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 sla