Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade

Chapter 28 Alex And His Powerful Status

To put it plainly, Derek was putting on a very elaborate act.

He had played a very clever hand indeed.

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He had laid his dignity aside in order to save Bob. In doing so, he had earned the respect of Bob and the other gangsters, who would regard him with a mixture of awe and gratitude from now on.

If Derek managed to save their lives today, their loyalty towards him would only increase tenfold. In the future, Derek would have no problem making them do whatever he wanted.

Alex had recognized this trick immediately. By the time he was a teenager, he was already much more adept at buying other’s support than Derek would ever be.

Alex looked at Dylan. The decision was his.

Derek might have set aside his pride and knelt for forgiveness, but if Dylan refused to spare the lives of Bob and the gangsters, then be it. Alex certainly wasn’t going to intervene and let Dylan have his way.

However, Dylan was frozen in shock.

Derek was the king of the underworld. However, he had swallowed his pride and knelt before Alex in order to save Bob Lane. If Dylan continued to insist on killing Bob, it would put Alex in a very difficult position indeed.

Of course, part of him was afraid of disrespecting Derek, too. If he didn’t give in to the king of the underworld now, he would gain himself a very powerful enemy.

And no matter how close they were, there was no way Alex could keep looking out for him.

Fortunately, Dylan was wise enough to pick his battles. Shaking his head, he said, “Forget it. My anger is nearly gone now that I’ve smashed the brick against his head.”

Alex looked at Dylan, but didn’t say anything.

Dylan turned to look at Penny. His voice full of contempt, he spat, “I’ll see you at the Civil Affairs Bureau first thing tomorrow morning. If you have the gall to demand alimony from me, I’ll make your life a living hell!”

He had a house to his name, and the last thing he wanted was for Quinn to get her filthy hands on it.

She had cheated on him without remorse. She had to be delusional to think that he was going to let her have the house.

Penny’s heart skipped a beat. Looking at the man standing before, she realized that he was a complete stranger to her. She couldn’t help but feel a little frightened of him.

Penny nodded meekly. “Alright.” Now that she had been exposed for having an affair, she decided to toe the line obediently.

Even if she took him to court and sued for alimony, there was no way she could win the case. It would be extremely embarrassing for her as well.

Besides, Dylan had Alex’s support, and Alex was a fairly important man. Going up against the two of them at this point wouldn’t do her any favors.

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28 Alex And

Alex in subservience. Quinn was afraid of Alex, for she had good reason to be.

impatience flickered across Alex’s face as he glanced at Derek.

was obviously taking advantage of the situation to

giving me face, Mr.

up from the floor, Derek pulled out a bank card from his pocket and handed it to Dylan. “My friend, this card contains one million in total. Please accept it as our compensation and use it to pay

severely by

didn’t dare to voice his

“No, I don’t want your money.”

it. It’s what we

it, Dylan.” Alex

a little agitated. To him, a million was an unbelievably huge sum of

money.

card into his hands before he could refuse again. “The password

have your bruises treated.” Alex said

then.” Without another word, he jumped onto his delivery motorbike and sped off in

would you like to have a

Alex rejected him with a casual wave of his hand. “It’s alright, carry on with your work. I have

I’ll drive you there.”

“It’s really okay. I’ll have someone pick me up soon.” Taking out

the other gangsters to escort Bob

Territory, a conversation was taking place between father

will determine if our family can rise to the ranks of the large first–tier clans.”

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And His

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the Sutton family, was slightly past fifty years of age. He was a little on the plump side and had

Sutton was sitting opposite him, listening intently

had succeeded in nothing but squandering away their father’s wealth. For the past few

hand, he had been blessed with a perfectly business–minded daughter. Over the last few years. Kate’s help in the family business had

offer it to them.

almost beyond belief.

Alex would disregard her presence.

his daughter. Besides, he was quite confident that she

will definitely retaliate once they find out, and I’m not sure if he’ll be

family to be

Now that he had finally summoned up the courage to use some of that money, it meant that he was ready to launch