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“What did you do?” Tanya asked as she stood before William, both of whom were currently on Tanya's porch.“I didn't do anything,” William replied calmly. “Someone is targeting Victoria and Katie. Do you know anyone that would gain something from their disappearance?”Tanya hesitated before ultimately replying. “Daniel.”“Who is that?”“The first son and Victoria as well as Katie's elder brother.”“Why would he be the one to gain?”“He was meant to be the heir of the Smith Consortium but the patriarch of the Smith family, Victoria's grandfather, instead chose Victoria as heiress, leaving him and a few others in the family disgruntled. Most in the family support Daniel but the patriarch doesn't.”“So if something happened to Victoria and Katie…”“He would most likely be the one to take over.”“... Madness.” William breathed out.To think that a person would choose money and power over their family.No… he had experienced such a thing with Celia.There was no reason it couldn't happen wi
The Abandoned Ex-husband Dominates Somebody... help me
Just as William was about to apply the final stroke, his phone rang, jolting him from his concentrated state.“Darn it.” He cursed as he picked up the phone. “John, you better have some good news.”“That and bad news.” John hastily replied. “Good news is I have the ingredients. The bad news is you have to run away right now!”“Why?” William asked only to pause as he sensed people approaching.According to what he could tell, there were quite a number of them, and they were armed.“The police are coming to arrest you!”William's expression shifted as the next moment, the front door to his apartment was broken down.“Police, surrender now!” a voice bellowed as numerous footsteps rushed in both from the front and the back doors.William immediately picked up what he needed and rushed out of the bedroom just as a few policemen arrived there.“Stop there!” one bellowed as he shot out a taser.William caught the two wires, and the electricity went through him, but he felt nothing, allowing
The Abandoned Ex-husband Dominates Green Hat Palace
William hadn't forgotten that Victoria had enemies in her family, most of whom were unhappy that she was the heiress of the Smith family.“Give me the items,” William said with John quickly laying everything out. William didn't waste any time in getting to work, utilizing the various ingredients along with Victoria's hair to create a special ink which he then used to draw out a locator talisman.By the time he was done, the talisman began to radiate a subtle link that only William could sense.Closing his eyes, he focused on the link, quickly discovering the location where Victoria was being kept.“I've found her,” William remarked with John replying.“Do you need me to get some men so we can go after her?”William shook his head. “We can't just go there.”“Why?” John asked with a frown.“Because even if we rescued her, it would be difficult to explain how we managed to find her. We need the police if we want to go after her.”“The same ones that are currently after you?” John couldn
The Abandoned Ex-husband Dominates Saving the damsel in distress
“You'll pay for this; just wait.” Victoria weakly said as she leaned against the door of the basement she was trapped in with Harold at the other end of the door chuckling as he replied.“Hah, who's going to make me pay?... I'm giving you one chance, Miss Smith; all you need to do is let me enjoy myself.”“Go fuck yourself!” Victoria cursed out.Harold retorted. “I'd rather fuck you!”Then, he began to kick against the door, causing it to shake.Victoria tried to stop it from falling over but alas, the gas she inhaled had made her too weak to do that.It didn't take long before the door gave way, causing her to roll away to avoid getting injured.Her breathing was heavy, and she watched as Harold walked in with a sadistic smile.He had already taken off his clothes in preparation for what he was about to do.“Has anyone ever told you how beautiful you are, Miss Smith?... Truthfully, from the moment I saw you, I have wanted you all to myself. So what do you say?... Want to be my mistre
The Abandoned Ex-husband Dominates Lieutenant Briggs
Even though the situation with Victoria appeared directly, thankfully, William was prepared as he took out the needles he planned to use for the procedure. “Please bear with me, Miss Smith,” William said before remarking. “Everyone get out!” Harold didn't even need a second reason to make an exit as he swiftly rushed out. Once only William and Victoria were left in the basement, William closed his eyes and helped Victoria take off her clothes before helping her to lie on her front, leaving her smooth and fair back exposed. Taking out the needles he'd prepared, William began the procedure as he knew that with Victoria's current state, every second counted. Almost ten minutes later, William breathed out a long sigh and took out the needles from Victoria's back. At the same time, he could hear what appeared to be sirens in the background. It seemed the police had arrived. Just then, he felt someone grab hold of him, allowing him to realize that Victoria was awake. “You
The Abandoned Ex-husband Dominates Poisoned
“Where is the Duke?” William asked after he stepped out of the chaotic Green Hat Palace to meet with John who was waiting for him in the parking lot.“Briggs took him.” John calmly replied.Satisfied with that, William remarked. “I could have handled it.”“I know but I couldn't just sit back and do nothing.”Letting out a sigh, William replied. “Fine then. You did well.”“Well thank you,” John said. “So what now?”“Now, we take down the mastermind behind all this.”“Count me in,” John said with a relish.***Daniel was still in the lounge when the Commisoner rushed in with some worrying news. “The special forces division has made a move!”“What!?” Daniel could hardly believe his ears.“Yes, I just received word from my men.”“Damn it, this can't be happening,” Daniel remarked in clear annoyance.The reason for his panic was simply because, unlike the Commissioner, the head of the special forces was not under his thumb.He had tried to be friendly with the old bastard sometime in the
