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!”

at Patrick’s arm and asked desperately, “What should we do

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

damned fault.

left the house, Elissa’s knees buckled from underneath her

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 and sank into the sofa. Elissa and Ritchie

Dad?” he asked anxiously. Patrick ignored the water. He rubbed

our secret force. We’ll have to sacrifice it for the sake of the bigger

Ritchie and Elissa looked at each other and all the color drained from their faces. The Klein family’s “secret

It took care of the nasty, under-the-table deals in the dark. It had been there for the Klein family for at least two

Patrick stood up and declared, “From now on, you two

behave yourselves from

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

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

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 that he was

force, which was

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

subordinates were doing most of the work. If it were up to him, he’d have

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

can leave the hospital in around two or

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