Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You

One person gasped, "He actually went in? Is he out of his damn mind?"

Another whispered, "Everyone knows the Ackermann brothers-Abel's the calculating one, cold and ruthless. But his little brother Horatio? He's just a brainless brute, a wild animal in human skin. Anyone who crosses him ends up screwed."

"This guy looked smart too... Why the hell would he willingly step into a death trap?"

At that moment, everyone else who had come to Ackermann Pharmaceutical to demand their money stood frozen in disbelief.

A few with darker hearts chuckled to themselves, quietly waiting for Andrew's corpse to be dragged out.

...

The moment Andrew stepped inside, his brows knitted tightly together. A heavy stench of sweat and something even fouler-like rotten flowers and body fluids— hit him square in the face.

So-called "office" or not, Horatio's room looked nothing like a workplace.

At the center sat a giant waterbed with tacky red curtains hanging low around it. In front of the bed lay scattered fried chicken, takeaway boxes, and various junk food remnants eaten carelessly all over the floor.

On the waterbed, two naked women were sleeping while embracing a massive fat man. Both women were bruised all over, their bodies marked with injuries that made it clear they had not been there by choice.

When they saw Andrew, pure terror flashed across their faces, and they immediately began trembling.

Andrew stepped forward, pulled the curtain aside, and said calmly, "Get up. Get dressed. You can leave."

fairly attractive and rather young. Upon hearing this, they both shook their heads in unison,

"Don't worry, no one will bother

have no idea how vicious the Ackermann brothers are.

bitterly, "You should go too. Once Mr. Horatio wakes up and sees you in here, he'll

didn't come here willingly? You were forced?

hollow laugh. "And what would that change? Abel controls hundreds of women just like us. Those who reported or tried to

over, his belly large enough to suffocate a grown man. He let out

froze, no longer daring to say a single

glance, silently pleading for him to get out while he still

was done being

and slapped Horatio

loud snort, Horatio's eyes flew open like a startled bull,

Then, he exploded with

hell let you in here? Get

room like a prehistoric beast on the

collect my money. Pay what the Ackermann

people who weren't afraid of dying, but you... you're in a league of

When has anyone ever gotten money back from

final shot. Crawl out on your knees and shut that damn door on

"So the rumors were true. The Ackermann brothers didn't build this company through business-they built it through