After leaving Oliver’s home, Javier headed to the auction company to register himself and pay up the deposit for the auction. In order to not make himself seem too obvious, he registered under his own personal name rather than Reivaj Group’s.On top of that, he did not have enough time since that afternoon was the last day to register. There would be too many tedious procedures involved should he have used Reivaj Group’s name to register. After paying up the deposit fees, Javier returned to the hospital. He wanted to investigate his father’s operation details and find some leads. Unfortunately, all of that information had been sealed up and locked away. But this was all understandable since the bank was suing the hospital and got it sealed up. Thus, it was natural that a huge bundle of documents could not be read.After leaving the hospital, Javier stayed in his hotel and began investigating Sacred Virtues Hospital and Blissful Medical Group. ‘If Blissful Medical Group had
“B-But why are you dragging me into your room!?”Mikaela acknowledged that it was her fault for screaming “jerk” once the door opened when she knocked on it, but she thought Javier should not have dragged her into the room.Javier felt powerless. “So you mean I should let you scream in the hallway that I’m a jerk and cause a misunderstanding so others can watch the drama? I don’t know how you found out about my room number, and I thought it was Herschel knocking on my door, so I opened it with my underwear. I’d be the jerk opening the door with my underwear if you’d even said that you were Mikaela when you knocked.”Mikaela felt awkward as she listened to Javier.Basically, she was the one at fault. It did not have anything to do with Javier. She felt bad about it now. “I’m sorry, I misunderstood you and almost caused you trouble. I’m really sorry but you…Can you put on your pants first? It’s kind of awkward.”Mikaela sounded shy and looked even more bewitching with her flushed fa
When Javier came back to the hotel again with Herschel, and they were eating at the restaurant the next noon, Mikaela surprisingly came again, bringing Renna with her this time.Javier understood what Mikaela was trying to do at once. Was she shielding herself with her daughter?He eyed Herschel. The latter understood and carried Renna right away.“Good girl Renna, I’ll drive us to get some snacks in a big car, okay?”Herschel sounded like he was asking whether Renna was okay with it, but he did not give her or her mother, Mikaela, the chance to reject him. Mikaela was unable to stop him when he had already carried Renna away.Exasperated, Mikaela could only think that it should be fine since they were currently in the restaurant. She dared not stall either and told Javier about Donald wanting to find a managerial position in his company.Javier could guess that Mikaela had something to come to him for but did not expect it to be this, so he asked with a smile, “Does your husband
Mikaela was standing at the hotel entrance. There were a few times she wanted to rush back into the hotel, but her humility calmed her down ultimately.She could dislike Donald and divorce him and indulge in the last of her youth with another man, but all that came with a premise—that was for her to shed the “position” of being someone’s wife.To stay in that “position” and “work” with another man made her feel humiliated.Therefore, it would never cross Javier’s mind that not only had he not picked Mikaela up with what he said, but it also gave her the impulse to divorce him.After picking up Renna and going home, Mikaela passed the employment form to Donald, who looked in anticipation.When he realized that it was not for the position of the chairman’s secretary, he kicked Mikaela’s shoes away again. It was what he did best that even Mikaela taunted, “You should’ve gone to the soccer team instead!”Donald was disgruntled and lashed out at Mikaela. He felt that Javier should hav
What Javier said pleased Oliver very much as he laughed with a wide grin. It made Hayden’s face fall, and the man’s bodyguard was sharp enough to rush up to him aggressively.Before the bodyguard could go closer to question Javier, Herschel had already thrown him against the Alphard harshly. A loud bang later, the front of the car was dented.Herschel clicked his tongue while he smoked. “What a bummer, tch tch, it’s bad!”Looking at the bodyguard, who was groaning on the ground, Herschel asked, “Hey, let me interview you. Why can’t your car take a blow? Is it made from a pure sheet of metal?”How could the bodyguard say anything else when he was too busy groaning in pain?Herschel scoffed and added a kick to knock the bodyguard out directly.“Don’t step forward if you’re incapable. We have a dog head cutter that beheads any head. Want to try it out?”When Herschel directed the aggressive gaze to Hayden, the man gnashed his teeth.Hayden was furious but dared not say anything. H
The auction room that had been quite lively fell into dead silence with Javier’s bid. Everyone turned around to try and see who was this crazy.Hayden turned around as well, not daring to believe it even when he felt that the voice sounded familiar. It was until he turned his head like everyone else that he realized the person raising the paddle to bid was Javier, who was on the bench.Everyone thought that Javier might have gone crazy. They wanted to steal a bargain, and some even had set the price to be 2.8 million dollars in mind, with some others making it 3.2 million dollars, but…where did this guy pop out from? Was he crazy for bidding 8 million dollars right away?Hayden was furious, looking at Javier. He dared not make a bid now as it had far exceeded his expectations.It was not just those who were around. Even the auctioneer on stage was shocked and could not understand it at all, so he tried asking, “Sir, are you sure you’re serious?”Javier replied, sitting on the benc
