Chapter 1291

Seeing Ivor's tragic state, Dean certainly did not dare to act tough and kowtowed to Frank as he begged, "I-I'm sorry, Mr. Lawrence! It's all because we listened to that woman's goading… That's why we tried to attack Winter! We didn't want to do this!"

Frank narrowed his eyes and asked coolly, "Woman? What woman?"

"She called herself Aria Lond… said she's acquainted with Winter," Dean said, quick to shift blame.

Frank's expression contorted in rage when he heard that name, while anger and disappointment showed in Winter's eyes.

"Hah! So it was Aria… That's why this whole thing felt like it was arranged!" Jean snapped, furious towards her ex-best friend.

"And I thought sparing her life was being magnanimous… Can't do a thing now that she's asking for it," Frank growled sinisterly, scowling.

He naturally knew that Aria held a bitter grudge against him, but he did not think she was so vile that she would lash out at her own friend.

Leaving her at large would only cause more problem