Chapter 165

Lucius warned icily, "Watch your mouth." Delia, bristling with resentment, shot back, "Dad's dying wish was for our family not to tear each other apart." He snorted. "What he meant was for you all to stop trying to assassinate me." Delia fell silent. Valerie couldn't help bursting into laughter. "Lucky, you've had it rough." Her eyes crinkled when she laughed from the heart, making her look stunningly beautiful. Lucius was so caught up in her joy that he didn't even register her calling him "Lucky". Eugene felt humiliated kneeling there. He didn't expect his shame to only bring about such an outcome. His expression twisted, and in a flash, he whipped a dagger from his belt, lunging at Lucius. If he was going down, he'd take someone with him. Valerie swiftly kicked a trash can into his path. It rolled perfectly under his feet, tripping him mid-lunge. He crashed to the floor in a pathetic heap. A dozen bodyguards, with Silas in the lead, swarmed from every corner of the villa the