Herschel seemed to be overjoyed when they returned to the car. “Boss, what’s up with you? Why did you have an extra beautiful woman with you when you sent Oliver into his car? Was she a free gift from the auction?’Javier chuckled and was just about to reply when the female secretary intervened. On top of that, her voice was rather unfriendly as she said, “You’re a bodyguard, so stick to your duties and stop talking!”‘Hoho…She’s a rather strong one. Is she going to become my new lady boss soon?’Herschel coldly sneered and said nothing. Meanwhile, Javier was also smiling silently. After that, the beautiful female secretary sat next to Javier and wrapped her arms around his, moving her body around continuously at the same time. “Mr. Kersey, you must protect me from now on. Hayden’s a very fierce person, so he might just come back at me to get his revenge.”Javier waved his hand. “Don’t worry, he won’t. I’ll have someone from home come to pick you up now.”The female secret
After discussing the matters, the group had lunch and headed to the hospital together. Javier was not only buying off Sacred Virtues Hospital for the sake of public benefits but also to investigate some information. In the past, Javier’s father had undergone an organ transplant operation in that hospital, but Oliver did not seem to remember too clearly about the matter.He could remember that someone had indeed undergone an organ transplant operation. Moreover, the man did not seem like an ordinary person with his elegant speech. He seemed like a government official.It was exactly because of this that Oliver had not asked too many questions at the time since it was his patient’s privacy.This also caused him to find it challenging to recall this person’s information, so he could only accompany Javier to the information warehouse to investigate.After Herschel arrived at the hospital, Javier and Oliver both arrived at the information warehouse.However, the place was still cor
As Bernadetta launched a barrage of kicks against the restaurant door, Mrs. Greene summoned 120% of her strength, holding the fort. The older woman had made a living terrorizing others with absurd accusations and downright unreasonable demands, but this time, she had met her match. Bernadetta James put the “man” in the word “woman”—in that she resorted to violence as soon as things escalated. In the end, it took both Mrs. Greene’s apology and a deal to provide Javier and Bernadetta with three days’ meals, all free of charge, to make the young woman stop. Then—“because I actually have a weakness against people sincerely appealing to my better angels,” according to Bernadetta—she amended the peace offer, changing the three days’ free meals to…a week’s worth. Back in the inn, Javier expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Bernadetta for rescuing him. “I can’t thank you enough for standing by my side when I needed it the most, Bern. But I can thank you a bit more if you refrain from using t
Mrs. Greene opened her flap and unlocked the floodgate, the spit during her tirade so profusive that she could water an old lady’s lawn. “It’s him, officers! It’s all him! He did this to his own camera just to remove himself as a suspect, but we know better than that! He’s the guy who stole my goddamn lingerie!”She turned and trained her finger on Javier. “You vile, disgusting, degenerate piece of sh*t! Ptooey!”‘Back at you! I'd rather spend the night with my left hand than with you!’ By this point in the morning, Bernadetta had arrived at work. Her heels clicked onto the floor as she sauntered toward the commotion. As soon as she heard what had transpired, she laughed, looking clearly amused. She trained her perfectly manicured finger on Javier and piled on. “Oh, it was him. I can testify to that! He stole Mrs. Greene’s bra because he is…the Lingerie Phantom Thief! By day, he is Javier Kersey. At night, he is Jo Ker, the Bra Stealer!” Javier threw his arms up in exasperation
Javier shook his head. By the time his vision was back to normal, the dog was gone. It had escaped! “What kind of hell spawned this little sh*t?!” Javier wondered to himself aloud. “Was this really an effect of the world changing? Is this an example of mutation because of the Storm? Or is there something else at play?”Baffled and unsure what to think, Javier returned to the dorm and told the residents to open the door. Inside, he found Florence huddling the frightened kids closely. She was white from fear, and yet in the presence of vulnerable kids, she had assumed the role of the protector without a second thought. “Hush, it’s alright! It was fake. Someone pulled a terrible prank and put on this white sheet and…” Javier made up a fib to explain the haunting away exactly because the truth could land him in a mental institution. No one would believe him—and for good reason too!Javier drove Florence back to the Yuzuian restaurant, where the latter’s electric scooter was. While
