hing he would see would be Melan

wn wasted no time getting there, but the moment he stepp

ce of gentleness disappeared from his expression

." The statement carrie

man who controlled the largest criminal empire, Grim Reapers, in Auloxia. His influence stretched across

tries moved according to their will. Energy, technology, medicine, defense-there was hardly a major industry un

n had Melanie i

d violently. What exactl

's chest like that could onl

d someone el

reason she had ask

him throughout

s he snapped, "Melanie, you'

conclusion h had reached, yet correcting him never crossed her mind.

ed to keep a woman on the side, but I'm forbidden from moving on? Listen c

rossed Shawn's face.

uched her mouth. "Did the

a punch to Shawn's ribs

are you making a scene? I already told you the transplant situatio

nwhile, my mother spent eight months trapped in a hospital bed while

ed silent, j

s. You ignored every one. Three days later, during the funeral, I asked Allen to c

ng meaningless. That calmness unsettle

er his chest. Allen had con

he admitted at l

emotion surfaced i

instinctively, and she

your mother was because of me. I'll

nt. "Compensate? Tell me how. She's dead, Sh

otiating impossible conflicts suddenly found himself speechless before a

led heavily

grandfather. I needed access to your medical network to keep my mother alive. That was

My mother is gone now, so the transac

han Shawn expected. To her, everything they h

finger. No acknowledgment before the public that she was his wife. The only things he had ever truly pr

g those papers,

residential residence. Whether you sign today or months from now changes nothing. We'r

d. Unease had been clawing a

n might reconsi

w Melanie standing bes

ely that it nearly distorted her expression. How did Melanie always manage to land on her

efore arriving, he had already investigated everyone involve

leaving," he sai

ied the force of an order. "Stop right there. Melanie,

re tightened

air fel

"I already gave you my an

d away alongside Vincent. They entered the

the engine thun