When Sebastian arrived, Jonathan had already been rushed to a local hospital.

Devin’s body had been escorted to the funeral parlor by Jonathan’s troops as they waited for Sebastian to get here.

“Mr. Sebastian, Mr. Devin is…”

Mark, who had been waiting there all along, got to his feet when he saw Sebastian. His eyes were bloodshot and brimming with tears.

Sebastian stood as still as a log at the funeral parlor.

He wanted to say something, but when he saw the corpse that was pulled out of the mortuary freezer, his fingers quivered uncontrollably at the frost-engulfed face.

He never once thought that this man would leave him.

Devin has always stood by me, and this is how we part?

Sebastian forced his stiff limbs into motion with his eyes still affixed to the cadaver. The excruciating pain he was going through felt as if his ribs had caved in. His sorrow was so immense that he needed to gasp for air.

“Mr. Devin was trying to kill those arms dealers, and… and that cost him his life. I forewarned him about the risks.” Mark tried to explain.

“If those people could somehow know about me coming here and got their hands on me the moment I arrived, they would’ve already known about his intention of taking their lives. In other words,” Mark stalled for a brief second, “he didn’t stand a chance. Yet, he insisted that the safety of the Jadesons weighed far more than his life.”

While swallowing his tears and repeatedly recollecting himself, Mark explained what led to the demise of Devin.

tightly pressed against

a muscle since he saw the corpse lying

After all, I was the one who asked Jonathan to come here to back Devin up. I knew what danger

this from him, and he

long while, Sebastian remained in the

was finishing up his

his spoon in the bowl as

long pause before the words that were stuck in his throat finally made their way

must be joking,” he

had rushed back to break the news,

is already in Zarain, and Jonathan was sent to

ensued as Solomon struggled to let this news sink

one could hear a pin drop. The solemnity in the

Devin’s dead!

“Mr. Akiyama, your sister was looking for a nurse just now and wanted to be

sentence, “Don’t you dare!

and he lost his last bit of composure. Within seconds, the delicate facial features under those

nurse almost jumped out of her

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