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!”

turned ghastly pale. She tugged at Patrick’s arm and asked desperately,

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

damned fault. This isn’t

the house, Elissa’s knees buckled from underneath her and she collapsed to the

morning when Patrick came back home. His face was ghastly pale, as though he had aged ten years over the span of one night. His shirt was also creased all over. He dragged his tired body to the living room

he asked anxiously. Patrick ignored

force. We’ll have to sacrifice it for the sake

Ritchie and Elissa looked at each other and all the color

cultivated by Patrick when they first came to Seacisco. It took care of the nasty, under-the-table deals in the dark. It

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

better behave yourselves from now

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

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

strode in and fixed her eyes on the TV. Sebastian pointed the remote at the TV and turned it off. “There’ll

family’s secret force, which was

He was weak now. A trace of imperceptible contempt flashed in Sebastian’s eyes. But it was a pity that he was cooped up in the hospital

most of the work. If it were up to him,

basin on the bedside table. She dipped a towel in it, wrung out the excess water, and then strode over to Sebastian to wipe

said that you can leave the hospital

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