“What kind of psycho gets in front of a knife?”“She really has a problem, doesn’t she?”“Tell me about it.”Ignoring the fact that a woman was dying, the guests were far too fascinated by her actions to remember she was still on the verge of losing her life.Dante listened in confusion, still bewildered by the fact he was in a socialite’s party instead of on a military base.He didn’t have the time to ponder what was happening for too long when a familiar voice rang out before him.“It’s not enough that you have a son-in-law who thinks he’s a dog, you also have a suicidal granddaughter. How lucky you are, Mr. Ward, to have so many things going on in your family.”Raising his eyes, they settled on Gordon Heffley’s shimmering gaze. At that moment, the past few minutes came flooding back to him as he realized what this man was and what was going on. All this while, Gordon had sat beside Alaric, completely unimpressed with everything, but all of a sudden, he was fascinated by a woman g

“You son of…” Without thinking, the mercenary gripped his phone tighter and reached for the gun at his waist.By the time he raised his eyes to aim, Dante had vanished from his line of sight.Startled, he looked around wildly for a few seconds but Dante was nowhere to be found.Assuming he bolted, the man turned to rush toward his colleagues…But an arm snaked around his neck from behind, knocking off the gun and dragging him back.“You know who I am and you still point your weapon at me?”Choking, the mercenary gnashed his teeth, “Damn you! You’re just a disgraced Commander with no men to command!”Dante’s brows furrowed, “What?”“You should’ve done yourself a favor and stayed hidden! Everyone knows what you did. Kill me or don’t, I don’t care. But just know I won’t be the last one coming after you. From what I also hear, even your own men won’t be…” The mercenary was still talking when a…Bang!His body went limp as a bloody hole instantly formed on his temple. Dante’s eyes immedia

“She already went to the hospital, I’m sure she just needs to sleep to be fine.” Barbara hurriedly nodded, agreeing with him. Unfolding his arms, a thought suddenly occurred to Ian and his eyes shot toward Alaric. “Now that I think of it, wasn’t Selene slacking off at work this week? Grandfather, I think she did this on purpose to get medical leave!”“Ah, how cunning. If she wanted time off, she could’ve just asked. I’m certain father would’ve been glad to give her leave… permanently.” Megan chimed in with a snort. Barbara panicked. After falling out of favor with his father, Benjamin Ward’s income, considerably reduced. But as the young person in the household, Selene earned three times more than him and sustained the family with it. So at the thought of their source of livelihood being taken away, Barbara’s eyes snapped toward Megan fearfully. “Don’t talk like that, Megan. You’ve known Selene since she was born. She’s too hardworking for that.”Feeling the bridge of her nose

When Selene Ward woke up the next morning, the first thing she heard was what happened last night and the decisions her parents had made without her input.At breakfast, Barbara continued in irritation, “Your grandfather is going out on a limb to keep you in the company. Work hard and don’t make his efforts go to waste.”“If you have to do some things with those rich scions to get them to buy a house, make sure you get their signatures on the documents first. And secondly, make sure they’re not taping anything with your face in it.”Scraping his chair back, Benjamin Ward stood and threw a stern glance at his daughter.“You’re way prettier than your cousins, so I know you can get any man you want if you put your heart into it. For once in your life, listen to your mother and me.”“If you don’t do whatever it takes to get a signature on that document, I’ll curse you forever for making my already miserable life even more miserable.”Kicking her feet in the air aggressively, Barbara glare

Instantly, Megan sat up, her face reddening with anger.“What are you doing?”“I came to buy a house. Why do you seem to have a problem with that?” A question originally directed at Selene was answered by the woman as she whipped her head around to stare stoically at Megan. Megan’s face instantly darkened.“What is this? It’s not that I have a problem with you embarrassing yourself, I just have a problem with you wasting our time.”Then she paused and threw a death glare Selene’s way. “And you… you heard everything that happened here, yet you went out and called her back in? What do you know about customers that Ian and I don’t?” Before Selene could respond in her own defense, the woman, who hadn’t shown a single sign of aggression earlier, regarded Megan coldly.“She didn’t call me back in. I told her I want to buy a house. Why are you being so rude?”“R–rude? Since when does telling people to know their place translate to being rude?” Megan was first taken aback before she huffed,