Chapter 62
Chapter 62
Patrick cast one last glare at Cheryl, whose cheek was still oozing blood, before storming out of the hall with his bodyguards.
Cheryl slumped onto the ground, clutching her face as she stared at her leaving fiance in disbelief. Finally, she burst into tears. “Liam Cole! Celena Stone! You bastards! That bitch! Bitch! I will make you regret you were ever born!”
That night, the news of Liam’s appearance at Cheryl’s engagement party with his deceased parents’ ashes spread through the entire Drunham City like wildfire. The Stones had become the laughingstock of the town overnight! Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.
Some who had once been victims of Cheryl’s wrongdoings all
applauded Liam for his heroic act, and some even began to speculate what Liam had been up to throughout the past few years of his
banishment.
After some time, someone revealed that Liam was simply a retired soldier and did not, in fact, hail from any powerful martial arts background. He was just a passionate man with some tricks up his sleeve. However, his ‘assistant’, who always seemed to show up at the right time, turned out to be a martial arts master whom Liam had hired to be his bodyguard!
Everyone’s disdain toward Liam grew even more after this discovery spread through the grapevine. Tsk! It turned out he had not changed after seven years, after all! How could he pretend to be an almighty martial artist when he was not one?
However, at the same time, everyone began to look down on the Stones. Before this, the Stones were deemed to be the most powerful ancient family in Drunham City, but a good-for-nothing scumbag like
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Liam managed to overpower them easily, which only served as a display of their poor defense and general incompetency.
That night, the Hughes announced that they had called off their son Patrick’s engagement with the heiress of the Stone family, Cheryl.
The news spread like wildfire through the city. Just within a day, the Stone family had erupted into chaos. The Hughes had called off their engagement and even halted some of the major collaborative projects between the two families. Not only that, but some of the other ancient families had also decided to break off their
collaborations with the Stone family
Jade Manor, on the other hand, was as peaceful as ever. The man who had single handedly caused the Stone family’s downfall was sitting next to Celena’s bed, feeding her a bowl of soup.
Celena had already awoken from her coma, but she was so weak from her multiple injuries that she could not move at all.
She smiled as she watched Liam gently feed her every spoonful of the soup like a child and could not help teasing him. “Look at you. Everyone would think I’m dying when they see how you’re treating me!”
“Hey, don’t say that! I won’t let anything happen to you!” he scoffed glaring at her.
Celena smiled. All of a sudden, something occurred to her, and her expression immediately turned to one of worry. “Liam, are they going to heal Jovie’s eyes?”
She could not accept the possibility of her daughter going blind in the future. She could not even imagine the future she would have.
Liam put down the bowl and clutched Celena’s hand in reassurance. Don’t worry. Dr. Jensen has already found a cure. It’s only a matter of time before Jovie gets better. Trust me!”
Then, Liam took an invitation from his pocket and handed it to her. Here you go! I got you a present!”
Cheryl took the invitation from him in puzzlement. When she read the title, she widened her eyes in shock. “An invitation to Grandpa’s birthday? Grandpa… I knew Grandpa would never forget me!”