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Aaron was taken aback, caught off guard by the direct question.

Alistair continued, his tone laced with a hint of mockery, "Did she tell you I'm some kind of monster? That I'm a waste of air when I'm alive and a waste of dirt when

I'm dead? A bloodsucker, just itching to devour their flesh and suck out their marrow?"

Aaron sank into deep contemplation.

Being a street thug wasn't merely about being tough, fearless, or having a penchant for violence.

To rule a territory and survive in this cut-throat world, one had to have a head on their shoulders.

Suddenly, he realized that things weren't as straightforward as he'd initially thought.

Mr. Liam Harlow's so-called ungrateful son looks so mild-tempered and well- behaved. He's the kind of

goody-two-shoes that old folks just adore. I could probably take him down with two quick punches.

Yet, he hesitated to make a move.

Aaron knew Liam as a colleague of his father. Despite holding a

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minor leadership position, Liam's monthly salary was barely enough to support

his wife and two sons. They were far from being well-off.

Six years ago, they'd even exhausted their savings to send one of

their sons abroad to study.

Aaron had met Caleb and considered him a brother. This was

his first encounter with Alistair. And to his surprise, Alistair was

nothing like he'd pictured.

He'd heard about Alistair from Celeste and others.

upposedly, he wasn't as docile as Caleb and wasn't much of a student. But he'd gotten lucky, though. He'd fallen for a rich girl, gotten hitched, and started a family early.

Aaron immediately recognized the designer clothes Alistair was wearing. The entire outfit was worth well over a couple hundred thousand dollars.

Aaron scoffed inwardly.

What else could he be but a gold-digger living off his wife?

However, there was something about Alistair's calm composure and self-assured smile that put him on edge.

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who he was and why

that this young man

and definitely not someone he

saved your father's life, and you feel you're in his debt. So you've come here to teach his so-called ungrateful son a lesson. But have you ever considered that your so-called act of righteousness might just be

Alistair's words. "Cut the crap and get to the

eyes sparkled with a hint of

yell

way here, his heart thumping so violently it felt like it was about to leap out of his

soon as he reached them, he tried to pull

Liam a half-grin. "You made it just in

Harlow. Don't worry, I haven't spilled the

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this, Liam heaved a

than six days left. I

a glance at Aaron, and his smile instantly turned icy. Aaron furrowed

make out their conversation, but he

the verge of spilling some beans,

it getting

Aaron's mind raced.

in the closet that Alistair knows

seems to involve me?

of "loving father-son"

His gaze was intense.

when he met Aaron's

could, he'd never want to lay eyes on Aaron

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Guilt gnawed at him.

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out to track Alistair down in New York, but it was a wild-goose chase. He'd assumed Aaron would face

dead end.

little brat

to find Alistair. He'd reached out to every acquaintance

out of hell. He'd arrived just in the nick of time. If he'd been any later, he might not have

smile, Liam said, "Sorry, Aaron. You must be having a good chuckle at my

brush him off, but he wasn't

respectful look on his face but a steely determination in his

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with Celeste, the woman who'd goaded him into selling Alistair.

is trying to get

mounting pressure, Liam pulled Aaron aside. Relieved to see that Alistair didn't come charging after them, he let

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