Stunned, the four bodyguards then turned around and stared at the woman.

Severin frowned, turned around slowly, and finally exclaimed in confoundment, "You again!" He was utterly dumbfounded when he saw her, because she was none other than the woman who called him a jerk in that dilapidated neighborhood earlier that day. Somehow, she was still dressed in the same food delivery uniform as she squeezed out from behind the Loughs' bodyguards.

She was panting heavily, which obviously suggested that she was exhausted after rushing all the way there!

"Who is this woman? Must be some nutcase too. Didn't she call Severin 'my man'?"

Some of the guests went blank for a moment, and eventually they could not help but whisper among themselves.

"Who are you? Did you mistake him for someone else? Severin doesn't have a wife, so who are you trying to fool?" Lucy took a step forward and said to the 

Severin's head was buzzing. He could not believe that he had a child, and wondered if that chubby and adorable girl named Selene was his daughter.

"That little girl…is my daughter?" Severin shook his head and found it hard to believe.

Diane walked up to Severin and gritted her teeth. All the suffering she had experienced in the past five years were concentrated into the tears that welled up in her eyes. She slapped Severin without hesitation and said, "You b*stard! Don't you remember what happened the night before you were apprehended? Do you have any idea what I had to go through in the past five years, and how much anguish I had to bear?"

Severin was so dumbstruck that he did not even stop her slap. He could feel just how hard it was for a daughter of an aristocratic family to be kicked out of her home whilst being pregnant with a baby. It was likely that she had gone through the ni

Lucy took a step forward, glared fiercely at Severin, and said, "We couldn't get married because you went to prison, Severin. Am I to blame for that? Why should I return the money?" She folded her arms and then said proudly, "Living in poverty must've driven you crazy. You're asking me for money because you don't have any after coming out of prison, right? I wasted three years of my youth during our three-year relationship, and that forty thousand is just about enough to compensate me for the time lost. A little over ten thousand a year shouldn't be much, right?"

"Tch!" Severin never expected her to say that so righteously. Enraged, he glared at Lucy and said, "So is your youth all that matters? What about mine?" Severin asked while walking slowly toward Lucy. "I bought you whatever you wanted during those three years. Have I not been good enough to you? I'm on your beck and call. I listen to whatever you say, and I've treated you so well. And what about you? What have you done for me? I even went to prison for you. Doesn't my youth matter?"

Severin's anger had reached its peak and he stopped suddenly to slap a chair next to him.

In an instant, the chair shattered into countless pieces and everything was scattered all over the floor!

The onlookers were all startled and a ruckus immediately ensued.

Lucy was so scared that her body was starting to tremble. Her family had only dared to harass Severin's parents because Severin was in prison, in the event that he was released, they all assumed that Severin would not dare to cause them any trouble.

They were obviously not going to return the money that they had gotten.

Lucy gritted her teeth before looking up and saying to Severin, "You went gambling and lost a lot of money, so you sold me to Easton for about seven thousand bucks. What do you have to say about that, you scum? Am I only worth that bit of money to you?"

Severin smiled bitterly as he looked at Lucy and said, "Didn't I explain to you that I was set up? You then forgave me and said that you'd wait for me! Everything that happened was set up by Easton! I have nothing against you if you didn't want to wait for me, and I can accept it if you broke off the engagement. What I can't accept is why you joined hands with that son-of-a-b*tch to harass my parents? I don’t care what happens to me, but I won't allow anyone to bully my parents!”

Easton was not pleased to hear that. After all, he had to maintain a decent image in front of many wealthy businessmen, so it would not be good if that sort of information was spread around by other people. He immediately pointed at Severin and said, "You can't f*cking make accusations without any evidence, Severin. Who gave you the right to slander me?"

"Don't point your finger at me." Severin glared at Easton.

Easton grinned coldly and continued to point at Severin. "Oh, but I am. What are you gonna do about it? Bite me?"

The next second, Severin strode forward, grabbed Easton's index finger, and gently twisted it before pulling it sharply!

"ARRRGHHHHH!" Easton yelled in pain as Severin casually dropped Easton's finger, which he had torn off.

"EASTON!" When Lucy saw that, she squatted down right away and asked Easton, "How are you? Are you alright?"

"Do you think I'm alright when my finger was pulled off?! GRAAH!" Easton gritted his teeth in pain as the veins on his forehead were bulging out. He turned his head to Trevor, who was standing not too far away, and said, "I want him dead, Dad! Make sure he doesn't make it out this hotel alive!"