The Abandoned Ex-husband Dominates Many thanks
With the situation as it was, the option to cut open Victoria's wrist so the poisoned blood would leak out came to mind but unfortunately, William couldn't just cut her up as he did with Katie because unlike back then when there was blood readily available, there was none and to start taking tests to figure out the exact blood that Victoria needed would take time, time that they did not have.Even with William's spiritual energy impeding the poison, it would take roughly six minutes for the poison to reach her heart and once that happened, there would be no way to save Victoria from the cold hands of death.Gritting his teeth, William decided to risk it all at that moment as he channeled a bit of his lifeblood into Victoria, ensuring that it rested in her heart; that way, even if the poison struck her heart, she wouldn't immediately die.Then, he tossed aside the knife he had picked up and then picked up a new injection before drawing blood from Victoria.He tossed it to one of the ag
The Abandoned Ex-husband Dominates Getting a ride
It didn't take long for the situation on all news channels to change as new information was brought to light.“We interrupt this program to light information that has just reached us concerning the abduction case with Miss Victoria Smith. Not only has she been rescued, but the criminal behind her kidnapping has been revealed to be the individual known as the Emerald Duke, who claims he was backed by Daniel Smith!”Celia was watching the news when this came up and, for some reason, found herself feeling… relieved?... But why was that the case?Perhaps it was because William’s name was cleared.But she didn't care about William anymore, and they were already divorced, so there was no need to feel that way, right?“Hmmph, they should investigate further,” Ava said from the side, unwilling to accept such an outcome. “I'm sure that good for nothing also has a hand in the kidnapping.”It was clear that even if William was revealed to be a saint, Ava would never accept it.As far as she was
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More than what meets the eye
Without even sparing Zachary a glance, she turned around toward William and said, “Mr. Belmont, the exhibition is about to start. Why don’t you follow me to the pre-show exhibition to go over the items? ”“Very well.” William nodded.William shot Zachary a glance and smiled before he followed Cecilia out of the reception hall.Perry’s legs finally gave in and brought him to the ground.Zachary gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, trying to suppress the fire burning inside of his belly.The last scornful glance that William gave him was a sharp jab at his self-esteem.“Asshole!”He waited until the two were gone before he allowed himself to be seized by anger.He wrenched a half-empty wine glass on the table and smashed it on the floor.“Mr. Zach, please watch your actions.” Another manager who was called to deal with the emergency said with a scowl.Zachary looked around and realized that he had become a laughingstock. He stormed out of the room with the taste of defeat in his mo
A queen from a world of ice
Just as the guards were about to do as Perry had ordered to kick William out, they heard an icy voice rise behind the crowd:“Don’t touch him!”Everyone looked toward the voice, and they saw a beautiful girl with a cold and aloof face walking toward the commotion.The crowd split into two halves as people made way for the girl.The girl was in a beautiful white gown and a pair of stiletto heels.She looked to be one meter and seventy-eight centimeters or above.A sense of pride and dominance emanated from her wild and gleaming eyes, making many less confident men and women lower their heads.It was as if the girl was a queen from a world of ice.“Who is she? How dare she speak up for William?” One of the onlookers asked with disdain.Those who had already recognized the girl were shocked by the onlooker’s daring question.One of them hurried to cover the onlooker’s mouth and said, “Are you crazy? That’s the princess of the Lancaster Family.”“Princess of the Lancaster Family?” The onl
Kick him out
Manager Perry was unfazed by the question. He said calmly, “Because I know Young Master Zach is a good friend of my boss. But I can’t remember who this young gentleman over here is even though I have written all the invitations by myself. May I ask who you are?”“It doesn't matter what his name is.” Zachary snorted. “I really don’t think that he is on your invitation list.”As soon as Zachary fished his words, Victoria’s mind raced in a bid to figure out a way to handle the situation.“I don’t think he has one. He must have snuck in.” An onlooker jeered at William.“I bet you are right! Look at all the garbage that he is wearing. I can’t believe that they let him in.” Another one took a jab at William.“He is in knee-deep trouble! The owner of the Lancaster International Group was not someone he could mess with. Plus, he is on Zachary’s bad terms, too. He is as dead as a doornail.” Someone heaved a sigh.“Sir, please show me your invitation, or else I will have to call security.” Mana
A dramatic development
