Chapter 3

As night arrived upon the bustling city of Goldbell, the streets were aglow with dazzling lights.

And in the exceedingly elegant private room inside a nightclub, a middle-aged man stood before the glass wall, puffing his cigarette repeatedly.

The ashtray on top of the tea table nearby was overflowing with cigarette butts, signs that the middle-aged man was under stress.

Suddenly, his phone rang.

"Yeah!" He promptly answered.

A raspy voice breathed from the other end, "Mission failed."

The middle-aged man was shocked. "What?!"

"There's more. The entire unit was wiped out."

"But you said they're professionals!"

"Well, what do we do now?"

"Nothing for the time being. The cops have already gotten involved."

The voice on the other end then mused to himself for a moment before adding, "Don't worry. I've taken the job, so I'm going to see it through. There's plenty of time left, no? Just be patient."

Beep…

And with that, the voice on the other end hung up.

Nonetheless, the middle-aged man promptly took out the SIM card used for the call, glowering as he burnt it into ashes.

Then, he returned to stand by the glass wall, his brows creased in thought…

-

Meanwhile, at the southern end of Goldbell, Skyler was making a beeline for a certain mansion.

Though it was not right in the city center, the land here was still worth its weight in gold.

And yet, the mansion stretched up to one hectare!

"Stop!"

Still, as the dust-ridden Skyler headed straight for the gates, the two black-clad bodyguards standing guard stopped him while studying him from head to toe. "Who are you?"

He smiled. "Skyler Woods."

Huh?!

Both bodyguards were clearly stunned, and one of them quickly said, "One moment, please."

As a matter of fact, Skyler's name had spread throughout the Sable household over the last few days. Everyone was informed that he would be Lily Sable's fiance, recently returning to the country to marry her… but somehow, the bodyguards didn't even know what he looked like.

Nonetheless, after a few minutes later, the bodyguard who left returned with a look of respect. "Please follow me, Mr. Woods."

Still carrying his canvas backpack, Skyler followed the bodyguard and strode into the drawing room.

"Not bad…"

Skyler was rich himself, but he still couldn't help being inwardly impressed.

After all, he was looking at a drawing room spanning well over two hundred square yards, and all the furniture was worth a king's ransom.

"Please take a seat," the bodyguard then told Skyler politely. "Miss Sable will be returning soon."

Then, after a maid brought tea, they left, leaving Skyler alone in the drawing room.

He planted himself on the couch, having every intention to take a break since he was exhausted.

First it was half a day's flight, and then he had to run into other hitmen on the way here.

To avoid the police and the cameras lining the highway, he had to walk through barren plains all the way here to Goldbell…

"Hey!"

A voice called out from upstairs, just as Skyler saw the dainty figure striding down, her pretty face wrinkled into itself. "Who said you could sit there?! You're dirtying my couch!"

Skyler was dumbstruck—he had seen photos of Lily Sable before arriving at Horton.

However, this girl definitely wasn't Lily!

She appeared around eighteen, and just short of 5'6", making her shorter than Lily.

There was no doubt she was pretty especially with her resemblance to Lily, though there was a childish air to her.

And then there's her taste in fashion: flame-red leather jacket matched with flame-red knee boots, and her jet-black hair was tied into dozens of tiny braids…

She really only had to wear thick makeup to look like a proper delinquent.

"Hey. And you are…?" Skyler asked gingerly.

"My sister never told you?"

"Your sister?"

"Hmph!"

The girl snorted as she strode down the stairs up to his face, her glare clearly judgmental as she studied him from head to toe. "So, you're Skyler Woods?"

"Yes," Skyler nodded.

"What a plain-looking face…"

Skyler gritted his teeth.

Plain?! His abilities notwithstanding, he was universally acknowledged as the most handsome man in Trigger!

Meanwhile, the girl continued to comment, "So filthy…"

How was that his fault?!

To avoid the police and the cameras lining the highway, he had to walk through barren plains all the way here to Goldbell. It would be freaky if he could maintain his hygiene!

However, Skyler was left even more speechless as Anne continued.

"I honestly don't know what my sister saw in you…"

Anne Sable summed up, before exclaiming, "No, wait! I think this marriage is fake!"

That sent Skyler's heart skipping a beat.

It was true that there were secrets revolving around his engagement to Lily, but the marriage must appear real and never exposed—not even by her sister.

To be fair, it was only natural for Anne to suspect something from her standpoint, as she had always hovered around her sister 24/7. And suddenly, Lily had a fiance?

Nonetheless, Skyler snorted in annoyance. "Why don't you ask your sister if it's true?"

"I did."

"And?"

"You don't deserve her."

"What's it to you?" Skyler glared at Anne furiously.

The brat was hostile from the start, insulting and belittling him in every way!

Anne was furious too, and prepared to retort when another voice asked, "Anne! Look what I've brought you!"

"Hey, Carl!"

Despite glaring at Skyler as if they had a blood feud, Anne was suddenly beaming, and floated away like a butterfly.

Skyler turned to find a man standing there—a handsome man in his late twenties, to be precise.

He wore a well-cut suit, but didn't wear too much jewelry that would make him gaudy. However, his wristwatch was a limited edition Breguet Astronomic Platinum.

And if Skyler recalled correctly, it was worth up to 700 grand!

As for his well-cut suit, Skyler knew enough to see that it being tailored to the man's measurements alone made the suit far more valuable.

After all, the most expensive clothes in the world were not the famous brands, but those without labels, tailored to a tee.

But if the man had a flaw, it was his height. He was just a little over 5'7", even though it was at least the average height in Southam.

"Here!"

He held out a little box to Anne as he came. "You've always wanted it, but it's hard to get it locally. So I went abroad a couple of days ago and got it for you."

Anne opened it skeptically, but jumped around in excitement when she saw what was in it. "The Pagani Huayra BC?!"

It was indeed a car key inside—a car key to her dream car!

While the Pagani Huayra BC wasn't the most expensive among all supercars, there were only twenty of these made. Even without imported tariffs, the standard retail price abroad was a whopping 3.4 million dollars.

On top of the astronomical price tag, not one car had made it to Horton before this—in other words, it was not something money could buy!

"Do you like it?"

"Yeah!" Anne chirped as Carl smiled mildly at her, puckering her lips as she continued excitedly, "I always wanted one, but it's not available in Horton. I asked my sister to help get one… but she refused."

"As long as you like it," Carl chuckled, and finally turned towards Skyler with a shocked look. "Who's this?"