Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Tenth Monarch: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

Luna smiled sweetly, convinced that Jimmy loved her too.Still, she was not confident around him, and her usual lofty girlboss demeanor vaporized around him.And seeing Luna just then, there was a flicker of jealousy in Josie's eyes, though she stayed indifferent and said, "If you need an excuse to go to Eastport, I actually have one. Adam White's family will be celebrating his birthday soon, and as Lunacorp has received plenty of help from the White family, isn't this the perfect opportunity?"Moreover, considering the connection between the Cash family and the White family, Mr. Cash would definitely attend it. Then you have every reason to meet up, don't you?"As Luna's assistant, Josie was better informed than Luna on occasion. Moreover, there were many things that Josie would sieve through before bringing to Luna's attention."Adam White is celebrating his birthday?!" Luna quickly exclaimed. "Why didn't you tell me sooner, Josie? This is serious—I would attend it even if Mr. C

As Ted left to visit the Grahams, Luna had Josie contact Panther, personally inviting him to dinner.Panther was a crime lord with hundreds of henchmen and his fingers in every pie. Still, one could already imagine what he was since he was from the underbelly of Melville.Josie was surprised that Luna was still sending Panther despite knowing it was Ted—in fact, she was ready to cripple or kill him.Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, as they say.-Meanwhile, Ted was still unaware that Luna was sending a crime lord after him, or he would be laughing at himself otherwise. However, he was not going to be afraid. Forget a Melville crime lord—he had dealt with Easton's Three Giants too, and there was no telling who feared who in a confrontation.Still, just before Ted arrived at the Grahams' place, they were having a tense moment.Ever since John retrieved Lucas from Ted's, he was fidgeting endlessly with insecurity.He thought that personally visiting Ted with Lucas bound a

It was not as if feelings could not be faked.That was especially true with a man like John Graham. One could already imagine his methods, considering his present standing in the world—putting on a show was basically second nature for him.But Ted knew that these were John's true feelings—on this matter, at least.He really loved his wife and was genuinely in pain for her.And that was really rare for a man.While Ted did not have the full picture of John's circumstances, he had done some homework and knew certain things.In Melville, there were all sorts of rumors about John. Some said that he was cold and callous, while others called him vicious, and then there were those who claimed that he was charitable.But amid all those rumors, there were none that had ever accused John of being a philanderer, let alone being disloyal to his marriage.Still, it was not because they were reluctant—they simply had no opening to do so, as everyone could see how much John and his wife loved

As a bigwig in Melville, even if he was free from scandals himself, John just needed to say the word to gather some ladies with clean backgrounds and a good head on their shoulders.In less than thirty minutes, John was personally reviewing several pretty faces in his own house—from scholars to socialites and relatives, there was quite the wide variety.However, none of them had anything to do with anything messy, as even their families were clean.As John would be asking them to curry Ted's favor, he would not do anything dumb to get anyone unruly.While the ladies had no idea why John had asked for them, it was clearly nothing bad, since John's virtuous reputation vouched for him.If it were Lucas, however, they would be turning pale by now.Still, John soon said. "The rest of you can go. Winter, you're staying."The lady named Winter was around five feet seven, with fair skin and a voluptuous figure, and she sported a pair of glasses.She had the looks, was diligent, and had

However, Dean and Lucas faced one major problem now—where would they get that painting?There was not much time, and it would not be easy to get a painting that suited their needs.As Dean explained his problem, Lucas chuckled. "Don't worry, my friend. It's only natural that I have a solution since I came up with this plan… Have you heard of the name Seamount?"Dean shook his head, and Lucas smirked—a complete idiot, just as he thought.Still, to keep up appearances, he explained patiently, "It makes sense if you've never heard of him, but your sister would definitely have."He was a monk who was also an artist who lived over three hundred years ago—most importantly, there are only a handful of his surviving works. Each is worth dozens of millions, and it's not even a matter of money… It's so rare that one could imagine how much it means to a collector."By sheer coincidence, my friend has one of his works, and said friend is also in urgent need of money. If you've made up your m