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.

and shook my head solemnly. “We

if we give him the contract, we might still not get the antidote. Separately, I have contacted the most advanced medical researchers in the world and invested huge sums of money for them to analyze her disease. I believe

I was surprised. “Why didn’t you tell me

you that you can trust me.

was always worried about my death despite claiming otherwise. Hence, I

solemn. “Don’t tell me you’re considering nobly sacrificing yourself? Thinking that

rebut him with. He didn’t care whether I believed him or not. Instead,

his eyes fixated on me, his gaze felt like a

“Alright now, since we already have a solution, let’s just ignore Armond. Anyway, it’s getting late. So let’s

scowled. “How can you still

he stormed out of the room without even saying goodbye to Louis nor turning back to take

was a long while before everyone

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