Chase was beginning to panic. He had thought it would be a breeze capturing an ordinary citizen like Liam, but who would have thought this man would turn out to be such a piece of work?He had received orders from Jameson to capture Liam on account of what had happened that afternoon at Bristow Group, and in return he would be given thirty thousand dollars as a reward!Chase was no stranger to acts of bribery. He had been corrupt for years now, and he would be willing to do anything for thirty thousand dollars!Seeing as the crowd surrounding them was growing larger by the minute, Chase began to panic and, in his desperation, decided to threaten Liam in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Listen, you twat! You better do as I say and follow us back to the police station for the interrogation, or else! I'm the sergeant in charge of this area, and quite frankly, the last person you'd want to offend. Just you wait—if you don't listen to me, I'll make you regret it!"This, no
The thought of this sent another simpering smile creeping across Chase's face. "Mr. Leal, let me introduce myself. My name is Chase Lowell, and I'm the sergeant in charge of this area," he said.Nevertheless, Justin took no notice of his desperate attempts to catch his attention at all, and he merely glanced at him impassively before saying, "Chase, what on earth is going on here? I can hear the commotion from inside the building! The lot of you are still wearing your uniforms, so don't you dare embarrass us with your riffraff! You represent the entire squad!"Justin glanced around and soon caught sight of Liam standing amidst them. It did not take him long to put two and two together. Chase, however, was entirely oblivious to this and instead stupidly assumed that Justin was showing interest in his responsibilities. Eager to prove his usefulness to the team, he puffed out his chest and replied, "Mr. Leal, we're trying to arrest a rabble-rouser here, but don't you worry, everything
This, of course, shocked Chase greatly, for he never counted on the possibility of Liam being on first-name basis with the chief of police himself!The color had drained from his face, and he could feel the horror coursing through his veins. Nevertheless, he was determined to get an answer and so plucked up the courage to ask, "Mr. Leal, do you know him?"Just summoning the courage to ask this question had terrified Chase so much that he had broken out in cold sweats, but Justin's reply made his stomach sink right to the bottoms of his feet.Justin shot Liam a knowing grin and replied, "Of course I do. He's a truly brilliant healer and had just saved Colonel Johansson's life! Even Colonel Johansson is incredibly pleased with him. I find it difficult to believe that he could've been involved in a brawl, Mr. Lowell, so are you absolutely sure you've gotten to the bottom of this case?"Chase felt his blood run cold. This man had saved Colonel Johansson's life? He could hardly beli
Chase could not help shuddering at the thought of this. If he had acted in any way worse to Liam, there was no telling what would become of him…Chase was so terrified of completing that thought that he could feel his entire back being drenched in sweat. Justin, on the other hand, seemed eager to get on Liam's good side. Liam, however, would not have it and instead merely responded with a faint smile. "Don't worry, Justin, I perfectly understand. I'm sure that Sergeant Lowell here is just acting in the citizens' best interests. Otherwise, he would not have laid in wait for me all night."Chase shot Liam another grateful smile. He owed Liam his life for saving his arse not only once—but twice!Nevertheless, he knew this was not the place to linger, so he gathered his men and was about to leave hastily when all of a sudden, Liam's voice rang out behind him, laced with malice, "Where are you going, Sergeant Lowell? We are not done here."Chase felt his heart lurch into his throat an
All of a sudden, police cars screeched to a halt in front of the Manhattan Hotel, and out leaped five or six uniformed cops, who lumbered over to Chase and snapped a pair of handcuffs around his wrists. Chase finally realized what a predicament he had gotten himself into. He was soon escorted into the back of one of the police cars while Justin watched on with an expression of cold fury. It was not until the rest of the policemen had gotten into the cars that Justin finally snapped out of his stupefied rage and returned to Liam's side. After exchanging some words of farewell, he, too, got into a police car and left.Having reached the end of the spectacle, the crowd soon dissipated, and Liam left the scene. Meanwhile, Jameson was lying in a hospital bed, an IV drip attached to one arm while his free hand clutched a phone to his ear. Just a few moments ago, he had been looking pale and sickly, but the person on the other end said something so startling that he sat up, looking fur
That wretched Sunniva! How dare she turn down his affection and choose a good-for-nothing over him! This, of course, was a terrible blow on Jameson's ego, and only served to solidify his determination of capturing Sunniva even more!"I want him brought to me tonight with his arms and legs crippled. If the lot of you can't even accomplish something as simple as this, well…"Jameson did not finish his sentence, but his subordinates knew what he was hinting at nevertheless. They all murmured in acknowledgement, then retreated out of the room. Meanwhile, Liam did not return home immediately from Manhattan Hotel and instead chose to loiter around the area to sober up first before finally catching a taxi home. The nearest hailing spot was on the neighboring street, so with his hands tucked in his pockets, Liam slowly made his way over to the next street, passing twinkling neon lights and bustling pedestrians. Liam walked past a dark alleyway, in which a group of teenage boys were l
Five thousand dollars would be his!His bald companion was leering at Liam as though he could already picture the money coming into their hands. In his opinion, there was no point wasting any energy trying to take Liam down, for one person was more than enough to tackle him. To their surprise, Liam leapt out of harm's way nimbly and, without warning, turned and smacked the blond kid so hard that he whirled around in a pirouette. The blond teenager was too stunned for words. All he could feel was a burning pain on his cheek where Liam had struck him, and it took him a few moments to register what had happened. Clutching his swollen cheek, he glared at Liam incredulously and roared, "You a*shole! How dare you hit me?"Liam shook his head in resignation and replied, smiling, "Why wouldn't I dare? Care to try that again?"With that, he raised his arm above his head and slapped the blond teenager again across the other cheek. This had all occurred so swiftly that the blond teenager b
With that, he immediately leaped into action without hesitation, as though even a second's delay would result in Liam changing his mind. The alleyway soon echoed with the sounds of fervent slapping, and all of a sudden, Liam caught sight of the two thugs standing guard at the mouth of the alleyway, smoking leisurely. He raised his brows in amusement. At the same time, the two thugs turned and glanced in their direction when they heard the slapping and were rather baffled to see Liam standing over their companion as he slapped himself on alternating cheeks over and over.When they noticed Liam staring, however, their cigarettes fell out of their slackened hands, and they began shaking like leaves.Liam slowly trudged toward them, but before he could even get near, they screamed and pelted out of the alleyway, having entirely forgotten about their two fallen comrades.Liam snickered at this. The blond teenager, who at this point was practically unrecognizable from the swelling,