As a man, Howard clearly understood Mr. Brown’s intentions. Mr. Brown obviously wanted to sleep with Faye!If it had been in the past, Howard would have blindly agreed to it without the slightest hesitation at all. However, it was different now. It was not because he was unwilling, but it was because he was not in the position to make such a decision.Now that the Carters held Faye to such a high regard, even George would be tentative to force her into doing something so salacious.Now that Faye’s status in the Carter family was different, even George would not necessarily be able to force her to come to do this if she refused to. And even then, he still feared Zayn to a certain extent. As of late, Lady Luck seemed to be on his side. Not only did he manage to save Jordan’s life, he had even gotten acquainted with George.George Hayes was a malicious man with too much power for his own good. The ordinary people of Waltz City knew better than to offend someone so disreputable.Of
As soon as she laid her eyes on the scene, Faye felt immediately discouraged.“You idiot, do you think we can just walk away from paying the three million dollars just because there wasn’t an IOU? Fifi loaned the money from the chairman of Violet Vision. He’s so powerful that the Carters could never afford to resist him. We are obligated to return the money, even if it means loaning more of it from a loan shark!”George paused before directing his attention to Faye. “Oh, Faye, aren’t you on friendly terms with the chairman? Would you like to meet with him again? We’re not loaning money from him this time around, instead we’re looking to strike a business proposition with him that will benefit the both of us. What do you say?”Faye considered George’s words for a moment before bursting his bubble, “Grandpa, my relationship with the chairman honestly isn’t all that intimate. If I pay him a visit, he would most likely disagree with our proposal.”In truth, Faye met with the chairman o
During the previous financial crisis, Faye had already felt disheartened enough. There was absolutely no way that she would agree to do something like that!She still remembered how she sacrificed herself for the greater good in order to loan the three million dollars from the chairman. It felt even worse knowing none of the Carter family members believed her—they went as far as calling her an embarrassment to the Carters. They still harbored those prejudices against her, and she knew.Plus, who did these people take her for?She was a proper lady!Howard had already expected Faye to say that. He sneered at her, “What kind of attitude is that, Faye? I was only going to ask you to come with me when I sign the contract, and now you’re overreacting and being the drama queen like you always are. Are you even a Carter?”Faye stared down at him coldly. “Howard, don’t try that stuff with me again! I sacrificed myself when we were going through tough times back then, and guess what happen
The legal representative of Neotech Co. was now Faye’s father, Waine. It did not help that the switch had only happened a few days prior. Waine agreed to take up the position when he was in a drunken stupor, after sharing a meal with Hector.There was definitely something suspicious about it!Faye was not a fool, in fact, she was wise beyond her years. It did not take her long to figure out that the switch had been made because Hector had realized that the company was in hot water, and that he would be at risk of being imprisoned if the company was unable to pay off their debt. As a result, he made it so Waine was the legal representative to the company instead to evade any form of liability!Waine was Hector’s biological brother. He was actually willing to throw his younger brother under the bus just like that!Faye was left feeling even more resentful and equally as demoralized.If familial love is supposed to feel like a warm embrace, why did Faye feel nothing but the agonizing
“Faye, it’s time to go home.”Zayn drove over to pick Faye up from work once his car had been repaired.Faye did not hear his call, but continued to walk ahead inattentively.Coincidentally, there happened to be a small pothole in her way, and as Faye was not paying attention to where she was walking, she stepped on it and stumbled forwards into a woman with a face caked full of makeup. The woman was in the middle of retouching her lipstick, so the collision had left a long streak of smudged lipstick from the impact.The woman was practically fuming with rage. She was going to give Faye a piece of her mind. “Watch where you’re going! Are you blind? Were you born without any eyes?”Faye was jolted back to reality by the screaming lady in front of her. She realized she had just landed herself in some deep trouble. Before things could get any worse, she hastily began to apologize, “I’m really sorry—I truly am! I was lost in thought so I wasn’t watching where I was walking. I bumped i
The woman who had a face full of makeup was ultimately apprehended by Zayn. She glared at Zayn scornfully. “Now who is this little motherf*ck*r, and how dare he stop me? You’re just asking for me to end you!”While she barked aggressively at Zayn, she raised a leg and aimed for his lower body as she ferociously tried to kick him in the b*lls. She had the reaction speed of no ordinary woman, and she was abnormally strong as well. It was apparent that this was because she was frequently involved in street brawls. Had Zayn not picked Faye up from work in advance, she would have been at a huge disadvantage.Zayn let out a rough grunt as he used his knees to shield the targeted area in advance. An audible thud resonated through the air. The woman kicked her legs up and down strenuously as she continued to assault Zayn’s knee. A wretched screech came out of her mouth as she hissed in pain, “Ouch, that f*ck*ng hurts! Are you asking for a death sentence—you’re already a dead man, do you hear
Hearing the crowd, Ruby was practically quivering from anger as she stared daggers at Zayn. “It’s you again, huh, you piece of trash?” she fumed under her breath. “How many times do you have to embarrass us, huh? You’ve gone and challenged the wrath of some underground kingpin? Why don’t you just keel over and die right now?”Zayn was speechless. How poor did his mother-in-law’s comprehension skills have to be in order to get to that conclusion? It was obvious that Faye was the one who provoked them!Not that he wanted to waste his time explaining something like that to a rock.Faye’s panic multiplied. “We should go!”“Go?” Charlotte echoed, her voice thick with derision. “Sure, just try and escape, I dare you. I know who the two of you are now—one of the Carter family’s little ladies and her infamously useless husband, huh? You two sure deserve each other. You can escape me, but don’t think you can escape us.”“Don’t… don’t take another step in our direction! If I feel like I’m i
Faye’s heart skipped a beat.Six large men walked out of the crowd led by a man with the pudgiest face she had ever seen, a big frame, and a very prominent beer belly. He looked to be about 200 pounds. His friends sported very similar physical attributes too, and all of them possessed large swathes of tattoos.It was telling that their lives revolved around the criminal underworld—especially so when they emanated the aura of a cutthroat. Many onlookers who had joined the crowd looked on fearfully as they carefully kept their distance between these newcomers and themselves. Those who had taken to snapping pictures and recording videos made sure to be a lot more subtle about their actions too.“Sky Lord, oh, you’re here! I’m saved!” Charlotte exclaimed and dove into Skyler Moore’s arms before bursting into audible sobs that were hideously dramatic. “I was so scared of being beaten to death by these thugs! Sniff, sniff…”Skyler patted the young woman on the back with his large hands a