Cory was a little surprised. He furrowed his brows.

"Is that it?"

"Yes. What you want to do is your choice," Stephen said calmly.

"Besides, I didn't help you the other night because I wanted you to repay the favor. It was a one-time thing, and we had only just met. I'm meeting you today because I wanted to know who has been helping me."

Stephen paused for a while. There was a smile in his tone. "I'm quite surprised that you were honest with me."

Cory was silent. He clearly hadn't expected Stephen to respond like this.

He thought Stephen would get angry or try to stop him from helping Mark. On the contrary, not only was Stephen not angry, but he was a little excited as well.

Stephen wasn't like any other enemies that Cory had encountered before. Somehow, Cory got a little excited as well.

He knew that this was an understanding between powerful men.

He smirked, and his eyes gleamed manically. "Great. It's much more interesting to be enemies with you than to be friends."

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