Amelia Quinn was now furious, and deeply disappointed. She had always considered Frank Castle incompetent, but at least he had seemed like a gentleman. But she never expected Frank to be a stalker! That she had actually been blind enough to fall for such a disgusting man!
Amelia pointed coldly at Frank: "If you leave now, I won't press charges. Otherwise, I'm calling the police!"
Liam Reed stepped forward, blocking Amelia: "Frank, you're a man, can't you act like one? To still be clinging on like this after a divorce is truly unbecoming."
Alex Stone also stood with Liam, glaring at Frank with immense disdain: "Exactly! You're an embarrassment to us men!"
Frank was there to continue his vocal practice. He didn't expect to get out of the taxi only to see Amelia and her two companions standing in front of Evergreen Recording Studio, and for them to indiscriminately accuse him of stalking Amelia. He scoffed, looking Liam Reed and Alex Stone up and down with contempt: "Three women calling themselves 'men' in front of me? How audacious!"
Alex Stone's face flushed red: "What did you say?!"
Liam Reed clenched his fist, but didn't dare to make a move. He put on a heartbroken expression: "Frank, out of respect for the fact that you once loved Amelia, I don't want to target you. Don't force my hand."
Frank sneered: "Liam, not only do you look ambiguous, but you also don't dare to own up to what you've done. You truly don't deserve to be called a man."
Liam Reed's face subtly changed: "What do you mean?"
"Enough!" Amelia stepped forward, looking at Frank with immense disappointment: "Frank, I truly didn't expect you to be such a pathetic and despicable person, stalking me even after our divorce. Please leave, I don't want to see you again!"
Frank glanced at her indifferently, his voice cold: "Amelia, I also didn't expect you to be so vain and opportunistic, and so self-absorbed. In my eyes now, you're worth less than a piece of meat. Stalking you? Are you even worthy?"
"You, you..." Amelia's face turned white with rage. Frank had always been so gentle and doting towards her, never saying a harsh word. She never imagined that one day Frank would hurl such insults at her. That refined and gentle Frank was truly a disguise!
Liam Reed knew they couldn't win an argument verbally, so he nudged Alex Stone. Alex Stone understood, pulled out his phone: "I'm calling the police right now! No matter what, you're stalking Ms. Quinn, and that's illegal!"
"Idiot." Frank couldn't be bothered with them anymore. He walked to the main door of Evergreen Recording Studio and knocked. Liam Reed immediately stepped forward to stop him: "Frank, what are you doing?"
Frank glanced at him as if looking at an imbecile: "I'm going in to practice. What's it to you?"
Amelia said helplessly: "Frank, can you stop causing trouble? Do you know what kind of place this is?" Aaron Yuan was a towering figure in the music industry. If Frank messed around here and annoyed him, she wouldn't be able to get in either.
Frank ignored her completely, raised his hand and knocked twice more. Liam Reed was getting anxious. If Frank offended Aaron Yuan, he might also be dragged into it, narrowing his future prospects. But he didn't dare to lay a hand on Frank, so he turned to Alex Stone: "Call the police! Don't let this lunatic keep making a scene!"
Amelia's face was grim, she said nothing, clearly agreeing to call the police. She was utterly sick of her endlessly clinging ex-husband. Alex Stone immediately pulled out his phone, just about to dial the police, when a clear voice rang out from behind them:
"Mr. Frank?"
A young woman in a white dress with long hair reaching her waist walked over, carrying a breakfast bag. Seeing Frank, a look of delight appeared on her delicate, graceful face.
Frank turned around and smiled: "Miss Lily, am I too early?"
Lily Yuan walked up to Frank, slightly embarrassed: "I'm a little late. I went to buy breakfast. It's for me, Grandpa, and you." She then lifted the breakfast bag, her smile sweet like a mountain spring. Frank also held up his own breakfast bag: "I bought three servings of breakfast too."
Lily Yuan paused, her eyes curving into a smile: "What a coincidence!"
"Yes, what a coincidence." Frank hadn't expected to buy the same breakfast as Lily Yuan, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile wryly.
The two exchanged light smiles, as if no one else was around. Amelia suddenly felt a sour pang in her heart and spoke coldly: "Frank, you're bothering me on one hand, and then you go and sweet-talk young women. You're truly something else!"
Lily Yuan only then noticed Amelia and the two men. She instinctively hid a little behind Frank. "Mr. Frank, who are they?" Lily Yuan had always studied music with Aaron Yuan. The old man had a peculiar temper and rarely interacted with others, so she didn't meet many people. Seeing three strangers suddenly, she was instinctively a bit nervous.
Frank said: "Irrelevant people. Come on, let's go inside."
"Okay." Lily Yuan nodded. Just as she was about to pull out her key, Amelia sneered: "Little girl, I advise you to stay far away from him. This man is very hypocritical and will turn on you mercilessly!"
Frank was surprised: "Ms. Quinn, you just said I was stalking you, and now you say I'm heartless. Your words contradict each other. Your mind is so confused, maybe you should see a doctor?"
"You, you..." Amelia was speechless, her whole body trembling with rage.
Liam Reed said: "Frank, I know you want to get Amelia's attention, but this isn't a place for you to make trouble. We also need to go in to practice. If you have any shame left, take your mistress and leave immediately!" Liam Reed directly branded Lily Yuan as Frank's mistress. He even planned to hire paparazzi to take candid photos of Frank and Lily Yuan and post them online. This would conclusively prove Frank's infidelity during his marriage. As for whether Lily Yuan was innocent, it didn't matter to him. An inconspicuous young woman, if she was ruined, then so be it. Who told her to know Frank?
"You, you're spouting nonsense!" Lily Yuan was still an innocent young woman. Being slandered so directly in front of others felt like a nightmare. But she wasn't good with words and didn't know how to defend herself. In an instant, her eyes reddened with anger.
Frank quietly took a cup of hot coffee from his breakfast bag, then suddenly let out an "ah!" The coffee cup slipped from his hand, landing precisely on Liam Reed's face. The lid flew off, and coffee spilled from Liam's head, like a white, viscous waterfall, instantly washing over his face!
"Ah!!" Liam Reed shrieked, frantically wiping his face, but only making it messier. His entire body was covered in coffee.
Frank said apologetically: "My bad, my hand slipped. But Mr. Reed, you're a willing participant in infidelity and prone to slander, with such thick skin, the coffee shouldn't have scalded you, right?"
"Liam!"
"Liam, are you alright?!"
Amelia and Alex Stone shrieked simultaneously, quickly pulling out tissues to wipe Liam Reed. Most of the coffee was wiped from Liam's face, and he struggled to open his eyes, pointing at Frank with a trembling finger: "You, you did that on purpose! Frank, I won't let you get away with this! I'll make sure you can never work in the American music scene again!"
"Big talk!"
Suddenly, a tall, imposing old man with silver hair bristling walked over, staring coldly at Liam Reed: "Making a scene in front of my recording studio, slandering my granddaughter, and threatening to ruin someone's career. I, Aaron Yuan, have never seen such an arrogant person in my life!"