Simon Lionheart, the head of the Lionheart family, had grounded Titus Lionheart for his previous slip-up.Titus never complained as he meditated and studied, keeping his nose out of worldly matters.Even as he received Simon's summon, he merely nodded, as if he had already expected it.While he did not appear particularly thrilled, the two sentries with him were."Congratulations, Master Titus! Master Lionheart must have a task for you. It seems that your days in confinement are over.""Exactly, Master Titus. Master Lionheart is wise—he would never neglect you forever. And today is the day your fortunes will change!"Despite their sycophancy, Titus' expression remained placid, and he did not even lift a brow as he spoke quietly, "My father must have something in mind when he called for me, and I'm not particularly affected by my punishment. Why celebrate?"With that, he strode off, leaving the two sentries trading glances.-Soon, Titus arrived at the streamside wooden cabin.

The middle-aged woman snapped coldly, "I'm saying it again—Lauren Floss doesn't want to see anyone, including childhood friends! Get out, or I'm calling security!"Her politeness completely rebuffed, Kat scowled too, rolling up her sleeves as she snapped from the other end of the intercom, "Lauren Floss! Get out here, you little shit! How dare you forget your childhood friend just because you married rich?! And you, rude bitch! Who are you to Lauren?! How dare you tell me to leave?!"Obviously, Kat's outburst caught the middle-aged woman off guard, but she soon retorted coolly, "I'm a maid of the Sturgeon household! You better leave, brat! Be rude to me again, and you will pay when Mr. Sturgeon and his wife return!""Oh, so you're just a maid!"Kat laughed despite herself—the woman was just a maid, but she dared to yell at her and chase her away? Who did she think she was?!"Get Lauren!" Kat snapped. "I'll talk to him myself—how dare he forget me after it's just been a few years?

"Oh, right… Haha!"Kat scratched her head awkwardly, realizing she was speaking from blinding rage.Still, she soon snapped and kicked the steel gates again. "That witch who just chased me out—get out here!""Watch it!"Just as Kat was yelling and kicking the gates, a white Lincoln stopped beside Kat A middle-aged man with a square jawline alighted from the backseat and barked at Kat right then, "This is Sturgeon family property! Who do you think you are, messing around here?!""And who are you?" Kat snorted even as she stopped kicking the gates and glared at the man in contempt.The man's chauffeur alighted as well, rushing to shield his boss behind himself while bellowing at Kat and Frank, "This is Mr. Wilk Sturgeon, CEO of Wilktrade! And who are you, messing around in Mr. Wilk's turf?!"Kat simply shrugged. "Wilk Sturgeon? Who?" Her words left Wilk seething—he founded Wilktrade from the ground up and led them to Draconia's top 500 businesses.As such, a brat daring to sh

Just as Kat was about to retort, Kali took off her coat and strode over, frowning as she snapped, "Mrs. Zeig, these people are my guests. Don't you think you're being impolite?!""No, Kali. You're out of line," Mrs. Zeig snapped back, showing Kali no respect at all despite just being a maid, even lecturing her, "If your father and brother knew, you will be punished!""I know," Kali replied.She was scowling and clearly unhappy with Mrs. Zeig's attitude, but she had to keep it bottled since Mrs. Zeig had backing. "Forget deciding my marriage on their own—I can't even bring my friends into my own house? What next—will my personal freedom be restricted too?"Seeing that Kali was really angry, Mrs. Zeig quickly hung her head."You're exaggerating—I'm just doing as Mr. Sturgeon tells me to. It's to avoid…"Mrs. Zeig sneaked a look upstairs, clearing her throat. "To avoid any messy rumors about the family.""Hmph. You don't have to worry about that."Kali snorted coolly. "Go rat me

The person who kicked open the door was a pale young man appearing around seventeen—the same youth Frank saw earlier in the backseat of the black Benz.He strode in, glancing between the half-dead Lauren in bed, and then at the medicine his sister was carrying. His face fell right then, and he strode up to slap his sister across the face!"You bitch!" he bellowed. "I told you not to waste money on that piece of shit! So why did you buy more medicine, huh?!"As Kali clutched her cheek and fell, the youth snatched the medicine from Kali's grasp. He flung it on the floor and crushed it repeatedly under his foot before clobbering Kali. "Fuck you! Do you think it's easy for dad to make money?! And you're still wasting money on that dying piece of shit?! Do you think we're that rich?!"Despite being snapped at and struck, all Kali did was clutched her cheeks and hung her head, trying her best to dodge and not saying anything in return."Patek… Stop… Don't hurt your sister… Do it to me