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.

a pleading look and shook

Even if we give him the

“Why didn’t you

you that you can trust me. And that you won’t

I was always worried about my death despite claiming otherwise. Hence, I was mentally prepared for it to occur at any time because I knew how vicious Armond

me you’re considering nobly sacrificing yourself? Thinking that your death would somehow grant

heart sink, I furrowed my eyebrows as I had nothing to rebut him with. He didn’t care whether I believed him or not. Instead, he was more concerned that I subconsciously wanted to leave him by

on me, his gaze felt like a bottomless lake,

we already have a solution, let’s just ignore Armond. Anyway, it’s getting late. So let’s go

across the room as he scowled. “How can you still have any

without even saying goodbye to Louis nor turning

long while before everyone else regained their

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