Quintus smiled wryly and walked in to lie back down on the bed. “Who else could it be? It’s that damn


    Diane!”


    “Diane was strong enough to beat you up? Didn’t you say that you’ve undergonebat training


    before? Even if you’re not that good at that, you should at least be able to win against Diane, right?”


    Jada frowned as soon as she heard that.


    Quintus said, “It was her bodyguards who beat me up. She wentpletely overboard! I wanted to


    cooperate with the Shanahans on a project, but she told her bodyguards to beat me up!”


    “Why would you be seeking them to coborate on a project?” Jada had a cold expression as she put


    her hands on his chest and said angrily, “What’s going on, Quintus? Diane is Severin’s wife. Didn’t you


    want to kill Severin because of the grudge you have against him? Why would you want to cooperate


    with the Shanahans on a project? Don’t tell me you’ve taken a fancy to her because she looks good?”


    Quintus was taken aback. Jada was a rather astute woman, and she had already hit the nail on the


    head with her first guess. Fortunately for him, he had already thought up an excuse and immediately


    said, “Why would I be interested in a woman who already has a child? My fiancee is pretty enough


    already, so there’s no reason for me to like her!”


    Having said that, he paused and sat up before gritting his teeth, “It’s because of my grudge against


    Severin and the fact that he had killed all my useless bodyguards that I came up with that idea. I


    wanted to enter into a contract with her and have the documents doctored so theirpany will lose


    money. ! didn’t think Diane would see through the word game that I was ying! She then told her


    bodyguards to beat me up!”


    “She’s so evil!” Jada immediately gritted her teeth and said, “Diane must have some guts to do that.


    Doesn’t she know that you’re the Novaks’ son? How bold of her bodyguards to beat you up!”


    Quintus answered, “I’ll have to get revenge on her for this. It’s alreadyte today, but once my injuries


    heal a bit more tomorrow, I’ll bring my elite bodyguards to their house and have that dan couple killed!”


    Jada thought for a while and asked, “Are you sure you want to kill them? They seem to have a good


    rtionship with the Longhorns, and the Bards from Brookbourn Mansion! The Bards are


    especially tricky to deal with. Your family won’t be a match for the Bards!”


    “Will the Bards go against us?” Quintus frowned. He was not afraid of the Longhorns, but he knew


    that the Bards were much stronger than that of the Riverson’s second-tier families. He was therefore


    quite afraid when Jada mentioned that the Bards mighte for the Novaks. He pondered over it


    again and said with a smile, “In that case, I’ll visit the Bards first thing tomorrow morning. I’m curious


    to know if they would dare to go against us, though I’m pretty sure they won’t if I go there and ask them


    about it!”


    “Why not?” Jada asked with a frown.


    Quintus could not help but smile wickedly as he said, “You might not know this, but I have a distant


    cousin who just came back from the battlefield some time ago. I heard that he’s a junior general, and


    our family will be hosting him when he returns in a couple of days. Do you think the Bards would dare


    to do anything to us if our family has such rtives?”


    “A junior general? Is that true?” Jada’s eyes lit up instantly when she heard that, as she knew what it


    meant to have a junior general as a rtive. More important, she heard that junior generals were very


    strong, and they were far beyond that of ordinary people. Therefore, it was all but certain that the


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