Clint was in Drakonia.


    He had spent a long time going down the direction where Rainie had vanished in search of her, but he could not find her.


    He could not find her even after an entire day of searching. He panted as he stood in the busy streets.


    "Where is she... Where is she..." Clint murmured to himself, immense panic washing over him as he watched the pedestrians brush past him.


    Clint had actually heard what Rainie saidst night, but he had been so out of it that he thought he was dreaming. If things really were the way Rainie had put it, it would be nothing but death waiting for her upon her return...


    ...


    An image of the woman''s reddened eyes shed to the forefront of Clint''s mind, and the things she said echoed in his mind too.


    ...


    Zaden Florentine, deputy president of Dominion Commerce, was a businessman to his very core. He was so insane that he was willing to put up his children as amodity to be traded. Rainie had ulterior motives for approaching Clint in the first ce.


    She dried her eyes. That night, she finally let out her secrets and told Clint everything.


    Rainie had approached Clint so that Dominion Commerce could coborate with one of the businesses the Melton family owned.


    That was right, a mere coboration. Zaden was willing to sacrifice his daughter''s happiness so that she would be coteral for the coboration.


    Approaching Clint and marrying into his family... That was the task given to Rainie, and it did not matter that she was interested in someone else her childhood sweetheart.


    Whenever she felt suffocated by the chamber ofmerce and her father, her childhood sweetheart would always be by her side. She slowly began falling for him.


    However, her father noticed what was going on and threatened her to force her into agreeing to win over Clint.


    However, things did not work out the way she had hoped... Rainie did not have a knack for dealing with emotions and had no idea what she should do.


    Despite her gorgeous looks, she still failed her first attempt. She was at a loss as to what she should do but chose to return to the chamber ofmerce and her father out of worry for her childhood sweetheart. Yet... What awaited her was her father''s whipping. She was also banned from eating or stepping out of the house...


    Zaden did not give up on his ns


    for Dominion Commerce. After


    hearing that Clint had returned to the


    Southern Territory, he once again pulled a trick aimed at tugging


    Clint''s heartstrings.


    He abandoned Rainie at a road that had to be taken to get to the Clint residence and sent over cars to create a blockage at the junctions.


    Sure enough, things went just as he nned... Clint and Rainie met again.


    As for everything that happened after that, Clint understood it all now.


    Though Rainie was touched by everything he had done, her conscience did not allow her to continue partaking in a transaétion filled with all sorts of ulterior motives.


    en


    Thus, she left. At the end of the day, she refused to be a tool at her father''s disposal. "Stupid woman!" Clint called out as he continued weaving his way through the busy streets.


    He knew that the woman was determined to head back, and she knew death was inevitable.


    She had once told him that even if her father was against it, she would rather die than betray her childhood sweetheart.


    She had had enough of her insane father''s instructions. She wanted to make decisions for herself this time...


    Clint''s phone began ringing.


    He hurriedly picked up the phone.


    "Hello? Gabe, did you manage to find anything?"


    "It''s me." A wizened-sounding voice rang out from the other end of the line.


    Clint was stunned. Then, in a tone of disbelief, he asked, "Dad?"


    Reggie Melton said in a hoarse, stern-sounding voice, "It''s me. I''ve heard of everything. A word of advice for you this time, child. We''re no longer connected to this matter


    in any way, so it''d be best patter


    involved..."


    to get


    Clint understood what his father meant. After all, it would not be wise to have a falling out with Dominion Commerce.


    "But... But..." Clint felt a tumultuous wave of emotions wash over him. Deep down, he asked himself if... things should end this way.