A day passed in the blink of an eye. Today, Andrew was set to head for the Cunningham family.
At the gates of the Lloyd family estate, Kelvin was still kneeling. Though he had not been given food, he was given water. However, it was nothing more than plain drinking water. He had been kept barely alive like this, kneeling at the entrance of the Lloyd estate for almost a week straight.
Kelvin was completely wrecked. Yet, he did not dare to pass out, nor did he dare to close his eyes and just drop dead. Only by continuing to kneel and keeping Andrew satisfied would the people of the Nieves family in Sylvan Peaks remain safe for now.
Only then would his illegitimate son be spared.
Andrew squatted in front of Kelvin and smiled casually. "You weren't like this two years ago. You were full of confidence and looked down on everything. Back then, you even wanted to kill my father, didn't you?"
Kelvin struggled to open his cracked lips. "Yes, I deserve death."
Andrew said listlessly, "How boring. I still prefer the defiant man you used to be. Given your current state, killing you would be easy, but it would feel meaningless. However, letting you go just like this would be too easy on you. Really, this is quite a dilemma for me."
Kelvin quickly said, "Mr. Lloyd, you don't need to trouble yourself. I'll just keep kneeling here as long as you don't harm the people of the Nieves family."
Kelvin looked wary. "What is it? If you want to take down my family, I'm sorry, but I'd rather die than help with that. That's my family. They raised me. I can't do it."
Andrew scoffed. "Honestly, I really don't need your help if I want to destroy the Nieves family in Sylvan Peaks. I just need to give the order and bring enough people, and I could level your home city in two days."
Kelvin trembled. "W-What do you want me to do?"
Andrew said coldly, "I'll notify you when the time comes. For now, you don't need to know. First, go and have a good meal. Then, take a shower while you're there. You look horrible right now."

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The readers' comments on the novel: Rising from the Ashes (Andrew)
The author is insanely inconsistent with Christina's character. She was loyal enough to withstand torture until she fainted, and refused to call Andrew when she was kidnapped (even though it was out of a misplaced sense of protectiveness due to her lack of trust in him). This shows that despite her family being trash (other than Dougals), she is at least a good peson at heart. Then she suddenly turns into someone spiteful and evil simply because the author is no longer intersted in patching them back up, and has decided to set him up with Lauren and Fran. That's his choice, but at least be consistent....
3387 to 3389 has nothing in it, please chevk...
Great story.. One of my favorite.. Please more update.. Thanks.....
Buy nothing is there...
no update? :-(...
Why there is no update for last two days??...
Brilliant piece of work. I am enjoying the novel. The only problem is that it is taking longer to update more chapters....