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Author: Solomon
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"Is it Grant?"

Cal smiled knowingly, completely unsurprised.

He'd already guessed. When Cal first arrived in Riverton, he'd only made a few enemies. He'd already dealt with Victor from the Dragon Tiger Gang, Wesley was now submissive, and the Bancroft family wouldn't dare mess with him. As for Morgan, she was a military War Goddess—if she needed to deal with someone, she wouldn't resort to sending a group of thugs.

So there was only one answer: Grant and his group, whom Cal had mocked earlier.

"What?"

"It's Grant?"

"He's gone too far!"

"We're friends—how could he do this?"

However, Rain was truly shocked.

She'd known Grant for years. Though they weren't close, they'd been classmates for many years. She'd always thought he was a gentleman.

But she never expected such an apparently upright person would resort to such underhanded tactics. Rain was both shocked and angry.

Cal smiled. "There's nothing surprising about it."

"He's just trying to play the hero to win the damsel's heart."

Cal
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