"Sweet," Richard muttered while nibbling the fruit in his hands. In front of him was a plate filled with different fruits,After sending Cassandra away, he made one of the wardens get him the fruits and then sat back to watch TV with a smile on his face.Richard was less concerned with the ongoing of the outside world, he could care less about it all. After all, Aiden had been captured, and so he didn't think anything could go wrong any time soon,He was rather confident that nothing was going to go wrong at least for about a year or so.Aiden wouldn't be pardoned, besides seeing him incarcerated, anyone who dared to think of following in Aiden's footsteps would have a long rethink.Aiden had been the only one to dare rear his head, after thinking Richard was away for good, the others knew what Richard was capable of, and so they steered clear,A small, satisfying smile lit up Richard's face as he thought about it all and the peace he was currently enjoying.Until the serene silence i

"Here's the thing," Richard began, gazing at Vivienne intently "Tony, one of my allies called to inform me that Andrew came to him, telling him a Family from Brooksville wanted to come to Dalton City to mine the natural resource.”Instantly, Vivienne's brows and body perked up, as she leaned in closely. Richard nodded and continued,“Also, they'll give the city sixty per cent of whatever they were going to mine, keeping forty for themselves.""How is that possible?" Vivienne's expression hardened upon hearing what Richard said, and she narrowed her eyes at him, even if he was merely relaying what he had heard,"Even a fool would realize there's something wrong with that!” Vivienne frowned, "I know, but that's not the main problem. I'm certain they cannot succeed,” he affirmed, his voice ringing with certainty and ruthlessness,"Even if they are going to give up all of the mined natural resources, I don't care about it," he added and shook his head.As she listened, Vivienne's once s

At Cassandra's departure, Richard turned to Vivienne and nodded curtly at her,"Sorry about that," he apologized. Waving it off with a smile, she beamed with a response,"It's fine, you don't have to worry," Though her smile looked rather light, her heart was thumping heavily against her chest as she tried her best to prevent her cheeks from going red,She didn't know why, but she felt a complete sense of security when Richard scolded Cassandra on her behalf.She was just about to retort, but who would have expected that Richard was going to protect her?It felt so good, and she couldn't stop the thrills that went through her as she remained the tone which Richard had scolded Cassandra with,Cassandra had been overly sure that Richard wouldn't throw her out; considering they had once been engaged, she could stand his coldness but didn't think he could be that harsh. Neither did Vivienne.Vivienne's smile further deepened when she remembered Richard's attitude towards Cassandra when

"Hello sir," Franklyn's voice came from the other end of the phone,"Franklyn?" Richard called gently, the smile on his face deepening a bit,"Sir, I've found out about Parker's family." Franklyn began, pausing for a moment before he continued again.“Would you like me to tell you about them or would you prefer for me to send the files over to you, Sir?" Franklyn asked over the phone,For a moment, Richard was deep in thought before he finally responded,"Tell me. What did you find out," Richard answered, he wasn't sure he was in the mood to read any file, and he wanted to get the information over with."Just as you've guessed sir, Parker's family is just a small family in Brooksville. Though for some reason recently, they've been having a major breakthrough." Franklyn explained, his voice carrying some sort of weight,"In just a month, they were about to move from a third-rate family in Brooksville to a first-rate family. Even the other first-rate families have had to tread with the

"Sorry for the delay and the abrupt change in plan," Clinton apologized as he alighted from the car, staring at the group of men before him,The men nodded curtly as one of them responded,"It's nothing, we have been paid after all, so there's no need to get annoyed." while he spoke, he subtly sized Clinton up with his eyes,Clinton caught the man's gaze but commented nothing on it as he dished out his instructions,“Alright then, this would be our location until we're set to roll." gazing intently at them, he continued,"This time around, we're breaking him out of the van that would be conveying him to court” he informed them, as he also appraised them.The mercenaries were ten, and they came in two cars, though some of them were still inside the car, the ones before him all had hardened expressions on their faces,From their expression and countenance, Clinton could tell that this mission was a piece of cake for them, they were mercenaries who had gone through worse situations, even