Chapter 757

Sir Clark chuckled lightly, "Ah, the naivety of youth. You say that now, but one day, you might just regret it."

"Who can predict the future? Let's just focus on the present," I replied, my voice tinged with a hint of melancholy. "Alright then. If that's what you want, you can take him home when he returns," Sir Clark agreed readily.

I couldn't help but smile. "Thank you, Mr. Clark."

"We're simply making a fair exchange," Sir Clark reminded me.

I laughed softly, "An exchange, you say?"

My words seemed to deepen the color in Sir Clark's eyes, but as someone who had seen it all, he quickly smiled. "My dear, just hand over what you have, and feel free to ask for anything in return." He was being generous, but what I wanted was something he couldn't provide.

Yet, I still voiced my impossible wish, "What if I want my parents to come back to life?"

Even though it was a hope beyond realization, something he couldn't grant, I had to remind him of the debt he owed my parents.

Hudson, let's keep it realistic. Ask for something tangible, like money, shares, or anything else." "Do

isn't more always better?" That was

looked down, my voice a blend of desolation and sorrow, "But no amount

understood my stance; I wouldn't give

not

person as the exchange for what you have. How

Sir Clark knew exactly how to

Phipps just because I had brought him up, ready to use him as leverage just as he would anyone

wouldn't dare touch him. His current stance was merely to intimidate me into

promise to keep him safe for me? How

with a ball in his hand, "My dear, let's not play word games. Hand over what you have, and we can

threat and asked with a smile, "Or else, Mr. Clark,

Clark laughed again,

I'm a man of violence, don't make me

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