Megan and Zachary laughed when they heard this, and even Michael couldn’t help sneering.

“You don’t believe me?” Kingsley crossed his legs and drawled casually, “One phone call is all it takes for me to have you expelled from the military.”

“Is that so?” Asher was laughing so hard that he was tearing up, and he mocked, “Aren’t you a big talker? I would have fallen for it if I hadn’t known you were unemployed!”

“Challenging me, I see.” Kingsley sounded indifferent as he said, “You’ll be dealt with accordingly minutes after I make that call.”

Asher was just about to retort when Zachary decided to add fuel to fire. “Asher, have the punk make that call! Let’s just see if he’s all talk!” Then, he glanced over at Cecilia and mused, “See for yourself what a loser he is! Your bum boyfriend is only good at bragging and nothing else, so if you think you’re going to have your happily-ever-after with him, you’re wrong!”

At that moment, Cecilia grew worried and subtly tugged on Kingsley’s sleeve as she asked quietly, “You’re not joking, are you?”

She was concerned that he was only saying these things because her family had razzed him. However, he merely flashed her a smile as he said, “Don’t worry. Did you forget about what happened at the Ramada?”

Her eyes widened by a fraction. Now that he mentioned it, he does seem to have connections with the military… But isn’t that a friend of his friend’s? Will he really be able to expel Asher from the military?

right? Nothing in the universe, not even a higher power, could have me kicked out of the troop. Call that buddy of yours right now, and if you can’t have me expelled, then you

he made no reply as he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. He slipped one out of the box and lit it up as he said, “You asked for it.” While taking a drag, he grabbed his phone and began

Asher noticed the cigarette box, and he shouted so loudly that his

in white paper. However, Asher knew that it

across an identical box in the military chief’s garbage bin while he was cleaning out the latter’s office, and the nondescript packaging had left quite

felt dry, and he gulped nervously as

in the military gave them to

Asher said, looking flustered as he

him to make the call. I’d like to see how he’s

enough!” Asher said coldly. “We’re here to talk about Cecy’s predicament anyway, so leave me out of it.” In actuality, his heart was beating so hard in his chest that it was a wonder he could hear anyone speak at all. There was a slim chance that Kingsley was telling the truth when he said he had connections in the military, but

was still holding his phone after dialing the number, and he raised a brow as he asked, “Backing off so

hissed through gritted teeth, “I see no point in engaging

actually scared of him, are you? He’s nothing but

District database and see if you can find a platoon leader with the name Asher Larson? He’s supposedly from the Cleapolis Military District. There is? Good. Issue him an official warning for disrespecting the military chief.” Kingsley hung up the phone after that and grinned as he eyed Asher wickedly, “Seeing as you chose to back off, I’ll do Cecilia a favor and let you get off on a warning instead of getting you booted from

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