"What do you mean?" Pamela's face turned cold as she stared at Kurt with unblinking eyes. "You're a shameless conman. What makes you qualified to say something like that?""Would you have fallen for it if you weren't greedy?" Kurt snapped. "I didn't point a gun at your head and force you to hand over your money. You and your family willingly did it."Since you made the decision, you should've been prepared to bear the risks. You had your eyes on my profit just as I did on your funds. That was only natural."With a dark expression, Pamela said, "If all you're going to say is nonsense, then you can stop now." Then, Pamela stood up, wanting to leave."Leave, and I'll tell the authorities that you and your family got someone else to take the rap for Brutus!" Kurt sniggered. "You and your parents will be charged on suspicion of harboring a crime while Brutus will have to serve multiple sentences. He committed violent assault and avoided accountability. "I'm afraid that he'll have to
"Furthermore, you and your family sold Woody out after he was arrested! You even lied to his uncle, telling him that he would need to pay me two million dollars in order to obtain a memorandum of understanding. "But in reality, I only asked for one million dollars. And someone else paid that sum. You and your family have never given me a single cent!"Pamela's eyes widened. "You're lying! I even sold off the house to pay you.""Were you the one who sold it? Or did you personally deliver the money to me?" Kurt fired back. "Do you know the truth? Or am I the only one that knows?""What do you mean?" Pamela asked."Don't you know about Trudy and Dickson's scheme? You're their daughter, so don't tell me that you don't have a clue!" Kurt said once again.Pamela paled as a thought struck her. When her parents told her that Kurt wanted two million dollars in order to dissolve their marriage. Pamela had immediately made the decision to sell off the house.Her parents and younger brot
"You're a smart one, Ms. York. I believed that you'd make the right decision, which was why I had to meet you." Kurt had a smug, victorious smile on his face.Pamela only realized that she had fallen for his trap when he'd pulled out the memorandum of understanding that he had already prepared. However, she was currently his prey, and she was at his mercy."Do you think that you can escape the arm of the law just like this?" Pamela asked. She didn't look at the document's contents. There was no point anyway, since she would still need to sign it. Reading it would only make her heartbreak worse. As she reluctantly signed the document, she said, "Don't think that you'll get away with this!"Pamela had to compromise because of Kurt's threat, but what of the others? As long as there was another person who disagreed, then Kurt's plan would fall apart."Whatever you say. It's all worth nothing in the end. Since we've known each other for so long, I'll forgive your transgressions," Ku
Pamela felt that the gathering was pointless since none of her ex-classmates were doing better than her in life. They might grovel at her, but such compliments produced no tangible value for her.So, she decisively turned down the invitation. "Sorry, I'm afraid that I don't have time for the gathering. I've been pretty busy lately."Benedict immediately said, "No way! Ms. York, don't tell me that you refuse to attend because you look down on your classmates. We'll be disappointed in you if that's the case."He added, "Don't worry! It's just a casual dinner. Don't you have anything or anyone you miss after all these years?"Suddenly, Pamela arched a brow in amusement and asked, "Will Woody Henderson be there?""That depends on you, Ms. York. Would you like him to attend the gathering?" Benedict shrewdly refused to offer a definitive answer before figuring out the social dynamics, lest he misspeak. That would be hard to make up for."I'll show up if you make Woody Henderson atten
But Samuel came prepared and sent Woody a photo of Pamela's private settlement agreement. Woody recognized her signature at first glance.Woody then relaxed his scrunched up brows and took the elevator up to Helen's office. At that moment, Helen was buried in work. When she heard a knock on her door, she said, "Please come in!"Her look of surprise quickly turned into embarrassment when Woody entered. She was obviously thinking of the incident last night. What would she say to him if he brought it up?"Last night—" Woody began.Helen loudly gasped. She didn't expect her worst fears to come true."What's wrong?" Woody approached her in concern. "Are you feeling unwell? Do you need me to give you a checkup?""No. I'm fine. Go ahead," Helen bowed her head and said. But Woody didn't think much of her reaction and asked, "Did you notice a guy beside Jeremiah at the bar last night?"Helen slowly raised her head with a puzzled look. "Are you talking about Master Ramos?""N
Helen solemnly nodded. "I understand. Right, Ms. Miranda asked me out for coffee. Do you think…"Woody smiled lightly. "You should go—it seems like you made quite a decent impression on her.""But… I'm not really sure what she's planning to do." Helen sounded a bit timid.In court the day before, Miranda's attitude toward Helen was slightly over-enthusiastic. Hence, Helen was worried that she might harbor ulterior motives."Just be respectful toward her. There's no need to feel pressured," Woody replied.Just then, Helen's phone rang. She looked at her phone with a complex expression and said, "Ms. Miranda asked me to bring you along…""Sure." Woody shrugged.Miranda was Woody's mentor's wife. So, he had no other choice.If anything, he only had his mentor to blame. It was because of his inadequacy that Woody now had to deal with his grievances in his place.…Meanwhile, in a hotel on the shore of South Lake, Kurt was standing in front of his window. He was dressed in his s
"What are we having for dinner? Since the both of you are locals, you should have some excellent recommendations. I'll simply go with your choices!"Miranda and Helen were huddled together on a couch. And despite Miranda's age, the pair had become the best of friends just shortly into the afternoon.No one knew of Miranda's actual age, and the only person that did was probably Mr. Snider.But Miranda couldn't blame people for not being able to tell her age. After all, if a woman looked after herself well, then her age would always remain a mystery!No one would believe them if they told them about the age gap. And the more oblivious ones would even think that they were sisters!Helen was just about to suggest that they head down to Royal Delicacies when Woody's phone started ringing.Upon seeing that it was an unknown number, he promptly declined the call.But soon, his phone started ringing again.Nevertheless, he declined it again without hesitation.However, his phone rang
"Who cares about the law! Only lowly peasants like you would be afraid of it. As for people like us who have wealth and status, the law bends to our will." Kurt arrogantly said, "In terms of why we're arresting you, you'll know soon enough."With that, he nodded at Zane."Got it!" Zane immediately understood and pulled out his walkie-talkie. "Initiate the trap. The second our target shows up, take them down immediately."This was an opportunity that he had fought for. It was his chance to showcase his team's capabilities and make a name for themselves in Draconia.According to Kurt's plans, using a hostage would have already been enough to threaten Woody. All of this was simply unnecessary.Meanwhile, outside, a dozen notorious mercenaries swiftly blended themselves into the night."Sasha, what's going on?" Shane asked.Sasha replied, "They're bad people who are after Woody!"Shane's eyes widened in shock, and he immediately broke into a cold sweat.Was this huge spectacle all