Charlie hung up with his eyebrows deeply furrowed.
His informant reported to him that a group of gangsters who had apparent connections with Clark had been spotted in G City recently, which meant that there was a good chance they had already made contact.
Was Clark planning to introduce his drug trafficking operations into G City?
At the thought of that possibility, Charlie couldn't help himself from being worried.
If Clark really turned out being an untrustworthy man, Charlie was adamant that he should not be allowed to continue being the leader of Dark Night Group anymore!
"Father!"
Amanda strutted in wearing a smile on her face, holding in her hands a bowl of soup she had requested the maid to prepare.
"It's kind of cold right now. Have some soup, please."
Amanda placed the soup in front of him on his desk and playfully urged her father to enjoy the soup. The steam rising up from the soup brought the study some much-needed warmth.
"Thank you, my dear. I appreciate it, I really do. But please keep yourself out of the kitchen, okay? There's no need for you to worry about what meals the maids are going to make. I don't want you to get your hands burnt."
Amanda's eyes, it was obvious she got a little bit frustrated when he mentioned about her
hands...They are no longer capable of playing the piano. Why should I care
left side of her waist and then she began to caress it. She looked so despondent, to say the least, so
Charlie's heart every single time he
for you, and I'll have you treated then. The day will come when you would be able to play
love and so much tenderness, Charlie tried his best to
me no good, Father. My hands won't be able to play the piano ever
Charlie feel grief-stricken, and at the same time, a bit
the gall to do something like that to you!? If it weren't
filled to the brim with intense fury, so Amanda rushed to his side straight away to pacify him.
in the past. There's nothing we can do to change it. Now he is my betrothed, my beloved, and I want both
put on an act and pretended to be engaged with her when she was still much too unstable. That was the cold hard truth. No matter how grandiose and ambitious the engagement ceremony had been, everything was just going to be a lie in the end. Her dream of getting married to Rufus and spending the rest of her life with him would never
and the way she was, Charlie just couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Why did Rufus turn down his daughter? What was it with that other woman that made him so obsessed with
last time that Clark was present in my engagement party. What is he doing here in G City? I was actually a
of hearing his name being uttered was more than enough to send shivers down her spine, but in spite of that, she was still able
man's name, it was able to instantly get on his wick.
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