“Why are you back so soon, Son? Weren’t you on a secret mission with your unit?” Kyle quickly approached his son joyfully once he snapped out of the initial shock of seeing Charlie.“Everything’s peaceful now, so I took a few days off.” Charlie chuckled.“Good, that’s good… It’s great to see you back! I haven’t seen you in a while!”“I’ve got good news, Dad. I’ve been promoted! I’m now a high–ranking commander in the Black Ops Division!” Charlie announced proudly.“What? A high–ranking commander?” An excited chatter broke out among the crowd, who were all delightfully surprised to hear that.“Hahaha! Great! That’s amazing!” Kyle laughed heartily. “My son is amazing! He’s been promoted again in just a year! I’m proud of you, Son!”“Like father, like son!” Dennis exclaimed enviously. “You’ll be as great as Trevor Storm, if not better than him in the future, Charlie!”“The Smith family has produced yet another amazing talent!” Richard was pleased too. “Congratulations, Charlie! You’ve a

Roughly two hours after the celebrations had begun, Richard got on his feet and raised his glass. “I’d like to propose a toast!” In response, everyone stood and raised their glass to toast in return.Just as he was about to begin his speech, a loud voice suddenly rang out, “The Storm family has arrived!”Instantly, all eyes turned toward the entrance.Under everyone’s gaze, a tall, handsome man walked in with a servant in tow.He gave off a terrifying aura–his entire body was radiating with an intense desire to kill.All the guests shuddered, not daring to face him directly.“Trevor Storm? It’s actually Trevor Storm?!”“Oh my god! Who would’ve thought that the Smiths were so respected? Even General Trevor Storm personally showed up to celebrate!”When the guests caught sight of the newcomer, they instantly burst into chatter.“He’s finally here,” Victoria muttered with furrowed brows.She knew that this matter had to end today.“Trevor, now that you’re here, please sit.” Richard stoo

Despite his poor attempt to act bigger than he truly was, Charlie understood that with his status, he couldn’t even interact with Thaddeus, let alone have his personal contact information“Charlie, stop holding back! Just give her a call. I’d like to see if Trevor would still dare stir up trouble.” Kyle said in discontent.“That’s right, show him the power of The White Tiger King!” The Smiths started clamoring.They knew asking the White Tiger King to appear would be difficult, but making a call would be easy.After all, Charlie was a high–ranking commander.He would definitely be taken seriously.“Fine! I’ll make the call!” Realizing that he couldn’t avoid it, Charlie immediately took out his phone and started his act of needing help.“Don’t try to tell me that Thaddeus is too busy and can’t answer your call,” Trevor interrupted him coldly.Charlie turned red as he was caught off guard by his words.He was indeed about to make an excuse to deceive him.After being exposed, he stood t

Trevor narrowed his eyes. “Lord Dylan, are you really going to support the Smiths?”“That’s right! I’m definitely supporting them! If anyone has a problem with it, feel free to talk to me.” Dylan’s tone was domineering as he added. “You should already be thankful that I'm not coming to the Storms' doorstep to demand an explanation for what happened to my daughter. If not that the person responsible is already dead, I would have already done so!”The Smiths were ecstatic upon hearing his declaration, while Trevor’s expression turned unusually resentful. Even though he was upset, he could only give in for now.Dylan was a first–ranked official and controlled the army, Trevor couldn’t afford to offend him.However, he was confident he would overshadow Dylan in under five years.“Lord Dylan, since you have a higher rank, I’ll concede for now. However, the world is a small place, and things don’t always go as you want. We’ll meet again!” With a scoff, Trevor strutted out of the place with

Once Victoria had responded to his calls for her to wait, Douglas said, “Tonight, I’ve specially invited all my friends from top families. I was planning to introduce them to you and see if there’s a chance for you to cooperate with them. If you leave now, not only will you be letting my kind intentions go to waste, but it will be quite disrespectful to everyone here too.”“Douglas is right, Miss Smith. You’re actually leaving before we even get to speak to each other. That seems a little impolite of you, don’t you think?”“That’s right. We are all here for Douglas’s sake yet you suddenly want to leave even though we’ve agreed to meet you for dinner. Are you looking down on us?”Two people at the dining table stood up and chimed in.Although both of them acted like they were joking, there was an obvious sense of threat in their tone.In particular, they were all scions of wealthy and prestigious families and had absolute say and authority in their respective families.If Victoria insi