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As Gaston began to recognize the old man standing behind, his facial expression took a drastic change.The old man was the chief of Thousand Miles Conglomerate, and the alpha of the underground world, Lord Lex—Lex Gunther! He did not have the guts to berate Lord Lex. After all, he still valued his life. Gaston stood frozen for a moment, as he gathered his thoughts, he immediately smiled and apologized, "Lord Lex, I'm so, so, so sorry, I didn't know it was you! Please be the bigger man that I know you to be. Please forgive me for what I just said. I know you’re a large-hearted man. Oh, I’m Gaston, you sent someone to call for me? Is the purpose of this meeting to assign additional tasks to me? Perhaps to promote me to be a manager? I promise I will perform to the best of my abilities."Lord Lex’s face sank a little. His eyes were gloomy and cold. He said in a monotone voice, "Let’s talk about it in the meeting room." When Gaston saw that Lord Lex had not lashed out at him, he

Chapter 12

Lord Lex kicked Gaston and shouted, “It’s too late to beg for mercy now! Drag him out and drown him."The security guard lunged forward. At this moment, Gaston’s desire to live kicked into overdrive. He groveled over and over again. His forehead was split open by the force and blood gushed out. Gaston shouted, “Lord Lex, please spare my life! Uncle John, please help me! I know I was in the wrong. I really do. Master Alex, please spare me!”The sight was difficult for John Gates to bear, but he could not mutter a word.Alex glanced at Gaston and said, “Keep him alive, he could still be useful to us.”Upon hearing Alex’s words, gratitude was written all over John’s face. He quickly kicked Gaston and said, “Quickly thank Master Alex. Remember, he’ll be your master from now on!”Gaston hastily groveled and said, “Thank you! Thank you Master Alex!”Lord Lex could not hide the anger in this voice and said, "Spark Rockefeller, he deserves a terrible death for his atrocities. I will send

Chapter 13

Lady Dorothy trusted in Alex, but what Alex said was hard to believe. Most importantly, he had spent ten months not being himself, and that impression lingered on in her mind.Alex stared at Spark coldly. “Again with the lies. I want to see until when you’d stop lying. Do you think your lies were flawless? Will you use the Thousand Miles Conglomerate to force me to divorce Dorothy? What kind of joke is that! Thousand Miles Conglomerate’s John Gates, right? He was kneeling in front of me just now, begging for mercy.”Everyone sneered. Even Lady Dorothy was disappointed in Alex, thinking he was lying.Spark laughed loudly, “Alex, I didn't expect that you are really so delusional and had such hallucinations in your mind. John Gates of Thousand Miles Conglomerate kneeled before you? Why don't you say that Lord Lex works for you?”Alex sneered. ‘Lord Lex Gunther does work for me.’ However, it was not time yet to let the cat out of the bag. He looked at Lady Dorothy and said, “Doroth

Chapter 14

When Gaston received the call, he was having his wounds treated at the hospital.His forehead was split open and his face was swollen. His whole body was blue and purple with bruises.With every instance of pain that he felt, he kept cursing Spark in his mind. If it weren’t for helping that scheming bastard, he would not have ended up in his current condition. He just barely avoided being drowned.When he heard Spark questioning him, he couldn't help but felt like cussing. However, he remembered Alex’s instructions and told Spark, “Don’t ask me any questions about this, I have no answer for you. I’ll be going overseas. You can handle the situation on your own.”Click! Gaston hung up on Spark and turned his phone off and couldn’t be contacted again. Spark was furious. His gut ballooned with rage. Gaston took his money but didn’t do as he asked. However, Gaston was the nephew of the powerful John Gates, a person of high status within Thousand Miles Conglomerate and Spark did not have

Chapter 15

As they left the old Assex Manor, Spark looked admiringly at Bill, “Grandpa, I didn’t know you were so well connected that even Lord Lex is your friend. You even managed to help pull the strings for a billion dollars contract so quickly! No wonder you were confident that the old lady would accept our proposal!”Bill shook his head and said, “The billion dollars contract had nothing to do with me.” "Huh? Then didn’t you just say…” Spark questioned. "I was merely going with the flow,” Bill interjected. “Fate has it to be our day. I didn’t expect the Assex family could do business with Thousand Miles Conglomerate. It seems that someone powerful must be helping them. It is a brilliant move for you to marry Dorothy. We might be able to connect with Thousand Miles Conglomerate through you in the future." Spark smiled and nodded in agreement. The thought crossed his mind, who could be helping the Assex family? A billion dollars was no small sum. Could it be Alex? He quickly dismissed t

