William clenched his fist, his feet rooted to the ground as a chill seled over his brows.

“Mr. Hunt, you know our relationship. You can’t touch Rachel.”

“Settle scores with Howard before talking to me, and solve your dann problems before I go to your grandfather about it!” Tyler roared. Smoke billowed from his lips, circling him, veiling the frustration on his face.

Given Tyler’s temperament, William knew that pestering him further would only make things worse.

He had said everything there was to say.

Just as he turned to leave, Tyler’s voice rang in the air once more.

“William, don’t assume that everyone is as vile as you are. I won’t have anything to do with married women. That’s my baseline.

At that, William’s tense shoulders finally relaxed. He trusted Tyler’s words. The fact that Tyler clarified that meant that he truly was innocent.

Very soon, William left in his car.

Tyler shot William a last look of disdain before glancing at the door upstairs that was

“Come on out.”

still tightly shut.

her face pale as a ghost. She walked stiffly

noticed her

“Yeah…” Rachel nodded mechanically.

Just minutes ago, she had been so eager and full of spirit. Yet now,

it if you had

could hear

on Tyler’s door to question him about what had happened that night. Tyler’s words hit the nail on

something to William to

with Howard, William chose to come looking for Tyler. Shouldn’t William be making Howard pay the price for what he did? Howard was the

if Samantha had been drugged instead

Certainly not!

She looked like she had fallen into a pit

simply found it laughable how she was suddenly seeing so many sides of William that she had never seen

said calmly, “Thank you, Mr. Hunt. I’ll amend the

demands? Let me make myself clear. This isn’t something that just one meal can

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on his face amused Rachel. “You’re the CEO of LS Enterprise, for goodness‘ sake. Why

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