"Oh, them?"Jean pursed her lips in disdain, exasperated. "They're our seniors by a few years, and Yew Daley was the one who called them here, saying that they can help us with our internship issues.""I see." Winter nodded, but before she could say more, a man with stubble all over his cheeks and who clearly meant business sat down right beside Winter."What's your name?" he asked, while looking Winter from head to toe pointedly as he inched closer."I-I'm Winter Lawrence," she replied, frowning while keeping her distance."Oh, Winter? Such a nice name…"The man chuckled and pointed at himself. "I'm Dean Summer. I'm your senior by a year, and I'm a physiologist at the Riverton Hospital subsidiary.""Over there is Sunny Cabat, an ophthalmologist at Riverton Hospital.""And over there is Jarek Wilk, who owns a small hospital in Norsedam."The men Dean introduced all smiled and nodded at Winter, but they were looking at her sinisterly.Sensing their intention, Winter sprang to
Dean sneered. "But that's not the case if you have a referral letter. With that, you'll just have to work as an intern for a couple of months before you receive cases directly. In a few years, you will be promoted. Remember—I sacrificed myself to get you this opportunity. How could you call this prostitution?""That's right, Jean."Yew sprang to her feet as she added coolly, "Our senior worked hard for this opportunity for our sake—we must seize it. And it's no big deal anyway—what's the difference between doing it with a boyfriend and our senior?""Shut up!"Jean snapped at her, "Do you think everyone's just like you? Does your boyfriend know what you've been doing while he's working to pay for your tuition?! You're cheating on him and prostituting yourself, so don't think you can tell us what to do here!""Shut up!"Yew bellowed, springing to her feet like a cat that had its tail stomped on. "He may have funded my studies, but our social standing is different now! He's just a w
"Frank…"Even as the men tore at Winter's clothes, her eyes lit up in excitement as she watched the door being kicked wide open.But it was a tanned man with a mean glare, looking around in his thirties, who stood there.There were more men behind him filing into the room, clearly having helped the man kick the door open."Hmph." Ivor Bearson snorted. "You scumbags couldn't wait for the rest of us?""Oh… I'm so sorry, Mr. Bearson!" Sunny promptly flashed a fawning smile, at once standing at attention.Dean let go of Winter too and moved to stand alongside Jarek like obedient children."It's not Frank…" Winter felt gnawing disappointment inside her, but she soon realized that she always thought of Frank whenever she was in danger.Was she getting too dependent on him?Before Winter came to her senses, however, Ivor was in front of him, grinning sleazily as he lifted her chin with a finger."Tut, tut… the girls these years really look good. I'll have this one!""Haha! That
Despite her pain and struggling herself, Winter nodded."Hahaha… Now that's a smart girl!" Ivor laughed and waved. "Go on, you can each pick one—but don't you dare take mine!"The other men filed into the room, and chaos ensued as they started to do whatever they wanted with Winter's classmates, with some already taking their pick to the hotel room.Even as Winter closed her eyes, another woman covered in bandages arrived outside and stood with the bodyguards.It was none other than Aria Lond, Winter's ex-best friend.She was still nursing a bitter grudge against the White family and Frank, after Jorg Zayas of Sage Lake Sect maimed her at White Hall.Even after two months of rehabilitation, she was only able to walk, which made her spite toward Frank even worse.Nonetheless, she happened to be aware of the casting couch rule for Riverton University medical students.Each year, many girls would spread their legs just to secure that recommendation letter for the sake of their i
"What?!"Frank came to his senses as soon as he heard Winter's voice—she was being held against her will!Just as the bodyguards lunged at Frank as they were told, Frank heard someone curse and slap Winter viciously.And how did Frank know that?Because he could hear Winter groaning after being hit."You're all going to die!" Frank bellowed furiously as his eyes turned red right then, and he leapt up to seize the bodyguard by the neck, crushing it like jelly.Kicking away the other bodyguards who rushed him, Frank shoved a burst of pure vigor into the lifeless corpse of the bodyguard, and…Bang!The body erupted violently, splashing blood everywhere.The bodyguards closest to Frank were screaming as they collapsed to the floor, and the bones in the exploding body pierced their bodies."What?!"The other bodyguards turned pale when they saw the horrors Frank inflicted, and all of them tried to flee.Frank was not about to give these abettors the chance.He charged after the
Even before Ivor could finish his maniacal ravings, Frank crushed his ankles under his foot."Argh!!!" Even as Ivor screamed hysterically, he finally felt fear.After all, there could only be two reasons Frank would keep going despite Ivor name-dropping his own father—the first being that Frank's connections were far more powerful, and the second, that Frank did not have connections but was dead set on killing him.Whatever reason it might be, things would not end well for him.As such, despite the agony, he started to plead endlessly to Frank, "Please, I surrender, I surrender! Please don't kill me!"Terror showed in his eyes even as he felt Frank's foot near his nape—he would really die if Frank shoved his foot down!"Hmph…"Feeling Frank taking his foot away from his nape, Ivor breathed a sigh of relief, only for him to feel the heartrending pain from his hand and leg again. 'Motherfucker! Messing with me just because you're a martial artist?! Once I return to Zamri alive…
Seeing Ivor's tragic state, Dean certainly did not dare to act tough and kowtowed to Frank as he begged, "I-I'm sorry, Mr. Lawrence! It's all because we listened to that woman's goading… That's why we tried to attack Winter! We didn't want to do this!"Frank narrowed his eyes and asked coolly, "Woman? What woman?""She called herself Aria Lond… said she's acquainted with Winter," Dean said, quick to shift blame.Frank's expression contorted in rage when he heard that name, while anger and disappointment showed in Winter's eyes."Hah! So it was Aria… That's why this whole thing felt like it was arranged!" Jean snapped, furious towards her ex-best friend."And I thought sparing her life was being magnanimous… Can't do a thing now that she's asking for it," Frank growled sinisterly, scowling.He naturally knew that Aria held a bitter grudge against him, but he did not think she was so vile that she would lash out at her own friend.Leaving her at large would only cause more problem
Dean, Jarek, and Sunny were certainly pathetic, kowtowing to Frank as everyone watched.It was a dark page in their history, and they had to get even!That was the case especially for Ivor, who had to suffer utter humiliation just to survive.If he could, he would call his father right now and have him send his men over.However, he also knew very well that his father was a busy man and did not have time for his nonsense, not to mention that a call was not convincing.Instead, he must let his father see his tragic state and get his father to do something.Strengthening his resolve, Ivor snapped coolly, "Go, get my car and take me to my dad's office in Bearson Group right now. I will let him see how I suffered! It'll be a slap to his face!""Alright!"Dean, Jarek, and Sunny Cabat traded glances, gleeful right then.After all, Bearson Group was secretly backed by the Lionhearts of Morhen!If the Lionhearts helped, Frank was as good as dead!The men's footsteps quickened at the