“Get to the point.” Ashton’s patience was wearing thin.

Armond clapped his hands, and immediately, two men and a woman came forward at his signal. The woman had a child in her hand, and she was being held hostage by the men on both of her sides.

Her face became clearer as she came closer. “Aunt Sally…?” I mumbled as I scrutinized the woman’s face under the faint light.

The woman made her way into the light and looked up at me. It was really her—the second and last heir of the Fuller family.

I saw Ashton’s grip tighten around the arm of the chair when he saw Sally, but the expression on his face remained unchanged. “What does she have to do with us? She’s already married to Jim, so she’s one of the Murphys.”

“Ha!” A cold smirk played on Armond’s lips. “Kudos to you for remaining as cool as a cucumber under this situation, Ashton Fuller.”

his gaze at his

to her knees in pain, causing the baby to start crying at the sudden

He sat on the chair unmoved, his mouth

as a cat on a hot tin roof. “What do you think

crazy to

menacing smile that quickly vanished. He soon resumed his cruel and cold face. “I’m innocent too. There are thousands of bloodthirsty evildoers in the world, but your husband purposefully singled me out and wants to hunt me down. I’ll admit that there are unsettled scores between our families, but the truth is that the Murphys are no more than scapegoats of

sounded self-possessed and concerted as he spoke, but his words surely

finally stopped talking, he sat back in the chair, digging his hands into his

his pistol around carelessly between

somewhere. The sound of footsteps followed. A man’s shadow elongated

was apparent that he had been here for a long time. Ashton and I had simply

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