"W-what do you mean?" asked Caraline with a stern face, "I have prepared a special team to handle your security. They're handpicked highly capable people. Why should you bother with your bodyguards, anyway? You can just sit back in your wheelchair and follow all my suggestions.""Wouldn't it be better if the people we trust were the ones guarding us?" asked Deric."But that doesn't mean I can trust the people you trust." Caraline rolled her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest. She glanced at Deric, exhaling harshly. "I don't agree with your proposal.""Fine. If that's your decision, then I've also decided to disagree with your plan to give me a personal bodyguard. I think the presence of the bodyguards in this house and the bodyguards following us from a few meters away is enough to make me feel safe." "You are very annoying." Caraline yanked at the grass. "Can't you just shut up and obey my orders? Your safety is at stake right now and I don't want anything to happen to you."Der

"I understand, Miss," Stevan said. He took a few steps forward. "Your break is over, Thomas."Thomas walked to the center of the courtyard."You will have a combat test. This will test your martial skills. You will face off against bodyguards one on one, one on three, and one on five. Are you ready?"Thomas nodded."And if you do well in those tests, you will face me at the end of your trials. Miss Caraline and I will decide whether or not you are fit to be Mr. Deric's bodyguard."Thomas nodded again."The rules are simple, the first person to fall and can't get up within five second, loses. If you don't manage to make your opponent fall within the allotted time, you will be considered defeated. Get ready, Thomas."Stevan gave the code for one of the guards to come forward. Seeing that, Thomas immediately went on alert, setting up a stance. Caraline, Helen, and the maids looked tense as the two men were now facing each other. This was in contrast to Deric and the guards who were enjoy

The atmosphere became very quiet for a few moments. Everyone in the audience was silent in shock. However, it wasn't long before there was a resounding chorus of screams and applause. The bodyguards looked incredulous at Stevan's defeat, but on the other hand, they couldn't protest because Thomas was also an outstanding figure."Thank you for being my opponent. I hope we can fight again next time." Thomas got up from Stevan's body and extended a hand to the man.Stevan laughed briefly. It was something he had rarely done in his life. He took Thomas's hand and stood up. "I'll pay for my defeat next time. I lost because I underestimated you."Stevan raised Thomas's right hand and shouted, "Thomas has won the match. That means he passed all the tests."Caraline snorted in annoyance. She hadn't expected Stevan to lose amid his superiority. She had to admit that Thomas was the winner of this match and that meant she had lost to Deric."That guy's still as great as ever," Deric said when he

Caraline looked up to see who had spoken just now. She quickly got up when she saw Catherine haughtily standing nearby. Turning toward the door, she could see that Helen had just arrived in the room."Miss Caraline," Helen said as she approached with a guilty look on her face."What do you want, Catherine?" asked Caraline harshly, "don't make my morning as ruined as yours."Catherine took a deep breath, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear. Rather than answer Caraline's question, she was more interested in looking around her cousin's room. It had been a long time since she had visited this place. "I must admit you have pretty good taste. But unfortunately, it's inversely proportional to your life.""I don't want to hear your ramblings. You'd better get out of my office now," Caraline said, pointing at the exit."You always have such a bad attitude." Catherine rolled her eyes. She was about to sit on the sofa when she suddenly turned her head towards the table when she saw a box of ch

Stevan called a guard into the room to bring him a document. Once the folder was in his hands, he quickly gave the file to Caraline.Caraline opened the folder in a hurry. The document contained photos of two run-down buildings, pictures of a black car taken from various angles, as well as sketches of a man in a black suit and a man in a car with his face covered by a cloth and only his eyeballs showing."I sent my men to the location of the thugs' headquarters according to the information from the criminals we still have in custody. I also got a sketch of the face of the person who recruited them based on the testimony of the criminals. Unfortunately, we haven't found the people in question yet," Stevan explained.Caraline quickly checked the video Helen had sent her. "It's the same car as the one used by the stabbers."Caraline also compared the sketch of the stabber's face with the new sketch Stevan had brought. "It looks like the person in charge of recruiting the thugs and the st