*****"This... are you... are you truly the owner of this mansion—Villa Number One?" After a long pause, Dorothy, finally unable to contain her shock, confusion, and question again stammered, breaking the silence that had enveloped the three of them.Xavier, hearing the question, turned his head and stared at her for a moment, as if processing the inquiry.His expression remained blank for a moment until suddenly, a mischievous grin slowly spread across his face, followed by a lighthearted, playful chuckle"What do you think?" he asked teasingly, winking mischievously at Dorothy, but then not waiting for her to respond, he recalled something and instantly continued, smoothly changing the topic with his tone remaining playful and his voice laced with amusement."Don’t you think this place is far too shabby and insecure for someone as important as your boss?" he asked and in the following second, both Dorothy and Grace were left speechless for a moment, staring dazedly at Xavier, u
*****“Father, I have something urgent to report to you,” a rather distressed and confused Nico abruptly declared as he entered the secondary living room of the Sky family estate, which although a luxury on its own by lower family standards, the room seemed dull and ordinary compared to the grandeur of the first-rank or even the second-rank families that have first rank families as their backer.The old Patriarch of the Sky family, who was lounging lazily in a recliner while sipping his tea and watching the news immediately shifted his gaze to the side upon hearing his son’s tense voice, a frown appearing on his aged features.“This has something to do with that little wench, right? Has she brought trouble to the family again?” he inquired in a gruff tone, suspicion lacing his words, and as soon as Nico heard his question, he hurriedly nodded his head but then shook it again after what felt like another thought.“Huh?” the old man’s frown intensified in confusion. “What’s the mean
*****“This...” Nico’s expression couldn’t help but grow grim upon noticing his father’s reaction to the report.He had never heard of the Bloodfang group before today, yet, seeing his father’s current response, it was clear that the organization wasn’t an unknown one as he had initially assumed, but something scarier, probably than Nightshadow.‘But why is there no record of it anywhere though?’ he pondered for a moment before pushing the thought aside and refocusing his attention on his father.“Do you know them, Father?” he asked gravely, startling the old man from his thoughts.‘This...’ The elder man swallowed hard, realizing that his back had become unconsciously soaked with cold sweat. It was as though he had just heard of the most terrifying and dangerous group to ever exist.Letting out a deep breath, he focused his gaze back on Nico. “No,” he replied, leaving Nico unable to react for a moment after which his jaw dropped, looking perplexed. He had never expected this re
*****Laura and David couldn’t believe their ears for what felt like an eternity, staring in a daze at Xavier as though he had just delivered the worst news to have ever existed.While the two had sensed that something didn’t seem quite right with Xavier and Grace’s sudden marriage, they had never anticipated that the two would part ways so quickly—on the very day of their wedding, not even waiting for a day or two.After a brief moment of silence, Laura finally managed to process Xavier's report and in the following second, she seemed to have suddenly experienced a panic attack.Her breathing grew rapid and her chest started heaving hysterically up and down, as though she were on the verge of departing with the grim reaper and joining the underworld, and seeing this, both Xavier and David were instantly alarmed.“Wife!!!”“Mother!!!”The father-son duo cried out in distress, rushing over to Laura.“Are you okay?” they both inquired, their concern evident, and only then—hearin
*****“Boss, are you really going to move in with tha... with him?” Dorothy's voice, though barely above a whisper abruptly shattered the silence in the Audi A6 as it sped away from the stunning Oceanview estate.She had been forcing herself to hold back the question, but now, she couldn’t keep it in any longer, and as soon as Grace, sitting in the back seat, with her countenance already returning to the cold goddess of the business world known by everyone, heard this question, she was jolted back from her thought and glanced briefly at Dorothy in the driver’s seat, then turned her gaze back to the passing scenery outside the window.“Hmmm.” She responded indifferently before returning to being lost in her thoughts again.….What he said earlier was nothing but the truth,’ she thought, her brows knitted together. ‘If we live desperately, grandfather and his relatives will soon see through our marriage, and the troubles will never end,’ she sighed inwardly.In truth, Grace had al
*****"How dare that b!tch not return to her office yet!? She must still be with that vile spawn!" Inside a somewhat dark room thick with tension, an enraged and ferocious Dominic, who had turned into an entirely different person from the don known to the world, suddenly snarled, his grip on the wine glass of wine in his hand tightening until finally;“Damn her!!!” He hissed, his teeth grinding against each other and then unable to hold his emotions together again: the glass flew from his hand, shattering against the wall like the fragile threads of his composure, causing the secretary nearby to flinch slightly.The secretary had already gone pale, overwhelmed by the intense aura emanating from her E-rank fighter boss, an aura that would have long crushed ordinary people.She watched in absolute stupor as her typically calm and composed boss lost his temper and control, something she had never seen before despite having worked with him for years.'That b!tch is certainly so fortu
*****After leaving Oceanview Estate, Xavier hailed a taxi to the largest herb market in the city, thinking he’d be able to easily locate the ingredients he needed for concocting the medicines his parents needed. Unfortunately, however, he only managed to find a few of the minor components, and no matter how thoroughly he searched, there was not even the faintest sign of the others.As for the main ingredients, the ones that would truly make the medicines he was going to concoct work, which couldn’t be swapped nor absent, it was as if no one in the market had ever heard of them before, so elusive that it felt as if Xavier was the one who had imagined their existence.'What do I do now?' Holding a plastic bag with the handful of ingredients he was able to gather, Xavier after realizing that the things he was searching for weren't present in the market stood at the side, looking completely helpless and frustrated.Despite the market’s vast size, he had already circled it five time
*****Xavier didn’t depart immediately after the little girl had gone, instead, he observed her as she hurried over to a street vendor, eagerly handing over the money he had just given her, her eyes locked on the noodles she was about to buy as though it was a sort of delicacy which anyone would die for.Eventually, after making sure the little girl was okay, he sighed deeply and then brushed off the emotions that threatened to surface, before turning and leaving the market.Barely five minutes after Xavier had left, however, four scruffy-looking roadside gangsters appeared in front of the little girl, who was crouched on the ground, happily devouring the bland-looking noodles she had just purchased as though it were the most delicious meal she had ever tasted in her life.“I see you’ve got cash on you to buy such an expensive-looking meal,” the man who seemed to be the leader, a cigarette dangling from his lips, said abruptly, and the instant the little girl, who was lost in her