After reaching the research center, Yuna told Cedric about Luther's call. His face hardened. "Luther isn't a good man." "Carl's terminating all the collaboration between him and their family. It's a huge loss for them," Yuna said."Yes, they're suffering from great loss. They probably can't even calculate how much the losses are. That's why they're thinking of ways to reconcile with Carl. "I heard that people from the Wycliffe family kept paying visits to see Mrs. Edwards. But they were turned away," Cedric explained. "Mrs. Edwards is a reasonable woman. She never interfered when things happened between Carl and the Wycliffe family back then. Perhaps the incident was so outrageous that she got angry as well." "Angry is an understatement." Right after that, Cedric got a call from Carl. "Jade finally confessed." …When Yuna and Cedric reached the dock, Jade was locked in the water dungeon. She was sitting on a chair. But she was drenched. A towel was wrapped around her.

Caleb shrugged. "That guy was being mysterious. I don't know what he was talking about. He even hung up right after saying that. He hasn't been replying to my texts." "Really?" Yuna exclaimed. "What's wrong? Did something bad happen between you two?"Yuna shook her head. "No." "Are you dating Ashton now?" Yuna shook her head profusely. "I'm just friends with Mr. Yale." "I see." Disappointed, Caleb shook his head too. "That's a shame, but there's nothing we can do about it. This is a matter of fate, after all." "Since when did you start believing in fate?" "Sometimes you just have to. Although I don't really believe in god, I believe in the law of attraction." The two settled into a conversation. …The days passed by quickly. On the 20th, Yuna almost couldn't focus on her work. She was just waiting for a call from Cedric. She sat in Carl's office as she waited in silence. Carl placed a cup of tea in front of her. He gave her a small smile. "Why are you so worri

"You always come right on time, Surra." Smiling, Yvan teased her, "You're giving me the impression that you're coming here for work." Yuna placed the lunchbox on the dining table with a grin. She answered, "I always tell my housekeeper to prepare the food in advance. That's why I usually come here around the same time. Come and eat, Mr. Morgan."Yvan took his time to walk over. After sitting down, he picked up the spoon and started eating. "Have you been busy these days?" "It's alright." Yuna changed the topic. "Mr. Morgan, allow me to apologize. I'm afraid I can't bring food over to you for a while. My housekeeper will be doing it for me instead. I'll be away for about two weeks. "You shouldn't worry about the progress at the research center. The research will proceed. It won't delay the progress." Yvan had already known she would inform him of her departure. "Where are you heading?" "Oh, I have to attend a few academic conferences abroad. I've already missed a few, so I

Yvan's cold eyes were fixed on his face. "What's the point of kidnapping you if I don't know who you are?" Hearing that, Pete then knew that they had taken him here on purpose. Someone knew that he'd be sitting in a bar on the 20th alone. That was how they managed to catch him. Damn it. Who let his secrets out? "Do you want to die or stay alive?" Yvan asked all of a sudden. Pete didn't pause to think. Instead, he asked warily, "Why did you bring me here? If you know who I am, don't you know the consequences of doing this?" After that, Terry went up to him. He stabbed Pete's thigh with a small knife and twisted it around. Pete was in so much pain that he screamed."Do you want to die or stay alive?""Tell me who you are!" Pete still didn't want to answer his question. He was stubborn. Terry then did the same to his other thigh. Pete's agonizing shriek echoed throughout the whole room. Right then, Yvan came closer. His icy gaze rested on Pete's face, red from suppre

Lucian took a sip of his coffee. "That's the most effective way," he said, "But don't forget that they're still holding Master Eastin captive. If we angered them, what if they hurt Master Eastin?" Gabriel seemed to deflate. "What should we do then? At least now we know that Jacob is the reason why everything happened. Besides, didn't Yvan say that he'd make Jacob pay?" "Of course, we have to catch Jacob," Yvan said, narrowing his eyes. "But we can't do it in broad daylight. We have to do it in secret, without the Black Crown Organization's knowledge." "We've caught Pete. So it's impossible for Jacob not to realize it." "Get a corpse that looks similar to Pete's body and send it to Jacob," Yvan said. "Yvan, what's your plan?" Gabriel's eyes lit up. "We need to make him anxious. That way, he'll ask for the Black Crown Organization's help. Or he'd even lose his mind from the anxiety. No matter what, it would only benefit us." After some thinking, Lucian agreed, "We'll go wit