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Kenneth held Ophelia in his arms, his thin lips brushing against her ear.

"Little one, you're still not giving up?

Kemeth knew Ophelia buying the Hastings Group's real estate company to develop the slum

Ophelia telt an itch in her ear, scratched it, and then turned around, curling up against Kenneth's chest like a kitten.

Kenneth stroked her soft body and thought, What should I do with her?

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The lights of the houses around Rosewood Manor went out one by one.

In the silent night, a thin trail of white smoke drifted into the air next to a black SUV.

Not a single star in the sky, only a lone crescent moon hung there.

At the door, a slim figure squatted with his chin resting on one hand, his hair tied back, bangs swaying in the breeze, his youthful brows tightly knitted in a frown.

A low, raspy chuckle echoed from behind.

The boy's frown deepened.

Suddenly, a blade glinted in the moonlight, flying directly towards where the laughter originated.

Ray quickly turned his head as the dagger brushed past his ear, sticking into the tree trunk behind him.

a "If you kill me, there won't be anyone to buy you medicine. It's your own fault for eating too much candy and getting a

toothache."

Ray took deep drag on his cigarette, tossed the butt to the ground and stomped it out, then carelessly threw a white plastic bag next to Eric.

anti-inflammatory drugs were scattered all over the

make you feel better." Ray handed Erie a bottle of chilled mineral water.

head, seeing a rough hand holding a bottle of

willing to let you pay back the two shots you got from me, but you refused, didn't you?" Ray

unscrewed the cap and took a sip: the cold water

Eric, his shiny black leather

bringing the cigarette to his lips and taking a deep drag, filling

from constantly holding cigarettes, had

on his hand, feeling a toothache

few

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stayed in this line of work as I didn't know what else I could do or was good at: Maybe to distract himself, Fric casually turned his head and asked. "Why do

almost died Then, by chance, Ujoined the guild and

his brows. Just

the cigarette in no more than three puffs as

"It's bitter,"

but want to be a killer? Ray squatted down, opened a box of medicine, took out a capsule, and handed

capsule in his palm. His eyelashes fluttered slightly, then he tilted his head back and swallowed the pill, chugging the rest of the water in

"If you quit smoking. I'll

head. "Kid, quitting smoking would be tougher than

for me. I'd rather

going to teach at

bed and carried her to wash up while she thought, Thanks

the bathroom counter, still half-asleep, her forehead resting against Kenneth's

hair gently, his fingers occasionally sliding through her

your teeth?" Kenneth asked,

"Yeah."

wild last night. Even my pleading

"Open your mouth."

followed his

""Rinse now."

a few days. Do

she felt sober and jumped down from the counter splash some water on

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his over and

set

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