Martin's expression turned bitter as he said, "But... all the people who used to have business dealings with us suddenly stopped working with us. When I asked them why, they simply said that I offended someone I shouldn't have."

Wilson responded calmly, "I see. You must have offended a lot of people, Mr. Brooks."

Martin was left speechless. He was indeed an arrogant person and had offended numerous people before. However, with his family's wealth and connections in the underworld, he could usually handle the consequences. But this time, he had offended Wilson Birch, someone his family couldn't easily deal with.

Initially, he had thought that Clara was just Wilson's side piece. Even though she was pregnant, he still didn't think she was someone that important to Wilson. He had humiliated Clara, and Wilson later humiliated him in return. He thought they were even after that.

He thought that was the end of it, but to his surprise, after that incident, many of his family's businesses s