Chapter 524

Quintus smiled wryly and walked in to lie back down on the bed. “Who else could it be? It’s that damn Diane!”

“Diane was strong enough to beat you up? Didn’t you say that you’ve undergone combat training before? Even if you’re not that good at that, you should at least be able to win against Diane, right?” Jada frowned as soon as she heard that.

Quintus said, “It was her bodyguards who beat me up. She went completely overboard! I wanted to cooperate with the Shanahans on a project, but she told her bodyguards to beat me up!”

“Why would you be seeking them to collaborate on a project?” Jada had a cold expression as she put her hands on his chest and said angrily, “What’s going on, Quintus? Diane is Severin’s wife. Didn’t you want to kill Severin because of the grudge you have against him? Why would you want to cooperate with the Shanahans on a project? Don’t tell me you’ve taken a fancy to her because she looks good?”

for him, he had already thought up an excuse and immediately said, “Why would I be interested in a woman who already has a child? My fiancee is pretty enough already, so there’s no reason for

useless bodyguards that I came up with that idea. I wanted to enter into a contract with her and have the documents doctored so their company will lose money. ! didn’t think Diane would see through

do that. Doesn’t she know that you’re

once my injuries heal a

relationship with the Longhorns, and the Ballards from Brookbourn Mansion! The Ballards are especially tricky to deal with. Your family won’t be a match for

afraid of the Longhorns, but he knew that the Ballards were much stronger than that of the Riverson’s second-tier families. He was therefore quite afraid when Jada mentioned that the Ballards might come for the Novaks. He pondered over it again and said with a smile, “In that case, I’ll visit the Ballards first thing tomorrow morning. I’m curious to know if they would dare to go against us, though I’m pretty sure they won’t if I go there and ask them about

not?” Jada asked

but smile wickedly as he said, “You might not know this, but I have a distant cousin who just came back from the battlefield some time ago. I heard that he’s a junior general, and our family will be hosting him when he returns in a couple of days. Do you think the Ballards would dare to do anything to us if

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