"Except for Aurora. Deal with the rest the usual way."


    Few of those thrown into a ce like this were innocent, but dealing with them was still a major hassle.


    The assistant asked, "And... Aurora?"


    Through the mask, a dark light shed in Mr. Vesper''s deep eyes.


    "That woman is a hot potato. Several major families are searching the world for her right now.


    We can''t kill her and attract their wrath.


    We can''t just let her go and do them a favor.


    And we certainly can''t keep her here..."


    In all their time in the Delta, they had never encountered someone so difficult to handle.


    Finally, as if an idea struck him, the man snapped his fingers.


    "Send her to the Fordham Group brothers... With her looks, she''s sure to catch their eye."


    The assistant was stunned.


    The Fordham brothers were notoriously sadistic.


    In a ce like the Delta, there was no such thing as most cruel, only more cruel.


    Those two brothers had grown up in this chaotic ce,mitting every evil imaginable,pletely without morals.


    Now that they had be powerful figures, their bloody and perverted tastes hadn''t changed.


    Their favorite pastime was what they called "beauty and the beast."


    It was said that their backyard was a menagerie of beautiful women of all types.


    Having relied on each other since childhood, the two brothers had made a pact to share all their fortunes, and that included women.


    So, they shared each other''s women.


    Of course, they had so many women that in a ce like this, it wasn''t considered a big deal.


    But their horrifying love for wild animals was something else entirely.


    They were fond of beasts like tigers, lions, wolves, leopards, and venomous snakes, all of which they kept in their private garden.


    When the mood struck them, they would throw the women from their backyard into the garden to be with the beasts.


    ording to the rumors, only three of the women thrown into the garden had survived.


    One was disfigured, another had both her feet eaten by the animals, and the third, though physically unharmed, had gonepletely insane.


    The rest of the women had all died horribly.


    No woman in their possession had ever survived for more than three months.


    If Aurora felt into the hands of those


    two brothers, her fate would be


    worse t


    being stripped naked


    and thrown onto the street.


    likely wouldn''t make it out alive.


    Mr. Vesper... was truly ruthless.


    However, remembering that this was Aurora, it wasn''t hard to understand.


    Back then, Mr. Vesper''s fiancée had died saving him.


    "Alright, go and do it," Mr. Vesper said.


    "Yes, sir." The assistant quickly left.


    Hospital.


    Leonard Lerman was recovering from a gunshot wound and was temporarily unable to monitor Ste''s every move.


    But even if he couldn''t watch her himself, he still ordered his subordinates to send him all the files on Ste''s recent activities.


    The files were detailed,plete with photographs.


    They included photos of Ste and


    Joshua holding hands and smiling


    at each other as well as one


    of


    Sua kissing Ste''s forehead as


    they said goodbye.


    From these photos, it was easy to see that their rtionship had taken a significant leap forward.


    Leonard was almost certain they were officially a couple.


    Leonard continued to flip through the files, his expression unreadable, his grip wrinkling the papers and photos.


    He saw Ste''s attitude and the look


    in her eyes when she was with Joshua a stark contrast to how she was with him. He saw her smiling gently at Joshua.