After Javier left, Luca did his best to persuade and advise Manny, but he was chased out as well. There were a few times that Luca had wanted to spill how powerful Javier actually was, but there were things he could say and then some that he could not.If Javier had not been nice, Luca would never deserve to know about the Kerseys—not even his father deserved to.It was already a taboo that they had learned something they did not deserve. It would be an even bigger faux pas if he disclosed it today. If something happened and got sourced back to him, the Panganis would all be doomed.Hence, Luca held himself back ultimately despite the impulse to blurt it out numerous times.After he left Manny’s place, he went to Javier.“Mr. Kersey, boss, give me one last chance. He’s my uncle, after all. I might be too young and insignificant to give him the advice. I’ll let my father do it, okay? Please, Mr. Kersey.”“Sure!” Javier grinned and kept his phone.He had just published a task in t
Luca’s father felt his heart drop at what Javier said, and he panicked.“Sir, that’s not what I mean. I-I…I forgot myself and babbled. I—”Javier patted his shoulder without saying anything and put on his shoes to leave.Luca could care less about wearing shoes as he hurried after the man to apologize, but Javier had only left him with a cryptic smile.Luca was antsy upon returning to their mansion.“Dad, have you lost your mind!? He calls you uncle, and you really think you’re his uncle? Why would Mr. Kersey come here personally to talk about this if it weren't necessary? He’s already done us enough favor, and you ask him to stop? Have you gone crazy!?”It was inappropriate for Luca to say that as a son but forget that he did not currently find it inappropriate as even his father felt that he must have lost his mind. A wire must have been connected wrongly somewhere in his brain for him to ask Javier to step back without even thinking.Why should Javier take this step back? Jus
When Saoirse came in, she looked beautiful with a fair face and carefully applied makeup. When she left, she was glowing in radiance with a fresh face and a sense of purity that did not match her age.Whichever version of her it was, she was incredibly charismatic to the men and attracted countless lustful gazes.Javier did not mind one bit about this. They could look all they wanted because they could only look anyway. They could come and try to fight for her if they were capable—whether it was a contest of brawn or wealth, he was not worried.Wrapping an arm around Saoirse’s slim waist, Javier pressed a kiss against her pink cheek.Saoirse was shy. “What are you doing? There are so many people around!”Javier’s answer was unrepentant. “That’s exactly why I kissed you. I’m like a territorial lion. I need to prove that you’re mine. Of course, if you think this is ineffective, I can pee on you like an actual lion too.”Saoirse gave Javier’s waist a hard pinch. “Nonsense!”She whi
Manny loved calling people a dog as an insult. Like when he was going to call the security to chase Javier out, he had said that he would make sure the latter was beaten up like a dog.At present, though, he could care less about it. All his attention was focused on the photos on Javier’s cell phone. He panicked while looking at them. “No! Where did you get these photos from? You—”Words tumbled out of his mouth, but Javier put out a finger and wagged it at him to gesture for his silence. It was then that Manny remembered what Javier had said earlier, about barking like a dog before he spoke, but he could care less now as he went on.“You’ve photoshopped these photos. This is slandering. I’m calling the police on you!”Javier pulled out his phone and pressed the digits right in front of Manny—the first two tones sounded the same.Manny panicked at once. He would be doomed if Javier actually called the police! Not being able to care about embarrassing himself as the hospital direct
Manny pleaded profusely, even promising to fork out some money in exchange for not exposing what he had done with the vaccine. However, this was obviously not going to happen since this was Javier’s entire objective for his trip. Thus, how could he possibly agree to Manny’s pleas?Seeing that he was not going to get anywhere with his continuous pleas, Manny had no choice but to agree with a depressed expression.Javier patted his shoulder. “Alright, then. I’ve already told you about both matters, so you go ahead and do as you see fit. I’m going to be leaving now, bye.”After extinguishing his cigarette against the desk, he picked up his cell phone and walked away.Before Javier left, Manny’s face still seemed depressed, obviously helpless and powerless in his situation.However, that expression of his instantly turned sinister the moment Javier walked out. Manny had not been planning on forking out a single cent since the very beginning, nor was he going to admit that he had d
Javier was sitting together with Saiorse, Lloyd with Carmen, and Herschel was alone inside the private room. Seeing that Herschel was seated together with them, Lloyd knew that Javier wanted to bring Herschel up the ranks. Although he did not leave Herschel to his own devices, coupled with the fact that the both of them had spent New Year’s together at Javier’s home and were both from the military, they ended up chatting away rather happily.Carmen was chatting with Saiorse about shoes and clothes, which was even heartfelt.When they were at the climax of their conversation, they left their seats. This was a pretty good thing since it would not be nice to smoke in front of two beautiful women who did not smoke themselves. Hence, after the women left the private room hand-in-hand, the three remaining men picked up their cigarettes. Lloyd was completely going against whatever rules he had been given previously. He did not care how many sticks of cigarettes he was smoking at tha
Javier had only intended for that to be a random retort, but Thorin began giving Javier an answer.He began saying how Javier had killed Harold and how his family was doing at that moment. He then carried on to say how much trouble Javier had caused himself and how his family was suffering because of it.Thorin had listed out everything. Toward the end, he even said, “Do you know why I’ve just f*cking told you all that? It’s because I’ve decided to send you to Hell today! After I kill you, I will tie up the two women you brought with you and have some fun with them.“Lloyd, I know that one of them’s yours, but you’ve got all the money in the world, so you can surely find another one. I’m going to pull apart those long legs and have my way with her. You could have her back like you used to after I’m done, if you don't mind. I won’t kill her, I promise!”Thorin was extremely arrogant, thinking there was nothing he needed to be afraid of since he was the one with the gun.Lloyd sai
Luca found out everything that had happened through Thorin. Most importantly, he found out that Manny was the one who had ordered him to kill Javier. Luca immediately felt a chill running down his spine when he heard this. ‘Thank goodness Javier’s alright, or my family and I would probably have to go down with him if something went awry!’While silently hating his uncle for his actions, Luca apologized to Javier sincerely, “I’m sorry, boss. I—”Javier waved his hand. “Take them all away with you!”Luca knew that Manny could not be saved no matter what, nor did he dare to vouch for him. He was happy enough that his family would not be penalized, so he did not dare ask for anything more.Luca was old friends with the restaurant owner, so he hurriedly gave him a call to bring over a few security guards. Luca got Thorin and his three subordinates away with their help.After leaving the restaurant, Luca and Thorin sat in the same car and headed to the nearest police station.During