Lily's breath was caught in her throat. It was as if the thoughts she had for Dawn for putting her behind bars now choked her. The words she had spoken for her came back as needles that pinched her body. Her face was pale as a ghost. Wrinkles pooled around her eyes and she gazed towards Anne and Helena.

David didn't know what to do. His hands were clammy. Sweat trickled down his spine. Internally he cursed her a lot. The old bitch was simply out of control. If any of this information leaked to the media, the public sentiment would go against them and all of them would go to jail.

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"A copy of this report is with Daniel too," Daryn said casually. He noticed the changing expressions of Lily Wyatt and he was immensely satisfied with what she felt at the moment. "So what were you saying about Dawn going to jail?" he mocked her.

Dawn suppressed laughter and bit her lip.

Daryn continued with a frown. "You said that I should marry Cecilia? Who is she? I am sorry but I don't remember that woman." The way he insulted the whole family with that sentence, it was like he was slashing them with a double-edged sword. He leaned forward slightly and then in a menacing voice said, "Now tell me if I should drop charges against you? Or should I see you in jail in the next three days?"

Lily felt her body would have a paralytic attack. In a shaky voice she asked, "Have— have you filed a complaint in the police station against me?"

"Not as yet, because Dawn has stopped me for the moment."

She breathed a sigh of relief and placed her hand on her chest. A thin sheet of sweat trickled down her forehead.

Daryn continued to slice her further. "Also what did you say about exchanging brides on my wedding day?" His face suddenly turned red with fury. "You will be punished for this impudence. You dared to go against Silvers? You think that you can pressurize us? Who are you, woman? I have crushed thousands of bugs like you ever since I have taken up the position of CEO in the Silver House. I wasn't going against you because it was Dawn who had stopped me always. She was the one who held me. However, now I won't listen to her also. The—" he pointed at her and then at himself, "The seeds of enmity that you have just sown are only going to grow further."

Lily shrank in her seat. She had never ever been threatened so closely. And this threat was from the Silvers, their CEO. She looked at him with wide eyes, not able to understand how to reply to him. Her mind froze. She became quiet and the temperature of the room dropped below zero. The man emitted ruthless coldness that could put the Arctic to shame.

"Mr. Silver, name your price," said Helena. She had to quickly diffuse the situation in order to get out the mess. At first she went along with the flow with Lily but then soon realized that it was impossible to come out of the sticky situation that was created by Lily's plans.

Daryn turned to her and snarled. "I don't talk to second hand people like you." He turned his attention to Lily Wyatt.

Helena winced at the insult. It was such a blow. She looked at Gayle who watched her with a mocked smile. It was as if he was unable to suppress his laugh. Suddenly she realized that if she revealed anything about Gayle to Dawn, there were hundred percent chances that she would be sentenced to death for Luke's murder. He had asked her to get out of the family after she had sabotaged the company that Luke had taken over from Gayle, but she stayed on and went ahead with her sinister plans.

Daryn was on a rampage. He continued further. "I have evidence that those were your men, Lily Wyatt that day who tried to kill us. Why did you try to do that? Don't you know what it is to mess with the Silvers?" Then in a low voice he added, "This was his trump card."

Every one from the Wyatt family became quiet. Their minds were numb as though someone had sprayed poison gas over them.

Daryn turned his face to look at his wife who was beaming. He realized that her hand was on his thigh and she had squeezed it. He brought his hand over hers for reassurance.

"Mrs. Wyatt," Gayle said. "I believe this meeting is now over. You've already heard what my son had to say. As for the investigation against you, that is now Daniel and Dawn's decision of whether she would want to continue or not."

What he meant was that no matter what Dawn would definitely go ahead against them. In fact the Silvers would only support her.

Suddenly Anne rose on her feet. She clutched the edges of the table and spat at Dawn. "You bloody bitch! You are so greedy about your father's wealth that you are going against your own family. Don't forget that you belong to the Wyatt family. If people will come to know how you have stabbed your own family, they are going to see your true demonic face. You are such a disgrace to my brother, Luke. He was such a wonderful man and look at you. I can't believe that you are his daughter. Did Clare cheat Luke? You definitely can't be Luke's daughter!" Anne was shaking in anger. Helena placed her hand on her back in order to calm her down but she didn't sit. "Now you listen, you revolting little runt. The Starfish Refineries is ours. You will never get even a tip of the needle of the wealth of your father! It never belonged to you. Hand us over Cole and we will forget you forever. You can continue to be Daryn Silver's whore for all I care!"

Daryn's fury pounded inside. His chest rippled with a growl, which came up his throat and he let out an animalistic sound. Anne backed a little.

Jason flinched as hell. He knew that if Anne didn't stop, this massive man would gouge her and kill her in a second. "Stay quiet," he snapped at Anne.

Dawn was shocked at Anne's outburst. Her heart writhed with pain. She saw that Daryn's claws were coming out. She held them in her hands and squeezed it for him to calm. Then she got up from her place, walked up to Anne and with all the werewolf power she had, her hand cracked across her aunt's face. Anne's head snapped back with so much force from her slap that it caused her head to spin and stung her face. She saw black dots in her vision. She let out a gasp of pain, "Aahh!" and held her face.

Lily, David and Helena rose from their chairs. None of them had anticipated this.

"Mrs. Anne McDow, you shouldn't have done that," Dawn snarled.

Anne stared at her with fear in her eyes.

Dawn looked at Lily and said, "This meeting is now over."

Daryn had come over to Dawn by then. He held her hand to his lips and said, "Your hands must be stinging with pain, baby. Let me massage them."

Daniel Hughes also got up from his place with a broad grin. It was beautiful to work with Dawn.