Chapter 101

Yolanda kept her head bowed, feeling the weight on her shoulders like a sword about to drop. ‘I just hope I don’t mess up, she thought nervously.

After ten long minutes, Samuel finally spoke. “Ian, I’ve been searching for you for ages.”

“Mr. Grant, you must be joking,” Ian responded calmly.

Ian’s reply was crisp and confident; he showed no sign of backing down in front of Samuel.

It was as if the two of them stood on perfectly equal ground.

Yolanda kept her head down, but she was all ears, catching every word.

Samuel set his cup down and shot Ian a look. “So, you wanna be a star now? Chasing fame, huh?”

Ian grinned mischievously and leaned against Yolanda’s shoulder. “Honestly, I’d rather be her secret lover. Is that allowed?”

Yolanda stiffened all over, almost tempted to drop to her knees before Samuel in sheer embarrassment.

Samuel let out a soft “hmm,” as if he didn’t know how to respond.

After another half–minute of silence, Samuel finally said, “You won a ton of cash from my gambling house back then. Never thought your real name was lan.”

“Spent it all ages ago,” lan answered with a carefree shrug.

Samuel leaned back, giving a thoughtful hum. “Want to have this chat upstairs?”

“Sure,” Ian replied, getting up and shooting a look at Yolanda, who was still keeping her head down.

Ian got to his feet and glanced over at Yolanda, who remained silent with her head bowed.

He crouched down next to her and said, “Ms. Grant, just sit tight. I’ll be back down in half an hour.”

Yolanda’s mind was in total chaos; she couldn’t even bring herself to look at Samuel. All she could do was give a dazed nod, feeling lost and anxious.

In the study, Samuel idly turned the ring on his thumb, his presence radiating a calm maturity that made lan’s wild streak stand out even more.

Ian was like a wolf who’d grown up in the untamed wilds–he desperately tried to hide the feral instincts beneath the surface, but the little things always betrayed him.

Neither of them said a word, the silence stretching out like a tug–of–war that neither side wanted to lose.

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spoke. “I’ll hand over Crimson Gallery to you.

about bare–knuckle brawls–the place had a whole gambling operation too. The club was massive and famous all across Beloris, but nobody ever knew

when you got

with this headache by chance, but he still hadn’t

walk of life,

running respectable businesses in public, so Samuel couldn’t afford to

was a goldmine, and Samuel was reluctant to let

ambitious–hungry for

his tone even. “I want an even

you get Yoyo,” Samuel

Ian didn’t even

Charles stays in the dark about this. If he goes off the rails,

on what he’d picked up

step ahead, but now the tables had turned–the

plotting upstairs. She was restless,

like all the water in her body might just

an hour later Ian

walked up to her and

a wave of relief when she

herself and was about to leave when

of the stairs, his

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youchers

everything that had happened tonight,

with Ian. Ian had to go

her lip and sat back

check before

watched everything unfold, then, after coming downstairs, took off the coat lan had given Yolanda

herself in case

all. The

chimed. It was Charles–Yolanda instinctively straightened, nerves

with a mature edge. “You can’t hide

out

grow my studio, save up some cash, and figure out my exit

no way Charles

and for a moment, it hit him–Yolanda was

scene.

tangled with Charles, and now she had the guts to poke at Ian–a total mad dog if there ever was one. If she kept playing with monsters like this, one day they’d chew her up and spit out the bones, and

inwardly, ‘Just how on earth would she ever get

rubbed his temples, kept his silence, and simply told the servant to

whole vibe

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