The Lochart's mansion felt like it was going to collapse anytime soon the moment Arthur walked back in. "How dare you?!" he barked, staring at Seraphina."What did I do now, Grandpa?" Seraphina said, rolling her eyes. "Do I need to babysit a grown-up man?" Arthur's face lit up with rage. "Vivan!" he said with venom. "Is this how you raise my granddaughter? A woman who talks back at her elder?" Vivan smirked, rolling her eyes like she didn't care about what her father had just said. "Dad, you need to understand that Kael is not a kid. Why would he do that? Did he even understand the gravity of what he did? How dare he challenge Leo?" she said. Arthur let out an air of frustration. "Oh my god! Do you even know what is at stake?" Leo laughed. "Grandpa, whatever it is that is bothering you, we can handle it." Arthur turned, his cane tapping the ground in frustration. "And what exactly have you been doing? Have you seen the chart? Our business is dwindling. Our stocks are dropping,

The Locharts stepped out into the night with a black SUV waiting patiently inside the mansion. Its engine purred to life like a beast the moment the chauffeur saw Seraphina, Leo, and Marcus walking towards the car. "I can't believe we are doing this." Seraphina said with a smile. "You need to behave, little sis; I don't want Leo thinking we need him so badly." Leo said with a corner of his eyes raised. Marcus stopped, just a few steps away from the car. "And what about Kael? What do we do?" Seraphina frowned. "You do have a way of ruining my night, don't you?"Marcus looked at her and then back at Leo. "We don't want him around, but yet he is your husband. What if something bad happened? Leo laughed. "Really, Marcus? A guy who could shoot that long distance and a man who could fight. What possibly could go wrong?" Seraphina walked into the car without another word. "You need to ease up, man. Kael is nothing that old man paints him to be." Leo said, "Do you even think a man lik

The whole room froze. Eyes followed the strange man like he was a god when he moved. "Who is that?" Leo said with a smirk. Kael's gaze furrowed a bit. He remembered Dennis's word again. Someone was trying to play his role, but then all he had to do was relax and see how things were going to unfold. A golden chair was immediately brought towards him to sit in. The man was wearing a glove on his right hand, and his gaze was quite serious. The music quieted down a bit. "You all gathered here waiting for me. Didn't you?" his voice echoed. His feet clinking against the marble floor. Joe walked forward; he slowly bowed his face to the ground. "We didn't know you were going to grace us with your presence, mighty one. Welcome." Kael laughed gently, covering his mouth. One of the guards saw him and gave him a cold face. Seraphina's gaze landed on this strange man and rushed towards him with her knees bent. "Please, I need you to heal my father. I am ready to give you everything t

The room was silent. "Lower your gun, Joe. It doesn't have to end in a bloodshed," Alaric said again.Veronica rushed towards Joe's side. "Listen to him, brother. "I don't want to lose you too," she said with tears. "You won't! Stay out of this, Veronica!" Joe barked. His eyes scanned Alaric's men. He counted five of them.Marcus and Leo stared at the table with different thoughts running through their minds. One thing was as certain as death and taxes: they knew if Kael died tonight, then Arthur was definitely going to make them take the blame. "Stop!" Marcus shouted. All heads slowly turn towards him. "Why do we need to do this?" he said, walking closer towards the two men. "The man on this table is some lowlife who managed to seduce my sister into marrying him. Tell me why we need to fight over someone like him?" Veronica's gaze arched. "What the fuck are you talking about? You make this sound like he is some lab rat that needs to stay dead because his experiment failed."

For a moment, Marcus stiffened. His gaze locked on the old man. "Why would you think I have any explanation to give? "Shouldn't you be asking Seraphina?" he asked. Marcus walked nonchalantly past the magazine without picking it up. "What is this?" Arthur said angrily. "Have you not seen what I showed you all last night? Do you think this is a game? We are going to lose all of it if we don't get it right!" He yelled. "And that is why you should have married your daughter to the best eligible bachelor in town and not some riffraff!" Vivan snapped. She walked closer towards Arthur. "It is not too late. We can cancel this marriage. Tell Kael to leave this family, and we can start all over again. Think about this father. We have many suitors who are in line to get married to your daughter. Why don't you see that?" Arthur laughed. "Those suitors are wolves in sheep's clothing. All they want is part of the family's wealth. A wealth that is dwindling. Kael is the man that can save it,