Chapter 1166: Should we… run away, Hera?
[PRESENT TIME]
"I’ll help you take down Florence Oxley."
Dominic’s eyes remained on Old Madam Zhu’s figure, sighing as he remembered Lukas’s words. It sounded all so tempting in the ear until Lukas went on to a more complicated part of his plans.
According to him, even before everything went down this way, there were already plans in motion to take down Florence Oxley. However, what they didn’t see coming was that Florence had already spread her virulent power and built her influence all over the world. She was connected not only to vicious felons across the world, but she also had a vote in big international government agencies.
In other words, even before Lukas and the rest could see Florence’s real level of threat, it was already too late. This explains why nothing happened until now because if they made a misstep, they’d fall straight to hell.
"And your participation in this is..." Dominic’s jaw tightened, staring at Grandma Zhu coldly. "... is to draw out Hera through me."
This was indeed tiring.
Dominic balled his hands into a tight fist. No wonder Old Madam Zhu worded her confession that way despite knowing it would hurt him. She knew once she told him about Hera, Dominic would do everything in his power to protect the family from an underground big shot such as Hera.
It was almost flattering that Old Madam Zhu thought that Dominic was that capable of drawing Hera out of himself. But then again, he couldn’t blame everyone because Hera had been reacting to everything Dominic had done so far. Although the diamond venture was a coincidence in the past, Dominic’s activity in Hera’s money displayed his prowess to mess with her.
"The Five Secret Families..." he whispered, loosening his fist. "... reminds me of some traditional family of the past."
Dominic barely heard all these rules the secret society followed, but he felt suffocated already. "The Oxley, Silvers... Ebonhart."