Chapter 1178

Stefan turned a deaf ear to the person behind him. After injecting the liquid into Cooper and removing the needle, he grabbed Cooper by the hair and slammed him into the wall with tremendous force.

The sudden pain at the back of Cooper's head jolted him awake.

Opening his eyes, he tried to make sense of what was happening around him. When he regained his vision focus and saw the person in front of him, his expression darkened as something clicked inside his head.

Cooper spoke up in a hoarse voice. “Ninette was the one who invited me, yet you were the one who showed up.”

Initially, Cooper would have finished his work that morning and be back in Jadeborough by the afternoon. Suddenly, Ninette texted him and inquired if he was in Baykeep, saying that she wanted to have a meal with him.

Since Cooper wanted to extract information from Ninette, he jumped at the opportunity.

Cooper was a cautious man, but he had not expected the invitation from Ninette to be a trap. Yet, the trap was not set by Ninette but by Stefan.

tilted his head as he

into the elevator. I absolutely despise that kid. She's not even Sally's daughter, so why should Sally be nice to her? Why should Sally

glowered at

of his

would have never expected Stefan to be the secret mastermind who was working with Ninette, the one who tainted the reputation of the Loake family—of Gerald—with the charge of raping a

not believe that the culprit was someone she had grown up with, a person

looked at Stefan icily. “Your parents passed away when you were young. It was Dad who adopted you and treated you like his own son. He could never bring himself to punish you or scold you. Even when something happened to him, he insisted

was eating him up!” Stefan whipped his body around to glare at Sally. “If it

drew together. “What

with hostility. “The position of commanding officer belonged to my dad. It was Gerald who killed him. And before you try to say

of friends went all out to celebrate. By

passed by Gerald's bedroom, he heard

not home so late at night. Ridden by worry and filled with guilt, he started talking to Miranda about the

then, the two men were of the same rank, and both of

Gerald had joined the army before Stefan's father did and was more experienced, Marcus had better leadership skills. Having more experience was not enough for Gerald to climb up

had secretly wished that Marcus would be injured. That way, he would

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