Zayn did not waste any more time with them. If there was something he knew for sure, it was that buying back that house was not going to be as simple as he would have liked.He gave Luke a call. Time to let his underlings handle this. Zayn had far more pressing issues, anyway—he had to find Faye.No way in hell was he going to accept a reality where Faye was gone from him.Immediately after arriving at the real estate department, Zayn’s question sprung out of his lips without any visible pause: why did Faye sell the house?The receptionist’s answer shocked Zayn. In fact, it prompted him to echo aloud in disbelief, “You’re telling me… my wife sold the villa on her own accord?”“Well, Mr. Larson, she’s the owner of the property, isn’t she? Hence, she sold the house ten days ago.”“Do you know why she did that?”The receptionists leveled a strange look at him. “You’re pulling our legs, right, Mr. Larson? You are Miss Faye’s husband, aren’t you? Do you not have the slightest inkling
“Mr. Meyers, could you please give us just a bit more time to, uh, prepare the amount?” George begged, his tone as submissive as a servant. “You see, we—”Mr. Meyers did not even let him finish. “Coffee, Mr. Carter?” he asked with a blithe grin, pouring George a cup as though he was the host welcoming his guest with full hospitality.George’s high-strung nerves were not the least assuaged. The young man before him was overwhelming him with an ominous, stressful aura that drinking coffee felt like a discordant distraction. Hurriedly, he restated his plea with much more emphasis, “Please, Mr. Meyers. We are humble folks. We just need a bit more time—”He abruptly let out an ear-splitting scream when Mr. Meyers doused the old man’s face right out from a cup, point-blank. It would have damaged George’s eyes if he did not manage to shut his eyes out of instinct.George was old—too old for such an abuse. The sudden movement caused him to fall out of his chair and tumble to the floor.He
As soon as his words left the air, Micah tapped the floor with one foot.In a snap, the tile beneath him began to crack. A jagged line snaked from where he stood and reached under the table close to the family, before bang! The table split in half.The Carters were normal people. They were not accustomed to seeing anything quite like this, so unsurprisingly, their only reaction was to quake in terror.Putting out whatever fight there was in these unwashed folks could not have been easier for a superior-class third-tier fighter like Micah.George struggled but finally managed to get back to his feet. His cheeks were red, the searing pain still stinging—it was distress he had ever experienced before even with a life lived this long. “Please, Mr. Meyers, I’m sure you’ve researched the nitty-gritty about our family long before you showed up here. We’re that dirt-poor, sir. You could kill us all right now, and still won’t find anything that could clear that debt,” he stated. “Neontech h
Micah had always been quite the poster child for hubris. He grew up lavished with praise of his ingenuity, and almost as though proving it, he achieved the superior class when he was merely 28. It had been such a glamorous moment—particularly since he outshined all of his peers with this single feat alone.He was 35 this year, and already he had reached the third tier of the superior class. He got there so quickly that it was almost impossible to believe, and so everyone—from his masters to his peers and inferiors—thought the world of him.Meanwhile, he thought he was more than that—he thought he was the most radiantly talented this world would ever see. He was sure he could reach the perfect class one day, and even come close to the mystical Invincibilis. It was not impossible if he was the one going for it.All that feeling of uniqueness went out of the window the moment Zayn appeared like the sun with its infuriatingly blazing glory dwarfing whatever brilliance Micah had had. He
“You can’t get down on your knees, Dad! The pride of the Carter family… The moment you fall down to your knees is the moment we Carters lose our dignity!”“Listen to him, Grandpa! You can’t seriously get on your knees! If someone has to kneel, let it be us young’uns!”The Carters began to beg their grandpa to do otherwise. While they sounded indignant and aggressive a few minutes ago, right now, the family’s stance had weakened.The furor went on for long enough that George fixed them with a glare before thundering with a majestic air befitting the patriarch of the family, “Quiet down, all of you!”His eyes registered the agony on the family’s faces, and he felt his heart twisting in equal amounts of pain. He could not help but soften his tone when he added, “My fellow Carters! The future of the family is in your hands. Think about Zayn. He started out as a normal person too. Then, he grew and became so much better until…”George’s mind wandered back to the past as the pang stung
By now, Micah had finally unveiled his evil intention. He used all sorts of tricks to nibble at the Carters’ territory during this period of time. He had found out everything he could with the Carters, so he was well aware that they were already at the end of their rope. Let alone 100 million dollars, they would not even be able to pay 92 thousand dollars. Hence, the main goal of Micah’s visit today was Faye.He had heard about Faye’s reputation from the start and knew that she was the prettiest girl in Waltz City and also Zayn’s wife. He loathed Zayn, and now that the prick was dead, he would not let this opportunity slip by naturally. Frankly, he tried to search for Faye during this period of time too. However, she disappeared out of nowhere, and he did not have the ability to locate her in view of his current influence. However, he refused to believe that the Carters had no idea about Faye’s whereabouts. How delightful it would be for her if he could catch hold of her?
When the final ten seconds remained, he aged so much as if God had just extracted the wee smidge of life that still remained in his body. “Three.”“Two.”“One.”“One minute has passed. Well, Georgie, what’s your decision?” Micah looked at George mischievously. His gaze was filled with intimidation. If George still refused to cooperate, he would begin his slaughter!George clenched his fists. He had just one more breath left in him now. He made a huge decision then raised his head to look at Micah. “Mr. Meyer, I shall transfer the ownership of my house to you, and you should be able to sell it for a few million dollars. Also, I have life insurance that will grant 15 million dollars in my accidental death. This is already all the money that my family can pay up, and we’re giving it all to you. I’m begging you to show mercy and let our family go. Is that alright?”It could be said that George’s action now was equal to him letting down all his dignity and honor. He pleaded endlessly
The child’s voice appeared so unexpectedly. It was like a rock tossed on the surface of a calm lake.Everyone was astonished by the child’s reaction. One should know that the child had already been scared out of her wits earlier, yet he was so pleasantly surprised and excited now, which made his shriek seem out of place. In fact, he even struggled free from his mother’s embrace and ran toward the door. His action terrified his mother at once. She hastily called out to him, “Oran, where are you going? Come back here!”Soon, his mother looked toward the door and noticed Zayn who had appeared at the door without her notice. She was instantly stunned and stared at him in bewilderment. She could not believe that he was real. How was the person standing at the door Zayn!? Was Zayn not dead? News of his death had already spread through the entire Waltz City. Faye had even fainted the night she found out about the incident, so they had sent her away secretly afterward!It was a delu