The senior executives talked among themselves in a panic. Darcy drew a deep breath and looked at the veteran security officers. She asked, “Are those foreigners mercenaries?” “Yes, Ms. Quint. They have served in the army. They have this presence about them.“They were outrageous enough to show their faces in Arcadia and flashed their guns. I’m sure there’s nothing they won’t do,” a security officer commented solemnly. The senior executives grew anxious. Some even wanted to hand in their resignation. The Lees had their eye on Sky Ocean Corporation and even hired foreign mercenaries. These mercenaries were cold-blooded murderers. The group felt chills down their spine. Fear washed over Darcy too. “You are all dismissed. I will figure out a way. I promise no one else will be dragged into this. Trust me.” She sent the senior executives home and locked herself in the office. Darcy did not expect Cosmo to take things far in the name of vengeance. However, the circumsta
“Darcy, we should talk inside where it’s more private,” Cosmo said with a smile while drawing puffs. He brought his men to block Darcy at the door in case there was a trap waiting for him inside the building. Cosmo could not be sure whether Darcy would fight back. Though he managed to instill fear in Darcy, he knew that Darcy and Kaze were notoriously stubborn. However, Cosmo had nothing to worry about if he entered the building with Darcy. With Darcy as his hostage, Kaze would not try anything foolish. “Alright.” Darcy got her act together and nodded. She could not refuse now that she fell into the hands of Cosmo. Cosmo’s people surrounded Darcy while Sky Ocean Corporation’s security team escorted Cosmo’s group. The crowd surged into the building. The group stepped into the lobby and took the lift to the floor where Darcy’s office was. Cosmo knew then that no ambush was set up in the building. “You have a night to think things through. What’s your answer?” L
Sky Ocean Corporation was a recognized business second to Perfect World Group.Kaze bought the company at the auction for 500 million dollars. The corporation grew in assets due to its successful mergers and development. In addition to the company shares held by the Queens for Darcy, her own shares were worth more than a billion dollars.Yet, Cosmo wanted to buy all her shares for a hundred dollars. It was a joke. “You are not serious about doing business, Cosmo. “You want to acquire my shares for a hundred dollars. That’s daylight robbery. “Do you think I wouldn’t call the cops?” Darcy said curtly, her cheeks flushed with anger. She ignored the night at the hotel comment. Either way, her response would egg Cosmo on. Cosmo seemed to get a kick out of Darcy’s rage. “Are you threatening me, Darcy?” Raising a brow, Cosmo waved at his subordinates in the back and smirked. “Why don’t I call the cops for you? Should my people help you make the phone call?” One of
“Get it, Ms. Quint?” Cosmo’s subordinate said with a pretentious smile. His flat tone was creepy. Even Darcy had goosebumps. She dared not imagine what would happen to her family if they fell into the hands of Cosmo. “Maybe you should just sign the contract, Ms. Quint. You’re in charge of the company’s daily affairs. Even if Mr. Lee becomes the shareholder, you can work for him, and you will be paid well.” “That’s right. Mr. Lee is wealthy. I believe he’s a generous employer.” “No one can handle the consequences of upsetting Mr. Lee.” The senior executives persuaded Darcy. Nevertheless, it somehow slipped these people’s minds that Cosmo was not demanding Darcy’s shares. He wanted to have a night with her too. The change of ownership in shares made no difference to them. It was just a change of boss. That was all. However, if Darcy challenged Cosmo’s authority and pissed him off, the executives might get dragged into the mess. Hence, they wished they could hold D
The menacing look on Cosmo’s face made Darcy shudder in fear. Kaze put his hands on her shoulders before frowning at Cosmo. He said in a chilling voice, “You’re one of the Lees?“I’ve never seen you before.” Before Kaze left the family, Cosmo, a minor at the time, rarely visited the family residence.It made sense that Kaze did not recognize Cosmo after years had passed. Though Kaze was the reason for Cosmo’s tough living situation behind bars and Harrison breaking his legs, Kaze had never met Cosmo in person. “Bastard! I can’t believe you don’t know who I am!” Cosmo yelled savagely. Cosmo was in a miserable state because of Kaze. Yet, the latter did not know him. The feeling was worse than when Kaze ignored him earlier. “Fine. It doesn’t matter that you don’t know me.” Cosmo nodded and hissed through clenched teeth, “You’ll know who I am after today, Kaze. “I came here to make you pay.“But it’s not going to be a quick and painless death. I want to steal your wife
Kaze was out for blood. He would have struck had he not been worried about causing unnecessary fatalities and injuries in the crossfire.“Are you alright, sir?” A subordinate helped Cosmo up in a fluster. “Get lost.” Cosmo shook the subordinate’s arm off and wobbled his spinning head before coming to grips with reality. He glared at Kaze and rubbed his cheek. “You have the nerve to hit me, loser. “You mooched off the family, and then we kicked you out. How dare you hit me!” The office was filled with Cosmo’s angry screams. Ignoring the weapons directed at him, Kaze said indifferently, “Didn’t I break your legs a long time ago? “I’ll say this one last time. Kneel and apologize. You better tell me your name.“Otherwise, I can guarantee that you won’t be walking out the door.” Sky Ocean Corporation’s senior executives shuddered. “So you want to know my name? “Fine. I’ll tell you right now. At least you’ll know the name of your killer.” Livid, Cosmo turned arou
