In a dark room with barely any comforts, Richard waited for Dianna, who entered with the usual elegance that characterized her, covering her nose due to the smell and looking around in disgust.

"Hello, genius. Your great plan didn’t work."

"You did everything wrong, damn it! That bitch wasn’t supposed to almost die—just get scared."

"I followed your instructions to the letter, you idiot. Accept that you’ll never be better than Bastien."

Richard lunged at Dianna, grabbing her by the neck and slamming her against the wall.

"Don’t you dare say that, stupid bitch."

Dianna struggled under Richard’s grip until he let her drop, gasping and rubbing her throat.

"Rot in hell alone, Richard. I’m done. I won’t be part of this anymore. I don’t want to enrage Bastien. I thought you had a solid plan, but here are the results: you didn’t even manage to make that whore lose the bastard she’s carrying."

"That fucking bitch is stronger than I thought," Richard muttered, clenching his fists. "You can’t l