de’s lip twitched a few times. His expression became gloomy and a murderous aura began to surge


    all around him. “The ignorant ones are always the bravest! How dare you rebuff a gesture from the


    Draco Hall’s second-inmand!”


    Severin smiled coldly and shot back, “I don’t care if the first-inmand is here! I’m not going


    anywhere today unless I get my forty thousand back!”*


    “Have youpletely lost it, Severin? Apologize to him!” Diane was so anxious that she was on the


    brink of tears! Losing a hand would be better than losing a life, yet he remaiend just as impudent as he


    always was!


    “Do you see it now, Diane? He’s still thinking about money at this kind of time! I honestly think that


    being poor made him crazy enough to provoke de!” Megan said, then added with a snicker, You’d


    be better offing back with us and considering Edward. One and a half million is a very generous


    offer!”


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    Diane shot Megan an irked re. “Don’t mention that name to me again!” Edward was a name that


    never failed to trigger Diane’s anger. In fact, the Shanahans had been pressuring her to marry Edward


    five years ago! They pestered her day in day out, all because the Horsfields were a second -tier upper-


    ss family, and they were the most likely to be a first-tier upper-ss family.


    The Shanahans wanted her to marry Edward because then they could associate themselves with


    someone who was rich and powerful. Diane was averse, disgusted even, with the idea. She did not


    want love to be a mere business transaction. That was the reason she decided to go drinking one


    fateful night.


    With the alcohol getting to her head, she happened to chat with Severin, who was in just as bad a


    mood as her. Then, out of nowhere, she made a bold decision to get a room with Severin. In any event,


    she did not expect to have gotten pregnant from that one-night stand, and it was even more shocking


    that man who took her first time was arrested the next day and sent to prison for offending the Loughs.


    It was only a few monthster that she found out that Severin had gone to prison, but by then, she was


    already far along her pregnancy and had decided to give birth to the child. Sometime after that, she


    found out about Severin’s situation at home and learnt that his parents were being harassed every day


    into repaying their debt. She could not bear to let that happen, so she secretly helped the old couple


    every month.


    de was already fuming at that point. He clenched his fist and struck a punch right at Severin’s face.


    He could feel the strength pouring from his body as he lowered his center of gravity to open himself up.


    “Awesome! Now kill that b*stard with one punch!” Easton was ecstatic when he saw de make a


    move.


    Severin, however, struck a punch at the same time as well. His punch did not seem too strong, but the


    gust of wind that came along with it collided with de’s punch.


    “That ring!” de gasped when he saw the ring on Severin’s finger. It was the exact same one in the


    painting that their leader had once shown them! de did not expect the Dracodeus Ring to be with


    someone like Severin, and he was terribly frightened when he thought of it.


    A dull sound was heard, and Severin stood there steadily while de staggered a few steps back.


    When he finally stood still, blood began to rise up to his throat, though he was able to stop himself from


    actually vomiting a mouthful of blood.