Chapter 12
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"Grandpa, how are you? Don't scare me, grandpa!" Seeing the old man spit blood, Corey turned pale with fright and quickly supported him.
"Beast! You beast! Are you trying to kill me?" Lord Willis clutched his chest, feeling dizzy, and forcefully pushed Corey away.
"You pushed me?" Corey was stunned for a moment, then his face twisted in anger as he shouted at Lord Willis. "Why did you push me? I did all this for the Willis family. So what if we lost a small garment factory? We can earn that back in a day after collaborating with Primey Group!"
He added. "I had everything planned. Once Ariya marries into the Gray family, we would have fifty million in order funds. The Willis family would rise anytime!"
He continued. "That's right, fifty million in goods, Mr. Steele. If you help me kill that Stormy guy today, I'll let Ariya marry into the Gray family tomorrow. Then I'll have money to pay off your debts! After it's done, I'll give you an extra three million—no, five million!" Corey seemed crazy as he pointed at Talon and shouted.
His words left the Willis family members stunned. He was actually proposing to hire someone to commit murder in a situation like this?
"Mr. Steele, do it, and I'll give you eight million!" Corey gritted his teeth and raised the offer when he saw Max hadn't moved.
"Corey, are you out of your mind?" Max was shocked.
When Max first heard Corey say to kill Talon, he thought he had misheard. It wasn't until he heard it again that he realized he had heard correctly! 'Damn it! He wanted to kill Talon? Did he know Talon's identity? The youngest lieutenant general in U.S. history!'
And Max was just a casino owner in Philadelphia! Let alone eight million,even if Corey offered him eight hundred million, Max wouldn't dare!
"Stop talking nonsense. Pay up or come with me now!" Max grabbed Corey by the neck and shouted.
"I don't have money to pay you now. Even if I did, I'd have to wait for Skysoar Group's fifty million payment!" Corey had no choice but to say reluctantly.
"No money, huh? Then why are you still talking to me?" Max said, punching Corey in the cheek. Corey screamed and fell to the ground, clutching his head, but Max didn't stop; he kept on beating Corey.
Max only stopped after beating Corey unconscious. He dragged Corey with one hand and looked at Lord Willis, saying fiercely, "Corey owes me money, so I'm taking him today! If I don't get the money back, the garment factory in the east will be mine. I hope Lord Willis won't make things difficult!"
"Well, your lordship, we are only after Corey. Please take care of yourself." The remaining creditors quickly bowed to Lord Willis and walked out.
"It looks like your lordship isn't feeling well today. We'll have to come back tomorrow," Talon said as he got up and left with Ariya, leaving the Willis family members stunned in the conference room.
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After leaving, Talon handed the car keys to Ariya. Maisy had been discharged from the hospital and was now living in the Imperial View villa gifted by Jack. She needed someone to take care of her!
After seeing Ariya off, Talon got into a van driven by Max Corey, who had been knocked unconscious, was thrown in the trunk.
Seeing Talon get in the car, Max quickly extinguished his cigarette. "Mr. Stormy!"
"Let's go," Talon said calmly.
"Yes, sir!" Max started the car and drove away.
Two hours later, Corey was woken up with cold water. He found himself on the rooftop of an abandoned building, facing Talon. Beside Talon stood Azureblade and Nightwing, with Max standing opposite, head bowed.
"You guys are together?" Corey was stunned, looking at Max in shock.
"Corey, how should I kill you?" Talon squinted his eyes and said icily.
"Kill me? Hahaha!" Although Corey was tied up, he struggled to his feet and laughed wildly. "Talon, don't joke. You, a waste, want to kill me? If you were still in the U.S. military, I'd fear you. But you're retired now! Mr. Steele, don't be afraid of him! Since we're all caught here, let's kill him together!"
"Corey, are you still not waking up?" Max sneered, gritting his teeth in hatred. "I advise you to apologize to Mr. Stormy now. Maybe he will spare your life!"
"Apologize to a waste? Max, are you out of your mind?" Corey looked a bit puzzled.
"Corey, you conspired with Casper for a false diagnosis— that's your first sin. You forced Ariya into marriage—that's your second sin. And you seized the Gray family's orders—that's your third sin." Talon said with a gloomy face, "Tell me, with so many debts, how do you plan to pay them off?"
"Heh! What debts? I don't have any debts, and I don't plan to pay anything!" Corey said as he stood up and prepared to leave.
Nightwing's eyes narrowed, and a deadly aura surrounded him. He grabbed Corey's shoulder and, with two loud cracks, Corey fell to the ground, writhing in agony as blood mingled with his intense pain!
"The general didn't let you leave. Crawl!" Nightwing shouted as he stomped on Corey's back, snapping his spine.
Max shuddered, cold sweat forming on his forehead.
From behind came Azureblade's icy voice. "You made a four-year-old girl take Grelening? Do you know that drug induces precocity? It can cause liver failure in the general's daughter! You damned beast!"
Azureblade rushed over, and with a few more cracking sounds, broke Corey's legs, his screams echoing through the abandoned building.
Max felt a chill all over. In his decades of experience mixing with gangs and politicians, he had never seen such ruthless tactics!
In such a situation, death was a kind of release!
But he had never seen such a torturous method before!
"Fuuuuck!" Corey cursed and screamed in pain until the intense agony overwhelmed him, causing him to pass out.
"General, leave this brat to me. I won't let him die within a month." Seeing Corey had fainted, Nightwing turned to ask Talon for instructions.
"Go ahead!" Talon slowly stood up. "Lock him in the secret basement and use all the interrogation methods we used on the rebels on him. Make sure he suffers day and night!"
"Yes, sir!" Nightwing said, licking his lips with a bloodthirsty gleam in his eyes. He then dragged the body-like Corey into the van.
Talon then instructed Azureblade. "Call Ralphy and ask if my wedding can go well at 8 p.m. tomorrow."
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