Javier could not wait for the day of the Lance-Ker Awards. But before that time came, he got something else instead—a phone call from Chessie, to be exact. She told him cryptically that there was something she hoped he could help her with.Javier knew Chessie. She would not plead for his help even if someone stuck a gun to her head, so the fact that she was asking him right now, in a voice this uncharacteristically meek and soft, shocked Javier. He asked her what had happened, but the young woman simply asked him to meet her at her place.There was little work for him to do lately. Javier had someone else to help him oversee the research and development of the vaccine, so he was free to attend this mysterious meeting. As soon as the call ended, he bought the earliest plane ticket he could find and immediately headed to Chessie’s part of the country.He reached the city at night and met Chessie by the entrance of the airport. She was as beautiful as he remembered, and tough as a nail
Chessie had no problem paying Javier for a wonderful night. He was a handsome freak in the sheets who asked for very little despite the expensive experience he delivered. No one would see him as anything but a great bargain. The problem, however, was that she was in battle warrior mode. Like a warrior, she would see trails of blood during her showers despite not even having a scratch. Like a warrior, she would bleed for a week and yet walk around without suffering from any blood loss. Yep. Chessie was going through that time of the month, and his libido could do nothing about it. It would be barbaric of him to answer his carnal calling without any concern for Chessie’s condition. She was his woman, so caring for her was part of his responsibility. But gosh, he swore to God, it did not mean holding his lust in was easy at all. Hell, it made the night torturous. Here lay Chessie, beautiful and alluring, cuddling in his arms—so close yet so far away. It was the worst. Just the wor
“My dearest Miss Sommer! You truly have the most amazing body ever! Just look at your fair, long, lean legs! Even the best models in the business would surrender at the sight of them. And your butt! Incredibly sexy, just like a ripe peach! Oh, and let’s not forget the jaw-droppingly perfect proportions of your waist and chest—perfection is what they are!“Believe me, Miss Sommer, I’m not exaggerating when I say you possess the most beautiful figure I’ve ever seen. You really are one of a kind, a true primadonna! If you graced my evening by joining me for dinner later...oh, it would be the highest honor of my life!”On and on, Kenny Mason, the gym trainer, prattled with all the flattery he could summon. The target of his buttery infatuation? Lilith Sommer, who was jogging on the treadmill. Her supposed husband was standing nearby, but Kenny ignored him altogether.Everyone in the gym knew who Draco DeSantis was. He was a spineless waste of space, that was who he was. He never raised
Javier’s unfazed attitude ignited an inferno within the thrice-insulted Kenny.Kenny had had his fair share of being on the receiving end of verbal abuse. But to be subjected to Draco-f*cking-DeSantis’ slights three times in a f*cking row?! How could he not be p*ssed?!He did not even wait until Javier’s hands were in the gloves. He charged, fueled by pure rage, springing toward his prey like a provoked jaguar. A sharp gust rolled along at his momentum, and when he was a few inches away from his target, he leaped into the air and performed a mighty swing.It actually looked pretty cool.At that very moment, Lilith walked out of the changing room, smoothing down the corner of her shirt.Then, her eyes traveled up to the ring—and widened.Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined seeing her milquetoast husband standing in a ring, engaged in a fight. She would have tried to understand why this anomaly was happening, but now was not the time. Besides, her mind was completely occup
Lilith drove, speeding all the way until she stopped at a lavishly designed Hermes boutique. It was not just a family gathering today. It was Lilith’s third brother, Raphael’s birthday.Both of them had been the closest since they were young, so Lilith would never forget Raphael’s birthday.She took nearly half an hour to filter her choices upon entering the boutique and finally made up her mind on a belt that cost around 10.5 thousand dollars.It was only a belt! Using a rope could do, but the Sommers were rich since they were business tycoons in Beencelle. 10.5 thousand dollars was nothing much to them, especially when it was highly likely that money came from the narcotics trade.Lilith went back to the car with Javier holding the luxuriously wrapped gift box that the belt was in, only to discover that the car had broken down. The ignition was normal, and the clutch was normal, but the gear could not work. It was like the gear stick was welded.Lilith liked driving manual cars,
While Shane, the elite of elites in cars, was still gloating, Javier made his utmost honest comment regarding the former with the simplest word.This angered Shane. No one dared call him a fool right in his face when he was the second son of the Sullivans. He grabbed Javier, who wanted to go to the passenger seat, insisting on getting to the bottom of it.Javier had only explained when he saw Lilith’s confused gaze. He was mainly doing the explanation for her.“There’s a small possibility that clutch disks will stick together when you drive on a rainy day. When they’re stuck, you can’t shift your gears.“Starting the engine in your gears will cause the car to rush forward due to the gears, and the force will separate the stuck clutch disks.“That’s why I shifted the gear to go forward when I started the engine. It’s this simple.”Javier’s explanation made sense.Shane, who realized that the bumper of the car had not hit the pavement, was even more convinced that the latter was n
Was he f*cking playing with cars? He was seeking death! It was fine that he was seeking death, but he should not have dragged Shane’s treasured Ferrari into it!Shane lost his cool completely as the truck dragged away the flaming red Ferrari farther and farther away. He did not care if he would be able to keep up, but he took off and sprinted toward the truck, yelling while he ran, “Stop! You need to f*cking stop right now. Give me back my car…”Lilith could not help being amused at Shane’s frenzied state. It was interesting. Javier had purposely wrecked the car knowing that Shane treasured it so much. This pleased her very much. Everything Javier had done became more interesting.Lilith asked after she drove and picked up Javier, “You seem to know a lot since you can fix a car and drive a Ferrari, huh?”Javier answered, “Yes, I’ve remembered everything.”Lilith’s eyes sparkled. “What did you do in the past? What’s your identity? Where are you from?”Javier took a deep breath and
Javier was surprised as soon as Harvey spoke. He did not expect the old man actually to have someone monitor him. Otherwise, there was no way Harvey would have found out that he had recovered his memory.Come to think of it, Harvey probably had yet to realize that he was impersonating Draco, or he would have long been killed by now. Reacting to all that was happening quickly, Javier kept a composed look.“There’s no conspiracy, and I didn’t recover all my memories. I don’t know why I got injured either.”Javier was all “I don’t know” in regards to what Harvey wanted to find out. Harvey fell into silence again, looking at his familiar yet foreign son-in-law. The old man seemed to be good at creating a solemn and grim mood, using silence and the surroundings to pressure the person he was interrogating.Despite that, such petty tricks were useless against Javier, who had experienced much more.About another five minutes of staring later, Harvey spoke again. “You’re very dishonest.”