2025-02-28 03:50:32Kai trembled with rage. "Damn the Benson family! I really thought they adopted me out of sincerity, but in the end..."
He had given everything for them!
Even after Jake returned to the family, Kai swallowed his pride and continued working tirelessly, all because the head of the Benson family—his adoptive father—had begged him to stay.
It was all a lie.
They didn’t keep him out of love or gratitude. They kept him under surveillance. Watching him. Watching for the mysterious family pulling the strings from behind the scenes.
Kai’s whole body shook. He had never imagined the truth to be so filthy.
"I... I have to go back. I will make the Benson family pay for this!" His blood boiled. He couldn't accept what had been done to him.
"Calm yourself, my grandson," Fabio said coldly. "I understand your anger—I share it. But now is not the time."
"Destroying the Benson family would be as easy as crushing an anthill, but if we do that, we will never uncover the true mastermind behind all this."
Even in his fury, Fabio remained rational.
Kai took a deep breath and steadied himself. "Then what do you suggest I do?"
Fabio smiled. "My child, though you are my grandson, I must still determine if you are worthy of inheriting the Grant family. Why not treat this as a test?"
"Your task is simple—punish every single person who has ever dared to hurt you. Make them regret everything they've done."
"And remember—find out who is behind the Benson family. They must learn that anyone who dares lay a hand on the heir of the Grant family will face utter destruction."
Fabio’s words reignited the fire in Kai’s heart. He had once been called a genius!
If not for the Benson family—if he hadn’t spent years silently working in the shadows for them—his achievements would have already shocked the world!
Kai turned his gaze to the thugs kneeling before him, a cold smile forming on his lips.
"Then… let's start with them."
The thugs trembled under Kai’s gaze. One of them desperately pleaded, "Please… spare us! We won’t work for that bastard Jake ever again!"
Kai sneered. "You won’t have the chance to work for him again."
"Revenge on the Benson family starts with you. You heard too many of our secrets—do you really think you’ll be allowed to walk away?"
One of the thugs was so terrified he nearly wet himself. "No… please…!"
Just then, his phone rang. He was too scared to pick it up.
Kai smirked and plucked the phone from his hand. The caller ID displayed a familiar name—Jake.
He chuckled and answered the call in front of the thugs.
"Hey, how did it go?" Jake’s arrogant voice came through. "Ah, never mind, what am I even asking? There’s no way you guys could mess up killing some sick bastard, right?"
"Sir…" Kai deliberately lowered his voice. "Do you know the owner of this phone? He and his crew got into a terrible car accident… They’re all dead."
The thug whose phone was taken looked as if he was about to cry, but he dared not make a sound.
"What?! A car accident?" Jake sounded startled. What the hell were those idiots doing?
"Were there any survivors? One of them should have an ID on him. His name is Kai Benson..." Jake wasn’t willing to leave things to chance. He had instructed them to stage an accident, to run Kai down and ensure he was dead.
Kai clenched his fists in fury but kept his voice calm and detached. "No, sir. If you have the time, you should head to the hospital and collect their bodies. The crash was… gruesome."
"Ugh…" On the other end, Jake nearly retched. "That’s none of my business! I don’t even know those guys!"
With that, he hung up in a panic.
Kai listened to the dial tone and shrugged. "Looks like you followed the wrong boss. He doesn’t give a damn about you."
The thug remained silent. Jake’s reaction had shattered whatever loyalty he had left.
Kai got to his feet and walked over to Fabio, replacing his cold expression with a bright smile.
"S-Sir! Please!" The leader of the thugs cried out in desperation. He didn’t want to die.
Kai turned to him with an icy gaze. "What?"
"C-Can we go?" The thug stammered, shaking all over.
"Go?" Kai smirked. "Oh, of course…"
"But I seem to recall saying that you all died in a car accident." His voice turned mocking. "I don’t like lying. Grandpa, can you make sure my words come true?"
Fabio was pleased by Kai’s ruthlessness. The Grant family needed an heir with this kind of resolve.
"Nico, you heard the young master," Fabio ordered coolly. "Arrange it. Make it look like a car accident. No survivors."
"Wait… A c-car accident… No, please, sir, have mercy!" The thug leader wailed.
But the black-clad Nico approached without hesitation, pulling out a cloth and stuffing it into the thug’s mouth.
