The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family by Adela

More importantly, he had to find a way to clean up his reputation among his former collegemates. Otherwise, how could he show off in front of his friends in the future after being humiliated by Charlie twice? i Just when he was pondering about how to restore his dignity, there was a sudden commotion at the main entrance of the restaurant.

The noise attracted everyone's attention and they looked towards the door.

A group of youngsters with malicious looks barged into the restaurant. They had tattoos all over their limbs and body, holding baseball bats, galvanized water pipes, and the like in their hands. They didn't look like they were here for a meal at all. 2

Everyone was extremely shocked upon the horrid sight, especially Douglas and Lily, their eyes full of fear.

A man with the visible scar on his face was obviously the head of the group. He stepped forward, scanned the hall, then pointed at Douglas with an evil grin." Boss, why didn't you come and say hi before the opening ceremony? Are we invisible to you?"

Blood drained from Lily's face. She squeezed a bitter smile and said, "What... what do you want from us?" 1

Before the opening, Lily heard that there were

protection racketeers lurking in this neighborhood.

The previous owner of this restaurant was said to have been harassed by these gangsters that he went bankrupt and had to sell this shop.

Despite this, Lily decided to rent the place at a low price and manage it as she felt that these people wouldn't dare to be so pompous as to ask money from them in broad daylight, i

she expect these gangsters

just give us a 20% share of your profits and you'll be under our protection forever. You can just

"However, if you don't agree, I'm sorry to say

and Lily sucked in a

Twenty percent share!

a freaking daylight robbery,

you a minute to think about it."

saw it as a chance to make himself a

stood up immediately and said, "Who's

grinned viciously. "Who are you? Why do I have

Hill! I'll call the boss of

Clinton shouted arrogantly, "Get lost if you don't want trouble!"

if you can find someone whom I can talk to, I'll leave

Clinton nervously and said, "Clinton, please make the call,

and said, "Don't worry, I'll call

projects here in the redevelopment zone, which was under Clinton's father's jurisdiction. Hence, the head of the developer mingled frequently with his father and that explained why he was