Journey to Happy Ending

Chapter 1746 Negotiation (Part Two)

On the drive to the Ke Mansion, Rain was organizing his thoughts for the coming confrontation. The

drive was painfully dull. In order to save Tiana, Rain decided he needed to come back to the wretched

place which he had vowed never to step on in his entire life. Moreover, he had to face the disgusting

"family members" of Tiana and him.

When he first came about the news that his little sister had been taken back to the Ke mansion by her

family, he stayed up late to think hard for a reasonable excuse to help her out, but even he failed. It

was only with the unexpected help of the Mayfly did he obtain the damning evidence he needed. This

was his smoking gun. So here he was in front of the Ke's, waiting to pull the trigger.

"Hmph! It's you, Rain." Vance said his name in his most venomous tone. "If I remember correctly, didn't

you vow never to step into our house ever again? So why the hell are you here again? What brought

you here, huh? And in case you still don't know, that spot you're standing on right now belongs to the

Ke's. It's our place, not yours," Vance scoffed at Rain as soon as he saw him. It annoyed Vance greatly

that no matter when and where they met, Rain always had the aura of a real prince, whose noble

features and elegance were so strong that they radiated around him, and anybody would always look

twice.

"Oh! You think I'm willing to stand in your house? If it weren't for Tiana, I would never have allowed

myself to be in such a filthy place," Rain replied calmly but scornfully. He was no longer so easily

irritated by these unimportant people and their lies. As he looked up around the huge living room, he

realized the Ke's place had changed drastically over the years. The wallpapers had changed, and even

the floorboards weren't as polished as they used to be. One thing that had never changed, though, was

that the people who called this place home were still and always would be disgusting to him.

"Well, well, well. It seems that Tiana's effort finally paid off. I'd never have expected your highness to

come here and be with us common people in such a filthy place," Eugenia said in a sarcastic tone. Her

words were thinly veiled insults that hurled at Rain.

"I'm not here to listen to your bullshit. Where's Tiana? I want to see her now," Rain replied coldly,

completely ignoring Eugenia's mockery. He wouldn't even look at her if he could help it.

"She's my daughter, remember? Why should I listen to your requests? We're not all at your beck and

call, your highness," Sheena smirked and asked, eyeing him with utter contempt. Every time she saw

Rain, she saw his mother - Fiona. He was almost a perfect replica of her, which was evident in his

chiseled features. As Sheena remembered how beautiful Fiona had been, all she could feel was

resentment to her, and to her even more brilliant son.

"It's well within your rights to refuse my request, this is your house after all. Though, I have something

here that you should really be interested in," Rain answered calmly. His face a mask of indifference. In

a swift motion, he took out a recording pen from his pocket. As he pressed the play button, the

recording pen immediately played a conversation between a man and a woman. Their voices

reverberated across the hall.

"If you can kill the woman for us while making it look like an accident, then this ten million dollar cheque

is yours," a woman's voice said from the recording pen. It was obvious to everyone in the room that the

voice belonged to Sheena. Even though Rain hadn't been there at the time of the recording, he could

picture in his head how vicious Sheena had been when those words left her mouth.

"Yes, Mrs. Ke. I'll take care of it. You can count on me. But I just have one more request. If something

happens to me while doing this job, would you please take care of my family for me?" a man's scruffled

voice could be heard. Judging from the quality of his voice, it wasn't hard to tell that he was in his late

forties. But it wasn't determined yet whether he was the driver who had been killed in the car accident

the other day.

"Yes, yes. You don't have to worry about anything! As long as you finish the job perfectly, both you and

your family will be set for life. I'm sure you'll get all that you deserve," Sheena's chilling voice came

again. Ordering someone's death like that could always rock the listener to the core. As soon as

Sheena's voice from the recording pen finished her words, Rain pressed the stop button and in a swift

motion, tucked it in the secret pocket of his suit jacket. He did so quickly that Sheena, who already

pounced on him in rage, had no chance to take it from his hands.

"Impossible! You little bastard, where did you synthesize the voices? Who did you ask to help you edit

this? The woman from the recording pen is definitely not me!" Sheena cursed madly, her tone frantic.

Her voice was raised to the point that it broke. But deep inside, past the rage and fury, she was

panicked and felt anxious on how Rain obtained that recording. She could only mask the fear with her

anger for now. She delivered a flurry of blows at Rain like a rabid animal, in futile hopes of taking the

recording pen. However, Rain dodged expertly without even breaking a swear, his face a mask of calm.

"You said this wasn't you, but why are you so defensive and nervous?" Rain asked casually with a

menacing smile on his face. He had got her. He was so sure of it. No matter how hard and how clever

she hid the truth, there would always be a sliver of evidence left behind. This allowed him to track her

and catch her by the tail eventually.

"What the hell are you talking about? I'm not nervous at all, you little bastard. If you think you can

threaten me with one stupid recording, that's where you're wrong!" Sheena denied quickly, her voice

quivering. All her body language betrayed her true feelings though. Her erratic movements became

more and more apparent. She was sweating like a pig by now. All her strikes on him were in vain so far, Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

so she felt the urge to act more ferociously. She flailed at Rain and attacked crazily with increased

intensity.

"Stop! You stand down if you don't want the police involved! I will not hesitate for even a second to

send you to the precinct if you continue to be violent," Rain's voice boomed. The command echoed

around the chamber. He was losing patience because he got hit a few times. Seeing that Sheena was

becoming more and more unreasonable, he got mad too.