Nick rapidly approached Philip, visibly delighted as he said, “You’re here too, Mr. Clarke! What a pleasure it is to see you here.”Philip was talking to Wynn. When he heard Nick’s voice, he raised his head and found that he did not know the man in front of him. “And you are?”“Oh, you wouldn’t remember little old me. I’m in charge of property matters in these parts, my name is Nick Cage. The ruckus my son Mickey caused at Longford today was my fault, I didn’t raise him well enough. I hope you don’t mind, Mr. Clarke.”Nick heaped on the flattery, his words filled with adulation.Philip finally remembered who he was. He said with a smile, “Good to see you too, Director Cage.”Nick wanted to talk to Philip more and get closer to him, but Mont and the others were also approaching them now, looking far from pleased.Next to Philip, Wynn was looking at him suspiciously.So Philip even knew the higher-ups in the property circle?“Hey, do you know Nick Cage?”Wynn tugged at Philip’s
“Renner, why aren’t you apologizing to Mr. Clarke? Don’t you want your project to be approved?”Nick stopped smiling and began to weaponize his authority instead.Mont immediately panicked. Very reluctantly, he told Philip, “Sorry, I was rude to you just now. I hope you won’t hold it against your uncle.”Philip smiled. “No worries, Uncle Mont. We are family, after all.”Everyone burst out laughing at that, all to try and ease the tension in the air.Only Cindi and her mother continued to look constipated. They wanted to criticize Philip some more, but they never expected that good-for-nothing to know someone as impressive as Nick Cage.The others were shocked as well, but they hid their reaction behind awkward smiles.Just a second ago, that man was a worthless wretch just about anyone could criticize, but now they were saying that he was friends with Nick Cage, a director at the Land Registry. What a miraculous turn of events!Everyone returned to the room, but over the meal,
Wynn was beside herself with anxiety. “I don’t know! The hospital called and said it was an accident.”An accident?F*ck!Philip slammed the gas and raced toward the hospital.Once they reached the hospital, Wynn scrambled out of the car. There were a great many ambulances crowding the entrance, and the casualties kept streaming in.The hospital was in complete chaos!Several dozen nurses and doctors were yelling at the top of their voices,“Over here, over here! This one’s critical! Stop the bleeding, stat!”“We need oxygen over here!”“Hurry up and get more hands in from other hospitals! Call the director!”The scene was a complete mess. There was an endless stream of victims covered in blood getting carted out of the ambulances!The whole place smelled of blood!There were missing arms and legs everywhere!The wailing never stopped!Wynn was faint with shock. Her entire body trembled and she clapped her hand over her mouth, looking for something amongst the bodies cove
“What, now the two of you are ganging up to defend that wretch? Won’t you spare a thought for me at all?”Martha was furious and especially unhappy when she saw that Charles and Wynn were united against her.She was the master of this household.Philip was nothing!“Mom, could you stop being so unreasonable?”Wynn was flabbergasted. What was wrong with her mother now? Why did she have such a temper all of a sudden?”“I’m being unreasonable? Look at him, he’s just standing there! He could’ve at least asked to look at our wounds. We might seem fine at first, but what if we’re more badly injured somewhere you can’t see? All he’s doing is standing there. I bet he just wants us to die as soon as possible!”Martha said fiercely, her brows raised viciously and her expression icy. Her gaze shone with her rage at Philip.“Alright, Mom, Dad. I’ll go call a doctor now.”Philip had no choice. He turned and jogged off to get a doctor.Even Philip had no idea how he had survived three year
Philip looked at Wynn’s curious gaze and mused it over for a moment before saying, “Actually, Wynn, Nick knows Giada. He’s just polite to me out of respect to her.”Giada?Wynn blinked. It suddenly occurred to her that Philip’s stepmother seemed like a very impressive woman.She nodded to show that she believed him. “No wonder. And here I thought that you were…”“That I’m what?”Philip was suddenly nervous.Did Wynn stumble onto something?“No, it’s nothing. We should just go to sleep now, okay? I have a ton of work to do tomorrow."Wynn smiled and did not pursue that train of thought further.After a few days, Martha had mostly recovered and started getting back to her old tricks in the villa again.When Charles saw how she mumbled to herself all day about coming up with a name for the villa, he was once again flabbergasted. "Martha Yates, could you stop your ridiculous plotting for one second? Isn't it enough for us to just stay here as one big happy family? Do you have t
Had she been kidnapped?The driver threw away his instant noodles and walked over with a baseball bat.The sound of it against the floor triggered Martha’s every nerve.She yelled, “Don’t kill me! I’ll give you money, I’ll give you money!”However, when she saw the person after he got closer, she was completely stunned as if she had been struck by lightning.“You!” Martha screamed in terror.The driver in a black skintight outfit removed his cap and guffawed malevolently. He said, “Aunt Martha, I trust you’ve been well since we last met. It looks like you still remember me.”“Joel… Joel, did you get the wrong person? I asked you to teach Philip, that useless bum, a lesson. Please let me go. My head hurts. Take me to the hospital now.”Martha wailed. She was petrified.Joel was only two steps away from her. He squatted down, and she could see that his face was so thin he looked disfigured. His eyes were sunken, and he had dark eye circles. He looked like a ghost.“Shhh.” Joel
Wynn was slightly startled. Do not bring Philip?Why?However, she did not want to argue with Martha, so she simply agreed. Then, she drove the BMW Philip bought her and headed to the villa.Over here, Martha hung up the phone and cowered in a corner. Her entire body was shaking in fear and terror. She stammered and asked, “J-Joel… You won’t do anything to Wynn, right?”Martha was worried, especially when she saw Joel in this state. He was terrifying. If he did anything to Wynn, how could she live on? How would she face Wynn?Joel chuckled coldly. He got up, and when he was about to approach her, Martha fell on the floor in fear. She started wailing and crying loudly. She was petrified.“Don’t worry, Aunt Martha. I love Wynn so much. I won’t do anything to her. I just want to tell her something.”Joel chuckled coldly. Then, he took out a blue pill and threw it to Martha. He said, “Make tea for Wynn later. Let her drink this and you can go.”This was a special pill imported from
Wynn struggled with all her might. She pushed Joel away and was pale from fear. “Joel Harris, you monster! What are you doing? I’m warning you, if you dare to touch me, I won’t forgive you! Philip will not forgive you as well!”Philip. It was that Philip again!When Joel thought about Philip, it was as if his brain exploded. He was being devoured by flames of anger!“Wynnie, I’m advising you to submit to me so that you won’t get hurt. Today, no one will come and save you. I’ll take you in front of Philip!”Slap!Wynn lifted her hand and slapped him. Her hand landed heavily on Joel’s face. She used all her might and yelled, “You pervert!”Joel started laughing coldly after this slap. He tilted his head and stared at Wynn. “Yeah, slap me more. I love it when you slap me.”Then, he pounced on her aggressively before pushing her against the sofa.“Ah! Let go of me! Let go! Help! Mom, help me, help me…”Wynn struggled with all of her might as she yelled at the top of her lungs.Ho