Unfortunately, Tiffany was too late. Rage was already spreading in Ashton’s bloodshot eyes like a wildfire. No one could say for sure what he would do at this rate. “I’m asking you one last time. Did Nicolas do it?” he roared.

His shout reverberated in the living room, his booming voice bouncing off the walls. Even I was shaken.

I could imagine the shock for Ashton. The Halls abandoned him when he was a kid, and now they even targeted the people he loved the most. I could not help but wonder if they took Ashton as their son or as their enemy.

Tiffany’s usually well-composed face turned estranged. Her neckline stiffened as she swallowed hard. “Yes… But.. I didn’t do anything! I only overheard dad talking about it when he was in his study,” Tiffany explained, her lips shaking in fear.

“Ah! You jer…”

Ashton flung his fist toward her before she could even say the word “jerk.”

seconds before it landed on the couch beside Tiffany. By the time everyone came back to their senses, there was a huge dent in the couch

of the few women on the Forbes list. Despite her shriek and her trembling body, she still managed to feign composure, acting indifferent. “Dad is in charge of all decisions at home. I’m just his puppet. I didn’t get much say of my own for the past twenty years either, so you

to me and accept you, don’t you think going back with your children is the

him calmly, showcasing just how strong her will was. But as strong as she may seem, her evasive gaze soon landed on Bill, and the

whole living room fell into dead silence. Ashton’s

had been watching his every move. Everything that happened

had the opportunity to save our first child, but he had not

that Ashton and the Stovall family were not people he could mess with anymore. If

were necessary evil he had to bear because he wanted the

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