Marcus tossed his cigarette butt on the floor with a vicious smirk, burning a small black hole in the cashmere carpet.

Joanne screamed. The carpet was expensive and was one of the rare valuable items in the currently deteriorating Jenner residence. "Marcus Grist, you b*stard!"

Joanne was ready to fight him with balled-up fists, but William held her back.

"Why are you stopping me?!"

"Get back!" William glared at her.

Joanne had been overpowered by William all these years. Once the man blew his top, she dared not say a second word and stepped back quietly.

William struggled up from the floor, his back and waist hurting.

"Marcus." He took a deep breath and looked at the younger man with a complex gaze. "You're right. Our families have been long-time friends. I should take care of you." Marcus glanced at him and smirked victoriously.

"You can freeload here." William lowered his voice. "But you have to listen to me. You have to do whatever I say from now on!"

"Hah!" Marcus' gaze turned vicious as he choked William abruptly.

William, who was shocked, nearly suffocated due to the unexpected attack.

"You... Let go..."

"Old scumbag!" Marcus gritted through his teeth. "Hah, it's an honor to have me freeload in your pathetic house!"

William's eyes were bulging, and his face was turning purple. Intense fear crept from the bottom of his heart. Just as his mind went blank and he thought that he would die like that, Marcus let go of him abruptly.

He fell to the floor with a thud.

Joanne was pale from terror, not daring to take a step closer as she shook like a leaf.

"I'm tired today!" Marcus clapped his hands. "Aunt Joanne, can you prepare something for me? No need to make anything too lavish. Just as long as there's chicken and fish!"

"Marcus Grist, you..." William hacked a violent cough and growled before Marcus walked out. "Do you still want to marry Cordelia or not?!"

Marcus paused in his tracks and looked at him doubtfully.

"What did you say?"

William tried to catch his breath. "I said... I said that the marriage pact our families agreed on involves you and Cordelia. Now that she ran away with Zephyr Hamerton, don't you want her back?" Marcus arched a brow with a greedy look that turned swiftly into alert.

"You old b*stard! What the f*ck do you mean?" Marcus scolded him. "You want me to die, don't you?!"

Seeing that he was going berserk again, William was practically glued to the wall from panic.

"W-What are you doing? Marcus, I'm doing this for your own good! You're all alone now without anyone to take care of you, and I feel bad as your uncle! You had a wife, but your wife's off with someone else. You-"

"Bullsh*t!" Marcus' saliva hit William in the face. "Would you be this kind? You feel bad? Hah... Do you know how good that damned Cordelia is? She nearly killed us both last time!

"And she's Zephyr Hamerton's woman. Even if I wanted her, I'd have to make sure I survived first!"

The veins in Marcus' neck popped as he grabbed William by the collar.

"You old b*stard, you want me to offend Zephyr so you can use him to wipe me out, don't you?!"

"This..." William stammered, sweat beading on his skin.

He swore that was not what he had thought!

"Marcus, my dear, you misunderstood me. I actually-ah!"

Before William could finish speaking, Marcus grabbed him and tossed him aside.

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