In Sky Ocean Corporation’s reception area, Cosmo stared Kaze down. It took quite a bit of persuading on a subordinate’s part to calm Cosmo down. “Just because you hold sway in Lilyrose doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want, Kaze. “To be frank, your businesses and connection to the mayor’s office mean squat to my family. “My family can easily take these things away from you.” Back to his arrogant self, Cosmo looked at Kaze and Darcy in disdain and said eerily, “No one can stop my family from acquiring the Lilyrose New City project.“If you don’t want to die in the crossfire, you better sign the shares over to me and doll your wife up for me. “You have three days and not a minute more.” Cosmo pointed at Kaze intimidatingly before leaving with his men. In the reception area, the employees of Sky Ocean Corporation turned pale and shivered in fear. Cosmo was cocky to threaten to fire at Kaze. He even revealed an important message before he took off. Since the Sunr
“Got it, babe.” Kaze nodded. He spent some time with Darcy. With Darcy throwing herself into work, Kaze got up and left the office. Once outside, Kaze pulled out his phone to make a phone call. “Boss.” Draco’s voice came on the phone. Kaze said grimly, “Send a team and kill every last member of Zion Mercenaries in Lilyrose. Leave Christian live for now. I need him to send back a message.” He gave Christian one last warning. Christian was supposed to evaluate the mercenaries and their organizations in Arcadia within three days. However, Christian ignored the threat and stayed in Lilyrose. To make matters worse, he was also involved with the Lees too. Now that Kaze had time, he could deal with them. “I’ll assign the task to Battle Dragon Troops.” Draco carried out the command. …Meanwhile, Cosmo had a hard time shaking off the rage when he returned to his accommodation. “Call Christian here now. I want to talk to him.” Cosmo waved his arm and sat on the cou
“Mr. Tenby, I thought you were speaking out for your friend, but you were just looking for an excuse to ask me out.“Try your luck with another girl. Here is not the place for you to pick up chicks.” The crowd gave Draig strange looks. Draig turned red. He glared at Buffy, tempted to lash out. Fuck. He got played. Buffy hit on him, and he simply responded. She turned things around and made it sound like he was picking her up. Unbothered by Draig’s rage, Buffy smiled charmingly. “Besides, a nice gentleman has invited me for dinner.” The crowd made guesses about who would be having dinner with Buffy. Buffy sauntered toward Kaze and sat next to him. As the crowd watched on in disbelief, Buffy hooked her arm around Kaze’s. Um… It was an eye-bulging moment. Nothing more needed to be said. It was unbelievable. Instead of steering clear, Buffy showed her fondness toward Kaze, a dumped divorcée. Buffy would make herself a laughingstock. Besides, Kaze did no
“Should I defend you instead?” Buffy pointed at Cyan. “I heard you mocking Kaze. You better watch it. “Otherwise, you can kiss your career online goodbye. I don’t care whether you’re with Golden Scale Corporation.” Cyan turned pale. She would not doubt Buffy’s words. Buffy’s father was the former deputy chief. Jude still held influence within the organization. She had access to wealth and resources through control over Gwake Corporation. It would not take much for Buffy to get Cyan canceled. All Buffy needed to do was bribe her way to the higher management of Golden Scale Corporation.Cyan held her tongue. Unable to stand Buffy’s arrogance, Draig stepped forward in disgruntlement. “You must be Ms. Gwake. Even if Cyan was a little harsh about Kaze, she was only looking out for Kaze. You are taking things far by assaulting Cyan.“Cyan is my friend. Shouldn’t you answer to me? “Oh, I should introduce myself.” Draig looked at Buffy and said indifferently, “I am Draig
“I’m telling you, Kaze. We won’t stand by and watch you prey on these socialites,” Cyan uttered indignantly as if she stood on the path of justice. Kaze sighed. “I really want to slap you awake if not for your dad, Cyan. “Draig, you’re something else to dig your own grave in your father’s name.” “Tsk!” “Who do you think you are?” Draig and Cyan turned their noses up at Kaze’s remark. Cyan clamored, “Come on. Show me what you got.“You’re a joke. I exposed you for who you are, and you, in turn, want to slap me? “I’d love to see you try—” A woman stormed into the place and raised her hand. “Smack!” The slap echoed through the silent room, and the crowd stirred. “Buffy?” “She’s the only daughter of Jude, the former deputy chief of the Viper’s Den South River State Branch. She’s the chairwoman of Gwake Corporation.” “She’s the one rumored to be dating Lee.” Chatters filled the room. The crowd looked at Buffy in shock. Buffy showed up out of nowhere and slappe
Kaze was definitely the only one to show up to Bronze Sparrow on a bicycle. It took guts to do so. Kaze grabbed his carbonated drink from the table and took a sip before turning to Draig. He said indifferently, “I didn’t know there was a rule that a divorcee can’t attend today’s celebration. “Is there a rule that guests can’t attend the party on a bike? “Who makes the rules?” Faced with Kaze’s questioning, Draig and the others were lost for words. The guests exchanged looks. There were no such rules. However, Kaze should know his place. Kaze was asking for a beatdown by crashing a high-profile party when he was just a nobody. Draig nodded furiously. “You never learn, Kaze.”“He’s hopeless now. He’s hit rock bottom, so he’ll stay put no matter what we say.” Cyan gritted her teeth. It was frustrating to deal with someone like Kaze. No one was getting through to him. Without looking at the pair, Kaze said blankly, “Are you done? You can leave if you’re done.”
