Chapter 991 Sweet Talks (1/2)

Darren read through every single word carefully. The more he read, the deeper his heart sank into a chasm. Frustration was starting to spread all over his body like a disease, which made him feel itchy and easily irritable.

Even after Darren had put down the paper, his assistant stood there completely motionless. He looked at Darren with expectation, but his eyes were met with nothing but gloom. He kept fidgeting nervously, as if there was something else he needed to get off of his chest.

”What's wrong?”

Darren cast him a glare. His eyes seemed to be forcing an answer out of his frightened assistant's throat. Staggering back just a few steps, he looked at Darren quickly but warily. ”Mr. Xu... We received a message from the hospital a few moments ago... Emily has returned without so much as a scratch. She came back with a man called Louis, who is the next successor of the Ke Group. There have been rumors flying around that he has transferred all of his business to this city. Perhaps it has something to do with Emily!”

”That's rubbish!”

Darren scoffed in disgust, and he threw the papers to the floor angrily. He then stood up abruptly, loosened his tie and kicked his chair to the wall as hard as he could.

His temper tantrum drove away all the color from his assistant's face. His assistant's body was trembling like a dried leaf. He didn't even dare to make a sound. He just stared at his shoes and waited for Darren to finish venting his anger.

Darren had set a fire in the village, but unfortunately, the fire had taken neither Jacob's nor Emily's life. Then, Agni had tried to assassinate Jacob, but he had failed as well. Now, Emily had come back with a big helper. The KING Group was going to have an even harder time than Darren had anticipated.

Darren was infuriated by the thought of how lucky his enemies were.

He narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance outside the window. Clutching his hands into fists inside his pocket, Darren asked in a cold and gloomy tone, ”Where is Agni?”

He couldn't care less about what David was going to do. However, Jacob was the one he was worried about. As long as Jacob was alive, Darren and his business would never have a comfortable day. All the troubles his company was facing right now were gifts given by Jacob.

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