The three thugs were treated like royalty. The eyes of the other gangsters were glued on them. “Haha! Darcy’s skin was super soft. I couldn’t get enough of her. You know what those women look like with filters on TikTok. Well, she doesn’t need a filter.” “Her voice was like ecstasy!” “She’s a wild one in bed.” The three thugs chugged beers and bragged about their night with Darcy. “Fuck! I wish I had your luck. She’s the chairman of Sky Ocean!” “Yeah. If only I could have a night with her.” The other thugs were envious. “Go to hell!” A grimacing voice echoed across the room. Mathias led Kaze into the crowd. He was infuriated to catch these gangsters talking about Darcy. “Who the hell are you, jackass? Are you here looking for trouble?” A thug sprang to his feet and picked up a beer bottle to pound on the edge of the table. Clang! The beer bottle cracked open. The thug flung around the broken bottle and approached Mathias. “Jackass, I dare you to breath
“Mr. Queen, you!” Gold Tooth put his hand over his face in shock and rage before facing the dark corner. The feeling that the voice sounded familiar nagged at him. “Again.” The voice came from the darkness. Smack! It then struck Gold Tooth. He froze. Gold Tooth did not feel the pain when Mathias struck him. He looked in the direction of the voice and moved closer to it. The dim light gave Gold Tooth a better view of the young man sitting on the sofa. Thump! Gold Tooth fell to his knees and scooted forward in a kneeling position. He made his way to Kaze and talked in a way to garner sympathy, “Mr. Lee, it’s me. It’s only been a few days. Have you forgotten me already?” Holy shit! A commotion stirred in the bar. Gold Tooth, a well-known name in the criminal world, had kneeled before a young man. He even fawned over the young man. Gold Tooth found himself in a dilemma. When he and Dan went to Azure Estate to seek Cronus, they messed up the task assig
“Sure.” The three thugs immediately contacted Deborah. Kaze said indifferently, “Nothing to see here. The rest of you should go back to doing whatever you were doing.” The atmosphere at the bar resumed its liveliness. However, the patrons, fueled by curiosity, kept an eye on the dark corner. Soon, Deborah arrived at the bar. Nothing she saw in the bar struck her as odd.She approached the three thugs and handed over a check. “Hand me the phone.” “What’s the rush, darling?” The three thugs did not accept the check. “Take the money and hurry along. What else do you want?” Deborah’s eyes bulged. One of the thugs said cheekily, “We couldn’t forget you since that day.” “That’s right. We want to relive the moment with you, darling.” The other two thugs got up to grab her.“Get lost!” Deborah slapped away their hands and snapped an angry look at them. “Bastards! I can never forget how much you stink! I want to barf just thinking about it.” “Haha! I guess our
Deborah knew what was going on the minute she saw Kaze. She turned and glared at the three thugs. “He was the one who knocked you out the other night, losers. Why are you taking orders from him?” “If I hadn’t knocked them unconscious, they wouldn’t have had a nice time with you, Deborah.“You three should thank me, right?” Kaze said with a chuckle. The three thugs pulled ugly smiles. “Gold Tooth, hand me the phone.” Deborah pointed at Gold Tooth. “If you don’t do as I say, I will have my people eliminate you, old fool. The Quints are not people you can mess with.” Gold Tooth passed the phone to Kaze without hesitation. Deborah went ballistic. “You got a good angle of her.” Kaze tossed the phone back to Gold Tooth. “You have a job before your retirement. Send this video to your men. Tell them to share the video on their TikTok, in WhatsApp groups, other social media platforms, and whatnot.” “Don’t you dare, Kaze! I’ll make you regret it,” Deborah shrieked. “Take i
“Don’t mention it. You’re my wife.” Kaze hugged Darcy tight. He then got a call from Snow. “It has begun, Mr. Chairman.” “Alright. Take your time. There’s no rush. Give them one dose of harsh reality at a time to simmer tension.”Kaze smirked coldly. True to his words, it was just the beginning of hell for the Quints. It was dark and gloomy at the Quints’ residence. The police had stopped by the place. They had taken Deborah away in the presence of the family. As the three thugs had turned themselves in, the police re-opened the case. It was a strange case. Deborah was the main culprit and the victim. The police had no idea how to go about the trial. That was not the point, though. Most importantly, Deborah’s reputation was ruined.Her dream to marry into a wealthy and powerful family went poof, unless a member of the rich and powerful was blind and deaf to the truth. The Quints had learned about the incident at Elites from Deborah. They could not beli
The Quints learned that the newly acquired company had gone bust, and they were billions of dollars in debt. The least of the Quints’ troubles was to give Darcy hell at her company. The Quints rushed to Lilyrose Credits. Online lending platforms became a hit a while back, emerging as one of the biggest things to invest in. Seeing that such platforms were profitable, the top three families jumped on the bandwagon and created a lending platform called Lilyrose Credits. They collected billions from locals and pumped the money into the platform, waiting to bank in on the interest. It was difficult to recover the principal of the loan, much less the interest. Word somehow got out. The news did not sit well with the investors. Lilyrose Credits was barely surviving before the fall of the top three families. Nevertheless, their long-standing authority in the city managed to calm these investors down. Following the collapse of the families, the Quints blindly acquired compan
“We are the Quints, the top family in the city. Even Johnson takes cues from us. Maybe you don’t want to keep your job anymore, Don.” The Quints stopped Don. They questioned patronizingly about his refusal to make any arrests. Don smirked to himself. The Quint family was idiots to think they had the influence of the former top three families. “Why should the government arrest those you owe money to? What if the arrest causes a public outrage, and we get cases of suicide? Who’s going to take accountability then?” The Quints pulled wry faces at Don’s comment. It was not a situation they could handle. “So, the priority should be paying the investors back to stop the protest. Nothing speaks more volumes than money.” Don pushed away the people in front of him and took off. The Quints were infuriated. Don was a bastard for brushing them off. Well, they vowed to take his job from him. “Don has a point. The priority is shutting the investors up with money.” “That’s
“Fuck!” Rudy lost it. He felt like he had fallen into a trap. These circumstances never crossed his mind when he applied for government funding. The only thing on his mind was acquiring as many assets as possible. Now, they were stuck with a mess they could not get out of. “The God of War’s money doesn’t come easy, Rudy. You took the money, and now you must fix things. Do your bit and start making contributions to the locals.” Johnson ended the call. “I got word from Construction Bank that they won’t lend us money if Lilyrose Bank won’t, Rudy.” “The same goes for Lockhart Bank.” “Industrial and Commercial Bank too.” The other banks had given their response. No bank was willing to provide them with a loan. Instead, these banks hounded the Quints about repaying previous loans. Rudy scowled. The local council washed their hands off the matter.The banks refused to approve loans. However, the Quints could not just walk away from the issue. It finally dawn