The Cherished Wife

"Oh, and one more thing." The voice chuckled. "I've cooked up a new concoction of that virus from three years back. It's way more potent than the original."

"What did you do?" Jack's face twisted in anger. "Who did you test it on?"

"Your foes are my foes," came the flat reply. "It's in your stepson."

"You... He's just a kid!" Jack's voice was a growl. "Why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

"Isn't this me telling you? You said you were going to handle that Peter brat, right? You were on board when I gave Peter's wife the virus three years ago," the voice was calm. "Besides, if it weren't for you, that kid would've gotten the virus a year ago. Thanks to you, the virus is now top-notch after a year of perfecting it."

"Hand over the antidote!" Jack demanded, his anger palpable. "I'll settle my scores with Peter and the Lennon family on my own terms. Tania and Brandon shouldn't be dragged into this."

won't kick in just yet. It's still incubating. I'm only telling you because you've been slacking off lately. I've waited years for this, and I'm not about to let it all fall

was gripping his phone so hard that his knuckles turned white. "You're really cold-blooded. How could you

from the

at his phone as the screen faded to black, his expression growing darker by the

to walk away, but Peter had

guessed that Steven, the Naylor family's golden boy and Gared's adopted son, was the mastermind behind Nexus Group, Steven had managed Naylor family's empire well until vanished abroad years ago. Then, out of nowhere,

with Charles and Peter, Jack knew the whole situation would get messier

through the door when Arya swooped in

like you've put on a few pounds. Did you go on a romantic getaway