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!”

She tugged at Patrick’s arm and asked desperately, “What should

son’s reaction gave Patrick a headache. He hung up the phone and

damned fault. This isn’t

Patrick left the house, Elissa’s knees

night. His shirt was also creased all over. He dragged his tired body to the living room and sank into the

Dad?” he asked anxiously. Patrick ignored

our secret force. We’ll have

this, Ritchie and Elissa looked at each other and all the color drained from

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

up and declared, “From now on, you two have little to no power in the Klein

behave yourselves

that, Patrick stormed out of the room and slammed the door. Elissa and Ritchie were speechless. Elissa sat on the sofa wordlessly, looking dispirited. She was in deep trouble this time. In the hospital in Barnes, Sebastian had just gotten off the phone. His eyes landed on the TV, which was broadcasting news about a gang being sieged by the

really dangerous lately. This sort of thing has been happening every day. I heard that the

basin of warm water, Natalie strode in and fixed her eyes on the TV. Sebastian pointed the remote at the TV and turned it off. “There’ll always be bad guys,” he

was

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

it were up to him, he’d have liked to

towel in it, wrung out the excess water,

can leave the hospital in around

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