The relationships between wealthy families were full of deceit, and the situation could change instantly.

Right now, it depended on whether the Howards and the Huttons wanted to win over Rayson and the price that they were willing to offer him.

But Rayson was greatly disappointed because Florence and Michael both remained extremely calm and didn’t show any intention to fight for the Williams.

In fact, he even saw a trace of ridicule in Michael’s eyes.

They obviously didn’t intend to win over the Williams, let alone offer any benefits to them.

Michael was naturally not going to try and get Rayson, the two-faced fence sitter, on their side.

He had long known that Lucas was in the Howard residence, and he also knew that Florence had become the new head of the Howards entirely due to Lucas’s support.

Given the relationship between Lucas and the Howards, Lucas would definitely be fearless when facing the Piers and the Williams, even if he didn’t bring the Huttons to help them.

As long as Lucas was still here, it was absolutely impossible for something untoward to happen to the Howards.

The reason he appeared here and stood firmly on the Howards’ side was all for Lucas.

Rayson must be dreaming to think of making both sides fight over him!

Seeing that both the Howards and the Huttons had absolutely no intention of getting him on their side, Rayson was left with only one option.

“Derek, since you’re willing to give me half of the profits of the large-scale projects that the Piers have clinched, I naturally won’t let you down. Don’t worry. I will stand by you!” Rayson said to Derek with a hypocritical expression on his face.

Derek cursed a few times in his head, but he was gradually relieved.

As long as the Williams were still willing to stand with the Piers, even if the Howards and the Huttons joined forces, they would still stand a chance to win!

He guffawed loudly a few times before suddenly shouting at Florence, “Florence Howard! My father came here to offer his condolences to your father on account that he was once friends with Mr. Howard. He even decided to keep to the engagement that he had agreed upon with your father before his death so that you could marry into my family, regardless of your bad reputation of killing your father and seizing the helmsman position.

“Yet not only are you not grateful, but you even spoke to my father so rudely, making him lose his temper. I won’t let it go just like that. You must apologize to my father in public to atone for your mistakes!

“My son Adam was also beaten up by someone from the Howards, and he’s still unconscious. You also owe me an explanation for this!

“I must kill the bastard who had the audacity to hit my son. You must hand him over to me and make him pay for it!”

The Piers had clearly come over on purpose to force Florence to marry into their family, and they were also the ones who provoked the Howards first. Yet Derek twisted facts and demanded that the Howards make it up to them.

Florence wasn’t a pushover either. Hearing what he said, she immediately flew into a rage. “Fine, since you want to settle accounts, let’s do it clearly!

“It’s my father’s funeral today, and he suddenly passed away from acute brain disease yesterday. Every one of us Howards is in mourning, but your father accused me of angering my father to death and showed no respect for me despite the fact that I’m now the family head. He made nasty remarks that were totally uncalled for about me. Should I get him to publicly apologize to me too?

“Also, you keep claiming that you agreed on a marriage alliance with my father before he passed away, but you can’t produce any substantial evidence to prove it. There isn’t even a single recording or token of agreement. These are all one-sided claims made by you two to force me to marry into the Pier family. How are you going to settle that?

“Also, that son of yours deserves to be in his state because of the terrible things he said to provoke us. He brought it upon himself! Why should I hand him over to you? Why should I apologize to you?”

Florence questioned loudly with gusto.

She was now the head of the Howards. If she let the Piers walk all over her and force her to apologize to them, the Howards would lose their dignity.

Florence’s questioning was so shrewd that it immediately rendered Derek speechless.

“Hmph, you’re really sharp-tongued. When it comes to throwing a fit and arguing with others, I’m naturally no match for a shrew like you!” Derek retorted furiously after a long time. He knew that the Piers were at fault and that there was no way he could outargue Florence, but he deliberately said that he wouldn’t bother arguing with a woman like Florence.

“No matter what, you have to hand over the man who beat up my son today!” Derek said firmly, not wanting to lose the upper hand.

Jordan sneered, stood up resolutely, and said coldly, “I’m the one who beat up your bastard son. What do you want?”

There wasn’t a single trace of fear on his face. There was nothing except nonchalance and contempt.

As soon as Jordan stepped forward, the surrounding Howards immediately looked excited.

They had witnessed how powerful Jordan was last night, and even Hades, one of the top five powerhouses of the Peerless Martial Association, wasn’t a match for him.

The Piers didn’t know how powerful Jordan was, so they would definitely be defeated!

The Howards were overjoyed and couldn’t wait for the Piers to suffer a loss at Jordan’s hands.

After seeing Jordan’s attitude, Derek said furiously, “Bastard, you’re already about to die, yet you’re still so arrogant in front of me!

“Since you had the audacity to hit my son, I’ll chop your hands off and feed them to the dogs!

“I’ll make it so that you don’t want to live anymore!

“Come, grab this bastard!”

With Derek’s order, the thirty or so experts of the Piers that he brought with him immediately charged toward Jordan!

He actually didn’t want to go to war with the Howards and the Huttons at this juncture. Although Rayson had just promised him that he would join forces with the Piers, a major war between four equally powerful families would definitely be earth-shattering. Even if they won, they would have to be wary of the other four powerful families trying to divide the assets.

Derek didn’t dare to easily take this risk.

Thus, he’d rather not start a war if possible.

He had ordered his subordinates to grab Jordan naturally to take revenge for his son. Once he got his hands on Jordan, he would find an excuse to leave the Howard residence and then make further plans.

But Derek forgot that Jordan was not easy to deal with.

At this time, the more than thirty experts of the Piers had already surrounded Jordan.

“Punk, kneel down immediately. If you comply, you can suffer a little less!” the leader of the experts bellowed at Jordan coldly.

In their opinion, Jordan was just a young man in his twenties, and it was absolutely impossible for him to escape their clutches since so many of them were surrounding him.

They didn’t even want to bother to take action against him and just wanted him to get on his knees for them to subdue him.

“Since you want to capture me, try doing it with your own abilities!” Jordan laughed wickedly with a bloodthirsty gaze in his eyes.