By the time Liam set the table for dinner, Jovie was already starving. She stared at Celena with a longing look and whined, "Mom, the soup that Dad made smells amazing. I want some…"Celena gently stroked her hair and served her a bowl of piping hot soup. The three of them then sat down together for a hearty dinner. Suddenly, Celena said, "I need to pop by the office tomorrow to make an inventory of all the destroyed equipment so we can acquire new ones. I also need to start the employment process to rehire new employees for the ones we've let go. It will be a busy day for me, so I think… you should bring Jovie out for the day, Liam!"With that, Celena lowered her head and took a sip of her soup, blushing. She had intended to ask Liam to go with her on her errands, but she decided to let Liam stay with Jovie instead. Liam stared at her with a smile. He could tell exactly what she wanted to say. He put a piece of steak onto her plate and replied, "It's okay. We can leave Jovie at
All of a sudden, a man covered in blood staggered toward them, shouting for help. When he caught sight of Thomas, he screamed, "Mr. Lane, something terrible has happened! They've returned! Those men have returned!"A look of fear and horror spread across Thomas's face, but he soon calmed down and was immediately outraged. "How dare they show their faces here again? What do they want from us? Let's go, everyone! We'll show them what it's like to mess with us! If they want us dead, we'll bring them to hell with us!"With that, a dozen or so factory workers picked up various tools like wrenches and metal pipes, anything they could get their hands on, and stormed toward the direction Thomas was pointing at. They were all infuriated at how they had been treated. All of them were simply trying their best to survive in this economy, and who were these men to terrorize them when they had done nothing wrong?All of a sudden, a few black vans screeched to a halt in front of the factory entran
The bald man clutched his broken wrist and howled at Liam, "Who the hell are you? Seize him! Capture everyone and cripple them, except the beautiful young lady!"With that, his men charged toward them, wielding their weapons. The color drained from Celena's face when she saw these burly, armed men lunging toward them. She turned to Liam with a worried look. "Liam…"Liam, on the other hand, was unfazed. "Stay away, Celena! I don't want to accidentally hurt you! Don't worry. I'll take care of these rascals!"The next moment, he darted toward his opponents. Before Celena could even register what was going on, he had knocked over two men, sending them flying into the air and landing on the ground in crumpled heaps. Within a few moments, Liam had easily taken down a team of over two dozen men, who were all sprawled on the ground in agony, clutching various parts of their bodies that Liam had struck. They all stared at Liam with terrified looks. The bald man, on the other hand, knew t
Celena was very perturbed to hear this. "Mr. Lane, this is the reason I came here today in the first place! I won't leave until I've settled this!"With that, she turned to Liam. "Liam, why don't you go home first? You were the one who beat that bald man up, and I'm afraid they might take revenge on you! Since I didn't do anything, I'm sure they won't lay a finger on me. If anything I'll call the cops should they show up again!"Liam knew that Celena was worried about his safety, but the truth was, that he was not intimidated by the so-called Makson at all. He replied nonchalantly, "Do you think calling the cops will help? If it would, they would not have managed to terrorize this region for so long! Don't worry, Celena, I'm not afraid of them at all! Have you forgotten why we're here today? I'm here to protect you, so don't worry about me. You should go ahead and settle everything properly. I'll keep an eye out for those rascals!""But," Celena was about to protest, but Liam was al
George was rather flustered by this. He was so busy to a point that he could not possibly pay attention to every crook and troublemaker in his precinct. The only people that could know this were his subordinates.Now that Howard was angry about something that happened in his precinct, George knew he had to get to the bottom of this. He took out his phone and called one of his sergeants. "Sergeant Gould, I want all the information on someone named Makson. I need this information sent to me within the next five minutes!"At this moment, Jackson Gould was sitting in his office in the Western Precinct. He was rather alarmed to receive such a call from George out of nowhere. "Yes, sir! I'll go check right now!"Jackson was both puzzled and unnerved by this. He had been working underneath George for a long time now but never heard him sound so angry. Makson?Jackson vaguely recalled hearing this name before. He quickly summoned his subordinates and barked out orders to them, "Everyone
Could the man who contacted Howard be from Athenapolis too?Everyone in the room, George included, began to speculate about this mysterious man whom Howard was so intimidated by. "Ring!"All of a sudden, George's phone rang. He picked up the call. "Have you found anything?"Jackson quickly said, "Yes, sir! This Makson fellow."After hearing Jackson's explanation, George turned to Howard and relayed the message. Essentially, this Makson fellow was one of the most infamous gangsters in the Western Precinct who hundreds of men working for him. He was also the owner of various entertainment centers all over the precinct. Although he was a notorious man, he had someone else backing him up, and that person was none other than Eaden Wafer, one of the three most malicious gangsters in Willoughby!Howard was so outraged to hear this that he smacked the table and bellowed, "I don't care who this Wafer fellow is, I want him gone! Mr. Nelson, I command you to go to that factory right this i
Makson was so nonchalant it was as though he was giving orders for dinner!In an instant, four of the burliest thugs among them all stepped forward, wielding their metal bats. They lunged toward Liam, raising their bats above their heads and aiming them straight toward Liam's legs!Celena, who overheard the commotion and ran outside to see what was going on, came out just in time to see these men about to attack Liam. The color drained from her face as she gasped, "Liam!"The next moment, these four thugs flew right into the air and landed in crumpled heaps against the van. One of them even went through the windshield and came out the other side, then soon passed out in a pool of blood. This happened so quickly that no one even saw it happen until it was too late. Everyone was stunned, even Makson himself. He was rather shocked that Liam would even dare to defend himself, and immediately he scowled. A glint of malice flashed through his eyes as he stared at Liam. "You're a stubb
Meanwhile, all of his thugs put down their weapons and got onto their knees with their hands above their heads. They were all criminals who were afraid of no one except the law enforcement people, and now that they were all caught red-handed, there was nothing they could do except surrender themselves!They fell to the ground with their arms raised above them, and some of them even got onto their knees to beg for mercy. George tossed the megaphone to someone else, then strode toward Liam and gave him a bow. "I apologize for giving you such a scare, Mr. Cole. My name is George Nelson, and I'm the commissioner in charge of this precinct! I was sent here under Mr. Mosier's orders to arrest these people!"Liam nodded calmly, without a single hint of expression. "Good. you arrived just in time!"George could not help but begin to sweat nervously when he heard this, more so because he was so intimidated by Liam. He never felt so intimidated by someone before, not even the mayor himsel