"It turns out that a woman like you is able to answer me now?" Katherine pointed at Alice with the fan in her hand. Katherine smiled wickedly.
"Did I impress Madam Katherine after hearing my beautiful voice? Ah, sorry in advance, my beautiful voice often makes you insecure, doesn't it because you sound like a rat?" Alice continued boldly.
Hearing his wife's innocent narration, Damian could not maintain his flat face anymore. The man smiled faintly while Davina laughed loudly. "Hahaha, mom is right. Auntie sounds like a squashed rat!"
Hearing herself being mocked by the poor family in front of her, Katherine was furious.
"Hey maid! You are just a poor family, where is your respect for your employer?" Katherine shouted with annoyance.
"Maid? Ah, Mrs. Katherine, has your white hair made your head empty? I may have worked in your house as a servant, but you must not forget that I did a good job, and I deserve to earn my own money. People like you don't deserve to comment on me!" Alice replied firmly, saying that the woman didn't feel inferior at all for being a janitor and a maid because she didn't do anything criminal, so why should she be ashamed?
"Tsk, once a servant is still a servant, and your degree is very low!" retorted Katherine, not wanting to lose, because from the beginning she really hated Alice, who was beautiful and also had a clear voice, unlike her who had to take a lot of care to be recognized as beautiful by everyone.
"At least my low degree is better than people like you, or do I need to say everything here?" challenged Alice, looking at Katherine sharply because, working in Katherine's house before, Alice was very familiar with how Katherine's life really was.
"Shut up, you cheap waitress! And you, Tyler, don't be stupid! As one of the members of the parent representative committee, I can't accept Dayana being fired. You should kick that maid out of here. Don't tarnish the name of our school!" Katherine changed the subject because she was afraid that Alice would embarrass her in public.
"But she bought this school. I can't say anything else." Tyler replied casually. He certainly preferred money to the nonsense Katherine was saying.
"Sigh, aren't you afraid that the money she gave you is fake? Think clearly Tyler, do you think people like them can afford to have that much money?" Katherine smiled sarcastically because with Damian's shabby clothes, surely the man would not be able to have that much money.
Katherine's words affected Tyler, and the man then turned his gaze towards Damian, who had the money already in his pocket.
"I guess Mr. Tyler, you're not an idiot who can't tell the difference between real money and fake money."
Damian's words immediately made Tyler grab one of the bills he had stashed away. The man quickly looked at the money, and after a while, he also checked the logo on the money to see whether it was real or not. After making sure the money was genuine, Tyler looked relieved.
"Mrs. Katherine stop all this," Tyler said in a tired tone.
Seeing Alice supported by Tyler, Katherine's blood boiled. The woman did not accept Alice from her.
"You can't be stupid Tyler, even though the money is real but don't you think that it could be stolen or," Katherine paused her sentence, looking at Alice with a dismissive look. "Or it could be corruption and now they're trying to make you a suspect in that case!" Katherine continued in a serious tone.
"WHAT?" shouted Tyler in panic. "You're trying to frame me, you son of a bitch!" Tyler immediately pointed at Damian with emotion. The man quickly took out all the money he had stored in his pocket.
"Why do you keep making such a fuss, Katherine?" Alice said in a disgusted tone. Katherine always made a scene in front of her.
"Mr. Tyler you can rest easy because my husband would never do such a thing and Katherine please stop all this nonsense! You can be jailed for accusing a public servant of corruption and you must remember that my husband is not like yours. Do I need to tell you which projects your husband has-"
"Enough Alice! I was just joking," Katherine cut in quickly. She really couldn't let her voice get the rumour mill going because of her.
Tyler, who saw the drama created by the two women in front of him, could only remain silent. He did not know what to do now because, on the one hand, he wanted to take all the money, but on the other hand, he was afraid that the money was corrupt, and he was also afraid that the government would audit his wealth because he had done so much so far.
"Oh yeah, I'm just here to tell you that it's my mom's birthday soon, you didn't forget, did you? So Glory's big family asked you to come home, you haven't come home for too long and I hope you come this time because if you don't, grandpa will be very angry. You mustn't make grandfather angry again," Katherine quickly changed the subject.
Actually, Alice and Katherine were cousins on Alice's father's side, and also Alice had become a maid at Katherine's house because she really needed money, and Katherine suddenly offered her the job. Alice knew her cousin didn't want to help her, but Alice still endured being insulted by her cousin for the sake of her daughter's recovery.
"That's all I can say; my husband has asked me to come home." Katherine quickly ran away because her husband really asked her to go home, and she began to feel that there was a bad premonition that would happen to her.
Damian, on the other hand, had been silent. The man had now managed to hold his little daughter. The man was very happy because, after a long time, he could feel a gentle embrace on his body, and the feeling of happiness as a father could not deny that it tickled his heart.
The feeling of happiness he could not explain in words, although he now seemed to be so stiff in holding his daughter because he was afraid of hurting the weak-looking Dayana.
Damian turned his gaze towards Tyler, who was still standing in his place. Damian handed Dayana back to his wife because he had to have a one-on-one talk with Tyler.
Seeing the shabby soldier in front of him approaching him, Tyler felt his sweat suddenly break out, and a feeling of fear suddenly enveloped his heart.
