As Leo was surrounded by dozens of men with guns in their hands, there was also a peerless master waiting in the wings — he was now facing what an A-list family could ever do at most.
However, Leo merely sneered at them and thumbed his nose at the men surrounding him, which made everyone around can not help but think that he’d gone mad.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I’m sorry to inform you that due to an unwanted situation, we have to terminate whole activity now. I’m here expressing my sincerely apology to everyone on behalf of the Nicholson!” In a sudden, Roman turned around, looked all the guests and bowed, “In the future, I shall definitely pay personal visits to everyone. But today, please leave first.”
“It’s totally OK, Mr. Nicholson.”
“Mr. Nicholson’s health counts the most, Mr. Nicholson. Please make sure that you won’t exasperate yourself for this sort of man.”
“If you need our help, please feel free to ask.”
People from other families said their goodbyes and left one after another. Soon, the entire Nicholson family became deserted, with only the Nicholson family’s guards, members of the Ford family and the Spencers staying around — the surrounding then became hostile as they stood eyeball to eyeball.
Roman looked at Wallace with his eyes narrowed and asked, “Is that Mr. Spencer chooses to stay?”
Wallace took a sip of the fine wine and chuckled, "Please feel free to leave me alone, Mr. Nicholson. It’s totally fine to treat us as non-existent."
His saying was also a disguised manifestation of the Spencers’s position, making Roman feel sullen and causing his brows to knit with anger.
However, thinking of the prosperity and influence of the Spencers, Roman chose to remain silent and snorted with his sharp eyes fixed on those of the Ford family.
“It seems that you guys are quite determined to stand against my family.” He said.
“No! We shall never do things like that!”
Frightened, Jayden hardly dared to breathe, and then nudged Rebecca in a hurry, “Your family is to blame for that, so do something for the fuck sake!”
Anxiously, Rebecca suddenly turned around and glared at him, “Kneel down before Mr. Nicholson, you stupid moron!”
In silence, Leo remained indifferent on the look of his face — he had obviously lost interest in talking to Rebecca.
As for William, he then pulled Rebecca to his side and roared, “Stop adding fuel to the fire, you crazy songstress! Haven’t you forgotten what Raymond had done?”
“I’m on father’side this time, mom.” Caroline answered imperturbably, with her face turned pale due to the armed men around, “Raymond has just tried to kill him! I should have seen through what was really inside of him before I chose him. None of the whole Browns could be deemed as good!”
“There exists no gratuitous love, as well as gratuitous hatred. The reason why the Nicholson family chose to help the Ford family is that they wanted to gobble up the business of our family! Couldn’t you understand it, grandpa?”
Every single member around of the Ford family was lost in silence, especially Jayden, who was shuddering with his face turned red and pale.
As the host of the whole Ford family, he clearly understood that in the Nicholsons’ eyes, the Fords were only a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and thus they chose to fund the Fords again and again. However, it was also clear to him that the Fords also regarded the Nicholsons as their tool to gain influence and strength.
In short, they were just using each other, and now where would the relationship go from here depended on the decision of Jayden.
Pondering, Jayden took a deep breath and said, “I understand your concern, my dear granddaughter. But the prosperity of our family needs the help of the Nicholsons, and we can not risk losing their support — at least, not now!”
As his voice faded, Caroline’s pupils contracted due to shock, and Roman said with a ghastly smile on his face, “I know I can count on you, Jayden. Although your family is not to blame for the death of my grandson, I have to ask you to explain everything!”
After speaking, he gave Leo a cold look and continued, “As for this one, I shall break each of his arms and legs, and your family shall do the rest to show your loyalty!”
“Well.” Without any hesitation, Jayden responded with a nod.
Immediately, Caroline and William turned to Leo and urged, “Run! You’ve got merely an outside chance to win fighting against them at the same time!”
The change in Caroline’s attitude surprised Leo a little. However, at the next moment, he stepped before Caroline and chuckled, “I appreciate your kindness. But I am not going to flinch today — let’s see who can beat me down!”
In his words, one could feel that arrogant wildness. Caroline trembled slightly, remembering that even in the past, Leo had never flinched in the face of any difficulty.
At this moment, Nadine stepped forwards at a slow pace, and Wallace had also lit a cigarette, standing and smoking silently.
“Hahahaha…!”
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