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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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that Alistair knew exactly who he was and why he'd shown

instincts told him that this young man

definitely not someone he wanted to

teach his so-called ungrateful son a lesson.

meaning in Alistair's words. "Cut the crap and get to the point,"

eyes sparkled with a hint of mischief.

a panicked yell interrupted him,

his heart thumping so violently it felt like it

as he reached them, he tried to pull Alistair to

nimbly sidestepped, giving Liam a half-grin. "You made

Don't worry, I haven't

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a massive sigh of

in and murmured something only he and Liam could catch, "There are less than six days

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

out their conversation, but

the verge of spilling some

of it

Aaron's mind raced.

have some skeletons in the closet that Alistair knows

seems to involve me?

of "loving father-son"

His gaze was intense.

shivered when he met Aaron's

never want to lay eyes

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Guilt gnawed at him.

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ties with them, he'd gone all out to track Alistair down in New York, but it was a

dead end.

could've ever guessed that little brat would show up back

Liam had pulled out all the stops to find Alistair. He'd reached out to every acquaintance in places the boy might frequent, asking them to keep a sharp

out of hell. He'd

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

to brush him off,

a steely determination in his stance, he

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had a rocky relationship with Celeste, the woman who'd goaded him into selling Alistair. At that moment,

trying to get me

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

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