Andrew’s smile was ice-cold. “Now you want to beg and let her go? Mia, don’t you think it’s a little late for that?”

Mia’s voice shook with fear. “So you’re saying you won’t let me go? Then believe me when I say I’ll drag Victoria down with me.”

Victoria sneered. “Andrew, don’t worry about me. This is the perfect chance to wipe out the Driscoll family completely. Kill Maurice and end them for good! Don’t spare that bitch Mia either. Kill every last one of the Driscoll bloodline, then find Joe, that little rat who slipped through, and wipe him out too!”

Mia’s face twisted in rage and panic. “Shut up, Victoria! Shut your damn mouth! Do you really think I won’t kill you?”

Her hand trembled, and blood trickled from the cut she made across Victoria’s pale neck.

Yet, Victoria did not even blink. She even smiled as she said, “Andrew, listen to me. Forget about me. I’m already a broken shell, but the Driscoll family must not be spared. Kill them all, and in Blumedale, you’ll rise as one of the three rulers. With your talent and strength, becoming the King of Gabo Creek will be within your reach.”

Andrew shook his head slowly. “Victoria, the only reason I destroyed the Driscoll family was for you. If you’re gone, then none of this means anything at all!”

Victoria froze, then sighed. “Foolish boy, devotion like that will only hold back a man’s rise.”

Tiana let out a sharp snort. “Alright, enough talking! You can wipe out the Driscoll family and still save her. Do both at once!”

Andrew lifted Maurice and growled, “Mia, let Victoria go. Then, I’ll hand Maurice back to you. If not, none of you will leave alive!”

Maurice barely managed to open his eyelids as the blood dripping into his eyes caused unbearable pain. He whispered hoarsely, “Mia… save me! Mia, please… save me!”

The once-feared overlord sounded so pitiful that even his own people looked at him with disgust.

Mia’s eyes filled with tears as she shook her head again and again. “Maurice, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry!”

Maurice struggled feebly and gasped, “W–What are you doing? Trade Victoria for me! Save me, quickly!”

However, Mia only cried harder as she gritted her teeth and said, “Maurice, I can’t trade her life for yours. Even if I save you, it’s pointless… Just let go. The only one I need to protect now is our Joe.”

Maurice’s face twisted in disbelief, and he roared, “You bitch… you…”

Victoria laughed bitterly, her voice dripping with venom. “Maurice, you’re just a pathetic fool. Even now, when death is right in your face, you still don’t realize you’ve been raising another man’s son your whole life. Do you want to know why Mia won’t save you?”

Mia immediately panicked and shouted, “Victoria, you bitch! Shut your mouth! Don’t you dare say it!”

Victoria sneered with malicious delight on her face. “You don’t want me to talk? Well, that just makes me want to say it even more. Mia, you’re nothing but a heartless, lying whore! You cuckolded Maurice for decades and made him raise the bastard you had with Franklin!”

Her words rang out like thunder. “Maurice, you still don’t know, do you? Joe, the son you love most, was never yours to begin with!”