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Jake stood to his feet and cleaned the blood off his lips as he watched Kai walk out of the house and like a microwave ding, something rang in Jake’s head, giving him an idea.“I bet I can make it work.” Jake said to himself as he scattered all the rooms, messing every single place up as he ransacked them for valuables.Laughing maniacally to himself, he retrieved even more valuable items than Nora’s gold bracelet as different kinds of thoughts kept entering his head.He was going to sell everything he was able to take from the rooms just like he had done with Nora’s bracelet.The thought caused him to think of himself as a genius as he went on with his evil plan. He was drowning in massive gambling debts, and if he couldn’t repay them, he knew he would be in deep trouble.He also couldn’t let Nora know about it because then she would know that he isn’t as good as he’s making himself out to be.Looking at the mirror, he was satisfied to see the wound that Kai had inflicted on him and
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Jake smiled, utterly satisfied when he saw that Nora was going to listen to him and not get the police involved in the matter.He was elated but it couldn’t help but notice the change in Nora’s demeanor, it was clear that she was worried about something and although he doesn’t really care, he wanted to appear nice to Nora.“What’s going on in your mind, Sister Nora?” He asked, touching her shoulder as he got closer to her but rolling his eyes because he wished that she would just stop being a problem.Even though Nora trusted and believed him, Jake only saw the Benson sisters as a pain. He didn’t care about any of them, all he cared about was the money they had.“It’s just—” Nora sighed, her voice trailing off as she sat on the chair that Jake had led her to, “I’m worried about the gold bracelet that the bastard stole.” She added.Jake knew the bracelet she was referring to. It was the same bracelet that he stole and sold off just so that he could get some money to pay off the loan sh
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Gina was boiling, anger shone in her eyes and her hatred for Kai showed in every other part of her body but Kai only remained calm as he stared at her.Though they were nominally engaged, this was really just a marriage arrangement between the Benson and Murphy families.But ever since Jake had returned to the Benson family, Gina had grown close to Jake, deceived by his hypocrisy, and frequently criticized Kai.Before Jake’s arrival, she had always shown great affection for Kai and Kai on the other hand had once hoped to change her but he changed his mind after seeing that she was beyond redemption.“Did you really steal from the Benson family and beat Jake, who hasn’t done anything to you by the way, up?” She sneered as she asked.Kai didn’t need to say anything because he knew that Gina wouldn’t believe anything that came out of his mouth as she would always believe Jake over him.“Did Jake tell you that himself?” Kai responded to her question with one of his own and Gina only glare
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When everyone saw Catherine, they were all frozen in shock. The lobby fell silent as the company's CEO approached with measured steps. Gina stepped forward, her lips curving into a relieved smile.She immediately thought up the words to say to humiliate Kai, she already thought that the beautiful CEO was going to support her and not Kai.This is her chance to humiliate Kai and punish him for secretly following her to the Rainbow corporation, a job she had tried so hard to keep.“Ms. Catherine! I'm so sorry about this disturbance. This man is causing trouble in our company," she explained, gesturing dismissively toward Kai. "He's my ex-boyfriend, and I'm afraid he's become quite unstable." She finished.An evil smile took over her face but Catherine didn’t spare her a glance, she only looked past her and sighed as she looked back at Gina.She knew Gina was lying.Catherine's piercing gaze shifted between Gina and Kai, her expression unreadable. "So, Kai is a madman, is he?" she asked,
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“WHO THE HELL DO YOU TH—” The rest of the words got stuck in his throat when he saw who it was. The leader of the new gang that arrived saw Lorenzo’s face and his legs began to shake.The bat he was holding fell right out of his hands as the colors on his face faded away and just by looking at Lorenzo, he could see his life flash right before his eyes.His mouth opened but he couldn’t let out any words, he was terrified and had absolutely been petrified by the sight of Lorenzo right in front of him.He knew that he had crossed the line, when he got the call he had thought that it was a bunch of cowards but the man standing in front of him was no coward.The man standing in front of him was LORENZO MORETTI! the GREAT SHARK himself, there’s no way the newbie called him to face the GREAT SHARK.“You were saying?” Lorenzo asked, knowing fully well that this new gang knows who he is and was totally scared of him.“I— I— I’m— You— I—” The leader stuttered, fumbling with his words before fal
