“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.”

gaze at his men

to start crying at the sudden jerk. The guards then took out

me firmly. He sat on the chair unmoved, his

on a hot tin roof. “What do you think you’re doing, Armond Murphy? They’re

to do something this

deep chuckle as he turned to question me with a 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 a misunderstanding between your husband and his

was sounded self-possessed and concerted as he spoke, but

sat back in the chair, digging his hands into his pocket. In a

the game begin,” he smirked, pointing his pistol around

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

calm demeanor, it was apparent that he had been here for a long time. Ashton and I had simply not

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