“Clarke, sit tight. I’ll handle this.” Theo said and dialed a number. He said coldly into the phone, “Ned, I’m at the entrance of Yates Village. Bring your men over.”After he said that, he removed his hat and took off his suit jacket. He opened the door and walked out with his men.Philip smiled and got out as well.Wynn wanted to follow, but Philip kept her inside the car.Wynn should not have to watch what was going to happen next.“Which one of you mother*ckers is Philip Clarke? Get out here!”The leader was named Monkey. He was the local bully of this area at Yates Village. He would tyrannize this area to no end. He was also pushy and overbearing while thinking he was a big shot.He held a steel bat in his hand, and his face was filled with malice. He smashed his bat down on the hood of the Mercedes-Benz and yelled, “What’s wrong? Did you not hear me? Are y’all f*cking deaf? Get Philip Clarke out here and kowtow to me! And that woman named Wynn Johnston too! Come out here
Monkey’s face went pale. His face was ashy, and he was extremely frantic.When he was at a complete loss and was thinking about how to turn the situation around, the underground king of Riverdale walked humbly to another young man and bowed. He asked, “Mr. Clarke, what do you think we should do to them?”Mr. Clarke?Damn it!Was that young man Philip Clarke? The man that Eric wanted him to cripple?When he saw this, Monkey was in a complete state of shock. It was as if his heart had stopped beating.‘Eric Yates, you’re killing me!’In Monkey’s eyes, Theo was someone he had to maintain a respectful distance from. He was involved with both the dark and light sides. He had huge power over a lot of things.If he stomped his foot, the entire Riverdale would shake!Now, this person was being so respectful toward that young man. He was also acting extremely cautious around him.He could guess the identity of that young man just from the way Theo was treating him.He wanted so badly
Philip frowned. This little girl was so rude.She was criticizing someone the moment she met them.‘If I were your father, I would have slapped you!’“Oh, Philip. This is my best friend, Sadie Cash,” Yolanda smiled and said. There was disdain on her face.Philip was such a pervert. What was he looking at? He was staring at her the entire time.Sadie pressed her lips together and scolded fiercely, “What are you looking at? Have you never seen a pretty girl before?”Philip shook his head helplessly and chuckled. He ignored the two of them.Yolanda was not satisfied.She finally ran into the man who had feelings for her when they were back in university. She had to show off!A brilliant woman like Wynn actually married a spineless bum like Philip.She even heard that Philip had been having it tough these past few years. He even owed people a lot of money and was about to have a divorce.Yolanda was feeling pleased. She wanted so badly to show off in front of Philip so that she
Yolanda watched as Philip hesitated. She said quickly, “Since we’re all here, let’s go together. We haven’t seen each other in so many years.”Actually, Yolanda wanted to get close to Philip through this gathering.She felt remorseful for not having any interest in Philip back then. She did not expect a man like him to have such potential.Philip touched his nose and nodded his head. “Alright.”Philip did not have anything to do in the afternoon anyway. Also, his candlelit dinner reservation with Wynn was for tomorrow. As such, he did not have to worry.Philip told Agnes something before the latter went back to the office.After staying a while longer at the cafe, Yolanda and Sadie brought Philip to the karaoke in the mall nearby.“Oliver and the gang will be singing here before going to Arc de Triumph,” said Yolanda. She even grabbed Philip’s arm voluntarily and said in a mysterious tone, “Philip, do you know what Joshua opened a company of his own as well? His turnover is alre
There were all kinds of cold stares and jeers.This was the so-called gathering. Eventually, it would become a place for flattery and sneers.This was also why Philip did not want to come. What kind of gathering was this? It was all fake. The ex-classmates here were all swinging with each other. In addition to that, the men always tried to curry favors and be posers.“Philip, why didn’t you tell me that you were coming? I could’ve gone to pick you up. What’s wrong? You didn’t come the first two times I asked you but you’re here now when Yolanda’s the one inviting you. Are you trying to disrespect me?”Joshua was the one who said that. He stood up and walked over. He placed his arm around Philip’s shoulder and pretended to be cordial.Philip looked at him coldly. Had he become so hypocritical now?When did he invite him?Was it not Oliver the one who invited him the previous two times?After walking to the middle of the room, Joshua gave Philip a glass of wine. He said, “Come,
“Yeah, Philip. This is such a rare chance. I want to go too. Josh, what about me?” One of Philip’s classmates said in envy.“Me too. I heard the current account of Josh’s company has a few million every month. He has so many employees too!”Yolanda was envious. Her face was filled with adoration. She sat close to Joshua and kept acting coquettishly. There were more than ten people in the room. Initially, everyone was just doing their own things. However, when they heard Carl’s conversation, everyone became eager and was looking at Joshua with impatient gazes.It became obvious now that they had just come to the gathering for their own selfish needs. It could not be helped. This was the reality of it.They were all normal people. They just wanted an easy way out.This was understandable. It was not despicable.“Mr. McAdams, do you still need people?”“Josh, what about me? I was a secretary before. I can do anything.”“...”Sadie, who was sitting at one side, immediately got
“What? What is it? Do you want to say that you’re loaded?” Sadie talked back in frustration.This guy was disrespecting Joshua.There was a small smile on Joshua’s face. However, the dissatisfaction in his heart was getting more and more intense.‘I gave you a chance and you’re not appreciating it. Not only that, but you still want to decline?‘How dare you reject me with your current status?’He was still a piece of trash at the end of the day!“Philip, I should advise you to think about this clearly. Go back and discuss it with Wynn. If you need any help, just come find me at my office. I’ll definitely lend you a hand.” Joshua clapped his hands together and took out a name card from his pocket. He threw it over to Philip rudely like he was giving alms.“Alright, I think that’s enough fun. Let’s go eat at Arc de Triumph.” Joshua smiled and ignored Philip’s unappreciative expression.Everyone stood up, giving dirty looks at Philip.This idiot was such a fool.He did not even
Philip was feeling helpless, but eventually, he still got in.In a blink of an eye, the two of them arrived at Arc de Triumph.Tiger parked the car in the parking lot, and Philip got out. After a few steps, he ran into Joshua.He and Yolanda had gotten there first.When Joshua saw that Philip was here, he was curious. His Audi R8 was not slow. The rest were not here yet but Philip was already here?“Hey, Philip. I didn’t think you would manage to get a cab that quickly. Did you take a shortcut?”Joshua smiled mockingly. At the same time, he looked behind Philip.A pink Porsche 911. It seemed that Philip had gotten out of that car just now.Was it possible?He must be seeing thingsYolanda chimed in and said sarcastically, “You ran over here, didn’t you? He was the champion of the 5,000-meter run back then.”Joshua chuckled.Philip did not say anything.The two of them turned around and walked in.Tiger ran over a short while later. He said something to Philip before turni