The man slammed his hands down on the coffee table angrily, spilling the coffee on the table in the process when he heard Ryan's statement. But he paid no mind to it, instead he glared with frostiness in his eyes at Ryan and bellowed.
"Don't go too far, Ryan! Remember that you are also an Anderson!".
Disgust appeared on Ryan's face on hearing the word 'Anderson'.
"You are really good at claiming relatives, aren't you? How can I be related to the great Anderson family? I am just an orphan and an ordinary businessman", He said with a hint of sarcasm though you could tell by the look on his face that he meant what he said.
"You? An ordinary businessman? Do you think that just because you are cleaning up the evidence of your involvement in the underground that it will be fine? Then I tell you no way!".
Ryan sm
Just as Ryan stepped out of the private room, he heard the sound of things breaking from behind him and his foul mood magically got better. He was in a really good mood after making the old man inside the room suffer a loss which made his lips curl into a faint smile making one of his subordinates who had been watching him gape his mouth in shock before he then started doubting if he had actually seen an illusion. 'Big boss smiled?' He looked at Ryan again to confirm if he had really seen an illusion or not and when he saw that he still had that expressionless an cold look on his face. He decided he had ready seen an illusion since it was practically impossible for this devil to smile! Oblivious to the thoughts of his subordinate, Ryan surveyed the situation outside the room and noticed that both his and Mr. Anderson's bodyguards had both taken a side of the door each to stand guard. He gave
BLOOD GANG H.Q.In a black and white minimalist design office, Dan turned sideways and picked up his phone from the coffee table for the umpteenth time that day and switched its screen on but on still not seeing any message or missed call notification, disappointment flashed in his sultry eyes.He sighed and dropped his phone back on the table and laid back down on the reclining couch with listlessness after which he shut his eyes, completely ignoring the presence and inquisitive eyes of a certain person in the room.With amusement and subtle gloating in his eyes, Ryan put down the document in his hand and stared from where he sat at his buddy who had been in low spirits since early that morning.To be honest, he had long since noticed that Dan had been behaving out of sorts since around last week. He was sometimes in a daze and smiled foolishly while other times he was absent-minded and had to be ca
Having made the decision to save himself from a torturous training though the method he chose was a bit shameless but who cared! He just didn't wanted to get beaten up one-sidedly.So he began narrating his love story... Wait, love? How could that be? He didn't love that woman, he just found her interesting... Yeah, that's all.After managing to convince himself inwardly, he finally spilled everything to Ryan and sinked slowly his memories."I met a woman..."Turned out he had met a woman he had become instantly attracted to when he had Impulsively gone alone to Night Kingdom around last month.While resting in their exclusive room, he had been bored so he had grabbed a notebook and pulled up the surveillance to watch the hub's patrons and that was how he had been able to spot her.She had been wearing a mini black dress which acentuated her curves but sat in an obscure corner of the bar downing drinks one after the other, almost melding wit
Nina sat in the study typing away furiously on her laptop which was placed in the table, the words to her online novel in total concentration.Tap! Tap! Tap!Only the sound of her hands hitting the laptop's keys could be heard in the otherwise silent study.Following her retirement from the modelling industry, she had began writing online novels to the amazement of her family and friends who had originally thought she had been joking and now she could be considered quite famous in the circle.However, the harsh sound of a phone call made made her movements came to a pause and disrupted her rhythm.This made an annoyed expression made its way onto her face, then she sighed and reluctantly took away her hands from the laptop's keys, knowing it would be hard for her to get back into rhythm again.She turned her gaze to the ringing phone placed beside the laptop and picked it up while thinking to herself.'This
"..So you mean you weren't actually abandoned but was kidnapped by your nanny who was supposed to look after you, when your parents came over to Country Y for an important function? And you had somehow ended up meeting your parents at the resort you stayed in and because you had looked so much alike to your mother, you guys had ended up doing a paternity test?", Nina felt overwhelmed by the sudden overload of information. She would have never dreamt that something so cliché, that it should only exist in novels and movies had happened to her friend!"Yes, it's hard to believe, right? I also felt incredulous when my parents told me", Selena said in reply from the other end of the phone."If you hadn't been the one telling me this, I would never have believed it. Seriously, it's just unbelievable! But thankfully, fate was merciful and had finally brought you all back together!"The phone line fell into a comfortable silence after Nina said this. But suddenly, Nina
