Javier spent every day of that week with Lara. The young woman was very kind, even after what Javier had done to her, so she chose to stay with him simply because she pitied him for shouldering so much pressure. A week was enough to kindle genuine love between them anyway. By the time Lara had really fallen in love with Javier, the man was ready to leave again. “Give working here your best shot, okay? Buy whatever catches your fancy too. There’s no need to hold back. I’ll leave you enough money,” he proclaimed. “I have a very important mission that needs to be done. I’ll look for you when it’s over! If you’re still single by then—if you’re not seeing anyone—then you’ll be my girlfriend!”He kissed Lara hard, took a deep breath, and climbed into his car. He left. Lara held her cheeks go hot, and her tongue was tied as she tried to say goodbye. She did not want money or formally being anyone’s girlfriend. She just wanted what he had told her to be real—that Javier would come back, a
Joey set up a trap for Javier on purpose, wanting to drive him away by using 15,000 dollars. Evanna was upset. She could understand that Joey was doing it for her sake, but she did not like it.“Mom, you’re just picking on Javier now. How could he possibly…”“Okay, three days. I’ll place 15,000 dollars that I’ll make on my own on your table!”Well, Evanna was pushing Javier away from the trap, only for the latter to hop in voluntarily.After a moment of stupor, Evanna asked, “Javier, are you thinking straight? How will you make 15,000 dollars in three days? Do you know how much that is? You’ve got to make around 5,000 dollars in a single day, and you’d have to make over hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Why do you have to do that?!”Do what? It was only 15,000 dollars.Although Javier had no regard for money now, making it was not a challenge with The Grimoire of Five that he had currently mastered.“Bluffing buffoon!” Evanna left, slamming the door after her last comment
Wilson rushed out of the office with his men before he could dwell on it, dashing to the accident site.Joey stopped, standing rooted there in shock, as she could not understand how an accident could have happened when they were just tearing down a washroom. Wholeheartedly hoping that there would be no casualties, she tossed the folder and hurried out of the office.When she passed by Javier, however, she glared daggers at him.“You unlucky man. You jinxed this and brought us bad luck. Would something have happened if you hadn’t made sh*t up?!”Javier scoffed. He had warned them that the excavation could not go on, but he had become a jinx now.In spite of this, the accident had already happened and this argument was pointless. He hurried to the excavation site as well.There was a washroom at the southwest corner of Aurora Academy, but students rarely used it since it was far from the classrooms and the dorms. Joey had planned to renovate and turn it into a pond to improve the s
Wilson was stunned. He had just entered the shed from the outside, and one more man had gotten buried? Were they planting carrots out there?How many years had it been since workplace safety had been emphasized? Accidents on construction sites were mostly superficial wounds nowadays. Why did it feel like they had been cursed today?Was this a jinx? Bad luck?Wilson looked at Javier in astonishment, only for the latter to sneer, “Go on and cry, you fool!”Wilson, who was insulted right in front of his workers, was not even angry, as his priority was to save the victim. He rushed out of the shed to orchestrate the rescue.Javier could not see what was going on outside, tied as he was in the shed, but he could guess most of it based on the noises they made.The person buried this time was the excavator driver. The arm raising the bucket of the excavator while he had been working just now had gotten jammed, so he had come down to have a look. Unexpectedly, the bucket had dropped sudd
Javier was in the backseat of the Mercedes-Benz S450 while Wilson chatted animatedly with him.The chauffeur was bewildered. He knew that the young man was the good-for-nothing son-in-law of the Dennisons and the chairman looked down on him usually. Why was the chairman acting so obsequiously around the young man today?The chauffeur could not figure it out, but he thought that he could become a chairman too if he did understand why.When they had almost reached the restaurant, Javier’s phone rang and Evanna’s name started flashing on the screen. Once the call was connected, while Javier had yet to speak, Evanna’s voice came from the other end of the line.“Javier, you’re the man now, huh? Got a temper now, is that so? I criticized you a bit, you’re not coming home for dinner?”The speaker was a little loud, so Javier felt kind of awkward that Wilson was hearing the conversation. Before he could say anything about it, Wilson grabbed his phone.“Hello? Evanna? I’m Uncle Wilson.
Javier did have a solution to dispel the bad luck and negative energy there, but he believed that Wilson would not accept it.Wilson was skeptical and kept questioning him, so Javier told him ultimately, “Get 500 workers, and I’ll put up an Ehta Drakos for you using concrete to forcefully balance out the energy level there.”“500 construction workers? I don’t need that many men to build a tower!”Wilson went silent when he thought of the salary of the workers and the construction fees for the concrete and everything else. He refused to relent, though, and asked, “Is there a way to save a little more money or not spend a dime?”Javier lit a cigarette and leaned back against the chair as he answered, “Sure, have someone die there.”The Soul Flame of someone who was unlucky enough to die in an accident would make the negative energy dissipate and burn away.“Resume construction work and wait until someone dies there. It’ll be fine then.”How could Wilson use this approach when it w
Javier was pulled off by Wilson as soon as he exited the bathroom, leaving a stunned Evanna in the living room.Hasty footsteps were heard next as Joey hurried downstairs. When she was on the last step, she took the time to smooth out her clothes and hair before she made her appearance in the living room. With a beaming face, she said, “Wilson, it’s not nice for others to see you come to see me this early in the morning. I think it’s better that you meet me in the office next time. We’ll—Eh, where’s Wilson?”Joey looked around, but there was no Wilson there.Evanna spoke up from the side. “Mom, stop being vain. He was here for Javier, and they both left.”That was awkward for Joey. She had spent all that time dressing up for nothing. Despite that, she did not understand. “Why was Wilson here to meet Javier this early in the morning?”Evanna replied weakly, “Who knows? And he talked to me as though I was trying to sabotage him.”That confused Joey even more, as she had no idea wha
After a few exchanges, Javier had forced curse words out of Uri, and the latter’s grace and elegance had disappeared in the blink of an eye.Even Wilson could not help questioning if the guy was an actual master, as he did not look quite convincing.Just as Javier was about to keep questioning Uri, Jared came over. He nodded at Wilson in greeting and frowned at Javier.“Javier, this is not the place to joke. The master is noble in status. You mustn’t doubt or insult him.”He then bowed at Uri. “Master Copeland, Javier doesn’t know any better. Please look past this.”Uri waved a hand loftily. “It’s fine, it’s fine. If one has to be blamed, I’m to be blamed for lacking in skills. I can’t blame others for doubting me.”The back and forth between the two men ended with Javier being accused of being insensible and Uri getting a reputation for being humble.Jared then scanned the others and said, “I, Jared Griffin, personally visited the Arcadian Order and prayed there on my knees for