Chapter 994
“I bear you no ill will, Mr. Sorano,” Gus retorted firmly at Willy. “Why would you mistreat you in any way? If anything, it does the Sorano family no good to start a fight without knowing why. After all, we’re talking about a martial elite who’s clearly outraged enough to charge into our own turf.”
“Fine. In that case, I’d like to hear the brat’s story.”
Tony nodded, withholding his rage as he turned toward Frank with a cool glare. “What’s your beef with my family, Mr. Lawrence? We should at least understand why you’re trying to start a war here.”
“That’s right.” Gus nodded.
“Hmph. Finally, someone who speaks like a human being.” Frank snorted as he eased his foot over Willy’s kneecap.
Turning toward Gus darkly, he asked, “When you consulted me, we agreed that I’d bring you medicine to treat your recurring condition, didn’t we?”
“Is that true?” Tony turned to Gus.
“Yes, it is.” Gus glanced at him in turn, nodding solemnly and frowning.
Frank then bellowed, “I happened to be busy, so I sent a man to deliver the medicine, but Willy here intercepted him at the gates and tortured him! So what are you going to do about that?!”
Tony was left stunned by Frank’s bellow, while Gus exclaimed in shock, “You’re saying that Mr. Sorano tortured your courier?! I don’t know anything about that!”
He was just curious as to why Frank had not delivered the medicine on the appointed time as agreed… So Willy had messed everything up!
“Wait!”
Tony held up a hand, frowning at Frank. “There’s plenty of issues in what you said, Mr. Lawrence. I don’t even know you, so why would my grandnephew attack your courier? Did your courier upset him?”
Frank snorted, not bothered to explain himself. “Why don’t you let Gus over there explain?”
Gus nodded at Tony in turn. “Mr. Sorano here had a little disagreement with Mr. Lawrence in Riverton when he attempted to acquire Lycoris Entertainment. I stepped in so that they both let it rest on that occasion, but…”
Gus trailed off, but his meaning could not be clearer—Willy clearly held a grudge and took it out on Frank’s courier, so Frank had to come here himself in the name of vengeance.
“Gus Zeller, you prick!” Willy cried all over the floor right then. “You’re obviously friends with him! That’s why you spared him in Riverton… You’d believe him even though Granduncle Zam was killed there! Instead, you’d take it out on me, and now you’re siding with him again! Aren’t you consorting with the enemy against our family?!”
Gus glowered visibly at Willy’s outburst, leveling him a cool look as he chuckled. “Actually, I haven’t even settle that issue with you, Mr. Sorano! I’ve told Master Sorano about everything that happened in Riverton—why else do you think you were being investigated so thoroughly?!”
