The Man's Decree

Chapter 458 Dog

“Forget it, Jared.” Ingrid waved her hand before wiping her tears and forcing a smile. “It’s no use talking about it. Besides, I’ve already accepted my fate.”

“Tell me, Ingrid,” he insisted. “I will help you.”

“Yes, Ingrid,” added Josephine. “We’ll both do.”

Ingrid gazed at Josephine for several moments before deciding to trust them. “Jared, do you remember Dog?”

Jared nodded. “Of course I do. He’s the dropout who used to collect protection fees from his victims outside the school gates, isn’t he? He even gave me a kick that I haven’t forgotten.”

in

a degenerate who did not even graduate middle school! How did Aunt Sarah allow you

know Dog, she already had a negative impression of him painted in her mind’s eye from the way the others were talking about him. This girl is beautiful and vivacious. She deserves to marry

recounted to Jared

she was done, Jared turned blue with rage and slammed a fist down on the table, crushing it instantly into

dare he!”

given the large investments dumped into Avenport for property development. Due to a combination of high stakes, impatient investors. and tight project deadlines, Dog, who had secured a contracting apprenticeship and worked his way to make a name

agreements with the developers who were anxious to expedite the demolition. As soon as construction for the day ended, Dog would bring the very same men to the occasional stubborn residents who rebelled against the developers’ terms and beat them into submission, often succeeding in coercing them into

schoolmate, Ingrid, he came to the school one day and blackmailed the principal to expel her.

his future in-laws, he valued Ingrid’s family’s house for a million, and their entire village to be slightly higher than the market rate. As a result, their village viewed Dog with an impression of benevolence that would have stood starkly at odds with any allegations Ingrid might make. As a

it!” Jared muttered through gritted