After She She Stopped Loving Him

Chapter 172

Wayne shook his head, meaning. ‘Now’s not the time to start trouble.

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Frank got to his feet, all business. “I’ve got a pile of work waiting for me this afternoon, so I’m heading out.”

As soon as Frank walked out, the others‘ faces instantly darkened.

Ken looked at Wayne, worry written all over his face. “Wayne, are we really just going to sit on our hands?”

Wayne’s eyes turned dark and dangerous, a sinister smirk curling on his lips. “We’ll make a move, but not by ourselves. If I recall, Frank’s nephew is a total loser–he’s twenty–one now, right? Wasn’t it Frank who swept things under the rug for him when he killed someone in a car accident?”

Ken’s eyes sparked in recognition. Yeah, that had really rattled Frank back then, since the kid was his sister’s only son–turned out rotten, though. Frank had bent over backward trying to help his nephew, lined up job after job, but the dude could never get his act together and just kept dragging Frank into trouble.

He hadn’t been seen around Frank’s company these last few years, and nobody had a clue what he was doing

now.

Wayne whipped out his phone and made a call, telling someone to dig up Frank’s useless nephew.

Eric had just left the red–light district when a few guys suddenly stepped in and blocked his way.

He shifted sideways, but the man dressed in black simply beckoned toward a luxury car worth six hundred grand parked just a stone’s throw away. Eric’s eyes flashed with greed as soon as he saw it–that was serious money. Without a second thought, he strode over.

The tinted window slid down, but the man’s face inside was masked in darkness. He slipped Eric a check for

60 thousand.

suffer— humiliate her good–and then finish her off. Record it, send me the video. You’ve done worse before, haven’t you, Eric? Grady always gets you out of trouble, so why would this time be any

mom–Frank’s own sister–had died saving Frank, and left Eric for him to take care of. Just two months after his wife’s death, Eric’s dad couldn’t wait to get hitched again and tossed Eric out like yesterday’s trash. That was when Eric started slipping fast, turning into a total delinquent, always running wild with street punks and breaking all

tried to bail Eric out more times than he could count, but in the end, figured it was easier to just wire him some cash every month. As long as

ice cold. “Tell me, Eric, don’t you hate Frank Doyle? If it weren’t for him, your mom wouldn’t have died, your family wouldn’t have fallen to pieces. If your mom had lived, your dad wouldn’t have dumped you for a new wife, no one would’ve laughed at you, and you wouldn’t have dropped out or crashed your whole life. If I were you, I wouldn’t let him keep living so carefree. I hear his kid is in some top–tier school overseas now. You two

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now–he’s flying high, you’re stuck down here.

night. Your cousin? He’s living it up with

sucks–especially when it’s this kind

cousin used to be on the same level as you, and now he’s out there living like a king while you’re

Eric’s hate list,

enough for you, make it 1.2 million. Get it done,

being sent abroad, he’d begged Frank to

really cared–he wasn’t real family, more like some leftover mess Frank was forced to

impatient. “So, have you

he snatched the check. “Just

the check clenched in his hand,

rolled up, Ken’s lips

saw Mark Long was there too. They were running a live–streaming studio these days. Eric only started working with Mark two years back. Mark was his uncle, and he’d ridden the highs and crashed down plenty of times. Used to be

Eric. “Well? Did

streams that raked in serious cash. The trick was making sure those ladies weren’t shy about spicing things

them a full makeover, spin a story about them being sweet, innocent college cuties, and send them online. The big spenders ate it up–even a single “rocket” gift could be worth $30,000. Their top female streamer could make $300,000

as they come–even when Eric landed him the hottest streaming talent, Mark still just