“That’s right, apologize now!”Everyone else chimed in, pressuring Kaiser to apologize. Speaking through clenched teeth, Kaiser muttered, “I haven’t said anything wrong, so why should I apologize, you…”Roxanne silenced the crowd by demanding icily, “Apologize, Kaiser.”Upon hearing that, Kaiser’s body began to convulse at once. He gritted his teeth tightly and lowered his head. He felt extremely unwilling and very aggrieved as well. He would lose all his dignity if he were to apologize in the presence of so many of her old friends!However, Roxanne had already given the order. If he still refused to apologize, Roxanne would terminate his employment for real!The worst part was that Roxanne still kept half a year’s worth of his monthly wages. If he were to be fired by Roxanne now, he would not be getting that back anymore. It was worth a few thousand bucks regardless. “I…” Kaiser raised his head and looked at Roxanne with a pleading gaze while he spoke as if he was begging for
As he was confronted by the mockery of his old friends, Zayn stood there, unmoving. He looked at Kaiser nonchalantly, waiting for Kaiser’s reply. Kaiser was stunned. His senses were telling him that it was impossible but his sensibilities were telling him to believe that Zayn was telling the truth. Even though Zayn looked very ordinary now, the confidence emanating from his gaze convinced Kaiser instinctively. The momentary hold up displeased Roxanne. Her expression dimmed instantly as she said to Kaiser straightforwardly, “It seems that you have no respect for me. Very well then, from today onward, you’re fired! I’d like to see if Zayn is truly capable of making you superior to everyone else!”Kaiser’s entire body shook once instantly. He began panicking and hastily said, “Please don’t fire me, Ms. Harrison. I was only acting on impulse earlier and I didn’t mean to offend you at all!”Roxanne let out a heavy grunt and said, “Acting on impulse? I can see that you were very arroga
It was Zayn. He told Kaiser in all apparent seriousness. Kaiser felt a shiver run down his spine upon hearing Zayn’s statement. He said in frustration, “My friend, you’ve been a great help, you have! Frankly, my family is facing some difficulties and this job and its wages is my only way out.”Roxanne had been observing on the side with cold eyes. She would like to know what sort of b*llsh*t Zayn could come up with!Zayn said, “I know and that is why I’ve already told you earlier that I’m very rich. I’m richer than you can imagine and one word from me is enough to make you superior to everyone else. I wasn’t joking.”Kaiser did not believe Zayn but on the contrary, he assumed a concerned expression and stretched out his hand to feel Zayn’s forehead. He lowered his voice and said, “Are you okay?”Zayn said in frustration, “I’m not lying to you, and I mean it when I say that. I’ll take you to my company tomorrow if you don’t believe me, you’ll be able to see it for yourself.”Kais
Roxanne waited for Zayn to finally crack. She expected him to act out of shame and regret, but to her disappointment, he simply looked as stony-faced as he always was. It did not phase him at all, and that angered her to no end. She expected the man’s reaction to be dramatic and intense. In the scenario that she had imagined, he would apologize and beg her for forgiveness.“So… You invited me to your little reunion just to tell me this and watch me wallow in—what? Regret? Remorse?” Zayn sneered with a disdainful smirk.Roxanne harrumphed. She hated him with a burning passion—she hated how he was always so caught up in showing how cool he was, how he ‘had it all’, even when he was so obviously aching in remorse. He loved pretending like he did not care!“You can drop the act, Zayn. I know you’re regretting every second of this,” she snarled.Zayn smiled. “And why would I?”“Still trying to act like a tough little schoolboy? Well, whatever. I don’t give a fuuuuuu*k. Because, you see
The crowd gawked at Mr. Spicer with even more deference and respect, surprised. Feeling quite self-satisfied, he waved dismissively and said, “I was just doing my job. At my core, I’m no different from the rest of you.”Roxanne had been acquainted with Jack Spicer in passing, but he already proved to be the most socially-eminent of her associates. He was powerful, young, and single—all the good qualities every young lady desired from a man. She had been thinking about asking someone like him out for a long time now.Mr. Spicer’s sudden entrance momentarily detoured Zayn’s departure from the reunion, but it only took a minute or so for him to be back on his way. Roxanne noticed him leaving, and immediately called him out. “There, Mr. Spicer! That’s the prick who insulted me and took advantage of my womanhood! I can’t do anything to get back at him, and now he thinks he can just leave unpunished!” she bemoaned. “Please, Mr. Spicer! You can fix this, right? Please help me; it’s so unfai
Jack was so close to hitting Zayn that when the man yelled, he jolted into the air before snapping his head up to see who the intruder was.The man’s identity surprised him even more, causing him to blurt out, “C-Captain?! W-Why are you here?!”Jack was beyond shocked that his distant, high-and-mighty superior would appear in a reunion party hosted by and for ordinary people. This was the kind of top dog who was always busy with top national security and operations! Then, there was the fact that those who accompanied his superior were high-ranking officers as well. All of them were above him in authority!The first thing that leaped into Jack’s mind was: has something big happened?Were these high-ranking people here for him? Had all of his dirty little secrets been unearthed? That should not be possible. Even if his unsavory deeds had been exposed, there should not be this many superiors here to apprehend him. Those were follies and crimes, but they were not sins. Certainly not bi
Zayn already sensed all of their presence before they even showed their faces, so he was not at all surprised. The thing that did shock him, however, was the legend by the name of Ares.He had heard of Ares before—the military’s champion, Rheasia’s premier protector, and rightly the crème de la crème with peerless power and standing. If Zayn would hazard a guess, Ares must have already reached the legendary state of Invincibilis.Admittedly, Ares would have sent someone to him either way. It was either to capture him or to make his stance known.Zayn was not the kind to be oblivious to social finesse. Ares was a legend, a myth-like figure—if someone of his caliber showed Zayn this much respect, then it was only appropriate that he returned the same amount to Ares’s people.He flashed them a smile. “I would never reject an invitation from a living legend like Ares! I do have one problem, though. Mr. Spicer here had demanded that I not leave this premise. He even said he’s going to p
“What’s the matter? Doesn’t recognize me anymore?” Zayn asked with a smile while he and Kaiser left. He could not help but notice the nonplussed, shell shocked expression, as though Kaiser was doubting reality as a whole.Kaiser slowly but surely returned from his trance and gulped loudly. The way he looked at Zayn was that of a stranger who just knew him. “Okay. Who the hell are you?”Zayn was just too… strange to him. He was nothing like Kaiser remembered at all!Zayn chortled. “You know me, man. Zayn Larson, your classmate back in middle school.”“B-But… B-But but but!” Kaiser mustered a protest only to have his tongue tripped. His head was still in a mess because everything had been hard to take.“Okay, that’s enough. Go home for the night and take a good rest. I’ll see you again tomorrow, okay? Then I’ll tell you everything.”Kaiser’s lips parted to form some sort of reply. He had a million questions to ask him, but when he glanced at all of the bigshots surrounding him and