Before Pearl could say anything, a furious shout from Santiago came from behind.

"What have you done, you b*stard?!"

Pearl turned around, but before she could react, Claude received a hard slap across his face, instantly causing it to swell and redden.

"If I hadn't interrogated those people from the Jesseltons, I wouldn't have known that my son has the audacity to frame someone!"

Claude wiped the blood from his mouth and chuckled lightly. "You're this mad only because the person is your beloved, right?"

Back when he was abroad, he got into a fight and nearly killed the other guy, then he compensated with a few hundred thousand dollars. Santiago didn't even bat an eye. Now, Santiago slapped Claude just because he had hurt the person he cared most about.

"How dare you! You're not even sorry!"

Seeing another slap about to land, Pearl quickly stepped in. "Claude has indeed gone too far this time, but he has admitted his mistake and made up for it."

Santiago sighed. "You're too forgiving. If it were me, I'd have beaten him to death!"

him already. Consider that a lesson to him. He's injured and still weak now, it's best not to lay a hand

heard about his injury and took a good look at him. Indeed, there was a visible wound on the back of his head. But

minor injuries. It's nothing

snorted. "I know these minor

again, and the room became so quiet they could hear a pin

cleared his throat.

I'll

be done."

those people. Just stay here and get

sighed. "Mister Santiago actually cares about you. Otherwise, he wouldn't have dealt with those guys, fearing that they'd drag you

end up in jail if

Claude didn't

anything happens to me, all

the

around now, do you

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