Fleur was left gaping in disbelief as both Deedle and Deedum dropped to their knees in front of Frank.

"What?!" she exclaimed.

Deedle and Deedum were the best of the Lane family bodyguards—Fleur would never reveal them to anyone unless it was really necessary.

And yet, her trump cards turned out to be so insignificant against Frank!

It was only then that Fleur remembered what Jade Zahn had told her before she came—if she wanted to take down Frank, she had to work on Helen.

They have to pull rank, using their family's influence to coerce Frank instead of resorting to violence —they would never win with the latter.

Though regret showed on Fleur's face as she finally remembered Jade's warning, she was not about to let things slide.

Wheeling on Helen, she snapped, "Just look at your ex-husband! He's a real savage, as if the rules don't apply to him! Get this—Mark is being confined by the Soranos, so put a leash on Frank right now! Candidate for the next head of the Lane family? We will all die because of you before that!" Helen was going to argue that Fleur started it since she had sicked Deedle on Helen herself but became panicked when she heard that the Soranos had Mark.

really Frank's mess, her candidacy as the next head

realized

next head of the

"I am man enough to admit what I did, and I'd never avoid taking

the mob of bodyguards brought here to punish him, he snapped, "You're all real pieces of work. Every last one of you refused to stay and defend the Lane family when they needed you, choosing to run away, even seizing

get to strut just because you can throw a punch! Once the Soranos come for you, even your

Go face the Soranos if you can! Don't

just the Soranos. What's the big deal?" Frank snorted, not caring about the

Lanes cleared a path by

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