Other factors aside, pride matters more than anything else when a person gets rich, and Horace absolutely refused to be mocked as a coward.

"Don't worry about it. I have other arrangements in place," he said. He then told the middle-aged man to leave and called a mysterious number.

An hour later, Frank was speaking with the intern at his homestay cottage when her phone rang.

Taking it out and seeing an unfamiliar number, she knew right away that it was from the Mount Statera's management and turned on the speakers despite her curiosity as she answered.

"Aisling Walls, was it? Your name has a nice ring to it!" A playful, feminine voice giggled eerily from the other end.

"What's it to you?" Aisling snorted in annoyance. "Mess around, and I'll call the cops on you!"

The woman was not intimidated at all, even laughing icily. "Go on, but your parents will die if you do."

Aisling was stunned, shaking her head as she cried, "No, that's impossible... How could you know where I live?"

"Oh, please... Why wouldn't I? You're quite famous, and your personal details are basically available to the public."

"I'll make you

his own phone, having typed on the screen: Give

in, and Frank saw that by a stroke of luck, she was not a city journalist but within the county not

others to protect Aisling, he

her and sighed. "Why can't you recognize the situation? Just do as you're told, and I

unsure what to say

the chief ranger typed on his phone and showed her the screen saying:

chief ranger was right, since

that woman, she

asked, "Well, could you be more specific on what I should

entire mess. If

are you kidding me? If

instead, to

the actual way

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