Javier had used everything in his power to investigate the matter, but the feedback he received when he woke up the next day was extremely disappointing. They had all found nothing, absolutely nothing! After tracing back all of Nathaniel’s transactions, they were able to locate his bank account. However, his money had been segmented into smaller accounts, which was exactly the same as the time when Reivaj Group had been financially sniped in the past…Everything was untraceable. Meanwhile, Alyssa’s phone records were a complete bust. Likewise, someone had hacked into her phone records through a proxy and deleted all of them. Thus, this force hiding in the shadows had once again returned to endless darkness, preventing anyone from finding out about its existence. Even though Javier had already prepared for this to happen, he still felt slightly unhappy about it. Fortunately, his trip that day had not been wasted. He was in a better mood because of the fact that he had saved Suz
Indeed, there were many instances when ruling with an iron fist would be much more effective than speaking nicely. Javier’s current situation was one of them.After being painfully warned, everyone on the bus remained silent. None of them dared to even utter a single word, including Shawn. Javier sat back down and then turned around to look out of the window. “Each and every one of you people has been pampered so much that you’ve all got bad habits…F*ck!”Javier had said that very impolitely, yet none of them dared to utter a word.No matter how unhappy Shawn was inside, he still did not dare utter a single word. Javier’s previous mellowness had already made Shawn forget that Javier was a man capable of calling over the local military to save them. However, Shawn had already decided that Javier would be nothing when they returned to the country, where peace prevailed everywhere! In fact, Shawn even silently cursed… ‘F*ck you! I’ll report you to the police if you so much as t
After leaving Javier’s side, Suzanne told all of her team members on the flight what Javier had just offered them.After realizing they would receive such hefty benefits, everyone instantly got filled with excitement. Originally, they were worried that Javier might end up becoming another Nathaniel, providing them with ample payment but very restricted movements. But now that they found out, they would receive so many benefits and even get their freedom back. They were so pleased they could not believe their ears!One of them even tried to ask, “Mr. Kersey, I haven’t returned to my country for many years now, so I’d like to go back and visit my parents after we land.”Javier nodded. “Of course you can. Like I said, I’m not going to restrict your freedom. In fact, you can all leave this research team and go develop somewhere else after we land if that’s what you wish. My only condition is that you all ensure that whatever projects we have at the moment be kept a secret.”Javier
After Javier sent Doug off to suppress and acquire Blissful Medical Group, Hayden suddenly showed up.It was such a coincidence because he had shown up immediately after Javier’s return. “Mr. Javier, Mr. Javier, Mr. Javier…You really had me panicking for a moment there! I’ve especially had someone wait here for you so that I could visit you the moment you returned!”Hayden seemed very polite and had even brought a gift with him. He was holding a few cigars in his hands, which seemed hand-made, so they were definitely not cheap stuff.“I know you love smoking the most, so I’ve especially gotten my men to purchase them from overseas. I’ll leave them here so that you can try them out.”After putting down the cigars, Hayden stood before Javier and seemed very respectful, completely unlike how arrogant he had been the first time they met. Javier chuckled and asked, “Mr. Paige, have you come here to tell me that you’re going to acquire Reivaj Hospital again?”Hayden hurriedly waved
The dishes were served shortly after they entered their private room. There were many dishes served, most of them very delicate.Javier first raised a toast to congratulate Doug and Mikaela before they began their dinner, with Doug being very happy while Mikaela being timid. Javier did not seem to feel unhappy throughout the entire dinner. After all, he was only looking for women to satisfy his needs and did not have to marry them whenever he did it, which would be very unrealistic. He was not someone that everyone would instantly fall in love with. In fact, there were a few women that Javier himself disliked.This was all very normal to him, so the atmosphere during dinner was rather pleasant, with Doug not being able to notice anything off about it.Doug suddenly received a phone call halfway through their dinner. There was an issue regarding the hospital’s business affairs. Doug was unhappy upon receiving that phone call and left the private room. Javier could even faintly he
The people in the restaurant were shocked senseless the moment they saw a genuinely menacing huge bald man flashing his karambit. The ones who wanted to report it to the police did not have the guts to do so out of fear that the man would cut them down to pieces. But when they saw Javier being targeted by the man, they felt rather sympathetic for Javier. However, just as they were all worried about Javier, nobody expected the rather menacing-looking huge bald man to get floored by Javier within seconds. They were all rendered slightly speechless, not knowing how they should react. Meanwhile, Javier took out his cell phone and called the police before carrying on drinking his soup.‘This soup is pretty tasty. It goes well with the bread they’ve got here.’The onlookers felt sympathetic for Javier earlier, yet they were now frightened of him.Since Javier could disarm the huge bald man so quickly, even slamming him against the floor and in a lot of pain was enough for them to
