"Correct, Sir. I monitored the situation from a distance at the time. Gareth Olympus held Miss Chloe hostage at close range. If I recklessly approached or fired a shot, I would have endangered Miss Chloe's life." Kael explained."That man is truly a bastard!" Alastair cursed with a hardened jaw. "I purposely gave him an opening to escape. I did not try to hunt him down—and that scumbag stupidly tried to kidnap Chloe instead?!"Kael, who previously kept his head bowed, slowly shifted his eyes to glance at Alastair's crimson face.From that impulsive statement, Kael could easily conclude that the old man before him possessed the same deadly nature as Seth. Alastair apparently already suspected Gareth's survival, just like Seth did."If he did not carry the Olympus name, I would have buried him alive a long time ago!" Alastair cursed again. He had let Gareth escape as a final gesture of mercy since they shared the same blood, but this betrayal crossed the line completely."Then what?" Af

"Miss Chloe refused to move away from you, Boss."A heavy baritone voice echoed from the corner of the room. Kael stood there, folding his arms across his chest. The former commander walked closer with nearly silent footsteps."I already tried persuading her," Kael whispered, keeping his voice low. "But Miss Chloe kept crying hysterically, trembling in fear, and refused to let you go. I had to let her stay until she exhausted herself and fell asleep on her own."A faint, amused smile formed at the corner of Seth's lips. The man raised his left arm—which felt slightly stiff due to the IV tube piercing the back of his hand—and gently stroked the crown of Chloe's head."Forgive me," Seth whispered extremely softly, directing the words more toward himself.He truly felt stupid. How did he let his guard down? He focused too much on anticipating Olympus's movements at the top level, failing to guess that Gareth would use a little bastard pawn like Wayne to target Chloe.If he had arrived at

"I will help." Kael, who waited nearby, finally stepped in to pack Seth's suitcase lying on the bed.The task did not require much effort because they only needed to pack two suits into the luggage. However, because Seth had to stop every minute to reply to messages, the packing process dragged on for more than ten minutes.Seth stopped constantly to reply to a barrage of messages from Wayne. Seth rejected Wayne's phone calls—he felt too lazy to waste his energy cursing. So, he simply sent a brief message stating he fired Wayne and would forcibly buy all of Wayne's shares in Delizco.Naturally, Wayne did not take the news well. The man pleaded and asked Seth to consider his reasons for leaking Chloe's secret, arguing that threats against his parents' lives forced his hand, along with various other excuses.But Seth did not care. Wayne endangered Chloe's life and nearly caused Gareth's men to assault her. Seth would not forgive that betrayal so easily.Actually, this termination decisi

"Which room holds Max?" Seth asked as they arrived at the dusty courtyard of the old building."The second room from the corner. And Gareth occupies the one next to it." Victor pointed at the doors with peeling paint.No dust or trash piled up in front of those two doors, indicating people frequently walked past that room. Seth walked closer, peering with his head through the frosted glass slit on the second room's door.Inside, Max's figure lay on an iron bed. Max's body looked severely emaciated, his hair thinned dreadfully, and his skin wrinkled with a dull hue.Yet, Seth and Max shared a relatively close age. Max suffered from extreme premature aging due to all the hellish torture he endured.The traces of Victor's torture appeared extremely clear. Victor had sliced off both of Max's ears completely. A thick, dirty bandage covered one of his eyes. His remaining open eye looked empty, radiating absolutely no signs of life.Only the very weak rise and fall of his chest proved Max st

Seth narrowed his eyes. He had to admit, Gareth's fighting spirit proved truly tough. This old man apparently forced his brain to search for another tactic right in front of Seth's eyes."You... you busy yourself too much trying to destroy me, Seth. So much so that you fail to realize you currently share a bed with the real monster." Gareth's hoarse voice sounded, restarting his attack.Seth didn’t respond. He merely raised an eyebrow, waiting for the old man to finish his desperate rambling. He felt curious regarding what other nonsense his uncle would spew."Do you still think Lonan died naturally? Because of that stupid disease?!" Gareth laughed out loud until he coughed blood. "Alastair killed him! That old bastard... he eliminated your own biological father! Did you just realize it?!"Kael and Victor, who acted passively behind Seth all this time, immediately exchanged tense glances upon hearing that highly shocking secret information.However, Seth's reaction was completely unex