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“I don’t know who sent you but I’ll give you credit because you actually had the balls to come here and threaten Mr Kai.” Lorenzo smirked, deliberately avoiding Kai’s last name.“Each and every one of you is going to regret not saying the word ‘No’ when you could have done that and saved yourself the time and injuries!” Lorenzo roared.He stepped away from Kai, into a place with less lights while Kai, Catherine, Teresa and Shadow stepped aside to catch a glimpse of the fight.The thugs, angry and frustrated, charged towards Lorenzo all at the same time. They were all blinded by rage and their vague desire to beat the whole gang up.Lorenzo smirked coldly, his smirk turned into a smile as he analyzed their strength one after the other with just his eyes.He always taught his men never to attack first especially when they were being fueled by anger but it was clear that these ones forgot that part of the lesson.They all looked like crazed addicts as they charged at him head on but ever
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They all stopped abruptly with Kai wondering what this was about again. He had experienced something like this before when Jake had sent some thugs to kill him.“There’s no way this is happening again.” Kai sighed, maintaining composure as the car came to a halt and a group of thugs came out to block their way.Kai rolled his eyes as he mentally counted them, he could easily wipe the floor with their asses but he didn’t want to ruin the night with a fight.He also wouldn’t want anyone with him to get in a fight but it wasn’t until he looked beside him that he saw that Shadow and Lorenzo already looked ready to do anything.They were ready to jump in at Kai’s orders and the act of service that they showed towards him just made him smile.“WHICH OF YOU IS KAI?!” One of the thugs, who Kai assumed to be the leader, asked and seeing just how interesting things were getting, he played right along.“I am,” he responded, stepping forward a little into the light where they could see his face p
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“WHAT?!” Catherine almost lost her cool and choked on the wine she was drinking while Shadow and Teresa looked at each other in a bit of confusion.Catherine had just started to calm down, she had brought Lorenzo to order and she felt like that was going to do something but it was painfully obvious that she was wrong.Lorenzo’s eyes beamed with joy as he waited for Kai to accept his challenge while rage pounded in Catherine’s ear and her fist clenched.The veins on her forehead almost looked as though they were about to pop because of how extremely furious she was.“Did that slap do nothing to you at all?” Catherine asked as she stomped to Lorenzo, holding him in a headlock, “how fucking dare you?!” She snarled.She wasn’t just furious to the point that she could murder Lorenzo if given the chance but she was also worried and a bit scared for Kai.“Who gave you the right to challenge Mr Grant to a duel?” She asked, still choking the living daylight out of him, “are you letting your ar
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Kai couldn't help but marvel at the realization—the Grant family practically controlled half the city, yet few knew about the tight-knit connection between these powerful figures.He wondered how they were able to keep their connection under wraps, a secret, from the entire world because only few knew about this.“Well, thank you so much for accepting me.” Kai said. He had no idea what to say or how to show them that he was indeed grateful for having them in his corner.Teresa and Catherine only smiled, Lorenzo snickered and Shadow could be seen desperately wishing that the dinner would end because he wanted to go home.“Shadow; how many times have I told you that you need to socialize more, you need to get in the sun and not mope around your house all day.” Catherine laughed as she said.“Leave him alone, Catherine, he might be the legendary hacker but he definitely is the baby of the group.” Teresa cut in as she poured Shadow a drink.“Don’t worry, Shadow, you let me know if anyone
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Lila’s brows drew together in a frown as anger took over the entirety of her facial expression. Her teeth gritted so hard that even Jake could hear it.She clenched her fist, anger was suffocating her and she was not only restless but she felt as though there was a volcano inside of her that was at the verge of eruption.Her fist balled up in anger, her frustration kicked in and fury twisted dangerously inside her. She couldn’t believe that Kai now had the audacity to go that far.“I CANNOT BELIEVE HIM!” She said through gritted teeth, her body shaking furiously and all she could see through her angry bloodshot eyes were red.She wanted to deal with him, to let him know that he had no right whatsoever to humiliate them like that, she wanted to put him in his place.“And that wench! I can’t believe her!” Lila’s breathing paced as she spoke and frantically dialed her phone, her fury was obvious in her body language.“She got us blacklisted?! She got us blacklisted from the most prestigi
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“I’m sorry for the disturbance and whatever inconvenience it might have caused.” Kai said calmly to the restaurant manager.“I’m not who they claim I am, actually,” Kai said politely with a smile while pushing the thoughts of the Benson family to the deepest, darkest part of his mind.He doesn’t need to worry himself about them when he has other things to worry about.“I’m actually a guest dining in a private room.” He explained as politely as he could but while Lila bursted out laughing hysterically, the manager eyed Kai suspiciously.It was clear that even the manager was holding back his urge to laugh because there was no way he’s going to believe that Kai was really dining in the private room.The private room is reserved for people that are extraordinarily wealthy, it was for people who had made a huge name for themselves and not for people that looked like Kai.“Really?” The manager asked, still eyeing Kai suspiciously. He found it extremely difficult to believe that someone lik
