Chapter 59: Another Fact (1)Silence engulfed the room after Terry said that. The atmosphere became strange and very awkward. The air became cold and stifling.Everyone in the room stared at each other. They were reluctant to open their mouths as they were lost in their own thoughts. The sound of clockwork accompanied every second of the silence.Steve turned his head toward Terry. The man's expression was not good. He looked angry and upset. Terry clenched his fist so hard that the beer bottle he was holding was dented.The man's breathing was labored. His face looked flushed with bulging eyes, as if he were ready to destroy anything in his way.Steve turned his eyes toward Barbara. He could see that his father was equally silent, but with a different expression. The man's face looked so shocked. But Steve could see the sad look on his face."Dad? Do you know anything about what Terry said earlier?" Asked Steve as he broke the silence that trapped the four of them.Barbara seemed hes
Chapter 60: The Facts (2)It was getting late. The clock struck 9 p.m. The rain was pouring down, soaking the earth, and the air was getting cold. However, that didn't seem to apply to the four people currently talking inside Terry and Ben's secret base. Because in here, the atmosphere was hot.The words Barbara had just uttered were like a bolt of lightning striking in bright daylight. Terry stopped sobbing with his eyes wide open, as well as his mouth. He seemed to have forgotten how to breathe in shock. The same was true for Ben.Both men looked shocked by another fact they had just learned from Barbara. Their hearts seemed to stop beating for a few moments. Their bodies tensed up as their faces paled."What?"The word just came out of Steve's mouth, as if representing the shock felt by his two colleagues. His eyes looked perfectly rounded, as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.Although he was not in Ben's or Terry's shoes, Steve could feel what the two men were feelin
Chapter 61: AdviceBarbara was silent at the words that came out of Steve's mouth. The man seemed to have a flat expression. The line of his lips looked so straight, as if he had predicted that Steve would ask this.The man let out a long breath. Then immediately took back the canned beer from the table, gulping it all down in one go without sparing a drop."Why do you assume Kai is a bad guy?" Barbara asked back with a furrowed brow. The man threw the empty can into the trash by throwing it, exactly the same way Terry had done it earlier. Again, the sound of the can making contact with the trash can created quite a loud noise. Steve even covered his ears because the sound made by the can was too loud for him."I know because what he said was very suspicious," Steve said in a steady tone. He looked at his father with a straight gaze."And again, I feel that he has other intentions and wants to use me as his pawn," continued Steve, explaining what was in his head. His tone of voice
Chapter 62: Calm down.Steve raised his eyebrows as the question rang in his ears. His lips curled into a faint smile. His hands changed position and folded across his chest. His gaze also changed, from friendly and unpretentious to a confident gaze with a hint of arrogance in it."Why are you asking like that?" asked Steve in a calm tone. His pupils scanned Daniel from top to bottom without exception, as if he were looking for an opening. This, of course, made Daniel feel uncomfortable. Whether it was his feelings or not, Daniel could feel that Steve had a very dominant aura, which was very different when he was still Minji's husband.Daniel also stared at Steve with a sharp gaze. A sardonic smile played on his lips. "You act like you're a great man with power." Steve furrowed his brow when he heard that sentence. This was outside the context of the previous conversation. Unconsciously, his mouth immediately said it in a low tone. "What do you mean?""You don't understand what
Chapter 63: DiscordSteve frowned at the words that came out of Terry's mouth. He was surprised that Terry was questioning him about his answers, which was something Terry rarely did to him.However, Steve felt uncomfortable with the tone of voice the man was using. Why did Terry seem to blame him? Was it wrong for him to want to gain knowledge that would make him better than he was before? What was really going on? Was there something he didn't know about X?Steve's focus shifted to Ben's cell phone, which had fallen to the floor, close to his feet. "Ben, your cell phone fell."Steve bent down to pick up Ben's cell phone. Steve could see that the screen was cracked, with lines running vertically across it. Once it was in his hands, he gave the phone to its owner."Here," Steve handed the phone to Ben, who was still staring at it blankly. "Be careful next time. Look, the screen is cracked."Ben immediately accepted the cell phone. His eyes rounded when he realized that the screen looke
Chapter 64: Unilateral DecisionSteve rounded his eyes at that. He glanced at Barbara and the white-haired girl in turn. His eyes blinked for a few moments, with a strange laugh coming out of his mouth."Dad, you're kidding, right?"Barbara shook his head. His eyes were now refocused on his laptop and the report he had to complete this month. He adjusted his glasses, which seemed to have dropped. "Unfortunately, I'm being serious, Steve."Steve held his breath. His body tensed with a heart that seemed to stop beating. The man even forgot to breathe at this shocking news. "Dad, but why do you want me to work with her?" Steve asked while pointing at the white-haired girl with his index finger."Don't you know that she is one of the traitors who have betrayed our family?"Barbara shifted his eyes from the laptop in front of him to Steve with a flat look. The man put the document he was holding on the table. Then he crossed his arms in front of his chest. Another harsh sigh came from hi
Chapter 65: Trying to Talk The three men turned their heads towards the source of the sound, precisely to the doorway that had been open for some time. The three of them could see that there was a white-haired girl leaning against it with her arms folded in front of her chest."What do you mean you don't know the reason either?"Ben asked the girl another question. His hands were clenched so tightly that his knuckles looked white. His jaw tightened until the veins of his neck stood out with his mouth tightly closed. Ben's heterochromia eyes were now staring at the white-haired girl with a sharp gaze. The intimidating aura that Ben had just came out—so dense and so dark. He considered the girl an enemy that needed to be destroyed.The atmosphere became heated in just a few seconds. The air seemed to be so thin that Terry and Steve had trouble breathing. Both of them glanced at each other, looking confused about what to do with the current situation.The white-haired girl gave a small
Chapter 66: IntentionTerry was a little surprised by the proposal mentioned by Steve. The red-haired man looked stunned for a while, not even blinking his eyes.This, of course, made Steve feel confused. He scratched the back of his head, which was not itchy. Various questions were now swirling in his head.What happened to Terry? Did he say the wrong thing? Or was the advice he gave not suitable for the current situation? Guess what's in Steve's head right now?Out of curiosity, Steve's hand reached out to touch Terry's shoulder. He patted Terry's shoulder gently, trying to bring Terry back to reality."Terry?" called Steve in a low voice.Terry winced in surprise. He turned his head towards Steve, who was currently looking at him with concern. His eyes blinked for a few moments before finally asking."What's wrong?""Why are you silent like that?" asked Steve while raising his eyebrows. "Is the suggestion I just made not something we can do?"Terry shook his head. He stared at St