�Consider it, Quinton. If there are no issues, we can talk to him about the finer details next Wednesday,� Renee said earnestly, hoping that Quinton would say yes.

Quinton, however, snorted coolly, the look behind his mask becoming troubled. �You�re

being naive, Renee. A grudge is not so easily forgotten-it�s just like the scars on my face, lingering despite having healed, and a constant reminder of the humiliation I suffered. Anyone who forgets to hate is quite simply� spineless.�

He took off his mask when he finished speaking, revealing the gruesome scars that

stretched across his face like lightning under the bright white lights overhead.

�Quinton�� Renee frowned, her heart breaking.

�He reduced me to a dog�s life, a shadow of the man that I was� and now, you want me to shake hands and make peace just because you told me too? Aren�t you getting conceited?�

Quinton sneered. No one understood how he survived all those years�he was

fundamentally unkind, so �love and peace� was just too difficult for him to even pretend.

Moreover, Quinton could tell that Renee still loved Stefan, but that would not stop him from being Stefan�s enemy.

�I know you�re still in love with him, so you have my word that I won�t kill him no matter how bad our rivalry gets. But this is business, it�s a dog-eat-dog world, so I�m not going to hold back!�

�I know you�ve been enemies with Stefan for a while, and asking for a partnership now is difficult for you, but you don�t have to worry�I will try to get him to make amends. As long as he is sincere enough, I�m sure that you will become friends one day. It�s what our parents and grandfather would have wanted to see.�

With three generations of friendship, the best outcome would be for it to continue.

�That�s not going to happen. The grudge between me and Stefan is far from that.� Quinton�s fists clenched, his gaze becoming distant. There was so much he never told Renee- not murdering Stefan was already the limit of his mercy.

Renee became curious then, and asked carefully, �What else happened between you and him? What don�t I know?�

They should be even after Stefan disfigured Quinton, and Quinton blinded Stefan. She had no idea what could have fueled such hatred in Quinton.

�The less you know, the better.� Quinton sighed, and turned to stride into the inner house.

�I�m tired. I need some rest after everything they put me through.�

Renee stared at Quinton with melancholy as he left. It was clear that Quinton carried a

terrible grudge, and she had to bring him around.

Quinton returned to his bedroom with Chase following closely behind, at his beck and call as always.

�Welcome back, sir. None of us had been sleeping soundly ever since we lost contact with you-we almost brought the cavalry down on the heads of the Hunt family!�

�You�ve lost contact with me plenty of times before. Why so serious?� Quinton asked,

impassive even as he took off his mask and suit. Chase quickly went to take both, and hung them up primly. �Yes, we did, but this is Stefan Hunt we�re talking about. You two have history, so what if he decided to pull the trigger?�

Quinton raised a brow, but said confidently, �You don�t have to worry about that. He won�t go for the kill like me, or it�s over between him and my sister.� JrNovels.com