Chapter 653 No Mercy

    In the end, it always came down to him.

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    They were both his sons, yet to say Dale favored Manny would be an understatement. The word biased didn’t even begin to cover it.

    Just as Dan finished giving orders-

    Derrick arrived, dragging someone along with him.

    The moment he entered, Derrick tossed the man onto the floor beside Dan’s hospital bed like a sack of trash.

    Dan narrowed his eyes. “Mr. Derrick, what is the meaning of this?”

    The man he’d thrown down–was one of Dan’s own men.

    Seeing him, Dennis’s face changed drastically.

    Derrick pulled up a chair and sat down, casually cing one foot on the man’s bruised and battered back.

    A cigarette lit with a click.

    He took a long drag, then looked toward Dan with mocking eyes. “Lost your temper and tried to kill her?”

    Dan’s voice was low. “What are you talking about?”

    His lips pressed into a thin line, a sh of danger flickering in his eyes.

    It was clear–he didn’t understand what Derrick was implying.

    Derrick held the cigarette between his fingers, smoke swirling around him, casting an even darker shadow over his already menacing presence.

    “This guy isn’t one of yours?”

    His gaze dropped, eyeing the severely beaten man on the floor.

    Dan followed his line of sight. As Derrick’s words settled in, the meaning finally clicked.

    His breathing grew sharp as his dangerous gaze shifted to Dennis.

    Dennis lowered his head, not daring to meet Dan’s eyes.

    Dan didn’t respond, but Derrick didn’t wait.

    He drew his gun and—bang!

    The man on the floor didn’t even have time to cry out before he was dead.

    And in the next moment, Derrick turned the gun on Dan.

    The room went still.

    The gunshot had turned the air in the ward razor–sharp. Dennis instinctively reached for the weapon at his

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    waist.

    But Derrick let out a cold chuckle. “Try that again. Go ahead.”

    His voice was steeped in cold, lethal warning.

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    Dennis froze under that threat, not daring to move another inch. He stared at Derrick, whole body tense with alertness.

    Derrick looked back at Dan.

    His gaze full of scorn. “I’ve seen shameless bastards before, but you? You’re on a whole different level.”

    “y around with a woman and then call her crazy? Try to have her killed?”

    The disgust in his voice was tant.

    Dan’s breath hitched. “She’s not hurt, is she?”

    “You’re asking ime/ii?/i”

    Dan fell silent.

    She probably wasn’t hurt, right?

    He didn’t even know when it had happened. But Marie had taken Tessa and run.

    Judging by that, things likely hadn’t gone too far.

    That thought gave Dan a small breath of relief.

    Just as he was about to speak, Dennis suddenly broke in. “It was me.”

    Dan’s head whipped toward him, eyes like ice.

    Derrick turned to Dennis. “Oh yeah?”

    “Yes. She wronged our boss–and she meant to kill him.”

    That much was true.

    That day, when Marie hit Dan, Dennis had seen it in her eyes. The killing intent had been unmistakable.

    And not just today–it had started even before.

    Derrick let out a mirthless snort. Then–bang!

    Dennis crumpied to the ground,

    Just like that, the man who’d served Dan the longest was gone in an instant.

    Dan roared, “Derrick!”

    He was livid.

    Dennis had been one of his most trusted aides. After all the years of struggle against Dale, there weren’t

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    many people he could still rely on.

    Now with Dennis gone, Dan’s eyes zed as he red at Derrick.

    Derrick casually blew on the barrel of his smoking gun, scoffed, and turned to leave the ward,

    Once he was gone, Dan was left alone.

    His whole body trembled with rage. He looked again at Dennis, lying,pletely still–damn near indistinguishable from a corpse.

    Was Derrick really out of his mind?

    He killed a man–for Maric?

    Could it be that he… felt something for her?

    That thought drew a deeper chill into Dan’s eyes.

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    Outside the hospital.

    As soon as Derrick got into the car, Kale–his driver–turned and said, “Sir, Madam left with Ms. Miller.”

    Derrick raised an eyebrow. “She came back?”

    “Yes, sir.”

    “And who the hell is Ms. Miller?”

    For a moment, Derrick couldn’t recall who that even was.

    Kale exined, “She’s the one Mr. Victor brought back from Rivermount. Ms. Ste’s best friend.”

    Derrick let out an “Oh” and finally remembered.

    “She ran off with her? What–for drama with Ste?”

    Speaking of Ste, Derrick’s heart now feltpletely calm. No ripples.

    No matter how badly he once wanted to marry her–ever since signing that marriage license with Marie…

    He felt… free. Like a weight had lifted.

    Like he’d finally achieved something that truly mattered.

    Even now, with Marie running off with Ste’s best friend, Derrick honestly had no idea what was going on between them.

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