“Roxanne is a friend of mine. You’re not allowed to cause her any trouble from now on.”“Understood, understood!” Rickard nodded vigorously. Zayn could not be bothered to lower himself to a nobody like him. He left the room and said to Roxanna, “Alright, you’re fine now. Let go of me.”Roxanne did not have the strength to do so. She was so intoxicated that she was no longer conscious. She fell asleep in Zayn’s arms and he furrowed his brows. He found the situation to be rather troublesome. He had no idea where Roxanne’s house was. After some consideration, he decided to take her to a hotel so she could rest.Zayn was preparing to leave after taking her to the hotel when Roxanne suddenly vomited on him and dirtied his clothes. It made him frown. “I don’t want to sell my body. I won’t betray my honor… Why do you have to bully me…” Roxanne muttered in her sleep with an agonizing expression. Zayn heaved a sigh after seeing her condition. Frankly, he did not loathe Roxanne that
Zayn was no fool. Naturally, he understood what Roxanne meant by that. She wanted to offer herself to him to repay his kindness. Truth be told, both Roxanne’s beauty and figure were unmatched, and she was attractive beyond comparison. “You’re drunk. Have a good rest,” said Zayn nonchalantly, indicating his rejection. Roxanne said in all seriousness, “I’m not drunk and I’m fully sober now! Zayn, I really do like you and it was my fault during the previous incident. However, you know me. I did it to try to get your attention because I just couldn’t forget my feelings for you all this time, and I took our past to heart. Franky, I wasn’t actually trying to humiliate you.”Roxanne tugged at her clothes shyly. Zayn’s gaze grew ever colder. How could a man of his status not tell that Roxanne was putting on an act? Roxanne had just left him with a favorable impression, but with this, that had vanished completely. “You disappoint me greatly, Roxanne.”“Zayn, I…” Roxanne panicked as
On a fairly uneventful day, Luke Jones suddenly interrupted Zayn’s meal with a very panicked phone call. Sounding desperate, he blabbered, “T-T-This is bad, Mr. Larson! S-Someone’s wreaking havoc in our turf!”Zayn frowned. Ever since he claimed Aeolous House and Hydrocure United as one of his forces, Luke’s power had grown so much that he was basically the ruler of Tael City. His standing had elevated to the point that nobody expected someone would challenge him.Stranger still, judging from his tone, Luke had failed to contain the issue.“What exactly happened?” Zayn asked.Apparently, Luke had founded a new company recently only to have the ribbon-cutting ceremony violently interrupted by a riot. The company was subsequently closed so that an investigation could be conducted.Luke had not thought much of it at first. He was Tael City’s most formidable figure, with influence and connections that vastly eclipsed many of his peers. The only solution he needed was a call to the rig
Luke was highly invigorated. It felt like he had gone back to his school days—he was the boss’s right-hand man, and he and the boys were out to give their enemy hell.“There it is, Mr. Larson! That *sshole’s opening ceremony is underway! It was all thanks to him and his yahoos that our new company got shut down before it even got up and running, and that’s not counting just how many of our people they screwed! They really thought they were above you, boss! They should be punished!” Luke spat through gritted teeth. His seething indignance was palpable.Zayn nodded and strode toward the venue. It was a bustling sight; the company had invited quite a few people to the event, many of them from the media.Zayn was not some hot-headed moron whose idea of vengeance consisted of showing up personally and making a scene. The only courtesy he needed to return was to call the proper authorities and force the company to close down for “investigations”.By this point, Zayn’s influence and power
Luke would not even dare harbor any thoughts remotely resembling betrayal while he was near Zayn—not when he had the feeling that his boss’s eyes could pierce his skull and read his mind!The second half of the month passed. Nothing happened, as though whatever beef between Luke and the aggressor had dissipated and there was no longer a reason for the hostility to continue.The truce, if there had been one, did not last. The news soon reached Zayn, and the target this time was Sean Wilson. His son was reportedly brutalized by a group of people after school. The beating was so terrible that some of his bones had snapped, and the poor boy suffered head trauma.When Sean first heard of the attack, he almost fainted. He only had one child and doted on him as if the boy was the most important thing in the universe. He could not possibly receive the news of cruelty on his son calmly.The next thing Sean did was to march to the crime scene while mobilizing his web of powerful connections
All Lysithea saw in the grin was a cold, merciless void. She had known Raiden long and well enough that she could tell just how murderous his intentions were from the width of his smile.Even within an elite organization like Sicut In Caelo, Raiden was a powerhouse. He was up there with their strongest fighters, his capabilities only eclipsed by the untouchable Saint and Ezra. Worse, as the years passed, something about Raiden’s overall countenance had taken a dark turn into the unsettling and impenetrable. Being around him always felt distressful…or even suffocating.He, as one of the Four Highlords whose positions were second only to the Saint, ruled the southern Rheasian region. His prominence within the organization, despite being only thirty-five years old, was a testament to his prodigious talent and skill. It was why Lysithea was sure that becoming Raiden’s enemy would very well be Zayn’s doom.She gritted her teeth, as though making a decision, before declaring, “All you rea
The rock tore through the air like a fallen asteroid, bursting into dangerous flames from the friction. It took only a second for it to hit its intended target crouching in a corner.There was a muffled thump and then a muted wince. The rock had hit Mr. Hyde’s thigh.His reflexes were fast enough to move him an inch away from the rock, but one of its sharp, jagged edges still managed to scrape his thigh. It took off a bit of flesh and skin before lodging itself deep into an unfortunate tree a distance away.Mr. Hyde was aghast. He had been adept in the Stealth Stance—a set of techniques aimed at hiding one’s presence—since he was a child. Even superior fighters would have trouble noticing him. Still, admittedly, he breathed a little too quickly a moment ago when he heard about Raiden’s plans to wreak havoc on Zayn’s life. It hindered his ability enough that Raiden noticed.“Sh*t, he saw me! He’s gonna kill me now!” Mr. Hyde cried under his breath, his feet scrambling for his life.
It was already night by the time Lil Hyde returned to Waltz City.He did not dare delay and immediately went to see Zayn.After dialing Zayn’s number, Lil Hyde went straight to the point and said, “Sir, it’s me, Lil Hyde. I'm outside of your house. Please come and meet me.”Zayn was extremely surprised by the call. He immediately projected his consciousness and detected Lil Hyde’s presence just as expected. Indeed, he was outside. “Alright, I’m coming,” Zayn said sombrely. He was preparing to hang up when Lil Hyde replied, “Sir, I can’t hear what you’re saying, but please come at once. I have something urgent to tell you.”Zayn furrowed his brows ever so slightly. He found it to be rather odd. Could it be that Lil Hyde had been compelled to do this and there were enemies lying in wait outside?However, Zayn soon rejected the notion. Firstly, he did not believe Lil Hyde would do such a thing. In his current condition, it would take a perfect-class master fighter to cause him an