On the 10th day after Hayden’s arrest, all of Blissful Medical Group’s assets ended up in Javier’s possession.Originally, it would not have taken such a short time to get it done, but Javier had personally found the chairman of a certain economist.Javier had made his intentions very clear…He wanted to build a research center and a medicine-manufacturing company worth billions of dollars in their city, and Blissful Medical Group had the perfect foundation for it. The chairman immediately approved the matter based on special circumstances.When a leader did things for the sake of his people, if a highly-valued investor walked right up to their doorstep, it was a really wonderful occasion. After all, it would resolve their employment issue and result in more taxable revenue. Thus, thanks to the special circumstances, everything got resolved extremely quickly, and Javier took over Blissful Medical Group successfully.That day, Javier and Herschel arrived at the medicine-manufactu
Only a few people knew who Javier was, but most people knew how to surf the Internet. Thus, when everyone realized that Javier’s picture on the internet matched the features of the man standing in front of them on the stage, they were instantly shocked! “Are you really the chairman?!”Besides being behind the movie “Ackerman” and the car brand Chinean, Reivaj Group had successfully obtained a very good reputation thanks to those feats.On top of that, these people had families and friends who had gone to Reivaj Hospital, which was located in the city. They had all been diagnosed and treated in a very friendly manner for low fees, which had made Reivaj Group somewhat famous.Thus, none of them even needed to ask what sort of benefits they would receive from Javier as they rushed over to stand on Javier’s left side.In fact, Javier’s left side was so packed that everyone was pushing one another away to make room for themselves, afraid that they might get mistaken for standing on
As Bernadetta launched a barrage of kicks against the restaurant door, Mrs. Greene summoned 120% of her strength, holding the fort. The older woman had made a living terrorizing others with absurd accusations and downright unreasonable demands, but this time, she had met her match. Bernadetta James put the “man” in the word “woman”—in that she resorted to violence as soon as things escalated. In the end, it took both Mrs. Greene’s apology and a deal to provide Javier and Bernadetta with three days’ meals, all free of charge, to make the young woman stop. Then—“because I actually have a weakness against people sincerely appealing to my better angels,” according to Bernadetta—she amended the peace offer, changing the three days’ free meals to…a week’s worth. Back in the inn, Javier expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Bernadetta for rescuing him. “I can’t thank you enough for standing by my side when I needed it the most, Bern. But I can thank you a bit more if you refrain from using t
Mrs. Greene opened her flap and unlocked the floodgate, the spit during her tirade so profusive that she could water an old lady’s lawn. “It’s him, officers! It’s all him! He did this to his own camera just to remove himself as a suspect, but we know better than that! He’s the guy who stole my goddamn lingerie!”She turned and trained her finger on Javier. “You vile, disgusting, degenerate piece of sh*t! Ptooey!”‘Back at you! I'd rather spend the night with my left hand than with you!’ By this point in the morning, Bernadetta had arrived at work. Her heels clicked onto the floor as she sauntered toward the commotion. As soon as she heard what had transpired, she laughed, looking clearly amused. She trained her perfectly manicured finger on Javier and piled on. “Oh, it was him. I can testify to that! He stole Mrs. Greene’s bra because he is…the Lingerie Phantom Thief! By day, he is Javier Kersey. At night, he is Jo Ker, the Bra Stealer!” Javier threw his arms up in exasperation
Javier shook his head. By the time his vision was back to normal, the dog was gone. It had escaped! “What kind of hell spawned this little sh*t?!” Javier wondered to himself aloud. “Was this really an effect of the world changing? Is this an example of mutation because of the Storm? Or is there something else at play?”Baffled and unsure what to think, Javier returned to the dorm and told the residents to open the door. Inside, he found Florence huddling the frightened kids closely. She was white from fear, and yet in the presence of vulnerable kids, she had assumed the role of the protector without a second thought. “Hush, it’s alright! It was fake. Someone pulled a terrible prank and put on this white sheet and…” Javier made up a fib to explain the haunting away exactly because the truth could land him in a mental institution. No one would believe him—and for good reason too!Javier drove Florence back to the Yuzuian restaurant, where the latter’s electric scooter was. While
