The room became very quiet after Vanessa finished her words.All eyes focused on Celine, waiting for her response.Celine looked at Vincent with a calm gaze, although her hands trembled under the table.Then, in a soft but firm voice, she said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Harlow. But I won't do what you want."Total silence.Everyone at that table was shocked.Several producers and small investors looked at Celine with panicked expressions, as if wanting to say, "What are you doing?! Are you crazy?!"They glanced at each other nervously, then looked at Vincent with worry.One producer even opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something, but didn't. He could only look at Celine with an urgent gaze, hoping Celine would change her answer before everything ended badly.Vanessa looked at Celine with a disbelieving gaze, then laughed softly in a mocking tone, "Celine, are you serious? Are you really going to reject Vincent?"Celine didn't answer. She just looked at Vincent with an unwavering gaze.Vi

Hearing what Lein said, Vincent was truly furious.His face turned bright red, his hands clenched tightly, his breath racing.He wanted to scream. Wanted to call security. Wanted to kick this bastard out of the restaurant.But before sound came out of his mouth—Lein moved.With a very quick movement, his hand caught Vincent's hair with a strong grip, then pulled it down hard.WHAM!Vincent's head was slammed onto the table with full force. The loud impact sound was very clear, making everyone in that room flinch."ARGH!"Vincent groaned in pain, his eyes seeing stars, his head throbbing violently.He felt his face hurt very much. More painful than anything he'd ever felt before.His nose felt crushed, his forehead felt like burning, and there was something warm flowing on his face.Blood.Blood flowed from his forehead, down to his cheek, dripping onto the dining table that was previously clean white.Vincent fell silent, his body froze.This bastard... hurt me?!How dare he?!I'M VI

t this point, Celine, Sarah, Lein, and a driver were already inside the car, heading to the Grandeur Hotel.The luxury sedan drove at moderate speed, passing through city streets busy with other vehicles.It was a silent journey. No conversation among them.Celine sat in the back seat with an empty gaze, staring at the car window, seeing buildings and vehicles passing by. Her face was calm, but her mind was full of the incident at the restaurant earlier.Sarah sat beside her, her hands gripping her bag tightly, her face tense and worried.Lein sat in the front passenger seat, relaxed and calm.The driver focused on the road, his hands holding the steering wheel, not daring to speak or ask anything.That silence lasted for several minutes.Until finally, Sarah who couldn't stand it anymore, finally opened her mouth."Celine," she said in a serious tone, looking at Celine with a gaze full of worry. "I'm saying this for your own good. Fire Lein right now. He'll only bring problems for yo

Inside the car, Celine and Sarah looked out with gazes that couldn't detach from Lein's figure.They saw how Lein moved from one victim to another with extraordinary speed and efficiency.No wasted movements. No hesitation. Every action calculated perfectly.He knelt beside a victim, his hands moving quickly checking wounds, then quickly bandaging them with cloth.Then he immediately ran to the next victim, lifting a destroyed car door easily, freeing someone trapped.Then to another victim again, stabilizing their condition with very trained movements.Celine and Sarah couldn't hide their admiring expressions.Not only great at fighting, Lein was also great at handling disaster victims.He... was like a hero. A hero who ran into danger when others ran away.Celine felt her chest tighten, her breath slightly caught.She wanted to help. She wanted to get out of the car and do something, anything.But... she didn't know what to do.She had no medical skills. She had no strength to lift

At the Blackwood residence, James sat in a luxurious leather chair in his office.Beside him stood Sebastian and Kyle with upright postures, their faces serious, waiting for news from the snipers sent to carry out the mission.James looked at his phone lying on the table with an anticipatory gaze.He couldn't wait to hear that the bastard named Lein was severely injured, or even dead.Couldn't wait to hear that Celine was finally free from that man.But more importantly, he couldn't wait to prove to the world that no one could oppose the Blackwood Family and get away with it.Seconds passed very slowly. Then, his phone vibrated.James immediately picked it up quickly, pressing the speaker button, his voice full of certainty and arrogance."How did it go?" he asked in a tone full of expectation. "Is that bastard dead?"A moment of silence on the other end. Then, a soft voice was heard—a voice full of doubt and... failure."Young Master," said the man on the other end of the phone in a