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."
in Amanda's eyes, it was obvious she
of playing the
eyes, Amanda suddenly moved her right hand toward the left side of her waist and then she began to caress it. She looked so despondent, to say the
single time he saw his
going to find the best doctor in the world for you, and I'll have you treated then. The day
love and so much tenderness, Charlie tried his best to comfort her.
hands won't be able to play the piano ever again,
feel grief-stricken, and at the same time, a bit angry.
all because of that stupid Rufus! Where did he get the gall to do something like that to you!? If it weren't for you always taking his side and defending him,
filled to the brim with intense fury, so Amanda rushed to his side straight away to pacify him.
It's all in the past. There's nothing we can do to change it. Now he is my
even greater sorrow. He remembered how Rufus 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
just couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Why did Rufus turn down his daughter? What was it with that other
way, Father. I noticed last time that Clark was present in my engagement party. What is he doing here in G City? I was actually a bit surprised to see him at that time. Wasn't he supposed to be the one taking charge of the Dark
enough to send shivers down her spine, but in spite of that, she was still able to muster up the strength to
it was able to
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