Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

After Ntasha finished the call, she stepped out of the bedroom, finding the living room empty.

Alexei was nowhere to be found again.

His physique was strong, and by now, he was pretty much recovered. But who knew what he was scheming? He hadn’t made a public appearance yet, though he was spending more and more time outside.

He didn’t go out of his way to hide his identity, so Natasha naturally figured out which family he was from.

Back in the day, the young heir of the Turner family rarely showed up in the media. Natasha thought it was just him being low–key, but now it seemed more like avoiding enemies.

Natasha seriously suspected that, aside from his legitimate businesses, Alexei definitely had some shady dealings under the table.

And the Turner family was even more complicated than hers. Even though Natasha stayed on the fringes of their circle, she’d heard how intense the infighting in the Turner family had been lately- kidnappings, car accidents, tax evasion reports…

With Alexei’s disappearance, the one who’d kept all the factions in check, the ambitions lurking in the shadows had sprouted like weeds. Alexei’s grandpa had been so furious he’d ended up in the ER multiple times.

As a result, his children were now fighting tooth and nail over the potential inheritance.

But none of that had anything to do with a small fry like her.

After submitting her illustrations to her editor, she plopped onto the couch and texted Alexei [Coming home for dinner tonight?]

In some blood–stained basement, the most aggressively ambitious Melvin lay in a mess of blood and piss, limbs limp like a corpse. Several feet away, his only son, Nathan, blindfolded and wailing like a banshee, was equally terrified.

Under the dim light, a tall, sharp–browed man lounged comfortably in a chair. The shadows highlighted his striking features as his long, pale fingers toyed idly with a small knife.

“Unde Melvin, I heard you’ve been recruiting a lot of old hands lately and even secured big foreign funding. Guess all that lying low was just prep for this grand comeback, huh? You still got it.”

Melvin was already a sobbing mess. He had thought that Charles, that ruthless mafia boss, would never fail. But to his shock, Alexei was so damn lucky, escaping even when surrounded by dozens

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Now Charles’s hideout had been wiped out, and all the pawns Melvin had planted in the Turner Group over decades were uprooted. His recent arrogance felt like a sick joke.

methods were far more terrifying than he’d imagined. This nephew of his, who

still your uncle. If you kill me, your grandfather won’t let

you off,”

you? What are you thinking, Uncle Melvin? Of course, I won’t kill you. But people have to face the consequences of their actions. I’m just inviting you to

his bound son on the

was having his own fun. A month ago, he slept with someone’s fiancée and got the groom–to–be beating down his door. Then, just over two weeks ago, he and his

out in the name of the Turner family. Such rotten genes–I don’t think they should be passed on. What do you say,

“No! Please! Let Nathan go!” The man spent his life spreading his seed everywhere–yet only got one son out of the deal. No matter how many vile things he’d done, his love

and on the other side, masked men with medical tools approached

was tied

away! What are you

followed by a scream that shook the

the pain. And Melvin’s eyes were bloodshot with

over. Everything was

with a vicious, almost cannibalistic gaze. “Alexei, you little bastard.

and you’re the little freak she birthed. You’re both freaks. No wonder

unfazed.

a

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With that, both father

but they’d wish they

perpetrator seemed long accustomed to such scenes. Even facing

towering figure melded seamlessly with the dark, oppressive gloom of

placed to the side, suddenly lit

cleaning up the scene, noticed the man— who’d just coldly severed a

his phone and then tossed the black gloves to someone nearby. “Wrap this up. I’m

meeting with East Skeivania later,” Shawn

didn’t even

Lately, Mr. Turner has been

just walked in from outside, watched Alexei rush off and turned to Shawn in surprise. “Where’s he off to in such a hurry? Didn’t he

of Alexei’s response and made a face. “He said he’s going home

rose.”

this, Dylan narrowed

were flying. The Grim Reaper had taken up gardening?‘ he

said he was coming back for

kept pouring in one after