“Please be mindful of your social standing, Mr. Mitchell. If news of today’s incident is leaked to the public, who do you think will suffer the most?”
“Nothing will be leaked if I get rid of you here and now.”
Bryson shrugged his shoulder and continued, “The Pierce family heir will die, and that is that. Well, I suppose there are candidates lining up to take your place. Also, I should probably let you know that I’d like to send you off with the title, ‘terrorist’. How does that sound?”
An eerie silence followed his words.
The men were locked in yet another staredown, with neither taking the initiative to break the silence.
Meanwhile, at the Compton manor…
Wallace entered his study and opened the cabinet. He pressed a hidden button, and another secret door opened. He walked inside without hesitation.
The secret room was almost identical to the study housing it, with books and computer equipment lying all around.
Unlike the study, however, a man was sitting on the sofa in the center of the secret room.
Wallace eyes narrowed sharply. “Did you do it, Bowen?”
The other man’s face was lined with age, but it was clear that he had once been a handsome young man.
If Winston and Hannah were here, Winston would have introduced the old man as the head of one of the four clans of the past.
Bowen Holmes didn’t try to deny the accusation. “Of course, I did it.
Who else could have infiltrated the manor’s security system without anyone noticing?”
Wallace kneaded his forehead and heaved a helpless sigh. “You came to our banquet, yet refused to appear in public. I know you have a reason for that, but did you really have to cause a scene?”
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“The bigger the scene, the better.” Bowen fixed his dark gaze on Wallace. “Have you forgotten what happened to the Moreno family back then? Because you sure are acting like you did! Oh, that’s right. You are the esteemed patriarch of the Compton family. Your power is still on the rise. Of course, you can’t afford to remember the past. You can’t afford to remember how Chadwick died.”
Bang!
Wallace had walked to his desk while Bowen was speaking. The moment Chadwick’s name was mentioned, he slammed his fist against his desk.
“You think you’re the only one who cares about the past? He was also my best friend! But this and that are two separate things.”
Pak!
Bowen slapped the arm of the couch and shot to his feet. “So I exacted my own revenge, so what? I can’t just stand by and watch murderers walk free, all arrogant and proud, after killing someone I loved! It brings me great joy to see them cowering and fleeing in fear.”
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The air crackled in tension as the men glared at each other. In the end, it was Wallace who broke first. He sighed and said, “Even if you did it for his sake, you shouldn’t have involved his child in the mess.”
Bowen’s also dimmed at that. “His circumstances are tricky and unstable. I can’t control everything. At best, I can just hold off from antagonizing him.”
Wallace took a moment to calm himself down and asked, “Are the Lyons family aware of his identity?”