"Hey Tyler, I forgot to tell you that soon the owner of the foundation will arrive and you should know what I mean." Damian whispered with a flat smile that sent chills down Tyler's spine.
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He wanted to argue, to shout that Damian was wrong, but deep down he knew the man was right. Ace no longer lived like a human being. He was just a consciousness forced to breathe by a machine. “If we help him now,” Damian continued slowly, "they'll hunt him down again. They would take him to another facility, connect him to a larger Leviathan core. And this time, he would have no more chances to cry."Silence. The auction voices around them continued, but everything felt distant—as if the world had stopped spinning just to wait for Megan's answer.Finally, Megan closed her eyes. Her tears fell silently. A small voice came from her lips, hoarse and broken. “Let him rest. He's been fighting alone for too long.”Damian bowed his head slightly, respecting her decision. He patted Megan's shoulder gently, then turned to Robert. His gaze turned cold but sharp, like a blade ready to strike.Robert nodded slightly. From behind his jacket, he took out a mini trigger with a blue light at
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But the other crowd wasn't so lucky.Some people started laughing hysterically, staring at the container with tears in their eyes, as if they were looking at the savior of the world.One woman even walked forward, kneeling down and wailing. “I'll give up my body, my life, as long as I can be a part of it!”Damian took a deep breath. “They've lost control.”Robert stared at the stage, his jaw clenched. “If this continues, we'll all die here.”Mr. R suddenly raised his hand high and the entire room immediately shook.The lights went out, leaving a single spotlight shining on the heart inside the metal container. The old machinery beneath the stage hummed softly, then roared within seconds.From the ceiling, hundreds of red cables descended like roots.The threads snatched and grabbed at the bodies of those who tried to approach the stage. They screamed, kicked, tried to break free, but the threads pierced their skin, sucking something from inside their bodies, like energy, perhaps, or l
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Megan was just about to close the communicator when she heard the sound of footsteps rushing quickly from the back hallway. Madam Flower appeared, her face pale, breathing heavily, her eyes filled with anger that she could barely control.“Damian.” Her voice trembled but was sharp as a knife. "You know about those kids, right? You know they're there and you didn't say anything to me?"The room instantly felt tense again. Robert, who was standing on the right, looked at the two of them, then stepped back a little, knowing that this was not a conversation anyone else should be involved in. Megan swallowed hard. She rarely saw Madam Flower so intense—not because of fear, but because of a wound that had turned into embers.Damian slowly turned his head. His expression remained calm, too calm for someone who had just been accused of hiding something so big.“What do you mean?”Madam Flower stepped closer, her hands trembling but her eyes staring straight ahead. “Don't play dumb. The child
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“You’re just buying lies,” interrupted the cold-faced masked man. “All you’ve won is synthetic fossils, not the remains of prehistoric creatures. But I,” he stepped forward, “want to offer something more real.”Mr. R smiled faintly, hiding something behind his false calm. “And do you know, sir, that ‘reality’ in this place is the most expensive thing in the world?”“That's why I came with enough money to buy everyone's lies here,” said the man flatly.The room fell silent. Only the sound of the hologram machine hummed softly in the air.Mr. R stared at him for a long time, then clapped his hands once. The stage lights changed to a deep green. The hologram screen switched to a view of the deep sea, dark blue, pitch black, with strange silhouettes moving in the darkness.“All right,” said Mr. R, his voice trembling with theatricality. “Since our guest seems thirsty for reality, I will give you something more than just scientific lies.”The image on the screen changed again. Now it showe
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Madam Flower looked down with a tense expression. “What if the President finds out?” asked Madam Flower innocently, because she knew nothing about the cold war between Damian and the President.Charlie looked back at her. “That's exactly the point, Madam Flower. He wants the President to find out.”Damian slowly stood up from his chair and walked towards the stage. His steps were calm, but the air around him vibrated with an almost invisible tension.Mr. R looked at him, bowing slightly, his soft voice coming through the microphone. “Congratulations, Mr. Lark. You are now the official owner of one of the most strategic territories in the world. I hope you know how to protect it.”Damian looked directly into the masked man's eyes. “Oh, I will protect it,” he said flatly. “With the blood of anyone who tries to set foot there.”Silence. Everyone who heard it knew that tone was no joke.On the screen behind the stage, the official transaction sign appeared. Mr. R looked satisfied, but beh
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Charlie stared at one of the glass boxes. There was something inside, moving faintly, like someone trying to breathe.He looked at Madam Flower with wide eyes. “Are they auctioning humans right now?” he asked in surprise, because everything seemed so bold.Madam Flower covered her mouth with her hand, stifling a sudden wave of nausea. But before she could speak, the music changed again, the piano chimes from below now echoing louder, vibrating through the marble floor and into the air.The red curtain on the stage moved.Someone walked out.The man was dressed in a perfect black suit, his face partially covered by a silver mask that revealed only one eye, cold, clear, and full of power.“Ladies and gentlemen,” his voice was deep and resonant, “welcome to tonight's final auction.”Madam Flower stiffened. Charlie gripped her wrist gently.Mr. R looked at the guests, then slowly raised his hand toward the first box. “And for our opening item is something even shadow hunters would envy,”
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