Deciding not to stoop down to Ryan's level, Dan forced himself to calm down and was finally able to grit out the question he wanted to ask. "When do we put the final plan into action?" Needing him not to elaborate, Ryan's expression turned serious as he spoke in a sinister voice. "I originally planned to execute it on the senatorial election day when that brother of mine would be feeling proud of himself. I wanted him to experience the feeling of falling down to hell straight from heaven! The feeling of being just one step away from his dream... That feeling must be quite wonderful, right?" Dan shuddered subconsciously while he listened tone, and couldn't help but be thankful that he wasn't be subject of his plotting. Then he heard Ryan continue, "But now I don't think I would be able to wait that much longer." Of course, Dan knew why he said that
Blood Gang HQA mobile phone rang in a room and disrupted the peace and at the same time, attracted the attention of a man sitting down inelegantly on the floor.Dan raised his head and glanced at the direction from which the phone was ringing, which was also where he had put his phone. He seemed to have thought of something as his eyes lit up brightly like there was a galaxy of stars in them and his lips also curled up as he stood up and strode in wide strides towards the locker room in a good mood.He impatiently opened the locker and took out his phone with a smug smile on his face while inwardly praising himself for being smart enough to grab his phone before Ryan had dragged him out to train earlier. If not, wouldn't he have missed this call..The smile on his face widened even more when he saw that it was an unsaved number."Hello", He answered the call with obvious delight in his voice but when he heard the other person's voice, the smile on
Selena in the Preston's living room and had a strange expression on her face as she stared at the handsome man sitting relaxedly across from her. It was obvious from his laid-back attitude that this wasn't his first time here.He was wearing a fitting gray suit and seemed to be in his late thirties, with had a head full of honey-brown hair. Every move he seemed to make carried an inherent noble grace and permeated a mature man's charm.He also had affectionate eyes that made you feel like you are the only one present in his world when he looks at you warmly.Selena had to admit that if she didn't have someone in her heart, she might have been tempted after all before Ryan came into the picture, this was her type of dream man.But that wasn't the cause of the strange expression on her face, rather it was because the man was someone whose face she couldn't be more familiar with!He
Inside the presidential, both sides of people sat facing each other in silence, with Selena, Ryan, Dan and Justin sitting on a single lounge chair and Ethan and Tyler sitting on another opposite them.Selena stole a glance at her brothers with had no intention of speaking to them since she had no idea what to say. But the current atmosphere was really awkward and for some reason, it made her tense...Thankfully, the heavens must have heard her pleas as someone finally took the lead and spoke up. "So.. were these the people who rescued you?", Ethan suddenly asked, sounding particularly curious.Selena who was a bit absentminded didn't realise at first that he was speaking to her until she felt several gazes on her. Only then did she finally react, "Yes.. they were the ones who came to rescue me."Ethan nodded at her words and when he looked at Ryan, Justin and Dan again, there was additional sincerity and gratefulness in his eyes."Thank you. You really did our family a great favor t
Around the same time as when Selena was hung up upon, in the most noble and central part of the Nova City, Mrs. Preston lowered her hand in which she held her phone with obvious joy and relief on her face. Her husband, Mr. Preston sitting right next to her had been able to grab bits of her conversation with the other person while she was on phone, and already had an idea on the reason for her happiness. But even so he still asked just to be sure."She is fine?"Mrs. Preston snapped out of her happiness and turned to face her dear husband to share the news with him excitedly, "Yes! Our daughter is fine. She is safe!"On hearing her his wife's affirmation, Mr. Preston's hanging heart finally fell back into place. But even though he was feeling relieved and light-hearted inside, nothing changed on the surface as he still had the same bland expression on his face as he nodded and said, "It's good that she is fine."Already used to her husband's inability to himself go and express how he t
At the same time, Ryan, Selena, Dan and Justin's group arrived at the space where the cars have been parked. The group separated and was about to get into their respective cars. However, right before she got into the car, Selena suddenly remembered that she hadn't called her parents since she left for Nova! A long time had passed since then and she knew her parents would have started to worry by now. But when she thought of taking out her phone to call them, only then did she remember that she hadn't seen her bag and suitcase at all after getting captured and to be honest, neither did she have the time to think about it at that time. "Ryan!", She quickly grabbed the corner of Ryan's shirt and said with some urgency in her voice. "Have you seen my bag and suitcase? I want to make a quick call to my parents to tell them that I have arrived back here safely."Justin who was about to get into the car alongside Dan paused on hearing Selena's words and finally remembered that he still had