"I'll kill you, kid." Trevor pointed at Severin and yelled. His eyes opened wide in anger, and they were horrifyingly bloodshot.

He did not expect Severin to be that bold, but since his bodyguards would be arriving anytime soon, he would make sure to end Severin's life no matter what.

Severin could not care less about Trevor. He looked at Lucy and said, "You and I didn't get married, which means you need to return the money I gave your family as a dowry. Then there's the matrimonial home that you sold to Easton for a hundred and fifty thousand even though I bought for three hundred thousand. My parents' hard-earned money, which they've been working so hard to save up for all their life, were all spent on that home. I want you to make good on the original price and pay back the hundred and fifty thousand!”

Quinn and Timothy were completely in the dark over all that information, and they could not help but lower their heads slightly when they heard it!

"Are you seriously demanding money after injuring Easton? You're crazy! You won't even live long enough to spend the money if I give it to you! Why don't you just go ahead and rob a bank!" Helga could never have been willing to return the money that she had gotten. The Orwells had made a small fortune over the years through their connection with Loughs, and they had since managed to buy a car, a house, build a considerable amount of savings, and even opened a small company. Despite all those riches, a sum that was just shy of 200,000 was no small amount!

"Hehe!" Severin sneered, "I'll be honest, that sum of money is insignificant to me, and I couldn't even care less if the amount was multiplied by several million. But it's my parents' hard-earned money. You don’t have to return it if you don't want to, but in place of that, I want a finger each from you, your husband, and your daughter..."

"You..." Helga's face turned ashen, for she did not expect him to make such a brazen statement.

"He's crazy! He's lost his mind because of money!" Lucy stood up, glared at Severin, and shouted.

"I'll count down from ten, and I expect an answer from you before then!" Severin could not be bothered to entertain their nonsense and said directly, "Ten..."

Landon was afraid to look directly at Severin, but was still able to muster up the courage to threaten him after remember the Loughs' influence. "Think this through, Severin. You'll only offend the Loughs! Aren't you afraid you'll be killed?"

"Nine. Eight." Severin took one step forward with every number he uttered, thereby reducing the distance between himself and the Orwells.

 …

"Five. Four. Three."

At this moment, Severin was only one meter away from Helga and Landon.

"F-f-fine! I'll return the money to you! Isn't it less than two hundred thousand, right?! It's not like I don't have that kind of money." Cold sweat dripped down Helga's forehead. She was the one whose defenses crumbled first when she saw Severin get closer and closer. Severin was just a reckless person in her eyes, and it would be such a huge loss if everyone in their family had their fingers ripped off before the Loughs' bodyguards could arrive.

At that moment, the sound of hurried footsteps was heard and nearly a hundred men in suits had rushed to the scene. All of them were holding machetes in their hands.

They all immediately surrounded the entrance to the hall as soon as they rushed to the second floor.

There was a baldie among them who looked particularly ruthless, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Sir, who was it that caused trouble at Mister Easton's wedding? Point him out to me!"

Everyone who was there stepped back in fright, leaving Severin as the only person standing in the center. However, Severin appeared very calm and nonchalant, for he was standing with his back against the other party.

The audience fell into a silence!

Trevor, as the head of the Loughs, took a step forward and pointed at Severin. He then commanded without hesitation, "Hack him to death!"

Four men exchanged glances at each other and raised their machetes to slash Severin's back!

"How dare you lay a hand on my man!" A woman's yell was heard at that exact moment.

Stunned, the four bodyguards then turned around and stared at the woman.

Severin frowned, turned around slowly, and finally exclaimed in confoundment, "You again!" He was utterly dumbfounded when he saw her, because she was none other than the woman who called him a jerk in that dilapidated neighborhood earlier that day. Somehow, she was still dressed in the same food delivery uniform as she squeezed out from behind the Loughs' bodyguards.

She was panting heavily, which obviously suggested that she was exhausted after rushing all the way there!

"Who is this woman? Must be some nutcase too. Didn't she call Severin 'my man'?"

Some of the guests went blank for a moment, and eventually they could not help but whisper among themselves.

"Who are you? Did you mistake him for someone else? Severin doesn't have a wife, so who are you trying to fool?" Lucy took a step forward and said to the woman in front of her. "Don't poke your nose in the Loughs' private business!"

Diane looked at Lucy

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