A resentful wail—interspersed only by sobs that sounded more like someone was being strangled—was echoing in the middle of the night while Javier and Florence could not see even a single soul out there? Animated by the power of “hell, naw!”, Florence dove into Javier’s arms for protection. Her hands were clasped firmly on either side of her head, hoping to block out the ghastly demand in her ears. Her eyes were squeezed so tightly shut that even a crowbar could not pry them open.Javier himself was just as terrified. He would have felt better if he could see the source of the voice rather than just hear a woman sobbing about getting her head back. At least he would know what he was up against! But just hearing it without any visuals at all?! Nooooope!Then, Florence hugged him in a “help-me!” sort of way. She was soft and supple—damn, that sexy figure in combination with her silky-smooth skin sure was welcoming. She was warm, and damn did she smell good! Nothing competed with fea
The dog barked in protest as it pointed its paw at Javier with the intensity of a mob before executing a monarch. The flames in its eyes were so bright that they could incinerate Javier into ashes in milliseconds. In the end, though, all that protest was for naught. Constance tied it up in the parking garage, while Javier watched in glee. Ah, sweet, sweet revenge! The stupid dog had thought it could set him up, had it? That would teach it!The look the Pomeranian shot him almost felt like a threat: ‘Just you f*cking wait, hooman!’‘Wait for what? How much can a stupid b*tch like you do to me?’ Javier scoffed in his mind. Now that the four-legged pest was gone, Javier turned back to Constance and talked about the new orphanage. As it turned out, despite the old woman’s sentiments for the building she had founded, she was a lot less obstinate and unreasonable as she might appear. “I mean, I don’t object to it completely. I know the new place is gonna be better, but…” She faltered a
Florence called half an hour later to tell him where they’d be having dinner. After leaving the inn in Bernadetta’s care, he hurried to the venue. Florence had picked a newly-opened Yuzuian restaurant. Javier had never liked Yuzuian restaurants, but since Florence had invited him, courtesy stopped him from asking the woman to change their meeting venue. He found Florence quickly enough and sat across from her. They placed their orders, and Javier began his performance: He started sighing and doing his best to look forlorn. It intrigued Florence enough to ask what was wrong, and Javier told her about his unfortunate beef with Constance that day.“It’s so unfair, man! Why would I bully a dog for no reason?” he moaned. “I’m sure Aunt Constance misunderstood. You’re a knightly, heroic, kind man! How could someone like you possibly get off on hurting a dog? I’m sure Aunt Constance was just too worried about the dog’s welfare to think things through. She didn’t mean it. I can vouch for
Herschel was dressed quite sharply today. It was the full ensemble—black leather shoes, black slacks, a white collar, and last but not least, the good old oil-slicked hair. The typical look of a high-ranking office worker, just as Javier had requested. Ordering him to get in his car, Javier asked, “You brought all the stuff I told you to?”“Yo, I would never forget the stuff my boss told me to bring. I’ve got all the preparations down pat. You can check ‘em if you don’t trust me,” Herschel replied. He fished an ID and some documents out of his leather bag. “See? All the documentation a journalist in the most important room of a news agency would have.”After a round-check and some instructions, Javier sent Herschel on his way to complete his mission. The man was strangely reluctant, though. “Boss, you told me you decided to work in that inn, right? Does that mean, you know, that you’re gonna call me ‘boss’ while you’re there?”Javier had almost forgotten he had mentioned this. It
Javier’s suspicion turned to Constance Hellman’s white Pomeranian. He turned to the director’s office and met the dog’s eyes. With its paws on the windowsill, it hoisted itself up to look out of the window. Seeing the dog cracking a lopsided grin and baring its fangs—beaming as smugly as a teacher’s pet who had managed to subdue everyone through the power of being the boss’s favorite—made it look both amusing and chilling. It would have been had the dog not caught Javier’s gaze, suddenly dropped the smile, and put on a face that seemed to be saying, ‘I’m just your average dog! Nothing to see here!’And then it feigned—yes, feigned—a yawn as its one last measure to cover up the fact that it had been laughing smugly to itself. ‘What. The. Actual. F*ck?!’ Javier thundered in his mind. ‘B*tch’s a natural actress! What’s it doing here instead of being interviewed on a talk show after becoming viral on TikTok?’In combination with Russell’s report, the incident inside the director’s of
As Javier was befuddled, Constance rushed in from outside and picked up the white Pomeranian gingerly to carefully check its injured leg.“Oh, baby, what’s the matter? Did you hurt your leg?”The white Pomeranian whined in pain and began twitching upon hearing Constance’s concerned question. This upset Constance so much that she admonished him sternly. “Mr. Kersey, I thought that you were a loving person, but I can’t help doubting your motive now.“I’m skeptical about you taking good care of the kids here when you’d even hit a cute dog!”Javier felt extremely offended. When had he hit the dog? He hurriedly explained, “Madam Hellman, I didn’t do anything!”Constance asked angrily, “You didn’t do anything? Why would it suddenly limp now and whine so pathetically? Why did it hurry over to me? Give me a reasonable explanation!”Javier was in distress as well. “How would I know? It was fine when I was carrying it just now, but it wanted to get down on the floor, so I carefully placed