Chapter 195

"So, you're Hayes?"

Liam settled into the chair, his formidable presence making it hard for Hayes to even breathe.

"Yes, sir, I'm Hayes," he stammered, drenched in sweat and shaking, desperate not to anger the man before him.

Liam's gaze was frosty, his voice calm but loaded with a threat that sent shivers down Hayes's spine.

"Did I just hear that Yafe and Sherah have been messing with my wife?"

Liam tapped the chair's armrest rhythmically, the sound echoing ominously. He was just sitting there, but the fear he inspired was palpable.

Hayes's voice trembled with fear as he spoke, "Yes, yes! They approached me today, handed over a hefty sum of 50,000, and wanted me to conspire with them against Ms. Celena Stone. It just so happened that Ms. Celena Stone walked in on us, and a heated argument broke out. Sherah lost her temper and slapped Ms. Celena Stone, hurling insults at her."

and that man—was he the so-called deadbeat, the

that Liam, labeled a nobody, instilled such fear in Mr. Eaden Wafer,

Eaden, a man feared by many, trembled before

another word out before Liam's presence grew more menacing, the air around him turning

if the very temperature

full brunt of his rage and quickly bowed his

forgive

through the crowd, Hayes included, as fear flooded his senses. That was the kingpin of Drunham City's underworld, a man whose name commanded a spot even among

yet, there he was, submitting

aura subsided, and he fixed Hayes with a frosty gaze,

his knees, his forehead touching the ground repeatedly as he sobbed and pleaded, "I get it, I get it, I'll give back the money right now. I realize it was wrong to side with the Yafes in their dirty work! I'll do everything I can to help Ms. Celena Stone with the order. Please, sir, you're a man

nod, his expression unreadable. He glanced over at Eaden and said, "I'm leaving

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