Chapter 504

“Do they know each other well?” Alexander Brooks shot Matthew Drake a chilly glance before pulling Vivian Grant down into their seats. Vivian kept quiet for a moment. She knew exactly how much Alexander despised Matthew—if he had the chance, he’d end him himself. After all, it had been Matthew's trap that led to Clara Scott’s death. And the one who actually killed her was one of Matthew’s men. But the Drake family was also part of the Brooks family. With the Brooks patriarch already having made his stance clear... So Alexander had no choice but to swallow his hatred for now, waiting for the right moment to make Matthew pay. “Matthew Drake, we’ve never exactly been friends—you know why. Whatever you came here to say, just spit it out,” Vivian said bluntly. “I know,” Matthew chuckled, totally unfazed. The bad blood between him and Alexander ran deep. And now, he understood that everything went back to his father—Samuel Drake—who had been pulling the strings from the start. As for him? He