Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You

Andrew turned back to face Francesca and the others.

Natasha spoke sympathetically, "Darling, Joe might not be on our side, but he's not really a bad person either. Why did you have to be so harsh on him?"

Francesca nodded in agreement. "Exactly, honey. What you said back there was honestly pretty hurtful. I'm afraid he's going to feel terrible about it."

Andrew sneered. "I was just telling the truth. Is that somehow wrong? Besides, since when do I need to worry about his feelings?"

Aspen crossed her arms and twisted them behind her back. Then, she curled her body and threaded her arms through from below her feet. Her body was incredibly flexible and limber.

She took a moment to address Andrew, saying, "I think you went too far. Joe is dealing with heartbreak and crushing defeat right now. It's not a bad thing to show a little empathy!"

Andrew snorted, half amused, half annoyed. "Wow, what is this? You're all turning against me now? Siding with an outsider to scold me? Today's training is doubled, and nobody's going home until it's finished!"

The four students groaned in despair, but none dared to complain. They knew that Andrew was absolutely ruthless and showed no mercy to anyone during training.

Just then, Rachel arrived at Serenity Villa. She was wearing a fur coat and swaying her hips as she walked. "I'm looking for Mr. Lloyd."

Someone replied, "He's there at the back lawn."

and hair accessories

chirped sweetly, "Mr. Lloyd,

could quite compete with a fresh-faced 20-something. Still,

have a certain sophisticated charm. Unfortunately,

can I do for you?"

upper body. Bending down, he effortlessly lifted two massive stone spheres, each one as big as

these from the entrance of The Sovereign Residences. Each one

residents would sit on them when they had cramps, though Andrew had

her eyes lighting up

the stone spheres and looked at her strangely. "Madam Gardner, what

attractive! I've seen hundreds, maybe thousands of handsome men in my

rolled his eyes. "Well, stop staring then. I charge ten thousand dollars

pulled out her checkbook, wrote a large string

tossed it to Andrew. "No problem. I'll prepay

remember that this woman was ridiculously wealthy. Duncan had once joked that even her underwear was

win. Now tell me what you want. If