He took another look at George, who was lying on the ground. The man seemed to be on the verge of death, his face all black and blue, his body badly battered.

Sean took out a cigarette and lit it for Thomas. “Calm down, Thomas. Didn’t I tell you to brace yourself? Why are you still so impulsive?”

Thomas stood there smoking on his own without saying a word. “Eight years ago, you lost your job because of me. Eight years later, I’ll make sure that you live the rest of your life with no worries!” He had made up his mind to take charge of this. Whatever the actual reason was behind Veronica being kicked out by Irieson’s University of Technology, the fact that he had stood her up was undeniable. By helping her now, he was in part trying to make up for his internal guilt.

Lifting George from the ground, he said to Sean, “Send him to Tucker Residence, and go there with me tomorrow.”

“Okay!” replied Sean with a nod, knowing what Thomas was going to do.

After throwing George into the trunk of Sean’s car, Thomas said goodbye to Sean and drove away. It’s been a long time now. Olivia’s probably getting impatient with waiting.

the rented house, Olivia waved to Chloe with her handbag in hand,

to glance at Thomas. How I wish I were

Olivia got into his car. “I can’t help feeling something’s off with

asked Thomas without

can’t help feeling that the way she looks at you is different. It’s not like how a sister looks

overthinking it!” Thomas let out a wry laugh. Chloe and I are just brother and sister! In

house, I can clearly sense the shift in Chloe’s emotions, which can’t be faked. However, since Thomas gave such a categorical answer, she thought it would be inappropriate to argue about it. “By the way, Thomas, it would’ve been great if you hadn’t gone out today. Chloe’s cooking skills are really impressive. She made so many tasty dishes. If you

without saying a word. Although Olivia could cook, she had very little practice in it. After all, she was a daughter of the Pearson Family. Even if she wasn’t the family’s favorite, she nonetheless lived a pampered life where everything was readily provided for her, unlike Chloe, who had to bear the burden of her whole family at a tender age. And like driving, cooking was a skill that improved with practice. The more one did it, the more experience and lessons they could

they returned to Northpine Villa. It was already close to midnight, so Olivia said

sat on the couch, smoking his cigarette while contemplating the events of the day. No wonder Veronica ended up working as a waitress in a hotel. Turns out her husband has taken away all her money! Now is the time for me to make up for what I owed her eight years ago. Naturally, the first step is to take back what rightfully belonged to

bed and once again practiced the Level 2 Technique according to the nameless book. This time, he didn’t practice throughout the night as he had yesterday. At

took out his phone and called Sean. After deciding where they were going to meet, he drove off to meet up with Sean. Together, they

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