The scar-faced man while feeling stunned watched as the woman who should still be in the abandoned warehouse swaggered towards him. However, the surprise on his face only lasted a few seconds as he was able to quickly collect himself before shifting attention to the men walking alongside her while putting her in a protective circle and immediately had a guess as to how the woman had been able to leave that place.Also, observing the men further, he noticed the familiar aura on their beings and immediately turned back to look at Dan and Justin who didn't look surprised at all to see either the woman or those men, in fact, they had an expression of relief on their faces instead.On the other hand, Ryan had long since lost his calm on seeing the woman. He stared fixedly at her as he took tentative steps forward towards her while clenching and unclenching his fists with a complicated expression on his face.Guilt, remorse, self-blame, anxiety and some expectation among others.He wanted t
After watching the scar-faced man leave with his subordinate, Selena focused on untying the rope that that bound her hands to the back with a hundred and twenty percent concentration.She hadn't been able to find any sharp object around her to cut the rope and could only try the method she had once seen in a short video while hoping that luck will be on her side.Selena blindly touched around around the knot before she began the untying. It was very difficult trying to do so while being unable to see what she was doing but she was also fortunate that, for probably the same reason why the scar-faced was being respectful and accommodating towards her, he had tied the rope quite loosely.This made things a lot more easier for her but even with that, Selena still had a hard time freeing herself. After all, ex-mercenaries had tied the knot so it definitely wouldn't be that easy to loosen it but she, who had no idea of this fact continued working diligently on the knot.Soon after, sweat be
Ryan looked at the scar-faced man with no warmth in his eyes and without mincing words, he said to him, "The woman you captured, I want her."Short and straight to the point, the scar-faced man thought to himself. However, after Ryan finished speaking, the already tense situation got even tenser as both sides tightened the hands on their guns. On seeing this, the scar-faced man wanted to smile to ease the atmosphere but when he accidentally met Ryan's frosty eyes, Dan's demonic smile and Justin's expressionless face, the smile that was about to surface instantly stiffened.He coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment and took the chance to glance at his subordinates who looked also at him with encouragement, their gazes telling him to snap back at Ryan and prove they weren't pushovers. Of course, those gazes belonged to his men who didn't recognize Ryan and Dan or know of their reputations. The ones who did were already signalling to him with their eyes to quickly compromise.The sca
Meanwhile, back in F nation, Mr. Preston put down the phone in his hands and turned to look at his inconsolable wife with a distressed expression flashing across his eyes. He sighed softly before taking her into his arms. His tone was unbearably soft as he wiped the tears in her face with unprecedented gentleness. "Our daughter will be fine, okay? She survived years ago when we lost her. She definitely will this tine around as well. We have to believe that she would...""Besides.. crying at this time would neither solve anything nor make things better for her wherever she is. Therefore, rather than crying and wallowing in sorrow, don't you think it's better to channel that energy into finding her ourselves after going down to Country Z?"The moment Mrs. Preston heard her usually taciturn husband saying those gentle but reasonable words, her tears instantly stopped. Then, without warning, she struggled lightly and got out of her husband's embrace and just as Mr. Preston was about to
However, Dan had to admit that Luke was really vicious and inhumane.After knowing Selena's background, he knew that that was probably going to be the end for him but still, he planned not to make Ryan feel better. This was because the message he had typed out was to instruct his men whom he had ordered to kidnap Selena to take turns r*ping her!It was obvious he wanted to take revenge on Ryan by doing that and make him feel everlasting pain and regret.At the same time, Dan also felt that Luke was really stupid considering that he still did that after knowing that Selena's family was the F Nation's Preston family who even the president of this country had to give some considerable respect to. And also, didn't it occur to him how miserable his life would be after sending that message because excluding what Ryan was going to do him, would the Preston family allow someone who had humiliated and hurt their newly found princess to run around unharmed?But maybe he did know all this, Dan m
"The Anderson family?" Which Anderson family?", Selena asked uncertainly.The scar-faced man looked at her in surprise, probably wondering why she seemed not to have any idea of the identity of the person who ordered her capture. But he still answered her truthfully, "The aristocratic family made up of officials."Shock and confusion appeared in Selena's eyes the moment he said that. She had heard of 'that' Anderson family and knew that almost all the members of this particular aristocratic family held offical positions in the government from generation to generation.However...She had no memory whatsoever of ever crossing paths or offending any member of the said family and therefore, couldn't understand why she was kidnapped.Even at this moment, it never crossed Selena's mind that Ryan's surname was Anderson as well and that her kidnapping was related to him in any way or that he was even the main reason. This was because the idea that he was an orphan like her(well, until recentl