As Mark hung up the phone, he heard the door unlock.

Soon, the lights in the villa turned on.

Chuck stood in the foyer. He immediately spotted Mark sitting in the living room, flanked by a row of people dressed in black.

Chuck hesitated briefly, then put on a smile and approached them.

"Why didn't you let me know that you were coming to Northena? I should have gone to pick you up."

Mark wore a stern expression as he tossed a bag of medicine onto the coffee table. "These were utterly usele