As the butler deliberated on the best response to appease Asher, a man hurriedly approached from the side, clutching a smartphone. "Young Master, it's the Boss on the phone."

Asher's pupils shrank, his breath coming in strained gasps. He swallowed hard, his hand trembling as he picked up the incessantly vibrating phone. The second he pressed the answer button, Oliver's furious roar blasted clearly into everyone's ears. "You bloody fool! What have you done?"

"I, I, I just wanted to capture Vivienne back. Dad, I..."

A man in his thirties, Asher believed he hadn't felt this cloak of fear enveloping his heart since reaching adulthood, leaving him stammering, devoid of any spirit to fight back. Even guilt crept in. "Capture Vivienne, huh? Great, just great..." Oliver was panting heavily over the phone, and faintly, the soothing voice of a woman could be heard.

The sound of porcelain shattering clattered in his ears, and it was about five minutes later that Oliver, through gritted teeth and with venom in his voice, said, "Asher, have you lost your damn mind? A girl with no title, no status, and you're squabbling with her? You, get your ass back here now! Look at the mess you've made; how did I ever sire such a disappointment?"

Asher's heart skipped a beat. "Dad, what on earth happened? What did Vivienne do?"

"What did she do?" Oliver scoffed. "The Grimshaw family crypt has been desecrated, you tell me what happened? Asher, I'm telling you! You better pray your mother's urn can be found. Otherwise, forget about being the heir to this family!"

A chill ran through Asher.

Found?

Where could he possibly search?

The sound of the white porcelain urn shattering seemed to echo once again in his ears.

the settling dust, he remembered staring at the

inside him

throbbing pain shot through him, unsure

of white. Even now, the soles of his shoes

supposed

staggered, his vision darkening,

finally settling on the

of blaming me? Vivienne is the thief, Dad! Instead of lecturing me, you

even if she were found, the chances of

ground, his hands at his sides shaking uncontrollably, "Dad, I was just

you to teach me how

crack

up. You're about to smash all the

gentle voice was soothing to the

he were in front

you! How did she manage to

for Jasper. He only had

now was not the time for a fallout with the Perez family over a deceased relative. Yet the thought of the gaping hole in

Vivienne!

little creature with

a blatant provocation of

make matters worse, he couldn't find

happened if he hadn't meddled. How could it have led to

refute. Or rather, he didn't dare say

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