The moment he finished his sentence, the study room fell into an awkward silence.

Armond had revealed his trump card. Now, everyone was aware of his ambition to make a comeback by leveraging on petroleum.

“No,” I replied in a serious tone. “Armond’s reputation is in tatters, but how will we know if he won’t somehow reinvent himself and make a comeback? If he gains control of the oil, that would be equivalent to getting the backing of all the countries within Meudari. By then, the shockwaves he may cause won’t be something that we can handle.”

It doesn’t matter if I die. If my death could guarantee my family’s safety, then it would be well worth the risk. Even if I could somehow survive by a stroke of luck, I still couldn’t bear letting everyone else fall into such a dangerous predicament.

Armond had gone crazy. Since that was the case, he should be imprisoned for life instead of allowing him the opportunity to recover.

Louis and John remained silent. All they did was furrow their brows and looked at Ashton skeptically, waiting for his response.

It was obvious that they were considering Armond’s demands, or else I would not have heard about it. The Stovall family was only concerned about my survival and not about how great the risks were.

look and shook my

me wonder if he could read the look in my eyes. After a long while, he turned around and answered Louis. “I agree with Letty that being controlled by someone is bad. Armond’s greed is boundless. Even if we give him the contract, we

surprised. “Why didn’t you tell

distant. “I told you that you can trust me.

a terminal disease, I was always worried about my death

considering nobly

eyebrows as I had nothing to rebut him with. He didn’t care whether I believed him or not. Instead,

me, his gaze felt like a bottomless lake, ready to drown anyone that

the tension in the atmosphere, John quickly eased the situation. “Alright now, since we already have a solution, let’s just ignore Armond. Anyway,

as he scowled. “How can you still have any appetite? I’m not hungry at all, so I’ll take my leave

he spoke, he stormed out of the room without even saying goodbye

long while before

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