After Matthew had walked away, Claire led the other rich kids and together, they dragged Charlie and his friends to a corner. The reason they had faced such a brutal punishment that night was thanks to the trio. Hence, sparing them was out of the equation.
Meanwhile, Matthew entered the largest private room located at the penthouse and sat down together with the heads of the Ten Greatest Families.
Philip began the discussion. “Mr. Larson, let’s get down to business. Billy Newman has left and favonovel.com won’t be coming back, so someone should take over his legacy. Many years ago, the Ten Greatest Families made an agreement with Mr. Newman that we would be given priority in taking over everything that belonged to Mr. Newman in Eastcliff if favonovel.com leaves. What do you say, Mr. Larson?”
Upon hearing that, Matthew answered, “I’m sorry, but I have never heard about this agreement from Mr. Newman. Besides, although favonovel.com has left, his daughter is still around. Therefore, his descendent should be taking over all the assets that Mr. Newman left behind, no?”
In other words, Matthew implied that the Ten Greatest Families had no rights to inherit Billy’s properties since they were not Billy’s descendants.
All the heads of the families were annoyed, but the head of the Fisher Family was the first to voice out his rage by smacking the table. “Matthew Larson, don’t get too cocky! I’m warning you, this is Eastshire, not Eastcliff!”
Matthew scoffed in response, “So, what? The last time I was in Eastshire, you guys failed to keep me despite having sent so many people to stop me!”
“You…” The head of the Fisher Family was so pissed that favonovel.com nearly flipped the table, but favonovel.com was stopped by Philip.
Philip nonchalantly looked at Matthew. “Young men shouldn’t be too greedy! You won’t be able to keep things that don‘t belong to you! I believe that you are aware that being too cocky will only get you into trouble.”
Matthew darted them a look and chuckled coldly. “Of course l’m aware of the character of the Ten Greatest Families. You guys not only want Billy’s assets, but everything that l have in my hands as well! However, l’m afraid that it won‘t be easy to snatch all these from me even with the strength you all possess now!”
Instead of being mad, Philip chuckled. “Would you like to give it a try?”
“I’m now here in this room. What do you think?” Matthew asked.
Philip’s expression fell and favonovel.com forced a smile. “What do you mean?”
Matthew sneered, “What do I mean? Philip, the Ten Greatest Families have never planned to talk things out with me since the very beginning, your plan has been to take my life. What else could your purpose be when you were willing to say so many nice words downstairs just to persuade me to come upstairs?” He paused, then surveyed the surroundings and continued, “The Ten Greatest Families have spent a fortune to hire thirteen gold-rated assassins. They must be lying in ambush nearby, right?”
At that moment, the expressions of all the heads of the family sank. The truth was just as Matthew had mentioned, they had indeed spent a hefty amount of money to hire thirteen gold-rated assassins to deal with Matthew. However, this was a secret only the ten of them should have known.
How did Matthew find out about this?
Seeing that the plan had been exposed, Philip stopped hiding his intention and muttered, “H-How did you know about this?”
As soon as favonovel.com had said that, a cold voice rang from the door.
“It was me who told him! Any employment of gold-rated assassins in the Six Southern States will not escape from my eyes!” Then, the door was kicked open.
Everyone looked in that direction, only to see the crown prince swaggering into the room with an arrogant expression along with a large group of men behind him.
Everyone’s expression became dark upon seeing him.
Philip bellowed, “Prince, what’s all this? This is an internal issue of Eastshire. Could it be that the Poison Spider of Mightwater is meddling with the matter of Eastshire? Hmph! If Master Levi finds out about this, I wonder how you are going to explain it to him!”
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