Since they had come a little late and the restaurant was relatively famous, there were no more booths. Fortunately, Javier, Grace, and Bella did not mind this triviality, so they sat at a corner table in the hall.No one had expected someone this tactless and blind to come over.Javier let go of Bella and Grace’s dainty feet and looked at the person who had come with a beam. “What you’re doing isn’t quite appropriate, hmm?”It was only then that the man looked at Javier and replied with a similar smile, “What’s inappropriate here, Mr. Kersey?“I, Samuel Hale, have never found pursuing beautiful women to be inappropriate.“If you really think so…p*ss off. Go as far as you can by using your status as the Parrson Group chairman.”Listen to that audacity. Well, Samuel did have what it took to be this audacious.Javier did not know who this man was, but Bella did. She introduced the man to Javier, stating that he was the chairman of Hale Group, which was a top 50 company in the city.
The call Samuel had just received was from Chad. Chad had just said one thing to him. “Javier, who’s across from you, is the chairman of Reivaj Group.”There was no need to say anything else or explain why he was Parrson Group’s chairman currently, as Samuel was unqualified to know.He now understood that what Javier had said was not an empty threat. He put down his phone dumbly and gaped at Javier. “Uh, Mr. Kersey…”“I don’t usually repeat myself.” Javier did not even spare Samuel a glance. As he spoke, he placed more food on Bella and Grace’s plates. As for Samuel…who did he think he was?Truth to be told, Samuel knew that he was nothing to Javier. After contemplating this, he awkwardly and shamelessly got on his knees on the floor. He was proud, but he had no confidence.Why would he dare fight Javier head-on? Unless he wanted Hale Group’s name to be removed from registered businesses!The company was his lifetime effort. Would he dare do that? He would not! That was why Sam
The young man, Olgierd Laska, was dragged away by Kellyanne. He could do nothing even though he liked Bella. The girl was taken, and he could only stare in vain. Fortunately, Kellyanne promised him repeatedly that Grace was not weaker than Bella, which made him leave reluctantly. Olgierd kept kicking the pebbles by the road as he walked.That was a beautiful woman. Why? Why was someone else faster than him? It was infuriating.Disgruntled, Olgierd thought that he would fantasize about Bella when he went home tonight and solve his problem with his hand! It was something Bella could not control anyway, and he could not be blamed for fantasizing!While Olgierd made up his mind, Kellyanne rushed back home excitedly and scanned Javier. Since she had found out that he was Parrson Group’s chairman, she somehow found him to be easier on the eyes!“Ah, wonderful. The more I look at you two, the better match I think you are. What a good match! A match made in heaven!”Kellyanne did not ev
Olgierd was on the verge of tears. How could things have come to this? Twice he had gone on a blind date! Twice he had fallen for his date! And twice he’d had his date snatched away by the same b*stard! Oh, he was pissed, alright. He should fight back, of course! And now it turned out that his competitor was the chairman of Parrson Group. Really, how the hell was an underdog like him going to fight an upper-crust, modern-day aristocrat? God, what the actual f*ck?! Olgierd covered his eyes with his arm and ran away, tears flying all over. Oh, the weight of his melancholy! Two fair, beautiful maidens had both fallen into the arms of the same son of a b*tch. Snatched from his fingers when he had been so close! Oh, what had this world come to? It could have ended with both men walking home with one woman by their side, but no! It just had to end with a ménage à trois, while the other man was left maidenless! ‘Twas a cruel world! It was doubly so when one considered Olgierd’s backgr
Javier made his way to the Faculty of Sports. Just half a month ago, Javier had managed to dig up more than a few odd things about Professor Hubert Trout, whose attendance record had managed to be worse than Javier’s. Even more mysteriously, this strange character appeared to have paid the director of the university 1,500 dollars for some reason. What kind of professor was that? The kind who fancied himself above the norms and rules, of course! The kind who paid his employer rather than the other way around. And also the kind who did not seem to care much about his teaching duties. There was, however, an incident involving his students. One of them, who was trained in martial arts, had an argument with him that ended up becoming a brawl. Hubert floored the student after two to three moves. Naturally, he became Javier’s prime secret Raider member suspect. Then, further investigation revealed that everything on Hubert Trout’s resume was fake, including his identity. It was the kind
Claire was infuriated. Being dismissed by her opponent’s actions, not his words, could do that to any self-respecting fighter. She was so angry that she had completely eschewed talking and gone straight to her third attack. She leaped into the air and began throwing successive kicks at him. It was a move not many could master. Even people who had some martial art practice under their belt would typically need to build up momentum by running. Claire, however, was demonstrably an above-average fighter. Her kicks were fast as lightning. “Miss Gard is using her signature lethal move! Wooooooow!”“She’s gonna win this one! No one can handle her successive kicks!”“I’ve been on the receiving end before while wearing full-body gear, and even then, the impact was unbearable!”The students were surprised! They were in awe! They praised and complimented their coach’s most powerful move and thought she would win. But in Javier’s eyes, all that amounted to was nothing more than a fart. It
On the surface, Claire was Hubert’s humble assistant. Most people would intuitively think that the employer was the one making the calls, so naturally, one would think Hubert was the mastermind. And yet, his responses and reactions during the interrogation had made Javier aware of a very serious blind spot. What if it was not Hubert who had hired Claire…but the other way around?As Herschel marched out at his new order, Javier asked Hubert a question. The man basically confirmed Javier’s suspicions: Claire had hired him to be her “employer”. She had also made Hubert pay the director every month, which was only one of several things that would have all-too-easily drawn attention to him rather than her. Javier was not the type to believe a man without hard evidence, so he ordered some of his underlings to detain Hubert for further interrogation. His thoughts drifted to Claire again. He had been careless! He had let the young woman play him like a fiddle. The only hope he had left
“Oh man, you’re inviting me to dinner? Yes! Where?!”Lianna sounded as though she had leapt at the call. She went straight to guessing it was a meetup for dinner too, so one would suspect she had been waiting for Javier to ask her out to have a meal.As soon as Javier met her in person, though, he had a good guess as to the fuel behind her apparent spiritedness. It was vague, but there was gloom shadowing her features. She looked a little upset, as though something bad had just happened to her. While the food was being served, Javier asked. Lianna told him it was nothing, but Javier knew this meant her lips were sealed for the time being. Well, maybe all she needed was some beer. A tipsy woman kept no secrets!Javier ordered two bottles of beer and a fruit smoothie…in a kid pack. It was the stuff young children would drink, so naturally, Lianna picked the beer. If she drank, Javier would think it was no fault of his own. She picked the liquor out of her own free will, right? Now