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"Deric," Caraline said with a look of disbelief.

Diego burst out laughing when he saw the shock on Caraline's face. "So the dog you keep mentioning is this deformed man?"

"What the fuck do you want?" snapped Caraline, "he's never done anything wrong to you! Let him go!"

"He took you away from me and he insulted my dignity because you chose him over me!" snarled Diego.

"You're a monster!" screamed Caraline with her hands clenched tightly. Her face was bright red with a hardened jaw. "You are a monster!"

Anthony immediately contacted security at home, but all calls went unanswered.

"It's useless." Diego pressed the remote. In an instant, the feed changed to the scene at Caraline's residence where bodyguards and maids were lying on the ground and floor. Several plumes of smoke rose into the air.

"What on earth are you doing?" asked Caraline with her eyes fixed on the screen. She could see how all of her subordinates were unconscious, including Thomas who was asleep on the porch of Deric'