“What’s wrong with being a lapdog? I’m happy to be one to Mr. Yaphet.” Bob was filled with glee. He knew his chance had come when Miya showed up at his door. It was an opportunity that could not be missed! Kaze smiled pretentiously. “What if I tell you that I can make you lose the chance to be a lapdog?” “Haha. You?” Bob sneered as Kaze took out a phone. “Alright. I’ll give you time to make a phone call. Just call anyone. I dare you. “If you plan to call some deputy police chief like before, I’d advise you not to embarrass yourself.” Miya said with a smirk, “You have connections, but so does Mr. Yaphet. “Do you think you have a wider network than Mr. Yaphet, especially since you’ve only been around for a few days? “No police will arrest Bob when Mr. Yaphet gets him covered.” Bob burst out laughing. “Hahaha! You think too highly of the guy, Mrs. Heartano. I was only messing with him. I doubt he has any important people on speed dial.” Even the Otters looked at Ka
Bob could not catch up with all the distressing news coming down on him all at once. He sat there blankly, his cigarette nearly hanging off his mouth. It took a while before Bob snapped out of a trance and yelled angrily, “Who is it? Who is doing this to me?” Brooke was Bob’s son. It appeared the ignorant and incompetent son lost his manhood. Luckily for Bob, he had two sons. At least, he had someone to pass the torch to. However, he could not stand that his nightclub and company were under attack. These two places helped him to get a firm foothold in Golden Ray. Bob would not gain respect from his peers if he did not take care of business. His ego and prestige were at stake. If the issue was not dealt with, the public would believe Bob was finished and could be a target for a hit. “M-Mr. Damian, Miru of Bronze Sparrow ordered these attacks,” one sidekick uttered shakily.“What? That woman?” Bob fell back on his back, his expression stunned. It took a while befor
“Is this how you ask for a favor?” Kaze said crudely, “Kneel!” Bob turned ashen, but considering his situation, he gritted his teeth and fell to his knees. “You’re mad, Bob,” Miya cried frustratedly. Either way, Miya brought Bob along to the Otters’ residence, so she owned him. Yet now, Bob bowed to Kaze. Miya was utterly humiliated. “It’s all my fault, Kaze. I shouldn’t have hit Ms. Quint. Please tell Miru to stop. I promise I won’t go after you. I’ll walk away and never show my face here again. “Just say the word, and I’ll do anything for you.” Bob kneeled with his back straight, feeling rather stressed out. That was his life’s work of two decades. If Miru destroyed everything, he would lose the chance to serve Hunter and could end up dead on the streets. “Just let it go, Kaze. Mr. Damian’s beef isn’t with you. You don’t want to burn bridges.” “Darcy, tell your best friend to stop.” The Otters persuaded Kaze and Darcy, fearing Bob might take them down too w
It was unwise of Kaze to get on Miya’s nerves.While it may not be a big victory, Kaze was better off taking a small win to de-escalate the situation. As Bella acted in Kaze’s best interest, Kaze made no comment. If Miya was willing to stop, Kaze did not mind putting the matter aside. The matter was far from over. Even if it was not solved right there and then at the Otters’ residence, Kaze would go after Miya to get it done and over with. Nevertheless, it appeared that Miya was not ready to let bygones be bygones even after what happened to Bob. “It’s between me and Kaze, Madam Otter. Stay out of it.” Miya responded to Bella before facing Kaze with a grimacing look. She said grimly, “Do you think I’d be scared because you drove Bob away, Kaze? “I told you. I’m here today bearing a message from Mr. Yaphet. “I can’t face Mr. Yaphet if I don’t put you in your place today. “Bob is just from the streets of Golden Ray. I hope you didn’t think Mr. Yaphet and I would take h
“Kaze, you brought this on yourself. 10 billion dollars is not a lot to ask from you. The compensation is just twice what my family has lost. “I know that it will be hard for you and your wife to come up with the money all at once.” Miya glanced at Darcy and said, “But like I said, I can accept Sky Ocean Corporation as collateral.“You have a week to make this happen. “Now, do we have a problem?” Since Kaze was a brute, Miya turned her attention to Darcy instead. Miya held the request to make Kaze kneel for now. Through their interactions, Miya could tell one thing. Darcy cared a lot about Kaze. She would go to lengths to shield Kaze from humiliation. In that case, Miya was better off approaching the subject of money first. She could secure her benefits and bleed Kaze’s family dry. Once that happened, Miya would have Kaze where she wanted. Kaze would have no choice but to bow to her. One to keep the peace, Darcy fell into contemplation before uttering, “10 bill
The Otters nearly lost it. Kaze was unaware of the impending doom coming his way for calling Hunter out. “Shut up, Kaze!” Even Bella could not take it anymore. She said angrily, “Agnes, keep your son-in-law in line.” “Hear that, bastard? Shut up! Are you oblivious to the trouble you have caused?”Agnes yelled furiously at Kaze. She finally had Bella’s approval to rejoin the family. However, Kaze ruined things for her again. Agnes could imagine how much the Otters hated them. Kaze said indifferently, “Did I commit a crime to tear a piece of paper? Who made the rule up? Mr. Yaphet?” “You got that right, Kaze. Mr. Yaphet’s word is law.” Miya said coldly, “You’ve committed a serious crime by tearing his handwriting, and you deserve the death penalty.” “Oh…” Kaze smiled nonchalantly. “Get him to arrest me then. If he can catch me, he can do whatever he wants.” “Mr. Yaphet doesn’t have to arrest you himself.” Miya sneered. “You’re only cocky because you have ties
