Wilbur brought Kory and his family to his room, sitting them down. Kory and his wife looked pretty nervous. They had only just found out that Wilbur owned such a huge place and had so much money. Neither of them would have been able to tell. "Don't look so anxious. I'll have someone settle you down somewhere here for the next few days until this is settled," Wilbur smiled. Yet Kory still looked antsy. "We don't know how to thank you, Mister Penn. If this really gets solved, you'll have saved all of my family." "Yes, Mister Penn. Please help us," his wife sobbed. Wilbur said, "I told you I'm taking care of this, so I'll be sure to get to the bottom of it. Don't you worry." Kory and his wife nodded. They sat there with their child in their arms, unsure what to do next. Wilbur gave it some thought and called for Lily. Lily showed up, bowing politely to Wilbur. "You were looking for me, sir?" "Yes, I was. Get Mister Hunlip and his family settled in a room. You'll take car
"Is anything the matter, then?" Wilbur asked. Jayen said, "I'm here for Kory Hunlip. Heard he's here now." "That's right. He's a guest of mine, you can talk to me." "Yeah? Well, are you going to pay his debt for him too, then?" Jayen asked in a deep voice. Wilbur chuckled. "Whoever applied for that loan would be paying." Jayen tossed a stack of documents onto the table. "Here's all the proof that you need to know. He applied for the loan himself." "Really? Why do I feel like he didn't?" "The truth's not going to change just because you want it to. I'm telling you, I've dealt with bastards like you before who refuse to pay up! Don't make me give you a hard time," Jayen spat. Wilbur's expression darkened. "I was thinking of giving you a chance, but it seems that I've overestimated all of you. Well, since you think you're above the law, I'm going to have to give you a hard time too." "Give me a hard time?" Jayen snorted. "I've yet to meet anyone in Seechertown who dared
A brief silence later, Jayen spoke up nervously. "I-I'm just here for repayment demands following a loan contract with the bank! We're a legal company here." "You? Legal?" Wilbur snorted. "So you can push people to the brink of death just because you're a legal company?" "That's not exactly what I'm after!" Jayen broke out into a sweat, doing his best to explain himself. Just then, however, Wilbur said, "I don't believe that you didn't know there was something wrong with this loan." "I really don't know anything!" Jayen cowered at once, devoid of any of the cockiness from before. Wilbur said, "Okay, sure. We'll just wait for the bank president to get here, then. I'm sure he'll tell the truth, and we can get to the bottom of this." Elsa chuckled, waving her hand. The Special Forces agents kicked Jayen's men to the floor, shouting at them to put their hands behind their hands. Bobby and the rest were scared out of their wits, trembling as they complied. They were more t
Jerm's soul almost left his body. He had never expected him to get into trouble all of a sudden. Jerm was one of the higher-ups and had so many connections. How had no one at least given him a heads-up? Belinda was also scared out of her wits. She had worked together with Jerm all these years, leaving finance to enter the banking industry. The two of them had been involved in a great deal of terrible, terrible acts. She was going to spend the rest of her life in jail if she was investigated. Belinda's chest heaved as she sat in the meeting room, sweat pouring down her back. Jayen's face paled even more at the sight of Jerm being brought in, staring at Wilbur in disbelief. Jayen had come to realize that he had severely underestimated just what this young man was capable of. He had even gotten people from the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection. Just then, Wilbur got to his feet and walked over to Jayen. "Which one of you wants to go first?" Jayen opened
Kory and his wife's chests lurched at those words. It was unclear to them just who was being unfair here. The officers hauled Jayen onto a chair, pressing him down by force. Jayen was black and blue all over, with blood dribbling out of his nostrils as he slumped against the chair, heaving in pain. Bobby and the other men nearly wet their pants, collapsing to the ground as some of them even broke into tears. At last, Belinda coughed up the truth. It turned out that Jerm had worked together with a businessman to steal Kory's information to take out a loan in his name for eighty million dollars. Both Jerm and the businessman had split the money equally. Eventually, when the loan was due, Jerm had Belinda fake the loan procedures to make this look like a case of bad debt. They had done similar things in the past before as well, only for bank security to grow stricter in the next three years. Faking a case of bad debt was not going to work. That was why they had hunted
"Yes, sir," two of Faron's men called out, doing as they were told. Elsa spoke up as well. "Bring Jayen Toss and all his men back for an investigation. See if they're involved in any other cases." "Yes, madam!" A group of Special Forces agents sprang into action. Just then, Faron looked over at Kory and his wife, unsure of what to say. Elsa came up to Lily. "Why don't you let them get some rest for now?" Lily nodded, looking at Kory and his wife. Both of them felt like a huge weight had lifted off their shoulders, bowing to Faron and Elsa before leaving. Their case had been solved in a way neither of them had expected. After everyone was gone, Faron and Elsa exchanged looks of confusion. "Wilbur's in a mood today." "He sure is. What happened?" "How would I know?" "Wanna ask him out for a drink?" "That's not a bad idea." "Let's go." The both of them draped an arm around each other's shoulders, heading for Wilbur's room. When they opened the door, they saw
Wilbur's brows furrowed slightly. He had never really been involved with Cape's business side of things. However, it would not be good for the company at all if such a big investment was to go awry. Wilbur gave it some thought, before saying, "Book me the next flight. I'll go personally." "You want to go by yourself?" Faye asked, surprised. Wilbur nodded. "I know nothing about what's happening there. I think it's best I go and help whoever I can, then take a look at the situation before worrying about the security team." Faye fell silent. That seemed like a pretty good plan. The chairman of Everest was still waiting to be saved, and there was no way they were going to hand over the hundred-million-dollar ransom. If they were to do that, those criminals would only ask for more. They would have to be put in their place so they would never try to mess with Everest Foreign Trade anymore. "Thank you for doing this," said Faye. Wilbur nodded, and Faye called her secreta
Hannah now prayed that Cape would get someone over as soon as possible who could think of a way to save her father. Just then, her secretary knocked on the door. "Miss Toya, the guy from Cape's here." "Bring him in, quick!" Hannah lit up at once, surprised at how soon they had shown up. The secretary turned around and gestured to someone outside, and a young man walked into the office. Hannah gave him a once-over. The man looked to be in his twenties. He had sharp features but looked pretty ordinary overall. "Hello. You're Miss Hannah Toya, right?" asked the young man. Hannah nodded, getting up and extending a hand to the young man. "Yes, I'm Hannah Toya. How should I address you?" "My name's Wilbur Penn. Cape sent me to save your father," Wilbur said with a smile. Hannah nodded, scrambling to brew Wilbur a pot of tea. At the same time, Wilbur took a look at Hannah as well. She was also in her twenties, sporting a pretty face and a healthy tan. Hannah poured W