Quintus never imagined that she would rebuff all his approaches and even threaten him with a war chief in Valerian. He was initially a little taken aback, but he quickly came to his senses and smirked icily. "Haha, they always say that women with big breasts have pea brains. I didn't expect you to be so 'smart' as to use Mister Valerian's name to threaten me. It's a shame I'm not an idiot though!"
"Do you think I’m lying?" Diane asked with a frown.
Quintus smiled and replied, "Of course! Valerian visited your home once. Do you honestly think he'll help you just because of that? Who do you think you are? The Shanahans are like a grain of sand to them. Why would he go against us for the sake of the Shanahans?"
He then paused for a moment before continuing, "The reason he visited your house is probably because he thinks you and your sister are pretty. That's the only reason why he accepted your invitation. Now that I think about it, did you and your sister sleep with him last night? After all, he's shown a tremendous amount of courtesy to you, so logically speaking, you and your sister ought to express your sincerity to him too."
Diane was very angry, and she gritted her teeth while lashing out viciously, "How shameless can you be? Do you think Mister Valerian is that sort of person? Only a lewd-minded person like you would think that way!"
"Haha, if it's not you, then it's your sister!" Quintus laughed. "Why else would he choose the Shanahans? For all I know, the two of you might have hinted something at him when you were handing the invitation card over!"
After a pause, he said again, "So, you see, using Mister Valerian to threaten me isn't going to work! I won't be fooled!"
"Mister Valerian has a good relationship with my husband, and he even promised to join the celebrations when my husband makes it up to me with a long-overdue wedding. Do you think Mister Valerian would just stand by and watch if you go overboard when treating the Shanahans?" Diane reminded Quintus. After all, Quintus was the scion of Riverson's Novaks, and the Shanahans still could not afford to offend a family like that. She was thus hoping that they would back off after knowing that they would be in a pickle and avoid making the situation any worse than it was.
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