The senseless Morrphie had forgotten that his mum had actually invited Derek, therefore she did give him a real invitation card.Mrs Reid on the other hand knew his, but then she kept quiet with a long expression, as she intended to know how far Derek would go with the invitation before he got kicked out.At least, she could easily reject the fact that she gave him an invitation. No one was there, since there were no witnesses there, all was in her favour.The middle-aged man held the invitation card and handed it back to Derek with both hands, bowing and apologising at the same time. "My apologies, Mr Brook, this invitation card is authentic. I’m sorry for unintentionally offending you just now! I didn’t mean to. Please forgive me.”At that point, he was able to believe that all that was said about Derek were actually not true.Then he straightened up his body and shot Morphie an extremely cold gaze.It was all his fault for spurring him to ask Derek to produce the invitation card f
The glass bottle slammed hard against someone’s head!The thick glass bottle shattered immediately, forming a crack in his hard and solid skull as the fragrant white wine and blood flowed down his head.“Waa!” The people around them subconsciously shrieked in horror while watching the scene unfold in front of them in disbelief.What made them unable to believe their eyes was that Morphie was clearly the one who had grabbed the white wine bottle and attempted to smash it at Derek. But now, the person who had his head cracked open by the wine bottle turned out to be Morphie himself and not Derek!No one in the room saw how Derek grabbed the bottle from his hand and smashed it on his head in less than a second! The dumbfounded Morphie stood still on the spot for a long time before hugging his head and wailing out loud.Derek nonchalantly tossed the broken half of the wine bottle onto the ground, picked up a stack of snow-white napkins on the table, and slowly wiped the spilled wine on h
Arden Walked over with a frown on his face. While on his way here, he had already heard about what happened. As soon as he arrived, he saw Morphie pressing a white napkin against his bleeding head. He then looked at the composed Derek, who was sitting on a chair and drinking tea leisurely.Staring at the two people in front of him, especially the unharmed Derek, Arden narrowed his eyes and said hostilely, “It’s my party today, and I believe that all the guests are here to wish me well and join us in this celebration. The Hemsworth have already reminded you all beforehand that no matter what feuds you have with each other, you are to set them aside and not cause trouble on our turf! Even if you must settle it, you have to wait until you’ve left our place!”Glowering at Derek scornfully, Arden questioned, “Don’t you understand?”Being the next successor of the family, Arden was extremely arrogant. It was as if he had already shown nobody like Derek enough courtesy by saying these words.
Everyone looked at each other in shock. They initially thought that Arden would immediately flare up at Derek and hit him, but they didn’t expect Arden to actually just walk away!They wondered what the white-haired old man had whispered into his ear to make him suppress his anger…Many guests whispered and made guesses about the reason.Although Derek also felt quite surprised, he wasn’t in a hurry to ask for an explanation from the Hemsworths, as there was still plenty of time to do so.The two people standing at the side, Mrs Reid and Morphie, were instantly disappointed when they saw Arden walking away with the Hemsworths.They initially thought that Derek would have faced the wrath of the Hemsworths for being arrogant and having the audacity to press Arden’s head directly into the bowl of soup. But they didn’t expect Arden to actually just let Derek off instead of pursuing the matter!Both Mrs Reid and Morphie were full of regret. But since the Hemsworths didn’t exact revenge on
Bright Hemsworth, the patriarch of the Hemsworth family, stood at the front of the banquet hall. When he raised his hand, the thousands of guests in the hall immediately fell silent.Bright coughed twice to clear his throat and began to speak, “it's a great honour to have you all here at the celebration of a new milestone crushed in the family. Everyone present is a guest of the Hemsworth. I hereby thank you all for taking the time to attend the banquet tonight on behalf of the Hemsworth family! Please make yourselves comfortable, and do well to enjoy every single moment!”Although Bright was stricken in age, he was still energetic, and his voice was loud and clear. His speech attracted everyone’s applause!Afterward, many people took out the gifts that they had meticulously prepared and went forward to present them.Apart from the usual gifts such as gold jewelry and ornaments, there were also many precious antiques and expensive items. At first glance, they didn’t seem like congratu
Bright narrowed his eyes as he looked at Derek with a hostile expression and a sharp gaze.Just now, he received the news in the backyard that someone had openly started a conflict with another person at the Hemsworth’ banquet, and it resulted in ghastly bloodshed. Furthermore, that person had also been extremely disrespectful to his son, Arden.At first, Bright wanted to chase Derek out immediately. But due to the fact that it was tricky to deal with him, he reckoned that it would result in an unsightly dispute again. Besides, the banquet was about to officially begin. So Bright decided to suppress the matter for the time being and wait until the banquet ended before dealing with him.But he didn’t expect Derek to be so brazen as to cause trouble time and time again. Even the Millers censured him. Even if Bright wanted to deal with Derek at a later time, he had no choice but to change his mind now. Otherwise, others might just think that the Hemsworth were really scared of Derek.A c
Arden’s pupils constricted. But before he could react, he was kicked away by Derek’s long and menacing leg!With a lasting shriek, Arden was instantly kicked far away. He smashed into several tables in a row, shattering the dishes on the table into pieces, and landed right onto the greasy soup and broken porcelain pieces. He couldn’t get up for a long time and looked extremely distressed!Everyone inhaled sharply as they looked at the scene in front of them in disbelief!Derek actually had the guts to kick Arden right in front of the patriarch of the Hale family. He was simply out of his mind!“This punk must be tired of living. He’s out of his mind!”“But how on earth did he just hit Mr. Hemsworth? There were clearly five bodyguards shielding Mr. Hemsworth. How did that punk pass them?”The crowd broke into discussion while staring in disbelief at Arden, who had been kicked several metres away.If not for the fact that Arden had indeed collapsed onto the ground and was lying in a dis
The tall muscular man was called Tom Hollow, a highly competent henchman hired by the Hemsworths for a high price. Over the years, he had protected Bright and the Hemsworths’ direct descendants on several occasions.Moreover, before the Hemsworths became one of the first tier families they currently were, they had plenty of business rivals and competitors. But these people would somehow get into mishaps, get kidnapped, or be assassinated.Those who were close to them all knew that these incidents were the doing of this short and hideous old man.It could be said that without the secret help and support that Hollow had provided the family with by resorting to unscrupulous means to attack their rivals, the Hemsworths would have never become one of the four major families in Dominican.He was an intimidating figure who made countless people of the older generation terrified!The most frightening things about Hollow were his unpredictable moves, lightning-like speed, excellent reflexes, a