The Man’s Decree

Chapter 458 Dog

“Forget it, Jared.” Ingrid waved her hand before wiping her tears and forcing a smile. “It’s no use talking about it. Besides, I’ve already accepted my fate.”

“Tell me, Ingrid,” he insisted. “I will help you.”

“Yes, Ingrid,” added Josephine. “We’ll both do.”

Ingrid gazed at Josephine for several moments before deciding to trust them. “Jared, do you remember Dog?”

Jared nodded. “Of course I do. He’s the dropout who used to collect protection fees from his victims outside the school gates, isn’t he? He even gave me a kick that I haven’t forgotten.”

in

“He’s a degenerate who did not even graduate middle school! How did Aunt Sarah allow you

negative impression of him painted in her mind’s eye from the way

as she recounted to Jared

slammed

he!”

As the rate of industrialization in Horington exploded in recent years, inhabitants of the numerous villages around the area had required a nudge to cooperate given the large investments dumped into Avenport for property development. Due

for the day ended, Dog would bring the very same men to the occasional stubborn residents

Ingrid, he came to the school one day and blackmailed the principal to expel her. Then, he threatened Ingrid with her parents in exchange for her promise to marry him,

attempt to curry favor with his future in-laws, he valued Ingrid’s family’s house for a million, and their entire village to be slightly higher than the market rate. As a

muttered through gritted teeth, his