in over ten years.Mitchell even had a great relationship with the general-in-chief of the Tarzistan border guards.He slowly inched his Jeep into the gas station by the side of the road. After getting down from the car, he gave the staff a few Cynean Dollar bills. The staff paused before his lips split into a smile.The Cynea
"Palm of the Universe!" Mitchell roared, launching two shadow fists. All the spiritual energy in his power core was concentrated in his two hands.Black spiritual energy flowed from his shoulders to his palms, which were like whirlpools, sucking in every bit of energy.At that moment, the other four elders—all burning with spiritual energy—had already reached him. Mitchell set his sights on the elder in a green cloak that had tried to flatter Ralph earlier. Once all his spiritual energy was in his palms, he thrust his fists at him.Two swirling blasts of black spiritual energy burst forth from Mitchell's palms, instantly forming a dense, inky black shadow fist that whirled toward the elder's chest.With this move, Mitchell had revealed his one-of-a-kind trump card—Palm of the Universe. When the elder saw the two spinning black shadow fists coming straight for him, he let out a furious roar. Swinging his sword, he cast two shadow swords to counter it.However, in the next second,