“Kate’s identityis all over the internet now, and someone could do anything to harm her at anytime. Yet instead of thinking of a way to resolve this, you’re allowing her tojust stand here.”Benji’s eyeswidened, and there was a mixture of shock and regret in them. Darius looked athim with pity, but he didn’t stop. He knew the words he was about to utter nextwould only be more hurtful. “I’m sure youdidn’t think about this, but from the moment you brought your family here, yourecognized my relationship with Kate! From the second you showed up here, noone would believe you anymore, no matter what you said or what evidence youcould provide.”Darius’ voicewasn’t loud, nor was he forceful. Still, Benji could feel that his shirt wasdrenched with sweat. He seemed to lose the strength to remain on his feet, sohe slowly sat down and buried his head in his hands. Then, he grabbed his hairand tugged it harshly.Darius could seehow much despair he was in, but there was nothing he co
However, when hesensed the shift in Benji’s emotions, he immediately turned back to look atBenji. Caught in the act, Benji stiffened. At the same time, he lookedthoughtful.The Andersonfamily was affluent, so he’d seen many martial arts experts. None of them hadthe sensitivity Darius possessed, however. Benji found it hard to believe thatsuch a sharp person was poor. In fact, if hecould gain control of the Anderson family, he’d definitely want to take Dariusunder his wing, provided he had enough money to do so.Darius wassurprised by Benji’s pondering again, but it didn’t take long for Benji toreturn to his senses. Calypso lookedfurious. She clenched her fists tightly and swung them around, her voice likenails on a chalkboard as she screeched, “That’s enough! You’re such adisappointment! You’re my brother, and I’m the only person in this world thatshares your blood. Yet, you’re protecting William’s daughter even though he’salready dead!”Silence descendedupon them fo
Darius didn’t sayanything, though. There wasn’t any need to because Kate had already startedscreeching, “Calypso Anderson, let go of Darius this instant, and I’ll turn ablind eye to what you’ve done so far. Once my father’s back, I won’t tell himabout this, either.”Calypso quicklystopped when she heard this. Then, she whipped around so swiftly that her hairwhipped against Darius’ face. He frowned but didn’t say anything. Calypso wanted tolet go of him but didn’t dare do so. She knew that someone of his wealthdefinitely had bodyguards protecting him, but for some reason, they hadn’t doneanything to her. If she were tolet go of him at this moment, there was no way Darius’ bodyguards would let heroff the hook.She discreetlytook in her surroundings at this thought, but no one appeared. She relaxed alittle, looked at Kate, and said lowly, “Kate, your father’s still alive, isn’the? You know where he is and how he’s doing.” Her tone went from beingquestioning to certain.K
Leah’s voice wasfirm, and her eyes were confident.Kate took a deepbreath, clenched her fists, and started to tremble. As time passed, hertrembling grew worse.Benji wasn’t muchbetter off, but he took a deep breath to calm himself down. Then, he placed ahand on Kate’s shoulder and said, “There’s no need to get mad over the thingsshe said. She grew up withher mother and was educated the same way. Trust me—I may not be the brightest,but I’m definitely the best at telling right from wrong among everyonepresent.”Kate could tellhe was trying his best to comfort her, but she could sense that he wasn’t doingtoo well himself. She took a deep breath to calm herself, then turned to lookat Darius with reddened eyes. “I think youhelped me to make the correct decision.” Then, she looked away.Calypso had alreadyrecovered from her earlier embarrassment. At Kate’s words, she shot to her feetand dashed over to Darius, grabbing him by the collar again. “It looks likeWilliam’s disap
“If this werejust between the two of us, I would still accept you as my brother. But that’snot the case! You’re accusing and hurting your sister because of Darius’words!” Calypso spat out. Her expression was twisted as she bent over andpounded herself on the chest.A trace of painflashed in Benji’s eyes at the sound of her fists coming into contact with herchest, but he didn’t waver this time. He shut his eyes, took a deep breath, andsaid, “You’re no longerthe sister I remember, and you’ve become a completely different person. Orperhaps, you’ve been lying to me since we were children. It doesn’t matter—notanymore. Too many things have happened for us to return to how things used tobe.”Calypso gaped athim. Darius swept his gaze over everyone present, then raised an eyebrow andpatted Kate on the shoulder. When she didn’t react, he smiled and reached outto push her jaw back up. Only then did shenotice the warmth on her jaw. She backed away, then turned to look at him. H
##He was caughtup in his shock at Calypso’s words. He opened his mouth a few times to saysomething but failed. It only made Calypso angrier. She panted loudly andturned away from him, her gaze landing on Darius.Suddenly, shesmiled, making a chill run down the spines of everyone present. This didn’tinclude Darius, of course. He stood there with his hands in his pockets,looking exactly the same as normal.This surprisedCalypso. She walked over to him, wanting to touch his face. However, she’d onlystarted reaching out when he grabbed her wrist. Then, a sharp pain shot throughher arm. This was completely out of her expectations.Her face twistedwith pain. Darius looked at her, his face devoid of emotion and his voice calm.“It’s been a while since I last came across someone with such nerve. Let me tryto recall how the last person died.” He looked at hermildly, but it made her shudder. Despite this, she didn’t look away from him.Her hatred was obvious, and she didn’t back do
Almostinstinctively, Benji wanted to deny this. He’d already opened his mouth tospeak, but Darius beat him to it. “Look, there’s noneed for you two to act this way because Calypso won’t make it out of thisalive. I won’t allow someone who’s plotted against me repeatedly and wants touse me to achieve her hidden agenda to remain in this world.” His tone wasdevoid of warmth.Benji frowned,feeling slightly anxious, but he didn’t dare to do anything too out of placebecause of Darius’ abilities. He took a deep breath before saying seriously, “Ican apologize to you on her behalf.”Before he couldcontinue, Calypso cut him off shrilly. “Benji Anderson, that’s enough! I don’tneed you to put up such an act in front of me. Anyway, it’s obvious that youtwo have your own issues to work out, so stop dragging me into your mess!”Benji was shockedat her words, but he quickly regained his composure. He knew that once therewas a misunderstanding between two people, it wouldn’t be an easy f
He smiled. “Ah,it’s you. I remember that you were expelled because of your bad record. Also,the university tested you psychologically and determined that you had a highpropensity for violence.” As Darius spoke,he pulled his hands out of his pocket and allowed them to rest by his side.Though he didn’t think Holt was a threat, there was no denying that Holt couldlaunch a sudden attack on any of the people present.Holt looked atDarius and laughed mockingly. He rolled his sleeves up and cracked his knuckles.“It looks likethe beatings you received back in university didn’t leave much of an impressionon you. You don’t seem to remember what we rich people are capable of, but Isuppose they’re the ones to be blamed for not being able to teach you a lesson.It’s okay—I’ll teach you a lesson on their behalf.” He turned to face Darius.At his words,Calypso couldn't hold herself back anymore. This was mostly due to herstupidity—earlier, she’d suspected Darius was a wealthy person! H