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    Though Nate never spoke these words aloud, Dewey understood the message with perfect rity.

    As the group departed, Dewey stood motionless, stunned, like a man who had just witnessed his life sh before his eyes.

    The sharp click of a lighter’s me pierced the silence, jolting Dewey’s fragmented thoughts back into focus.

    His attention snapped toward Jules.

    Jules held a cigarette between his fingers, his expression clouded with stormy menace, his words dripping with impatience. “You’re the first to ignore my warning.”

    Beneath hiszy, casual tone lurked a bone-chilling threat—one that felt like being suddenly plunged into icy water, leaving Dewey gasping for breath.

    Dewey’s eyes flickered with a trace of panic.

    The day he was driven out of Ford Group, he had bumped into Jules on the street.

    Without mincing words, Jules warned him, “If you show up in front of Corrine again, the Hond family will go bankrupt.”

    That threat had lingered in his mind like a shadow that wouldn’t fade.

    But people forget—especially when there are no real consequences.

    Dewey believed that being Corrine’s father gave him some protection. He thought the Ford family wouldn’t act against him—for fear of making Corrine look heartless.

    He was sure everything would go his way today. He believed Corrine would have no choice but to give in.

    But he had misread her coldness—and overestimated his own worth.

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    Corrine wasn’t the same girl who once swallowed his abuse in silence. She had long stopped seeing him as her father.

    Dewey thought he still held power. But the truth was, he had lost everything the day Corrine left the Hond family.

    Jules saw right through him. “Do you really think being Corrine’s father keeps the Ford family from dealing with you?”

    Panic shed again in Dewey’s eyes.

    Jules exhaled a stream of gray smoke, lips curving into a knowing smile. “The Hond family still stands in Pree City because of my aunt. Not because the Ford family fears you.”

    With a sneer, Jules nced at Dewey. “The Ford family isn’t worried about being seen as ruthless.”

    Those words hit like a punch. Dewey’s confidence cracked.

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