Ryleigh pinched her cheek and looked at Louis. “I’m not dreaming, am I? H-He really is my idol?”Louis pinched another side of her cheek and asked, “Is it painful?”Ryleigh nodded and said, “Yes! A lot!”However, Louis did not let go of his hand. “That’s right. Consider yourself lucky. After all, this isn’t something that you can come across on a normal day.”Ryleigh looked at him. It took her quite a while to come around to her senses. She swatted his hand away from her cheek and said, “You did this on purpose!”He lifted his brows and asked, “I did what on purpose?”Ryleigh pointed at him. “You’re a lecturer in the Royal Academy of Music, so of course, you know he’s Mr. Nixon!”Louis pushed her finger away and said matter-of-factly, “Even if I know it, it doesn't mean I'm the one who pulled the strings. Besides, it was you who wanted to come over here because you saw an old man playing the viola. I was just suggesting that you give it a try. It was Mr. Nixon who thought you we
Nina’s smile froze. She did not know why, but she felt a little sympathy toward Nolan.Nolan and Helios had gotten out of the car with smiles on their faces, but they returned with gloomy expressions.Nina looked at them and asked, “What’s wrong? Did the negotiation fail?”Nolan glanced at Helios and harrumphed coldly. “A certain idiot is really not cut out for business. if it weren't for me, he would have fallen into other people's trap.”Helios turned his head to look at him and said, “Even if it's a trap, why do you care? It’s none of your business at all.”“You’re right.” Nolan crossed his arms in front of his chest. “After all, it isn’t my money.”Helios stomped on the accelerator and left the place.When they were back in the hotel, Helios tossed the key to Nina and returned to his own room without turning his head.Nina turned to look at Maisie and said, “Mrs. Goldmann, I should go check on Helios.”Maisie nodded.Nolan, who was standing beside her, sneered. “He’s an a
Nina nodded. “Helios has to thank Mr. Goldmann for this. Helios has been working in the entertainment industry, so he's inexperienced when it comes to business. If it hadn't been for Mr. Goldmann, he would've fallen for the scam. The other party wanted Helios to invest $7,500,000. However, Helios wouldn't get any profit at the beginning, and even the contract was shady.”Sipping on her fruit juice, Maisie said calmly, “The hot spring tourism in Winston Island is a big piece of pie, and it attracts many businessmen to come here and invest in it. Those well-seasoned businessmen wouldn't jump straight into it. They would act according to the circumstances since it's a big investment. However, Helios is different. As you said, he's inexperienced in doing business, and I guess that's why they target him.”Since they had the audacity to demand Helios to put $7,500,000 in their hands as an investor, it showed that they were going to rip off Helios.If Helios really had invested in it, alth
Suddenly, the bell rang.Nolan got up and went to the living room. He opened up the door, and Nina was standing outside. She seemed rather flustered as she asked, “Mr. Goldmann, can… Can you get hold of Helios? I can't reach him ever since he went out today.”Nolan squinted his eyes and asked, “When did he go out?”Nina’s face was pale as she replied, “About 9:00 a.m. He said he had to go out and drove off on his own. I called him, but the call never got through.”“You can’t get hold of Helios?” A voice rang out.It was Maisie. She came out of the room when she heard the conversation between Nina and Nolan.Nina nodded flusteredly. “Yeah. I’m worried… I’m worried that he might go to look for those people. After all, we’re on Winston Island, and Helios hasn't come back yet after going out.”Nolan tried to call Helios, but it showed that his phone was turned off.Frowning, he asked, “That guy, he can't be serious, right?”Maisie’s face sank slightly. “Has it something to do with
The middle-aged man went forward to the man. He bowed forward and said, “Quintin, he’s here.”Holding a cigarette between his lips, Quintin took a drag and blew out smoke that clouded his gaze. He squinted his eyes and looked at Nolan. “Just when I was still thinking when I should go look for you two, you presented yourself before me.”Nolan smiled and asked, “Where is my friend?”Quintin glanced at the middle-aged man. Receiving his cues, the middle-aged man gestured to his men with his eyes to bring Helios out.Helios was brought to Nolan's side. Nolan turned his head to check him. Other than some extra bruises on his face, he was fine, and his arms were still intact.“This celebrity friend of yours has a fiery temper. He refused to talk to us nicely, so we could only teach him a lesson,” Quintin said as he lifted up a glass and finished the remaining wine in it in one sitting.Smiling, Nolan said, “It would be a problem if you accidentally disfigured him.”“Hmph! There’s noth
$15,000,000 was very tempting.Who would not be tempted by that amount of money?Quintin did all this for the money. He might have lost $7,500,000 in the process, but getting $15,000,000 in return made everything worthwhile.Nolan took out his cell phone, contacted Quincy, and got him to inform the bank to prepare $15,000,000 in cash.Quincy knew that something must have happened to Nolan, so he dispatched some men to Winston Island while getting the bank to prepare the money.Quintin was by Nolan’s side while he was on the phone. Seeing that he did not play any tricks, he said with a smirk, “You’re prepared to give out $15,000,000 like it’s nothing. You’re really something, aren’t you? By the way, I haven’t asked you for your name.”Nolan smiled. “I’m from Bassburgh, and I own a company in Bassburgh. You can call me Mr. Yates.”“So it’s Mr. Yates then. I’m sorry for my lack of manners.” Quintin turned his head to the middle-aged man and said, “Why are you still standing here? G
The middle-aged man thought it made sense. “Mr. Quintin, $15,000,000 isn’t a small amount.”However, Quintin ignored him and glared at Nolan. “I’m curious. Since you can come up with $15,000,000, why don’t you transfer it directly instead of bringing it to us in cash?”Nolan’s eyelids twitched. “I told you that I’ll be paying you the $15,000,000 in cash, and you’ve agreed to it too, haven’t you?”Quintin thought of something all of a sudden and got up abruptly with a gloomy expression. “Are you trying to buy time?”Nolan neither denied nor admitted it.At that moment, someone hurried in from outside and shouted, “Mr. Quintin!”He approached Quintin, leaned over, and whispered something into his ear. Quintin then smashed the wine glass in his hand to the ground.“You’ve played me again!”Quintin’s subordinates approached the exit in an orderly manner and blocked it.Helios and Nolan were being held in the bathing area on the fifth floor and were unable to escape no matter what.
The police broke in through the door at this moment, and those who reacted to it fled, while those who got shot fell to the ground and were subdued. The scene was chaotic for a couple of minutes.Quintin was pressed against the ground, detained, and then taken away in handcuffs by two police officers.Nolan’s vision turned blurry, and he vaguely heard someone shouting at him.‘It sounds like Helios, and…’“Nolan!” Maisie burst into tears, knelt beside him, and hugged him in her arms as warm tears dripped onto his blood-stained cheeks.Nolan saw Maisie, who was weeping before his eyes, and moved his lips before completely losing consciousness.Nolan was carried onto the ambulance and taken to the hospital. Maisie was always by his side, grabbing onto his hand, which was getting colder and colder.The doctor put a mask onto Nolan’s face to supply him with oxygen and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him.Upon arriving at the hospital, a group of hospital staff members ru