*****“Impossible!”Borgia’s third brother suddenly sprang to his feet, his voice reverberating through the hall with such force that Lucius stumbled back in fear.“Why would that old fool from the Harrison family do something like that?” he growled, his sharp gaze boring into Lucius like a predator ready to strike.The oppressive weight of his killing intent was so strong that Lucius couldn’t help but feel as though his very existence was about to be ripped apart.“I…” Lucius stammered, his back drenched in cold sweat.The glare wasn’t limited to Borgia’s third brother. Every single person in the room, save for Augustus and Borgia’s second brother, everyone else was now staring daggers at him—including Borgia himself.“So this is the ridiculous nonsense you dared to bring before us?” Borgia snarled, his tone menacing and dark.His words instantly emitted such a potent weight that Lucius’s knees threatened to buckle.“I… I swear to heaven,” Lucius blurted, his voice trembling

*****As soon as Lucius heard this old man’s order, he returned to his senses. In the next second, his heart plummeted.‘He wants…’ his blood went cold. ‘But my bodyguard must have already taken him down,’ he thought, anxiety gnawing at him.Before he knew it dread crept as he wondered what the old man would do to him once he found out he had already killed the person he was interested in.‘What do I do now?’ His thoughts raced, his body trembling.On the other hand, the patriarch, seemingly done with the man waved his hand and as he had appeared, he disappeared.“Prepare the car,” the old man ordered suddenly. “I’m going to the Harrison estate.”The moment the words left his mouth, Borgia and his third brother scrambled to their feet, practically racing each other out of the room in an obvious attempt to curry favor.The patriarch ignored them entirely. Apart from Augustus and the visibly distressed Lucius, no one else reacted.“Let’s go,” the patriarch commanded, descending

*****Noticing Xavier’s silence, the bodyguard didn’t get angry. Instead, he smirked, interpreting the lack of response as confirmation of his assumption.“Heh…” The bodyguard chuckled, his tone dripping with disdain. “I thought you were clever, considering how you’ve been managing to block my master’s plans all this while and constantly opposing him. But it turns out you’re just plain stupid.”His gloating expression deepened.“You knew I have been tailing you, likely to kill you, yet you waited instead of escaping? How bold of you? Or… should I ask, how foolish of you?” he sneered, his laughter echoing down the alleyway.“Huh?”Xavier, hearing his words suddenly tilted his head slightly, his expression shifting into one of an abrupt shock.Then before the bodyguard could react:“You…” Xavier stammered, his eyes wide. “You mean you were tailing me with… malicious intent? To kill me?”The bodyguard, “_”‘Huh?’He suddenly froze, his smirk vanishing as though it had never be

*****“How dare you? How dare you lie about my wife, you bitch! I should have killed you long ago!” Jace Hunter, Lucius’s bodyguard, roared, his voice trembling with unbearable rage.His eyes blazed with fury, and a suffocating wave of killing intent rolled off him—a level of menace he had not once directed at Xavier, showing that he really wanted to go on a killing spree right now.Standing calmly before him, Xavier couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, slightly intrigued.‘This guy…’ he mused. ‘He’s definitely walked through mountains of corpses to hone this kind of bloodlust. It’s too potent to come from anything else.’Thinking this, a sudden amusement flickered across Xavier’s face, the sharp tension in the air only deepening his interest.With this, he was no longer in a hurry to act.On the other hand, Hunter, completely unaware of Xavier’s thoughts was trembling all over, the fury in his posture making it seem as if he might explode at any moment. But the voice on the oth

***** “Based on what the caller just said, several people have already been dispatched to take your life,” Xavier said suddenly, his voice calm yet pointed. “Don’t you think charging off for revenge right now would be nothing more than a suicide mission?” “I…” Hunter’s mouth opened to respond, but no words came out. Of course, he already knew Xavier was right—but… His fists clenched tightly, his nails digging into his palms as his rage and unwillingness bubbled to the surface. Xavier, noticing this, smiled faintly. “I’m not denying you your revenge. You can always have it in the future,” he said. “And depending on how you perform… I might even give you a helping hand.” “This…” Hunter froze, his jaw practically dropping to the ground. He had never expected such words from Xavier—not in his wildest dreams. “You… you… why?” he finally stuttered, his voice heavily laced with disbelief. Xavier’s lips curled into a small smile, understanding his question. “Didn’t I mentio