“10 million for Alfonso just to show up? That’s some easy money.” Kaze raised his brows. He did not expect Alfonso to make money using his status as ex-branch chief of the Viper’s Den Butterworth Branch. It somehow felt cheap. “You know nothing!” Miya scoffed. “10 million is a discounted price. You really think 10 million is enough to bring him here? Without connections, he won’t even look at you if you give him one hundred million! “Now that you’ve known better, your wife might seem rich but she’s just a nouveau riche. You are nothing to us!” She peered down at Kaze proudly, speaking with superiority. To her, Kaze gained the courage to speak arrogantly and loudly because of his connections with the Viper’s Den. Now that she invited Alfonso, would Kaze’s connections still be useful? In short, she believed Kaze’s days were numbered. “Sir, someone claiming to be Alfonso Longwind from the Viper’s Den Butterworth Branch is outside, requesting a meeting,” said a servant
“Kaze, shut the hell up!” Caster bellowed angrily, “How dare you speak like that in front of Chief Longwind?! Dayton here asks you to kneel and you kneel! What are you doing standing there?” The other family members glared at Kaze as well. “K-Kaze? Kaze Lee?!” Dayton cried in shock, his expression horrified. Even Alfonso’s expression darkened. A bad feeling erupted in his heart. “They are not worthy of that.” Kaze sauntered out from the crowd and then looked at Dayton. “Am I right, Dayton?” Dayton stared at Kaze blankly, and under everyone's disbelieving gazes, he stepped forward and fell to his knees. “What?!” “Chief Longwind’s disciple knelt before Kaze?!” “What is going on?” The entire Otter family was shocked when they saw Dayton kneel before Kaze with a horrified look. Even Darcy and her parents were stunned. Miya was also taken aback by the sudden twist. She could not wrap her head around the situation. “K-Kaze! Y-Yes! I am not worthy to make you kneel
It took a lot of effort for Agnes to break her daughter up with Kaze. There was no way she would allow Kaze to have a second shot with Darcy. The way Agnes saw it, her daughter was the head of the Quints in the South River State and the chairwoman of Sky Ocean Corporation. Darcy was beautiful and a great catch. Kaze did not mean squat. While Agnes danced with joy, several vehicles turned up outside the villa. These cars belonged to two different parties. The first group was in fancy cars while the other group was much more discreet. Still, nobody would dismiss government vehicles. Though surprised, Darcy quickly went up to greet the people. “Chief Yaphet, Mr. Jayne, what brings you here?” The alphas of both groups were not some big VIP to Darcy’s family. However, they had control over Sky Ocean Corporation’s future. More accurately, the entities that these people worked for held the fate of Sky Ocean Corporation in their hands. Welson, a middle-ranking official in the
“No way! Madam Quint had no reason to kill Madam Dark.” There was a bustle at Villa No. 1. Despite the statement coming from the police, the crowd was skeptical that Phoenix would kill anyone. Agnes and Darcy found the truth hard to swallow. If Phoenix were behind the evil assassination, they would be wrong about Kaze. The police officer said, “We learned that the dump truck driver received 1.2 million dollars before the accident. We tracked the money to one of Phoenix’s people in Ridgesouth. “We looked into Phoenix’s phone records and discovered that she contacted the Steelclaw Guild through the dark web. “She had no idea that we have eyes on the dark web. Though we don’t know the specifics of her deal with the Steelclaw Guild, she would only have one reason to contact an assassination organization.“The Steelclaw Guild’s killer then showed up at the funeral parlor.“We are linking these two incidents, and our prime suspect is Phoenix, who is now deceased.“We didn’t de
“Kaze, do you know how unfamiliar and frightened you’re making me feel right now?“Why was the Steelclaw Guild’s killer after you? If today didn’t happen, I wouldn’t know that you had gotten yourself in deep trouble. “I don’t know what else you are hiding from me. I even wonder if you were behind Madam Dark’s car accident. “My feelings toward you have been true, but family is equally important to me. “I’m afraid that one day, you will get my parents and brother killed.” Darcy let everything out. The storm in Kaze’s eyes quelled.He grabbed a pen and signed his name before taking his copy. Kaze placed the other copy on the table before walking away. As the people in the villa watched on in shock, Agnes dropped her jaw in joy. Agnes thought that it would take a lot of talking and crying to push Darcy in the right direction. To her surprise, Darcy filed for divorce right away. Nevertheless, she was quick to complain. “You are silly, Darcy. You should have asked for V