A resentful wail—interspersed only by sobs that sounded more like someone was being strangled—was echoing in the middle of the night while Javier and Florence could not see even a single soul out there? Animated by the power of “hell, naw!”, Florence dove into Javier’s arms for protection. Her hands were clasped firmly on either side of her head, hoping to block out the ghastly demand in her ears. Her eyes were squeezed so tightly shut that even a crowbar could not pry them open.Javier himself was just as terrified. He would have felt better if he could see the source of the voice rather than just hear a woman sobbing about getting her head back. At least he would know what he was up against! But just hearing it without any visuals at all?! Nooooope!Then, Florence hugged him in a “help-me!” sort of way. She was soft and supple—damn, that sexy figure in combination with her silky-smooth skin sure was welcoming. She was warm, and damn did she smell good! Nothing competed with fea
The dog barked in protest as it pointed its paw at Javier with the intensity of a mob before executing a monarch. The flames in its eyes were so bright that they could incinerate Javier into ashes in milliseconds. In the end, though, all that protest was for naught. Constance tied it up in the parking garage, while Javier watched in glee. Ah, sweet, sweet revenge! The stupid dog had thought it could set him up, had it? That would teach it!The look the Pomeranian shot him almost felt like a threat: ‘Just you f*cking wait, hooman!’‘Wait for what? How much can a stupid b*tch like you do to me?’ Javier scoffed in his mind. Now that the four-legged pest was gone, Javier turned back to Constance and talked about the new orphanage. As it turned out, despite the old woman’s sentiments for the building she had founded, she was a lot less obstinate and unreasonable as she might appear. “I mean, I don’t object to it completely. I know the new place is gonna be better, but…” She faltered a
Florence called half an hour later to tell him where they’d be having dinner. After leaving the inn in Bernadetta’s care, he hurried to the venue. Florence had picked a newly-opened Yuzuian restaurant. Javier had never liked Yuzuian restaurants, but since Florence had invited him, courtesy stopped him from asking the woman to change their meeting venue. He found Florence quickly enough and sat across from her. They placed their orders, and Javier began his performance: He started sighing and doing his best to look forlorn. It intrigued Florence enough to ask what was wrong, and Javier told her about his unfortunate beef with Constance that day.“It’s so unfair, man! Why would I bully a dog for no reason?” he moaned. “I’m sure Aunt Constance misunderstood. You’re a knightly, heroic, kind man! How could someone like you possibly get off on hurting a dog? I’m sure Aunt Constance was just too worried about the dog’s welfare to think things through. She didn’t mean it. I can vouch for
Herschel was dressed quite sharply today. It was the full ensemble—black leather shoes, black slacks, a white collar, and last but not least, the good old oil-slicked hair. The typical look of a high-ranking office worker, just as Javier had requested. Ordering him to get in his car, Javier asked, “You brought all the stuff I told you to?”“Yo, I would never forget the stuff my boss told me to bring. I’ve got all the preparations down pat. You can check ‘em if you don’t trust me,” Herschel replied. He fished an ID and some documents out of his leather bag. “See? All the documentation a journalist in the most important room of a news agency would have.”After a round-check and some instructions, Javier sent Herschel on his way to complete his mission. The man was strangely reluctant, though. “Boss, you told me you decided to work in that inn, right? Does that mean, you know, that you’re gonna call me ‘boss’ while you’re there?”Javier had almost forgotten he had mentioned this. It
Javier’s suspicion turned to Constance Hellman’s white Pomeranian. He turned to the director’s office and met the dog’s eyes. With its paws on the windowsill, it hoisted itself up to look out of the window. Seeing the dog cracking a lopsided grin and baring its fangs—beaming as smugly as a teacher’s pet who had managed to subdue everyone through the power of being the boss’s favorite—made it look both amusing and chilling. It would have been had the dog not caught Javier’s gaze, suddenly dropped the smile, and put on a face that seemed to be saying, ‘I’m just your average dog! Nothing to see here!’And then it feigned—yes, feigned—a yawn as its one last measure to cover up the fact that it had been laughing smugly to itself. ‘What. The. Actual. F*ck?!’ Javier thundered in his mind. ‘B*tch’s a natural actress! What’s it doing here instead of being interviewed on a talk show after becoming viral on TikTok?’In combination with Russell’s report, the incident inside the director’s of
As Javier was befuddled, Constance rushed in from outside and picked up the white Pomeranian gingerly to carefully check its injured leg.“Oh, baby, what’s the matter? Did you hurt your leg?”The white Pomeranian whined in pain and began twitching upon hearing Constance’s concerned question. This upset Constance so much that she admonished him sternly. “Mr. Kersey, I thought that you were a loving person, but I can’t help doubting your motive now.“I’m skeptical about you taking good care of the kids here when you’d even hit a cute dog!”Javier felt extremely offended. When had he hit the dog? He hurriedly explained, “Madam Hellman, I didn’t do anything!”Constance asked angrily, “You didn’t do anything? Why would it suddenly limp now and whine so pathetically? Why did it hurry over to me? Give me a reasonable explanation!”Javier was in distress as well. “How would I know? It was fine when I was carrying it just now, but it wanted to get down on the floor, so I carefully placed