Since the branch leader would show up, Cyan did not want the branch leader to know that she was associated with Kaze. It would only be damaging to her reputation. While the group sought Kaze out, the latter sat alone in a living room corner, snacking and scrolling on his phone. Kaze was too hungry to care about what anyone else thought of him. His cheeks were full. The rich and powerful furrowed their brows in disdain, keeping their distance from Kaze. For some reason, Cyan saw red. “Kaze!” She angrily yelled and got up in his face, “Why are you eating like you’ve been starving for days? “Why are you stealing food here? “Do you know where you are? You’re an embarrassment!” Cyan’s voice attracted a lot of attention. The crowd gathered and gossiped among themselves about Kaze. Kaze was just chilling on his own, eating, and playing a mobile game. Cyan and her friends came at him out of the blue. He was beyond annoyed. If Cyan was not Lock’s daughter, he would’ve sl
“Mr. Ettinger!” the Viper’s Den members greeted Collier with their heads down. Collier buttoned up his suit and nodded. “Ms. Delmore is still in the office. I came ahead of her to see if there’s anything more to do.” Since Kaze would be attending the celebration, Hannah and Collier wanted to make sure everything was in order. Cyan beamed at the sight of Collier and exclaimed, “Mr. Ettinger!” Recognizing Cyan, Collier greeted her with a smile, “It’s you, Ms. Yemen. Welcome. Why aren’t you heading inside? Are you waiting for someone?” Cyan was delighted by Collier’s warm welcome. She pointed at the head of the Viper’s Den members in charge of gatekeeping. “I want to get in but your people said we can’t enter without an invite. “I guess the other guests who went in didn’t need an invite.” That was the reason why Cyan and Draig seethed in a corner. They realized that no one produced an invitation to get into Bronze Sparrow. In other words, the Viper’s Den members were jus
As the air crackled with deadly intent, Draig’s heart pounded with dread. He was horrified that the Viper’s Den members were just as strong, if not stronger than him. Draig had no idea that these members were Viper’s Den South River State Branch’s key players. They were the elites of the elites in the South River State. “Easy there, gentlemen. Mr. Tenby is from abroad. He doesn’t know the rules of Arcadia. Please cut him some slack.” With Draig caught in a spot, Cyan came to the rescue. Since Cyan was nice about it, the leader of the pack scoffed and waved his arm. His companions quickly put away their weapons. “I don’t care where you came from, but you need to keep to the Arcadian rules since you’re here. You don’t get special favors here.” The leader stared at Draig and said icily, “This should not happen again. Now, get lost!” Draig burned with rage. The people, except for Kaze, had been bending over backward for Draig since his arrival in Arcadia. To think he
The Viper’s Den members yelled at Draig while pulling out their weapons. The air was thick with tension. Draig knew that it was not wise of him to fight during Hannah’s celebration. The Viper’s Den members would not stand by and let the commotion stew. Draig was caught between a rock and a hard place. By throwing the punch, he would be at odds with the Viper’s Den, but he could not turn the other cheek on the matter. “Just forget it, Mr. Tenby. Don’t get into it with a dropped loser. You’re only insulting yourself.” Cyan gave Draig an out. Draig retrieved his arm and scoffed. “Consider yourself lucky, Kaze.” A shadow of regret fleeted across Kaze’s eyes. If Draig were to start a fight, Kaze would have reason to finish him off and get rid of the annoyance. It was a shame that the Viper’s Den members stopped anything from happening. Cyan criticized, “Mr. Tenby is only looking out for you, Kaze. Yet, you stomped on his car key. You went too far. Hurry up and apologiz
“Nevermind. Why are we wasting our time with the likes of him? We don’t belong in the same world anyway.” Draig waved his arm. “Come on. Let’s get inside.” Dumping his car on the side of the road, Draig led Cyan and her friends into Bronze Sparrow. “Huh? How did Kaze get in? Can he get in?” one influencer exclaimed. The crowd watched in shock as Kaze stepped through the door. “Branch Leader!” The members of the Viper’s Den South River State Branch perked up when Kaze showed up. They, Hannah’s trusted aides, knew who Kaze was. Kaze acknowledged the greeting. “Is everybody here?” The head of the pack said in respect, “Many guests have arrived. Ms. Delmore and Mr. Ettinger will be here once they are done with work. Should I inform them to keep you company, sir?” “No, I’ll sit and wait.” Kaze waved his arm and made his way inside. “Hold it right there, Kaze!” Cyan’s angry voice came from behind. “Are you aware of the event at Bronze Sparrow? Do you know who the