As soon as these words were spoken.

Jaden Lawson's pent-up fury in his heart flared up instantly.

He pushed the woman on him aside.

Stood up.

Walked up to the woman who spoke and slapped her hard.

"Can you get naked? If you can't today, I'll ruin you."

The woman covered her face, tears of grievance streaming down.

Seeing she still didn't move.

Jaden Lawson kicked her, the woman flew out and hit the ground heavily.

"Can't take it off, huh? If you can't, I'll help!"

Truly a perverted breed.

He directly pressed down on the woman.

The woman's thin dancing outfit was torn apart with a ripping sound.

His hands harshly squeezed on her ample breasts.

The woman dared not resist, only letting him ravage her.

Seemingly not satisfied yet.

Jaden Lawson prepared to tear at her panties.

Just then, the door of the private room opened.

A hand grabbed his collar from behind, lifted hard, and Jaden Lawson's body was thrown uncontrollably, flying straight into a coffee table before stopping.

"Goddamn it, which bastard, to me..."

Jaden Lawson cursed as he got up from the ground, just about to get angry.

The person before him, hands behind his back, choked off his words.

In front stood two men.

One was Dirk Carter, and the other was Arlo Yarbrough.

The one who had just disciplined Jaden Lawson was Arlo Yarbrough.

"Hah, I wondered who it was; so it's Commissioner Carter. Still having the leisure time today to play in places like these, huh?"

Dizzily.

Jaden Lawson stood up.

Zipped up his pants.

Sitting squarely on the sofa.

"Everyone out."

Dirk Carter said.

The women in the room, already frightened pale.

Heard these words and hurriedly rushed out without caring for anything else.

Now, only three people remained in the room.

"Commissioner Carter, quite the stance, daring to chase away the women I called, you think I won't dare to touch you?"

Jaden Lawson asked coldly.

Dirk Carter smiled slightly and said, "I've heard of Mr. Lawson's reputation. In this world, I suppose there's nothing you wouldn't dare to do. A man who dares to touch even his brother's woman is rare, after all."

As soon as these words were out.

Jaden Lawson shivered, sharply looking at Dirk Carter, seemingly pondering how Dirk knew this inside information.

"You wouldn't have come into my booth just to tell me this, would you?"

Jaden Lawson asked.

Dirk Carter laughed and said, "Of course not; I've come to discuss cooperation with Mr. Lawson."

"Cooperation? What's there to cooperate on?"

"Certainly, there is."

Dirk Carter responded.

Paused, then said, "Does Mr. Lawson feel there is deep hatred between us?"

This made Jaden Lawson pause.

After carefully recalling how the bad blood between them started, he said, "Does it matter if there's deep-seated hatred? If I want to hit you, I can, I have that ability."

"What if our enmity was someone pushing it from behind?"

Dirk Carter asked.

Jaden Lawson was just about to sneer when he froze suddenly.

Took a deep breath, and asked, "Are you saying, behind all this is..."

"Benson Caldwell."

As soon as Dirk Carter said this, Jaden Lawson's eyes widened, filled with countless "disbeliefs."

And then.

Dirk Carter recapped how they became enemies, then explained his deductions, and after finishing, he stared at Jaden Lawson and said, "You came to Ardmore City for development, snatching Benson Caldwell's market share. He won't let you off, but his people can't directly attack you for fear you'd spill everything about him, so he picked someone new like me to deal with you. This way, you wouldn't resent him, and maybe after I've dealt with you, he'll jump in to fix things for you. In that scenario, you'd be bought and still counting money for them."

Jaden Lawson was blindsided.

Totally blindsided.

Sitting dumbfounded in place.

Not speaking for a long time.

In his mind, he recalled his last moments with Benson Caldwell.

Back then, deciding to leave Aether Group, Benson Caldwell earnestly tried to keep him, saying bygones could be bygones.

But they had fallen out, and Jaden Lawson had no face left to stay.

Firmly stated he was leaving.

Benson Caldwell even gave him some money, telling him to come back any time if he faced difficulties.

During his initial time in Ardmore City, a part of him still felt a bit guilty.

If what Dirk Carter said is true.

Then Benson's velvet glove had completely fooled him.

He looked up at Dirk Carter and said, "What you say is your speculation; it may not be true."

Dirk Carter nodded and said, "Yes, it may not be true, just speculation. To verify this, I arranged the Florin District Police Precinct's farce."

"Your arrangement?"

Jaden Lawson asked.

Dirk Carter smiled slightly and laid out all his arrangements.

Including Ewan Forrest's betrayal, Yolanda Woods' appearance, every step planned ahead by Dirk Carter.

After hearing the entire process.

Jaden Lawson took a deep breath, feeling a bit afraid of Dirk Carter in front of him.

His every move was within their expectations—was he still human?

"Since you wanted to cooperate, why did you clash with me?"

Jaden Lawson asked.

Dirk Carter smiled and said, "Simple, two reasons. First, I must confirm if Anselm Hall would spare no effort to protect me. If he does, it means my suppositions are correct."

"The second reason is, I had to fully clash with you for him to believe we couldn't possibly cooperate. If Anselm Hall wants to stay out, then together, we pull him in."

The truth was laid before Jaden Lawson.

Now it depended on what he chose.

After a long silence.

Jaden Lawson asked, "You want to cooperate with me just for Anselm Hall?"

"Of course not; my target is Benson Caldwell."

Dirk Carter said with a smile.

This answer.

Made Jaden Lawson suddenly burst into laughter.

He said, "Just you? Going against Benson Caldwell? Did you not wake up from dreaming? Do you know what level of big shot he is? Even Serenity State leaders would reconsider touching him; you're joking, right?"

"Do you think I'm joking?"

"What else? You're just a small fry, not enough to even fill his teeth gap. Don't think when you haven't even acted, you're left with not even bones. Don't think I'm just spouting; you really don't know, his backing, how strong it is."

Jaden Lawson took a deep breath and said.

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