Immediately, Lyndall and Willy felt like there was a thunder striking them.

Both of them revealed a horrified expression on their faces.

Was this invitation possible due to Katherine's threat?

All of a sudden, Willy recalled the bruises on Katherine's neck, and everything instantly became clear.

Jack's words were reasonable. If his sister-in-law didn't resort to threats, why would she get beaten up?

"Impossible!"

Lyndall shot up from his seat and said with a terrified look, "Mr. Hughes, are you joking with me? With your stature and power, how could Katherine be able to threaten you?"

From his perspective, before he got to know Katherine, she was just a normal woman.

On the other hand, Jack was someone formidable who could stand on equal ground with the leading authority, Artist Warnock.

Comparing Jack and Katherine was like comparing heaven and earth.

How could there be any possibility of a threat happening?

Was an ant capable of posing a threat to a ferocious tiger?

"Mr. Long, here you are talking about your lifelong commitment with this marriage. Didn't you run a check on her background before that?"

Jack glanced at Lyndall casually, but there was a chilly flow in his gaze which made it look extra sharp.

Background check?

Lyndall was stunned.

Why would he investigate Katherine?

The first time he met Katherine, he had fallen head over heels for her.

He was always respectful unlike before towards Katherine.

This was because he had feelings for her, and for Lyndall, he would always respect the woman he loved.

Katherine's past was something private to her. Not peering into her past was part of his way of respecting her.

"Mr. Hughes, there must be a misunderstanding here. There is no way Katherine could post a threat to you. I never thought of prying into her past because I love the current her, not the one in the past." Lyndall tried to explain hastily.

With how Jack was behaving now, even Lyndall would feel a grip of fear.

He was aware that if he didn't resolve this misunderstanding about this "threat", then this banquet would become his nightmare soon, instead of forging a relation between them.

This man in front of him was capable of doing just that!

And he could do that with just a flick of his finger!

Even though he was the underground king, he would be no match for him.

"Huh!"

Jack chuckled slightly, but in between his brows there was a menacing aura emanating from it.

He narrowed his eyes, which was hiding a cold glint.

When he started to speak, his voice was somehow booming across the place, which rendered both Lyndall and Willy petrified on the spot.

"What if I told you that she is my ex-wife, and she used to want me dead?"

Lyndall instantly froze upon hearing that, and his face even turned considerably pale.

Ex-wife?

Jack's ex-wife?

Lyndall was still stuck in a daze, and in the midst of all that chaos enveloping him, his heart started to brew a storm.

While he was still shell-shocked, he quickly ran through the order of things.

Katherine was Jack's ex-wife, and he was now with Katherine. While he allowed Katherine to extend the invitation to him, Katherine somehow used Jack's family to threaten him. What the hell was going on?

Lyndall felt his scalp tingle, and his lips were quivering, as if they were going to form some words, but in the end no words came out of his mouth.

If he was in Jack's shoes, after probing into himself honestly, he would also be as angered as Jack now!

Willy who was on the other side was scared out of his wits.

Jack's words had hammered down onto his head, and it felt like his whole head was buzzing.

No wonder Jack was exuding such a furious aura, and no wonder he was being so brash and impolite.

If this happened to anyone else, they would have such a reaction too!

Jack laughed coldly while picking up a silver spoon from the table, "We never cross paths in our life, so why should we force things to happen? If something like this is to repeat itself, I can guarantee you that the LD City won't have their underground king anymore."

The moment he finished his sentence, Jack suddenly poured some of his energy into his right thumb.

Immediately, the silver spoon was bent out of shape with a faint sound.

Lyndall and Willy were terrified when they saw this sight.

The strong sense of a threat in Jack's voice completely scared them outright.

With a loud clanking sound, Jack threw away the silver spoon and got up to leave.

"Help me pass on some words to Katherine. If she dares to intrude into my life again, I will make sure she will stay buried in the ground."

His words were full of power and murderous intent.

Both Lyndall and Willy trembled slightly.

By the time they came back to their sense, Jack and Lone Wolf were nowhere to be seen.

"Boss..." Willy began with fear.

Lyndall instantly interrupted him with a hideous expression on his face, "It seems like we are right at gun's point. Never would I have thought that things would develop in such a way." "Then, about sister-in-law..."

Willy asked tentatively.

With a new turn of events, he really couldn't see through Lyndall's thoughts now.

His sister-in-law used to be Jack's woman in the past, but now she was together with his boss. If such a fiasco were to happen in the past, Willy had no doubt that Lyndall would be able to resolve this matter cleanly.

This was because in the past, Lyndall was still the egotistical warlord.

However, from what he could see now, Katherine was really someone who had captured Lyndall's heart.

As expected!

Lyndall could only smile bitterly, "I have my future in one hand, and my woman on another. If this is the past, I will no doubt choose my future ahead of anything else, but this time, I am going to stand with Katherine."

Willy nodded, "Shall I go investigate sister-in-law's past?"

Lyndall sunk into a deep state of thought with his brows furrowed.

Finally, he nodded to allow this.

Previously, he was putting his respect for Katherine first, but now, he had to know everything about what he should have known in the first place.

After taking in a deep breath, Lyndall got up and headed towards the villa.

Katherine was still shutting herself in the villa.

Lyndall knocked the door and asked, "Kate, can you open the door?"

After a few seconds, Katherine finally opened the door.

The interior was a little shady, and it was hard to distinguished things clearly.

Lyndall didn't notice Katherine's swollen and reddened eyes as he directly went to the bedroom.

"Is your meeting with Jack over already?"

Katherine forced a smile on her face as she stood behind Lyndall. She pinched his shoulder and asked, "Why do I feel like you are not happy at all?"

"I can't feel happy."

Lyndall smiled bitterly as he recalled Jack's words which were now filling his chest like rocks.

After pausing briefly, Lyndall suppressed the overwhelming sense of bitterness in his heart as he whispered, "Kate, promise me not to do stupid things again in the future." "Stupid things?"

Katherine didn't know what he meant.

"You should have told me that you're Jack's ex-wife." Lyndall smiled helplessly.

Katherine felt a jolt coursing through his body as something exploded in her brain.

She asked with an extremely unnatural expression, "Y-You knew about that?"Content rights belong to .

"Jack told me about that!"

Lyndall let out a sigh, "I don't mind your past at all, but I do mind that you are using your past identity and using Jack's family to threaten him so that he could come see me."

"I..." Katherine was a little flustered.

"You don't need to explain." Lyndall raised his hand to interrupt her. He then smiled, "From now on, I won't chase after someone like Jack anymore. We will stay in LD City and grow old together."

In an instant, Katherine's already swollen eyes was filled with tears once again.

She thought that if Lyndall had learnt of her past, he would leave her without any reservation. However, Lyndall's decision now felt like a fist which was hammered on her heart heavily.

She was someone who had gone through a lot.

She almost ended her life too, but it was in her best interest that she was finally improving.

It was precisely because of her past experience that she knew about the weight of Lyndall's decision.

"Lyndall..."

Katherine's voice was trembling.

"Yes?"

Lyndall raised his head.

Immediately, Katherine swooped in and planted a kiss on Lyndall's lips...☐☐☐☐☐☐☐