Like a spoiled child throwing a violent tantrum, he kicked over the chair beside him and continued screaming recklessly.
However, instead of calming down, his father suddenly pulled off his leather belt with trembling hands.
The sharp sound of the buckle echoed loudly through the room before the belt lashed violently across Angie’s back.
Slap!
A burning pain instantly spread through his skin.
"You still think about inheriting the empire?!" his father roared furiously while striking him repeatedly. "You already ruined the entire empire with your stupidity, so how dare you even talk about inheritance?!"
Another strike landed across Angie’s shoulder, causing him to cry out painfully.
At first, Angie still refused to understand the seriousness of the situation. However, as his father continued shouting hysterically, the truth finally dawned on him.
The underground connections he had always dread of inheriting... the criminal empire he had arrogantly believed already belonged to him... everything had collapsed because he offended soone he absolutely should not have offended.
Even worse, the people investigating the matter specifically pointed the bla toward him.
The mont Angie learned this, his entire body turned cold.
His very first thought was Olivia.
After all, she was the only person he had directly offended recently.
He had humiliated her, threatened her, and even attempted to take revenge against her.
However, no matter how hard he thought about it, he could not understand how soone like Olivia could possess enough influence to destroy his family’s entire underworld foundation overnight.
*’That woman clearly does not have any background... so how did this happen?’*
It was precisely because he had believed Olivia was powerless that he acted so arrogantly before. Now, however, endless regret flooded his heart.
Seeing the terrified look on his face, his father imdiately grabbed him by the collar and snarled furiously, "Go and apologize imdiately to whoever you offended!"
However, Angie stubbornly refused.
"No!" he shouted while struggling violently. "If I go there now, then I will definitely end up behind bars again!"
To Angie, being humiliated publicly was sothing completely unacceptable. His pride simply could not tolerate it.
In his mind, he still believed the other party might show him so rcy out of consideration for his father’s reputation. Unfortunately for him, he had severely underestimated Aurora’s viciousness.
The very next day, even more scandals regarding his family’s underworld dealings began surfacing online.
Confidential transactions, hidden accounts, illegal businesses, and criminal connections were all exposed one after another. The situation spiraled completely out of control.
At that mont, Angie truly panicked.
Realizing he could no longer endure his father’s abuse, he imdiately rushed toward Olivia’s workplace.
The mont he arrived, he directly knelt in front of her without hesitation.
Olivia froze in shock upon seeing him suddenly kneeling there. Nearby employees also stared at the scene with wide eyes while whispering among themselves.
Angie lowered his head deeply before speaking in a trembling voice.
"I’m sorry," he muttered bitterly. "I should not have made things difficult for you. I promise that from now on, I will never cross paths with you again."
Hearing such sincere words from soone as arrogant as Angie genuinely surprised Olivia.
However, after briefly thinking about it, she quickly guessed that Aurora was most likely behind this entire situation.
A faint chuckle escaped her lips.
"Really?" Olivia asked calmly while crossing her arms. "Then what about compensation?"
Angie imdiately lifted his head nervously.
"Compensation?" he repeated hurriedly. "What kind of compensation do you want?"
Olivia pretended to think seriously for a mont before smiling lazily.
"You wasted quite a lot of my ti," she replied casually. "And unfortunately for you, my ti is extrely valuable."
Then she slowly raised one finger.
The mont Angie saw that gesture, he hurriedly nodded.
"One hundred thousand dollars!" he blurted out quickly. "I will transfer it imdiately!"
The instant Olivia heard those words, she suddenly burst into laughter. She laughed so hard that tears even gathered at the corners of her eyes.
Still chuckling, she casually pulled out her phone before showing him her bank account balance.
The mont Angie saw the endless string of zeros displayed on the screen, his pupils shrank violently.
Olivia possessed nearly seven hundred million dollars.
His breathing instantly turned uneven.
anwhile, Olivia smiled faintly and said, "I earn at least ten million dollars every single second, yet you think one hundred thousand dollars is enough compensation for harassing for this long?"
Angie’s entire face twitched violently.
