The tearoom was in total silence, broken only by the sound of water boiling in the kettle.

Leonard was alarmed. His guess had been right!

Next to him, Claude had an ugly expression as well. Jane had truly caused them huge trouble!

After a while, Leonard said tentatively, "Actually, this is just an accident. We never would have thought that things would happen this way."

"I don't want to hear any nonsense." Mark looked at Leonard coldly.

"Since you planned to frame me for this, you should pay the price. Treat the destroyed docks as a lesson from me.

"You two better stay out of my affairs with Yvonne. Don't let me find out that you're playing dirty tricks again. If not …"

Mark's gaze sharpened. "Don't think you'll be able to live out your golden years peacefully."

Leonard and Claude were stunned.

Claude was the first to react. He rebuked, "Mark, we're already humbly explaining it to you, yet you're still so unforgiving! You clearly don't respect us at all!"

"If you want to st