The Campbell Villa Ian leaned against the window, his gaze fixed on Theodore’s residence. Outside, only darkness surrounded him, with the occasional swaying of tree branches adding an eerie rhythm to the quiet night. His reflection in the glass stared back at him, his normally handsome face now shadowed, his features twisted with something dark. It's about time. Ian emptied his glass of red wine, a sardonic smile playing at the corners of his lips. In just over an hour, his brother Theodore’s engagement ceremony with Stephanie, the heiress of the Sheng family, would begin. Tsk, tsk, tsk. After today, my brother's prestige will rise again. He’ll be one of the most powerful Skeynia Gang fathers in the entire state—perhaps even the whole country. But why him? Jealousy burned within Ian

