"William, this is my uncle, Lucius.""Hello, Uncle Lucius.""His wife and my aunt, Sally.""Nice to meet you, Aunt Sally.""My father, Bernard.""Hello, Mr. Penrose.""My mother, Rosalind.""It's a pleasure, Mrs. Penrose.""This is my cousin, Anthony.""Anthony, hello."……I went through a series of introductions to Eirwen's entire extended family. Uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, and nephews, you name it. I had a hard time remembering all their names.They responded to me in a variety of ways. Some said a "hello" back, others just flashed a smile at me, and still, others merely nodded to acknowledge my presence. And some of them, of course, pretended I was not even there at all.Throughout this, I took none of their responses to heart.I was being paid handsomely for my time here. What did a bit of attitude matter?As long as they did not cross me, I would be perfectly content to spend our time

"Aiiiiieeee!" Terence screeched with excruciating pain.The ear-splitting sound was sharp enough to shatter glass."Sss." I heard quite a few people around me draw their own breaths in sympathy."Aaah!"Some of the women started to scream.The whole restaurant was descending into chaos.Eirwen put a hand over her mouth, looking anxious and frightened by the direction things were going."You're done for, kid! Your life is over!"The sycophant waiter pointed at me fearfully, backing away as quickly as he could.The young men who had come along with Terence hurried over. They had a variety of makeshift weapons in their hands - bottles, cutlery, chairs, that sort of thing."Get him, boys!"One of them gave the order to charge.I grabbed the metal board that was smushed against Terence's face, then threw it at him.Clunk!It hit him squarely in the chest."Uwaah!"He coughed up a mouthful of blood before coll

Isaac's friends absconded alongside their humiliated leader.Now that there was no more spectacle to watch, the crowd dispersed as well, returning to their seats to resume their meals.Since Eirwen was still waiting outside, I tried to say my goodbyes and rejoin her, but Cyrus simply would not have it. He asked Iris to take us to a private room so that we could have a proper sit-down chat.Iris was very keen to connect with the two of us, perhaps even a bit overeager. We were escorted by a waiter to an available room right away.I did not want to upset them by refusing. After all, former gang boss or not, Cyrus had been the perfect picture of courtesy with me this whole time.The dining room we entered was even more luxurious than the outside. This place, the waiter informed us, was reserved for only the most important of people. A VIP suite, so to speak."Bring one of my favorite wines from the collection," said Iris as we sat down."Yes, ma'am."<

From an objective point of view, Lucy had a good-looking face. Coupled with her excellent figure, she had been one of the prettiest and most popular girls at the university.Hence, it was safe to say that it was incredibly unfortunate for her to ever have crossed paths with the likes of Eirwen Penrose.Looks, poise, intellect—she was outmatched in every conceivable way. Lucy simply could not compete.She herself was paralyzed by the presence of such a formidable rival.Eirwen's eyes flashed with disgust at the slobbering man. "There's a necklace I like over there, honey," she said, averting her gaze from the disgusting specimen nearby. "Why don't you come and tell me what you think?""Sure," I nodded. However, just as I was about to turn around, the middle-aged man decided to open his mouth for the first time. "Hold on! I said, hold on!""Hmm?"We stopped in our tracks.The man flashed us a simpering smile, then glanced at his girlfriend

It took a while for Lucy to recover from the impact."Why are you hitting me? You think you're macho for hitting a woman?" she shrieked while clutching her bruised face. "You'd go fight William if you had balls! He beat up all your flunkies, but you're taking it out on us. Are you even a real man or not?""Am—am I a real man? Oh, I'll show you whether I'm a real man or not right now!""Aaaaah!" she screeched, hoping Sam would be able to help. "Babe, save me! Tell him to stop!""You let her…"As soon as Sam opened his mouth, the muscled man gave him a dirty look.I saw the fat businessman gulp—and swallow the rest of his sentence with it. He could only watch as his girlfriend was picked up by the collar and slowly dragged away."Help! Someone, anyone!" Lucy appealed to the crowd.Some were already taking out their phones, but whether or not the police could get here in time was a very good question. At least they were trying