"Settle them," Sean said quietly.

Jadon and the rest immediately stepped forward, dragging Kennedy and Curtis outside Lake Residence.

"What are you doing? I'm the heir of the Lake family! You'll die for touching me!"

Theodore grabbed Curtis by the collar as he struggled and screamed like he had lost his mind. He knew he probably would not live until the next day if they brought him away.

Kennedy looked helpless as he had given up struggling. It seemed he had accepted his reality and stopped resisting. He knew Sean and the others would never spare him. Instead of humbly begging for mercy right before dying, he might as well be a little more dignified. They were going to die either way, so he might as well save some pride.

"Mr. Lennon, since you destroyed the Lake family's first branch, you're done with Ocean City, right?" Crystal asked as she looked at Sean.

Sean nodded slightly, glancing at the members of the Lake family's first branch in the corner, who were observing him.

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