Chapter 16

Dorothy asked, "What bride?"Lady Emma smiled and said, “You really don’t have a clue? Interesting! You’ll find out soon. By the way, congratulations in advance!”Dorothy’s and Alex’s eyes met. They knew something bad was going to happen.Alex had a bad feeling as he saw Spark in the hall. It was almost four o'clock and was already a crowd in the banquet hall. Madame Joanne with rosy cheeks in a plain moon-white dress stood under the spotlight. She stretched out both arms and everyone in the hall went silent. “Today is the fifteenth anniversary of Assex Constructions. I would like to thank all of our business partners for your presence tonight.” Clap…. Clap… Clap… The crowd applauded. "According to our usual practice, today, the younger generation of the Assex family will be rewarded based on their performance. But this time, there’s a little twist! Because, we have only one winner today, and that's..."　 Madame Joanne paused on purpose. Next, a light shone on Do

Chapter 17

Alex felt humiliated by Bill Rockefeller.He recalled what happened ten months ago, where his father William had also been humiliated. He said, “Grandpa, why are you lying? I don't understand. Both William and I are your family, but why are we an eyesore to you?” "Why? Because both of you are a disgrace to mankind!” Buzz— Alex felt so heartbroken as if a knife stabbed right through it. Tears rolled down his cheeks. "Dorothy, please trust me, I’ve never lied.” Alex looked at Dorothy with his lonely and helpless eyes. But Dorothy slapped him and said in tears, "You disappoint me! I thought that you’ve changed, but you’ve become more despicable and shameless. You’re such a terrible liar! I’m sick of you!”She took off her wedding ring and threw it at Alex. The ring hit Alex on his face then rolled down to the ground. Alex's face turned pale. Dorothy’s words rang in his ears. She had said that Alex wouldn’t have the chance to put that ring back on her hand if she took

Chapter 18

“What? Did Lord Lex actually address him as his Master?” “Isn't Alex an outcast by the Rockefeller family? How can he be associated with Lord Lex who is worth a trillion dollars?”“Is Alex the real owner of Thousand Miles Conglomerate? If that is true, he might be the richest man in California or the richest man in America.”“Oh my God, that’s a piece of big news! This is so entertaining!” Everyone was astonished. They whispered to each other while looking on stage.The whole Assex family was dumbfounded.Madame Joanne’s body was trembling.Madame Claire’s eyes were popping out of her head with astonishment.Dorothy covered her mouth. She was perplexed.Alex looked at Lord Lex apathetically and asked, “Lord Lex, why are you here?” Lord Lex replied, “Master Alex, I heard about the Assex family’s annual banquet. I came to congratulate and at the same time, hand over the billion-dollar contract. But I didn’t expect to see this.” Alex glanced over at Dorothy and smiled bit

Chapter 19

Gaston immediately knelt before Lady Dorothy, "Mrs. Rockefeller, I'm sorry, I came to beg you for forgiveness. I was blinded by my greed and took fifteen million dollars from Spark to do his bidding; to deliberately cause a ruckus and threaten you, all for him to appear as if he’s a hero. He wanted to steal you away from Master Alex. I was wrong, please forgive me.” Dorothy’s eyes were filled to the brim with tears and she couldn’t hold them back.Snap!Sir John forcefully grabbed the necklace on Madame Claire and threw it to the ground, breaking it and said, "This is a forgery of our Love in a Fallen City necklace. Not only is this illegal, it is also an insult to our company!”Everyone was shocked by the revelation. Everything Spark had said was a lie. All of Alex’s ridiculous claims were all true, but everyone had doubted him.At that very moment, Alex felt frustrated. His mind was filled with the scene of Dorothy nodding in agreement to Spark’s proposal. He shed a tear before

Chapter 20

Alex was frozen. She was stunning and her beauty did not pale in comparison to Dorothy’s. But Dr. Cheryl's figure was more voluptuous. Alex felt like he was dreaming. He thought to himself, ‘Does she know that the necklace is actually genuine and is worth thirty million dollars? Maybe she’s keeping quiet about it but is now aggressively pursuing me!’As Alex kept thinking, he wondered if Dr. Cheryl was lonely for the night. Should he agree to her request? As he recalled what had happened earlier, his heart was in anguish and he just couldn’t get over it. He decided to agree to Dr. Cheryl’s request.Dr. Cheryl said, “Well, I have a school reunion dinner tonight and there’s this guy who has been pursuing me for some time. I find him annoying. I would like you to pretend to be my boyfriend and make him stop. Would you be willing to help me?”Dr. Cheryl was aware that Alex was married and wouldn’t misunderstand her request. She wouldn’t have asked another person.Alex was a little star

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