He held tight to the ID, almost crushing the fragile card.

Cordelia was Marcus’ wife…

And that jerk was still alive!

His heart was pounding, and it was hard to breathe. He felt terrible, as if there was a rock pressing on his chest.

When Nicholas arrived in Centrolis on the first plane in the morning, the sun had just risen. Yale had sent his men to wait at the VIP exit.

He nodded courteously, getting into the luxurious MPV that Yale had arranged for him. Soon, he arrived at the Hamertons’ private club.

Yale was having breakfast.

Blood oozed when the fork and knife cut through the almost raw steak. His eyes lit up. He dipped his finger in the blood immediately and sucked it.

Nicholas frowned, and a hint of disgust flashed through his face.

“Hah, come eat with me?” Yale said in a playful tone.

Nicholas rejected flatly. “Thank you, sir. I’ve eaten.”

“Let’s have a drink, then.” Yale got his man to pour him a glass of red wine. It was handed to him.

Nicholas sat across the long table. That was not what he was used to. If he was to have a discussion with someone, he would sit somewhere that was best for talking, unlike what was happening now, where he sat as far as possible.

his mouth with a napkin. He scoffed and

There were only

Josiah nodded firmly.

at a creek last week. I happened to see him. I

expression was

the two of you.” Josiah continued. “I was suspicious, so I got someone to investigate.

prison. He even had a finger chopped off for not paying

while Fredric widened his eyes

back to his senses. “Does that have something to

found out from

flashed through

what he was worried about. He noticed that Nicholas was weird from the few

stuttered, “C-Can it be that he’s your second uncle’s

rule out that possibility!” Zephyr lifted his eyes. “But there are too

he went to the hot spring hotel with Cordelia. She had been startled by

he thought about it, that man should

eyes looking ferocious. “Since he’s still alive, let’s capture him immediately! If we let him loose on Splendor Mountain, we don’t know what troubles he might

to get them to keep this

and patted

they left, he sat behind the counter

out Marcus’ ID, staring at that face that was

suddenly

isn’t protected by the law at

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