The attention of everyone in the restaurant turned back to the table occupied by Daniel's family.Luisa froze, staring at Scott and the waitress with wide eyes. She couldn't believe what she had just heard.Daniel and his family looked confused. Unlike Luisa, however, they stared at Scott with judgmental eyes."What did you say?" Scott asked after wiping the leftover wine off his face with a napkin."Don't play dumb, you motherfucker! A month ago, you took me to a hotel and slept with me when I was drunk. Then you just left, leaving a bit of money for me. Do you think I'm some kind of prostitute?!" the waitress accused angrily.Scott looked at her in bewilderment. He had no idea who this woman was. He had never met her before, so how could he have done what she claimed?"Are you sure you have the right person?" Scott asked, annoyed."The right person? You're a real piece of work! You just wanted to enjoy my body, didn't you? Now you're trying to weasel out of it when I demand you take
Realizing that the person before her was the new owner of the restaurant where she worked, Agnes, the director of The Silver Crescent, was about to bow respectfully to Scott. However, Scott quickly signaled for her not to do that.Agnes furrowed her brow and looked at Scott, confused, but then she gave a slight nod. She understood—there were important people who didn't want their identities revealed. Scott was clearly one of them."Don't listen to him! He's my ex-fiancé, and I know exactly what he's like. He’s a jerk. This poor waitress is just one of his many victims," Lisa said.Agnes shot Lisa a disdainful look. How dare she call her new boss a jerk! Should she shove a stack of tissues into Lisa's mouth?For now, Agnes chose to hold back. After all, she didn’t yet know what kind of person her new boss was. It was possible that he disliked employees who couldn’t maintain their professionalism.At this point, she noticed that Scott's suit and shirt were slightly damp and stained red.
The two security guards nodded, doing as Agnes had instructed.Jasmine struggled and hurled the vilest curses at Lisa as the guards dragged her away roughly.Lisa glared back at her with hatred. Her chest was heaving, and her hair was disheveled.“Now, I hope there won’t be any more disturbances at this table. If there’s another incident, I’ll have to ask you and the others to leave,” Agnes said, giving Lisa a cold stare.Lisa stared back at Agnes, panting. If there had been a mirror in front of her, she would have seen how terrible she looked.Agnes glanced at Scott, looking for a signal from her new boss. Scott nodded. Agnes understood it as appreciation for handling the recent trouble. She turned around and went back to her office.After Agnes left, the atmosphere at the table was awkward.Lisa slowly sat down, trying to fix her hair as best as she could. Daniel lowered his head, rubbing his temples.They were all trapped in an uncomfortable silence. Meanwhile, Scott continued to e
"I'm busy tonight. Let's talk tomorrow. Meet me at Crystal Belle Bridal around 1 PM."[Understood, General.]Scott ended the call and placed his phone on the car's dashboard."What is it, Scott? Is there a problem?" Luisa asked, looking at Scott with concern."Nothing," Scott said, shaking his head with a smile."You sure?""Yeah."Luisa eyed Scott suspiciously. He smiled again and turned his gaze back to the road. In his mind, he tried to guess what sensitive information Zach would share tomorrow.There were many people he had killed while avenging his grandfather's death. Among them, some had families or relatives whom Scott hadn't eliminated for one reason or another.Scott suspected the sensitive information Zach mentioned was related to one of those people.And of course, Luisa shouldn’t know anything about this. Scott had to keep everything related to his past away from her....The next day, just after lunchtime...Scott and Luisa had just arrived at Crystal Belle Bridal, one o
Matt tumbled backward, blood streaming from his nose.Ursula screamed hysterically. Luisa and the store clerk gasped, covering their mouths with their hands."How dare you call my fiancée a 'whore'! Say it again, and I'll rip your tongue out!" Scott threatened.Matt gasped. For some reason, Scott seemed terrifying right now, even appearing larger than life."Matt, are you okay?"Ursula rushed to Matt, squatting down to give him a handkerchief, instructing him to press it against his nose.Then she glared at Scott with rage, saying, "Do you know who you just punched, huh?! He's the son of an active military general!"Hearing Ursula mention his father, Matt shook off his earlier sense of inferiority. He wiped the blood from his nose and mouth with the handkerchief and said,"Yeah, my father is a high-ranking, strategic military general. I'll call him and have his men come here to teach you a lesson. You're dead, son-of-a-bitch!"Scott remained silent, staring at Matt without blinking. U
As the commander of the strongest battalion in Mildenbrough, Zach was both feared and respected by the high-ranking military officers in the city’s other battalions, including Teddy Buckmann.Rumors abounded that Zach was a strict and unwavering leader, known for his ruthless treatment of those who crossed him.Teddy Buckmann wasn’t about to risk his flourishing military career. In moments like these, he needed to be clever. Refusing Zach’s demands was not an option.“Understood, Lieutenant General Zach. I’ll cancel the credit card my son uses. I’ll also block his access to my wealth. Hopefully, this will earn your forgiveness for my earlier insolence,” Teddy said.[Good. Do it now.]“Yes, sir.”Zach ended the call and tossed the phone back to its owner.Matt leaned forward slightly to retrieve his phone, disappointment etched on his face as he missed the chance to ask his father what had transpired. He now stared at Zach with apprehension.“What else do you have to boast about, you b
“What the hell are you waiting for, you bastards?! Shoot this phony soldier now!” Matt shouted, hoping he could incite the soldiers his father had sent.“Captain, your orders?!” the soldier next to Ernest demanded.Ernest and Zach had been locked in a stare for nearly a minute. He knew he had to make a decision now.“Lower your weapons! We’re leaving!” Ernest finally commanded.The soldier next to him and the others looked shocked, but they obeyed Ernest without question.Without another word, Ernest turned on his heel and left the room. The other soldiers followed him.Matt stood there, dumbfounded, unable to believe that his father’s men had just ignored him. This was the first time one of his commands had been disobeyed, and it left him shaken.“Y-y-you...” he stammered.He was so shaken that it was all he could manage to say.“So, what now? Got any more tricks up your sleeve?” Zach mocked, flashing Matt a condescending smile.Matt stared at Zach, his mouth open and his hands tremb
Scott had completed the purchase of the $55 million wedding dress. Now, he was sitting on the sofa in the room, waiting for Luisa, who was trying on the wedding dress. If the fit was slightly off, the boutique staffs would take care of it.There were no issues with the purchase process itself, but the behavior of the saleswoman made him frown.Earlier, several times, the ponytailed woman seemed to lean in deliberately and, for some reason, she had left the top three buttons of her uniform shirt undone.Scott could see the saleswoman’s cleavage, though he quickly averted his gaze. He remembered that when Matt and Ursula were around, the saleswoman had only left the top button of her uniform undone.Not wanting to dwell on it, Scott picked up a fashion magazine from the table and flipped through the pages, hoping to find something to read.Before he could start, the ponytailed woman approached him.“Mr. Scott, would you like me to get you some coffee or tea?” she asked.Scott turned to