Elissa gritted her teeth and dodged Patrick’s advances. She roared irritably, “Patrick Klein! What the hell are you trying to do?

Do you want to break up this family?”

Just as Patrick was about to swing the mop, the phone in the living room suddenly rang. Amidst the chaos, the boldest of the servants went to answer the phone.

“Hello, Klein residence. You want to speak with Mr. Klein? I’m afraid he’s… Busy right now.”

The servant glanced at Patrick, who was about to hit Ritchie with the mop. The caller seemed persistent so she handed over the phone to Patrick, her body trembling slightly.

“Sir, it’s your assistant.” Patrick was in a fit of rage. He snatched the phone from her impatiently and spat into the receiver,

“What?”

“The police have caught several of our men. The man who was sent to kill Sebastian is among them,” the assistant reported anxiously.

“Sir, we have to get him out of there. If the police followed this lead, they’ll trace it back to the Klein family soon.

We have to stop them!” The assistant was so anxious that he raised his voice. Patrick heard his words loud and clear. Ritchie, Elissa, and Patrick all froze in place with a look of horror on their faces.

Ritchie cursed, “Fuck! Sebastian moved really fast! Mom, we’re in trouble now!”

Patrick’s arm and asked desperately, “What should

He hung up the phone and said

damned

him. When Patrick left the house, Elissa’s knees buckled from underneath her

creased all over. He dragged his tired body to the living room and sank into the sofa. Elissa and Ritchie had been waiting for him to come home. They exchanged glances. Ritchie went to the kitchen to fetch a

anxiously. Patrick ignored the water. He rubbed his temples and

out about our secret force. We’ll have

looked at each other and all the color

the nasty, under-the-table deals in the dark. It had been there for the Klein family

cold, stony expression, Patrick stood up and declared, “From now on, you two have little to no power in the Klein

better behave yourselves from

Elissa sat on the sofa wordlessly, looking dispirited. She was in deep trouble this time. In the

been happening every day. I heard that the cinema collapsed because it was blown

her eyes on the TV. Sebastian pointed the remote at the TV and turned it off. “There’ll always be bad guys,” he said lazily. What he didn’t tell Natalie was

force, which was a major

to salvage what he had built over the last two decades. He was weak now. A trace of imperceptible contempt flashed in Sebastian’s eyes. But it was a pity that he was

If it were up to him, he’d have liked

towel in it, wrung out the excess water, and then strode over to

doctor said that you can leave the

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