Riches in Disguise

Jaxon kneeled down in front of the stretcher and unveiled the corpse.

A corpse which had begun the decomposing process was exposed before him and the members of Dragonshade Society. When they recognized him, everyone inhaled sharply.noveldrama

"It's Oscar!"

"Oscar..."

"Oscar's dead?"

Lynn clapped a hand over a mouth and turned to me in horror.

Oscar had been thrown from a floor above her apartment. He died within her compound. For the past few days, she had been restless. Seeing his corpse now obviously gave her a shock.

I signaled at her to calm down. Then, I walked in front of her to block her line of sight.

Even if this corpse wasn't Oscar, it wasn't good practice to allow a woman to see a corpse.

Suddenly, the sound of suede shoes rapping on the floor rang out.

As everyone had been silenced by the sight of Oscar's corpse, the sound of his footsteps seemed louder than they were.

A man in a suit and a slick-back walked in with a cigarette in hand. He looked to be around 40 years of age. Although he seemed like a gentleman, there was no warmth in his eyes.

Upon seeing him, Jaxon's eyes widened. "M-Mason Connaught?"

Mason smiled and said, "Not bad. At least you still recognize me."

Jaxon gulped and asked, "You killed Oscar?"

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Mason chuckled

accuse the good guy. Based on the police's investigations into the matter, Oscar drank too much and fell from an apartment. It had nothing to do with me. I was merely kind enough to procure the corpse and return it to you guys

As he spoke, he strode over to Jaxon.

Jaxon looked terrified. "I don't know... I haven't done anything to you guys. Why are you doing this?"

Mason shook his head. "It looks like Mr. Wilde has some hearing problems. Hasn't my subordinate told you this? You offended Mr. White."

"I've never seen Mr. White, though."

"Oh, it looks like your eyesight isn't particularly good either, Mr. Wilde Our boss is closer than you think. You'd just ordered your subordinate to beat him up. Have you forgotten?"

Jaxon thought, "Closer than I thought? When did I ask for him to be beaten up?"

Then, he turned to me and asked, "You're referring to ... him?"

I'd wanted to keep my identity a secret. However, there was no point in doing so now. I walked over to Mason and admitted, "It's me."

Everyone turned to me once more. Lynn looked as though her eyeballs were about to pop out of their sockets.

Initially, Damian had been glaring at me furiously, planning out his revenge plan. However, after my declaration he paled.

Liana put her palm over her mouth and took a step back, terrified that I would notice her.

Naturally, I wouldn't give them the time of day.

Mason would deal with this for me. I didn't need to do anything myself.

Jaxon looked at me in confusion.

"Mr. White, it was my problem. I didn't know your identity and offended you. However, before. today's celebratory event, I had no idea who you were. I haven't done anything wrong toward you either. Why are you giving us a hard time?"