Jordan showed himself. He no longer seemed afraid because more than 20 people were behind him.The 20-odd people all looked weird. At first glance, they looked like thugs. They were smoking cigarettes and had bats in their hands.Jordan walked in front of them, filled with pride. He looked like their boss.However, after he made his appearance and before he had time to say anything, he was yanked away by the man behind him, who had gold earrings hanging from his ears.He was clearly walking on the wrong route as he was blocking the boss’ way.At that moment, Audrey witnessed everything from a distance. She quickly stepped forward to try to stop them.However, when she walked past Javier, he reached out his hand and stopped her.Audrey was a little anxious. She knew that Javier was the chairman of Reivaj Group, but she believed that Javier did not know that the guy with the gold earring was someone he should not mess with."The leader is called Butch. He’s a big mafia boss in th
Javier did not care if Butch and the rest took action. It was not because he prepared himself long before this. He could easily handle them even without any preparation.However, before he could fight back, Audrey rushed forward and went in front of him, stopping Butch and his men.When Butch saw Audrey charging to the front, he asked with a smile, "Why did you come forward? Do you think I don’t have the guts to hit you?"To be honest, Audrey did not even know why she had charged forward.She was even a little surprised deep down. What good would it do when she stepped forward at a time like this?Butch obviously would not let it slide this time and would surely beat her up. She was indeed afraid of getting beaten up, but she had rushed forward anyway.Audrey was terrified as she faced Butch's savage gaze. She did not know how to answer.Yet, she still refused to step back. She blocked Javier from Butcher and his men, stopping them in the way.But at that moment, Javier pulled
“Right, why did you run forward dumbly just now? And even put yourself in front of me. Are you not scared of getting beaten up?”When Javier questioned Audrey, she answered in a huff, “You’re the dumb one. I did that to protect your guests. You’re staying in my hotel. Naturally, I have the responsibility and the duty to ensure your safety.”Realization struck Javier. “I thought you wanted to protect me and got worried that I’d be hurt because you like what it feels like when you’re with me!”Audrey blushed from the words. “What nonsense are you spouting? I’ll call the police on you if you say something like that again!”“You sure you’ll be able to do it?” Javier asked with a grin.Audrey ignored him and left with a turn of the head. She realized it now. She probably was not this rogue’s opponent when arguing with him, even if she were to combine two of herself.Butch and the lackeys he had brought along had been caught. There was someone else who had been caught as well. He was u
Jordan was released. No matter how insolent he had been outside, he didn’t dare to act the same way in the police station. He left the station after he dutifully and honestly admitted his mistake and wrote a repenting letter.Audrey asked in concern when they got out, “How do you feel? Jordan, are you hungry? Should we take you to supper first?”Audrey was truly a little overboard with her concern. It was not like she would treat her biological son like this—and it was exactly because Jordan was not her biological son that she was so nice and patient with him.She did not receive Jordan’s acknowledgment in return. “You freaking busybody! What does me being captured have to do with you? You could’ve let the police keep me inside if you're so good. I haven’t done anything. They’d have let me out without you poking your nose into this!”Javier thought there was no other way but to give Jordan a slap regarding his parasitic and ungrateful attitude. He did just that right after thinking
Javier was not just saying that. He followed it up with his action. It was just that Audrey glared at him when his hand came into contact with her tights-clad legs.“Can you have some self-respect and stop bullying me? Don’t you feel like you’re a beast sometimes? Not caring about anything and just wanting to take and own?”Javier laughed. “You’re indirect as well. You might as well call me an animal!”Audrey rolled her eyes. “I didn’t say that, although what you think is a tiny bit right.”Javier wanted to quip, but Suzanne came down to the bar. After greeting Audrey, she asked, “It’s all taken care of?”“Mn, it’s done. Nothing much left.” Javier nodded.Suzanne made an “oh” sound and turned to Audrey. “Lady boss, can I have a glass of wine on the house?”Audrey chortled. “Good one, Ms. Quinn,” she said while she poured Suzanne a glass of wine and then left the bar with an excuse.After Audrey left, Suzanne pinned Javier with a jealous gaze, so the latter asked purposely, “Wha
Javier was only saying that. He did not do it.He passed the glass of warm water to Audrey after pouring it for her. Audrey’s reflex was to get up and accept the water, but her stomach was still in pain.Javier told her, looking at her pained expression, “I asked the doctor earlier. He said you’ll still be in pain for three to five hours after waking up. No definite duration as it differs for different people, but it’s not anything to worry about. You don’t have to fret over it.”Javier’s explanation reassured Audrey. She thanked him again after helping her drink some water.The man did not care about that. He was more concerned about what Audrey had done to have eaten her way to the hospital, to which the latter replied embarrassedly, “The weather’s hot, and I got greedy. I had a lot of cold things, so…”Javier made an “oh” sound and said no more. As both of them chatted, and it being at night, they managed to bring their conversation to the bed, and that was that.This part f
Reivaj Group had always emphasized benefiting the people, so it would not sell the drug as expensive as 6-8 thousand dollars. Even if it were 300-500 dollars, it was cheap, but he would still not have enough!The patient was worried, fretting that the 150 dollars in his pocket would not even be enough for the doctor's consultation. What was more, an injection.The truth was, he had overthought because he managed to have both the consultation and was jabbed after that. When he went to pay, he even discovered that the shot only cost 80 dollars.It was out of this world. Everyone’s budget was around 700 dollars, and he had only brought 150 dollars in cash because he was poor. Yet, one injection only cost 80 dollars. He could not help muttering in wonder if the medication was fake.Still, the drug was no heavenly pill. Whether it was effective or not would not show an immediate result. According to the doctor, the patient could only go home and wait to check the efficacy after half a m
Doug immediately understood what was happening. He was smart enough not to have to be told too much.This was because he had suddenly realized a problem through Javier’s words. ‘If some country with a significant force backing them up were to have their eyes on this medicine someday, It’d be a huge problem for us.‘Rather than letting this happen, we might as well ally ourselves with other countries and send them the benefits of our own accord.‘I’ll give you the benefits you want, but I decide how much you receive.‘On the contrary, if I were to wait for you to try and steal it from me, you’d be the one to decide how much you steal or whether you would even leave anything for us.‘So Javier’s making a brilliant choice by keeping the commanding power in his hands.‘This isn’t just about working together with a particular force, but all of them.‘If we were to ally ourselves with all the countries, who could dare to interfere or even try anything stupid behind our backs?’Thus,