“Oh, don’t give me that!” Agnes said without a care, “All I know is that you stood by and got Madam Quint killed. “Why can’t you think before you act, Kaze? What are you going to do when the Quints hold you responsible?“Do you think this is the end of the matter? With Madam Quint dead, the Quints would demand answers.“Here you are, saying that you weren’t trying to get us killed. “You should set my daughter free now! I demand a divorce.” Agnes clamored. “I can’t sleep well at night, thinking I have to spend another day with a snake. “The ball is in your court, Darcy. Either he stays, or I go.” Agnes was determined to force her daughter into dumping Kaze’s sorry ass. Kaze turned to Darcy. “Let’s move out, babe. We can buy another house to live in.” He looked weary for once. Kaze felt drained. There was never a moment of peace whenever he was at home. Agnes would push Darcy into getting a divorce every time Kaze showed his face. Kaze had tried addressing the iss
Kaze said indifferently, “I don’t want to talk to you about this. Just carry on living in their own world.” “What? You have nothing to say for yourself, so you shut up?” Agnes was on full steam ahead. “Why didn’t you kneel when we were on our knees? Don’t you care whether we die?“Are you wishing we were dead?” Despite the grilling, Kaze remained indifferent. Agnes took things far and pressed on. “Were you trying to egg the killer into killing Madam Quint and Joan?“You were afraid of Madam Quint’s retaliation once the word about Madam Dark and Shadow’s accident got out, so you wanted to silence her.” Sky could not stand by anymore. “That’s extreme, Mom. K-Kaze—” “Was what?” Agnes glared at him. “The killer broke Madam Quint’s fingers, fractured her leg, and killed her and Joan. It’s clear that she was triggered by Kaze. “Once or twice might be a coincidence, but we’re talking about this happening multiple times. Isn’t it a deliberate act?” Agnes was witty to make
It had only been an hour since Phoenix met her demise. Yet the Ridgesouth Quints had already come to a decision. Even Kaze had to admit that the Ridgesouth Quints were highly efficient. The Quints’ approach was simple but highly effective. With Phoenix dead, the Quint family members in the South River State were without a leader. As the situation remained unclear and loomed with potential threats, it was best to put Darcy in charge of picking up the pieces. One thing stood out when the Quints handled business. It showed the Quints prioritized their own interest above all else. The Quints were not in a rush to investigate Phoenix’s death, avenge her, or question Hector’s family. Their aim was to cut their losses and reassure the family. The Ridgesouth Quints did not even mention Phoenix’s funeral. Different from Hector’s family’s joy, the other family members were horrified. “I’m sorry to upset you before, Darcy. Please forgive us.” “We were wrong. We are terribly so
“The head honcho made a wise choice.” South talked as if the plan benefited them all. The Steelclaw Guild did not consider the risk of sending Anzu after Kaze and his loved ones. Kaze survived the assassination and proved to the Steelclaw Guild that he was worth the risk. However, what if he had died? The Steelclaw Guild would let Phoenix know that she owed them one. Either way, the Steelclaw Guild would not be losing out on anything. The Steelclaw Guild had a collaboration with Kaze, but they were not in on it together. Kaze shook his head. The Steelclaw Guild was an assassination organization for a reason. They only worked for themselves and were not worth Kaze’s trust. He said curtly, “Tell your head honcho that I don’t owe your people anything anymore. “But you owe me one.” No one else but Kaze would demand something from the Steelclaw Guild. Anyone else in Kaze’s place would swallow the bitter pill and move on. Not Kaze, though. He was not scared of the
With Anzu dead, Kaze got rid of one major problem. Since the police would tie up loose ends at the funeral parlor, Kaze and Darcy’s family were free to leave under the escort of police officers. Other Quint family members in the South River State departed alongside Kaze and Darcy’s family. These people feared for their lives. It dawned on them that they were safe with Darcy’s family, especially since the police were determined to keep Darcy’s family safe and sound before. They followed Darcy’s family, not leaving them out of their sight. Dozens of members swarmed into Villa No. 1, leaving the residence rather cramped. “It’s such a waste of space for a small family to live in a big, luxurious place.” “I guess there are perks to kissing up to the mayor.” The Quint family members, making themselves too at home, occupied the space and made snide remarks. Darcy did not possess power or influence after losing Sky Ocean Corporation. They did not care what Darcy’s family t
Like Joan, Phoenix never would have imagined that she would die in such a humiliating way. Kaze did not even move his hands. He simply said a few words and Anzu killed her. Phoenix died with her eyes wide open, but the light quickly faded. The last image reflected upon her eyes was Kaze grinning brightly with his teeth gleaming under the light. “Bastard…” That was Phoenix’s last word. In just the blink of an eye, the respected elder of the Quint family had turned into a lifeless corpse. Every other family member at the scene gasped in shock. “Die, Kaze Lee!” Anzu’s killing spree did not stop with just two deaths. She shouted at Kaze but she dashed toward Darcy. Swoosh! Kaze had anticipated this. With a swift movement, he shifted sideways to position himself in front of Anzu, blocking her. Anzu swung her arms forward, launching multiple poisoned shurikens at him. Darcy was right behind him, so Kaze dared not dodge the shurikens. It was either him or Darcy. Howe