"Ten million dollars?!" he shouted in disbelief. "That is outright robbery!"
In his eyes, Olivia was rely soone who previously did not even deserve his attention. Spending such a horrifying amount of money on her felt absolutely unbearable.
However, Olivia rely shrugged indifferently.
"Well, that is your decision," she replied calmly. "I am not forcing you."
After saying that, she simply returned to her work and pretended to ignore him completely.
Angie’s expression turned increasingly ugly. He knew very clearly that if he failed to obtain Olivia’s forgiveness today, then his father would definitely beat him black and blue again tonight.
Having no other choice left, he finally gritted his teeth and muttered bitterly, "Fine... I will gather the money."
With that, he left unwillingly.
Olivia silently watched his departing figure.
Only by evening did the ten million dollars finally arrive in her account. Shortly afterward, Angie appeared once again before her with an extrely forced smile plastered across his face.
"Do not worry," Olivia said calmly while putting away her phone. "I will ask the mastermind behind everything to stop now."
Hearing those words, Angie finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Before this incident, he genuinely believed Olivia was just an insignificant nobody. However, after witnessing this terrifying series of events, he finally understood one thing very clearly.
He absolutely could not afford to offend Olivia anymore.
Later that night, Olivia happily returned ho and enthusiastically told Aurora how Angie had knelt before her and begged for forgiveness. The more she spoke, the more satisfied she beca.
Aurora quietly listened while nodding gently.
However, secretly, she imdiately withdrew all the remaining traps she had prepared for Angie.
Since he had already apologized and compensated Olivia properly, she no longer saw any need to continue targeting him aggressively.
Besides, there was already another punishnt quietly waiting for him.
The drugs Angie originally intended to force onto Olivia were now secretly being fed back to him instead.
Even within his own mafia family, no one realized what was happening.
In reality, Louis’s mother had been slowly mixing tiny amounts of addictive substances into Angie’s als during dinner every single day. The dosage was extrely small, making it nearly impossible to detect.
However, over ti, the effects gradually accumulated.
By now, Angie was already beginning to develop a subtle dependency on the drugs. It was only a matter of ti before he completely lost himself to addiction.
Because of this, Aurora decided to let him off for now. In her eyes, not forcing him into complete destruction imdiately was already an act of rcy.
anwhile, Angie remained completely unaware of the nightmare slowly consuming him from within.
After finally regaining his freedom, he returned ho feeling extrely relieved.
The mont he entered the mansion, he spotted his mother sitting elegantly in the living room.
Imdiately, Angie rushed toward her like an aggrieved child.
"Mom, Olivia went too far this ti!" he complained angrily. "She made suffer so much!"
His mother gently patted his back soothingly while speaking softly, "Even if you feel resentful, you cannot act recklessly right now."
"But," he continued calmly, "I already have a plan."
Hearing this, Angie’s mother asked.
"What kind of plan?"
"What if we hire soone to pretend to fall in love with Olivia?"
He continued calmly, "At the beginning, we will make it seem as though the man dislikes Olivia. Then, little by little, he will approach her, gain her trust, and eventually lower her guard completely. Then we can make that man marry Olivia,"
"Then?"
"And during the wedding, we can switch things around and completely ruin her reputation..."
Before he could finish rambling, his mother suddenly shot him a stern glare sharp enough to freeze him in place.
"If you dare do even a single stupid thing," she warned coldly, her voice quieter than before yet far more terrifying, "then I will disown you imdiately."
The mont those words entered his ears, all the excitent on Angie’s face disappeared without a trace. His expression instantly turned pale.
Like a frightened child, he looked at his mother pitifully before muttering weakly, "Mom... why are you reacting like this?"
His mother remained silent for several seconds before finally replying calmly, "Olivia is not soone you can provoke carelessly anymore."
Her eyes narrowed slightly as she continued speaking.
"For now, we should focus on the throne instead."
The mont she ntioned the throne, a greedy light flashed across Angie’s eyes once again.
"Louis has already withdrawn from the competition," she continued thoughtfully.
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