Darius was taken aback by the news.He knew that Zachary’s short temper would very likely prompt him to start a brawl with William on sight.“Speaking of the devil! Look, isn’t that Zachary?” Jared gasped.The other two looked over toward the entrance, and they saw a brawny young man in a gym suit storm into the event hall, pushing people out of his way as he went.“And so it begins... anyone wants some popcorn?” The dramatic development amused Darius.Even as William and Victoria, along with Zara, were gleefully sampling the ensemble of deserts on the table, a man came over to them with a few large strides.“Vicky, come here for a second, I need to talk to you.”Zachary didn’t even spare William a glance as he fixed his eyes on Victoria.Victoria raised a brow. “First of all, Vicky?... I don't think we've ever been that close. Secondly, what's up?... Why can’t you just tell me here?”“Here?” Zachary scanned around him and then turned to William and Zara, and said with a commanding vo
Preserving his master's destiny
Back in the exhibition hall, William searched through the items on display only to discover that the Dragon Fang on display was a fake.To think that he'd wasted his time trying to look for it. Just as he considered leaving, a suited man approached him and remarked. “Could you please come with me, young master?”Judging from the way the man addressed him, William understood that he had no ill intentions but he was still perplexed as to why the man had approached him.“Where to, exactly?”“The exhibition happening here is only the beginning. There's a second exhibition that will be taking place tomorrow at a private location, and you've been invited.”William furrowed his brows. “Why?”“The Lancasters would appreciate it if you attended and would be more than happy to handle any request you might have for them.”At this point, onlookers had begun to gather, quite curious to figure out what was happening.Upon hearing that the suited man was connected to the Lancasters, they began to m
Until we meet again
According to Cecilia’s instructions, they opened the display case and carefully took out the three-legged cauldron.They then turned it over and revealed the bottom of the cauldron.Cecilia stared at the bottom of the furnace and carefully scrutinized it a few times while the people around them craned their necks to see what was on the bottom.This allowed William to confirm that the cauldron was indeed a replica.“There’s no mark on the bottom of the cauldron,” William reminded kindly.“Mark?”“What mark?”“Never heard of such a thing...”The people standing around hadn’t done much research on antiques, so most of them didn’t understand what exactly William meant.But the Lancasters had built their business empire off of antiques, so Cecilia naturally understood the technical jargon and what William meant.Her gaze fixed on the cauldron.“There really isn’t a mark!” Her expression became rather sullen.But many people around were still confused.William explained kindly, “The so-call
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rCecilia’s eyes lit up, and she seemed to be deep in thought. “There’s indeed such a possibility. But how are you so sure that this cauldron is a replica and not the real deal?”Cecilia’s gaze was clear.She wasn’t questioning William but genuinely asking him for guidance.Her attitude immediately took the countless people around them by surprise.Cecilia had behaved like an arrogant, domineering, and spoiled heiress when confronting Donald just now.But she was now facing William with an extremely calm attitude and didn’t lose her temper even when he doubted the authenticity of the antiques at the exhibition.Instead, she was discussing it composedly with him.It was indeed a little strange.William explained a little bit about the history and process of the cloisonné enamelware, which immediately made the entrepreneurs around them cluck their tongues in awe.Although some of them were antique collectors, most of them were focused only on the elegance of the antiques and had never d
Ending up in a worse plight
The hidden threat in Ava's words immediately enraged Cecilia.“Hmph, it’s just the Redmond family! He’s still just a scion now and not the helmsman yet. Even if the helmsman were right in front of me now, I’d tell him to get lost all the same! Don’t think you guys are that big of a deal. If you get on my nerves, I can easily destroy your family! Now, get lost!” Cecilia sounded extremely domineering and even seemed to have a touch of arrogance.Although she seemed to be only in her twenties and was much younger than everyone present, no one dared to question the truth of her words.After all, it would be a piece of cake for a giant like the Lancasters to annihilate the Redmonds!Finding Cecilia overly tyrannical and unreasonable, Ava bit her lower lip. “Miss Lancaster, how can you...”“Shut up!” Donald suddenly interrupted and rebuked before Ava could finish speaking.“Miss Lancaster, I’ll definitely make it up to you another day for offending you with my words today!” Donald maintaine
I, Cecilia Lancaster
Donald was livid, and he roared with a menacing expression, “William Belmont, you’re deliberately provoking the Redmonds! I won’t let you off!”William sneered. “You’re making it sound as if you’d let me off even if I stand here without doing anything! You’ve been the one looking to create trouble right from the start!”“Fine, you’ve got some nerve! Let me tell you, just wait. The Redmonds will release their wrath on you!” Donald snapped furiously.“Hmph, it’s just the Redmond family. What’s the big deal?” William said nonchalantly without taking the Redmonds seriously at all.Donald should have been even angrier, but all of a sudden, his heart was full of an inexplicable panic.Generally, those who dared to disregard the Redmonds were either too dense and ignorant to get a clear idea of the situation or simply fearless.Given how William had angered Donald to the point of being speechless multiple times, he definitely wasn’t a fool...‘Could William Belmont really have something to f
