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William stood from his chair and threw his wine glass to the floor. “Who the hell does he think is acting as though he's all that?” He thundered, an unquenchable fury rising within him. “How dare he try to take away a house I built with my sweat and tears?” Kyra rolled her eyes. He was exaggerating as usual. It's not as though he built it with his own hands. “Why don't you just buy it if you want it so bad? It's just a house, after all, we can leave it.” “No, we can't!” Williams snapped, making Mary raise a brow. The house was nothing special and yet he was so riled up about it. It wasn't anything and yet he stayed in it even when Anna had bought it. Now that she thought about it, there was something suspicious about the way he behaved. “Why can't we leave it? It's just a house and you can always build more and save yourself some face,” Mary told him, watching his face. Williams went mute before letting out a deep sigh, “I can't let that bastard win, Mary. Leaving this hous