Ethan took a step closer to Daren, his eyes locked onto him before he spoke."I'm not making any of this up, Daren. I heard every single word of their conversation... even the part about Darlington being impotent.""The impotent part?" Daren asked, his eyes widening in disbelief. "Was Darlington... was Darlington once impotent?"Ethan nodded."That's exactly what I heard. Fiona clearly said that she stood by him even when he was impotent. She said the whole world blamed them for not having children."He paused before continuing."And the surprising part was that Darlington didn't deny it. He never objected to what she said. That can only mean one thing."Ethan stared straight into Daren's eyes."Darlington was once impotent. That was why he couldn't get Fiona pregnant at the time."Daren fell into deep thought."If Darlington isn't the biological father of Fiona's children..." he murmured, "...then who is?"He looked back at Ethan."And why would Darlington allow them to continue livi

ONE HOUR AGO!Joshua was just about to leave his office when he received a text message from Ava Lugards.Curious, he opened it.«"Joshua Wong! Are you aware that your father has been arrested by the police? Rumours have it that he was cheating on your mother. She confronted him, and he shot her because of it!"»«"Here's the link to the video."»Without wasting another second, Joshua tapped the link.A video immediately began to play, showing his father, Darlington Wong, being escorted into a police vehicle in handcuffs.Joshua's eyes widened in disbelief as his hands curled into tight fists."What the heck is this?"Rather than sitting around waiting for answers, he rushed out of his office, jumped into his car, and sped straight to the police station where his father had been taken.The moment he arrived, he asked about Darlington and was directed to the holding cells.There, he found his father already behind bars.Joshua stood frozen for a moment, too stunned to process what he wa

Having heard everything Joshua had said, Ethan couldn't help but clench his fists tightly. The moment his eyes landed on Joshua, all he wanted to do was charge at him, land a crushing punch on his face, and beat him without mercy. Every fibre of his being burned with rage.But he restrained himself.Right now, saving Ivy was all that mattered. Everything else could come later.Their eyes remained locked on each other for a few seconds before Ethan slowly shifted his gaze towards Ivy.She was tied to a wooden frame, with her hands and legs stretched wide apart as though they intended to tear her body into two. She struggled helplessly, writhing in agony. She desperately wanted to speak, but the thick piece of cloth tightly stuffed over her mouth muffled every sound she tried to make.Her face had turned crimson from the pain and the brutal beating she had endured. Dark welts and fresh cane marks covered her body, evidence of the merciless lashes she had received before Ethan arrived.T

Joshua dropped into a cross-legged sit, the smirk already carved across his face as he locked eyes with Ethan.“Come on, Ethan. It is time. You either kill all these twenty-four ruthless men… or they kill you. Your time starts now.”From where she hung, Ivy shook her head hard enough that the ropes bit deeper into her wrists. “No… this is not right.” The words stayed trapped behind her teeth at first, but the sight of Ethan tore them free. Blood still ran freely from his nose, his mouth, the open wounds at his neck. He looked half-drained already—trembling, pale, barely able to keep his head up.How was a man that broken supposed to stand against one fighter, let alone two, three… twenty-four brutal thugs? And not merely stand against them—kill them?Ivy’s voice cracked out, thin and raw. “You are a monster, Joshua. How do you expect him to beat and defeat these men? You know it is impossible. You already beat him to your pleasure… and still you expect him to slaughter those people?”

The moment those words left Ethan's mouth, every single man standing before him froze.Their bodies went rigid, their expressions stiffened, and the murderous confidence they had carried moments ago vanished without a trace.This wasn't what they had expected.Joshua had told them they were coming to deal with a weakling. A useless man who knew nothing about fighting. Someone they could beat within seconds without breaking a sweat.But the man standing before them...He was nothing like the Ethan Joshua had described.The Ethan they were staring at now was a monster.A ruthless monster.Scattered across the ground were the battered bodies of their comrades.Not one.Not two.Not even three.Eight men.Eight fully grown men lay sprawled across the blood-soaked floor, their bodies twisted unnaturally, motionless and covered in blood.And every single one of them had been brought down by one man.Ethan.The terrifying sight sent chills racing down their spines.None of them dared to take