The phrase “She has me” reached the ears of Eugene and his entourage, clear and unambiguous.

Eugene instantly sobered up. He cautiously shifted his body and observed Dexter, who was still standing in the shadows. Dexter took out a cigarette and asked calmly, “Mr. Jablon, a lighter, please”

“Of course!” Eugene failed to find a single lighter on himself. He nudged his secretary beside him with his foot and whispered, “Lighter’ Lighter!”

After much fanfare, he finally found a lighter. He hurriedly lit Dexter’s cigarette, and its weak flame revealed the man’s indifferent gaze.

“Mr. Russell… You. This. I’m also a man, I understand! Eugene said, thinking he had offered some comfort

Dexter slowly puffed on his cigarette, letting out a stifled chuckle. “What do you know?”

Which man could bear the fact that his ex-wife had left with her first love? Eugene couldn’t say it directly, so he found a roundabout way to explain, “Women, well, I think Ms. Olsen, whom we just met, is quite a fine lady. Yes, quite good indeed!”

Dexter brushed off the ash from his cigarette and said, “She’s like my younger sister. She doesn’t count.”

With a sigh, Eugene scratched his head, at a loss for words. He stood dumbfounded at the door with Dexter until the latter had finished smoking a cigarette. Dexter stared at the scattered ashes on the ground. “Mr. Jablon, how much do you know about the Bastille family’s affairs?”

in a bit of a predicament as he stammered, “Not

helping Josie to stand up. She brushed off Morgan’s hand and walked away on

car and drove behind her at a slow

Shawn’s businesses, joined forces with Bastille Group’s shareholders, and ousted his own younger brother, right?” Dexter asked.

child. For the past six months, he has been teaming up with other companies to attack Morgan. Just

he was somewhat

“Other companies?”

powerful and ruthless. So, it’s not like Morgan had an easy victory these past six months. It just goes to show his tenacity.”

all, as a fellow townsman from Rivodia, Eugene held

I really do know

thought, Eugene mentioned

as he lazily fiddled with a lighter. He said

could even react, Dexter nonchalantly tossed the lighter into

upright, walked into the night, a pleasing sight to

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