Chapter 690 - 14.86

"Do you think an idiot like Gaius will continue loving you after what you did to him? Your life with him is over. He will be with me now!"

"Then wake Gaius up and ask him. Just ask him which one of us he loves. I bet my life that he will say he still loves me, I am sure of it."

Clarke's confidence somehow deterred Reed. He bit his lower lip, knowing the possibility was 90% that idiot Gaius would still pick Clarke despite Clarke ' cheating' on him because Gaius was just a total idiot who believed in one and true love.

"He doesn't need to know anything, big brother. Just forget about Gaius because your relationship with him is done. It's over between you two."

"See? You don't want to tell Gaius because you know he'll still prefer me!" Clarke insisted. He might be a terrible man for ignoring his family and hurting his wife, but he still had a chance to repent and apologize as long as he could get his family back.

"Huh, you think you're the shit? Do you think I can't make that idiotic Gaius fall in love with me? You're overestimating yourself, Clarke Gaist!" Reed yelled at him as well. 

Meanwhile, Gaius, who heard the ruckus, finally woke up and walked towards Reed, arguing against someone on the call. 

He continued eavesdropping until Reed mentioned that name, Clarke Gaist.

Gaius jolted out of shock, and his elbow accidentally pushed a vase until it fell and shattered on the floor, making a loud sound.

"Who's there?!" Reed stopped his heated argument with Clarke and dashed to the living room. 

Gaius was panicked. He tried to run back to the master bedroom but fell out of panic, "AH!"

Clarke was fully alerted when he heard that voice, "Hello? GAIUS! WIFE! IT'S ME, CLARKE!"

"WIFE, PLEASE WAIT FOR ME. I WILL SAVE YOU! I WILL TAKE YOU AND THE KIDS BACK, NO MATTER WHAT!" Clarke continued yelling on the phone, hoping that his call went through.

Of course, Gaius could hear everything because, by the time Reed discovered him lying on the ground, Clarke's loud voice on the phone was crystal clear in this quiet living room. 

…

Reed gritted his teeth and hung up the call immediately. He'd deal with Clarke later, but he had a bigger problem right now since Gaius already heard everything.

Gaius was terrified when he looked up and met with Reed's dark gaze, "Did you hear anything, Gaius?"

"I—I did not..." Gaius denied out of fear. 

Reed chuckled. He grabbed Gaius by the collar and put him on his shoulder, carrying him like a sack of potato. 

He went inside the master bedroom again and threw Gaius to the bed, "AH!"

It took a moment for Gaius to recover, but he wasn't fast enough as Reed pushed him to the bed, grabbed his wrist, and clenched it tightly, just like what Clarke did before.

"Argh! Reed, it hurts!" Gaius grimaced in pain, but Reed didn't budge at all.

"Listen to me, you little idiot. I already broke my sibling relationship with Clarke. And I order you to break your relationship as well. Don't ever think about him again, understand?" Reed said with such a commanding tone. 

Gaius stopped struggling after realizing that Reed might as well break his wrist just like what Clarke did before. 

"How—How am I suppose to forget about him, not think about him in my head? Do you think I can control what is in my head and heart?" Gaius tried to hold the pain in his wrist, refusing to beg, just like what he did with Clarke. 

"I—I don't know, just don't think about him anymore! Do you want me to kill him or what?"

"NO! PLEASE DON'T!" Gaius reacted wildly, which further sparked Reed's anger even more.

"SEE! You're still thinking and caring about him! Stop being an idiot!"

Honestly, Reed also didn't understand what he was thinking right now. But the idea of Gaius, who still kept his love for Clarke even after all the plans he had made… was just so infuriating for him.

Gaius' loyal love for Clarke made Reed feel that he was the joke here!

Reed knew there was no way out other than killing Clarke, so Gaius would move on, and the kids would forget about their real dad, making Reed their new dad instead. 

But he knew that Gaius would hate him forever for doing that. 

It was such a deadlock for Reed, making him, the master of supervillains, find himself trapped in this dilemma. 

Reed finally released Gaius after realizing that he might also break Gaius' wrist.

He got up from the bed and screamed at Gaius, "You're with me now! Don't you even dare to talk or think about Clarke again! He has cheated and ignored you for years!" 

"I told you before, Reed. I can't control my heart! I can't just ignore everything! I will start a life with you if that's what you want, but I need time!" Gaius defended himself. He didn't want to be the punching bag in here. He also wanted to have a voice!

"Argh, you're an idiot!" 

Reed stormed off the master bedroom and used the small room that'd teleport him to his villain den. He didn't have the mood to fight with Gaius in this early morning.

So he might as well make his life productive by finding a good plan to kill Clarke without dirtying his hands.

Reed's right-hand man appeared right in front of him and bowed his head, "Master Ville, this is early in the morning. Is there something I can help with today?"

"Yes, I need to plan for something big because I want to target and kill a specific superhero now."

"Specific superhero? Master, I can kill anyone you target right now."

"No, you will not be able to kill him. He is immune to all kinds of weapons you have in your arsenal." Clarke replied.. "I'll make something that will absolutely make him powerless before his death."