Just as Thomas was about to put his plan to action, a sleek beauty with a sloping roofline and a mellifluous revving engine pulled over in front of him and halted Thomas on his path. The driver rolled down the windows, and he was met with an all too familiar—and irritating—face, asking, “Your sister said she needed me to take you home, so get in—whoa, what’s with all the nasty bruises?”It was none other than Zayn himself. He had been waiting at the gate for some time now, and when he saw Thomas, he waved. Though seeing that his brother-in-law kept missing him, Zayn decided to drive close and upfront.The bruises on the young man’s face were the first thing he noticed about him, followed by a bloodied nose. One of Thomas’s eyes was swollen too, which altogether made it obvious that he had just recently got into a fisticuff. Judging by how puffy and red both of his eyes were, Zayn was sure that the boy had just cried.Thomas’s attention was on Zayn’s Audi A7. It was so out of left fi
Sh*t! Sh*t!At this moment, Thomas wished he could just die on the spot. How could God do this to him—to make him crash to no other people’s car but Daryl’s?! Was He trying to kill him?He could not bring himself to imagine the horror that would befall Daryl’s face when he saw what happened to his car—or the harrowing retaliation the man would do!Thomas regretted every second thinking too highly of himself. He should not have snatched the control over the car from Zayn. Had he stopped himself, he would not have doomed himself!Zayn, who was watching nearby, stared ahead with his mouth hanging agape in disbelief. He had not expected his dear brother-in-law to have the mother of all misfortune enough to crash onto someone else’s BMW on first trial alone. Damage like that could never be fixed without spending at least 15 thousand dollars or so!With a sigh, Zayn approached the car, his eyebrows furrowed. “Do you even know how to drive, kid? Why did you put so much force on the pedal
Trailing behind the pretty boy was a huge crowd, all of them seemingly his underlings. Zayn had to admit that this guy sure had the grandiosity covered.“Zayn! You stupid useless trash! What are you doing—let me go, you bastard!”Thomas was hoping to make a run from it, but Zayn seized him by his wrist and stopped him, which drew the worst of Thomas’s ire. He turned his head and found Daryl and Cara, flanked by a huge crowd, walking toward them.His terror was dialed all the way to eleven, and he thrashed against Zayn’s grip with all his God-given might. Unfortunately, Zayn gripped his wrist with the might of a lobster’s pincher, and Thomas’s struggle bore him no fruit other than causing pain to flare in his muscles.In desperation, Thomas was close to gnashing his teeth and biting Zayn into letting go.That was when Zayn suddenly slapped him on his head, bellowing, “Stop it already!”Thomas did not imagine himself ever receiving a slap from Zayn, and his widening eyes, filled to
Silence hushed through a crowd of hundreds of people. They held their breaths.Cara, who was taken aback by his sudden outburst, shuddered.Daryl was in a good mood just a millisecond before—humiliating Thomas really lightened up his general morale for the day. And then he had to be hit with the revelation that his car had been damaged badly. Of course his mood went for a nosedive!He had just bought the car last month. It cost him half of his allowance, and now someone crashed it. How could he not be enraged?Now, the underlying point behind his lividity was less because it was a BMW 525—it cost him a bit more than 8 thousand dollars, which was hardly unaffordable—and more because it dealt a huge blow to his ego. Everyone in this entire university knew that spot as Daryl’s specific spot for his ride! The fact that someone crashed his car kicked off his knee-jerk assumption that it was done explicitly to challenge his reign. Now that was unforgivable!No one dared to answer him. D
Zayn heaved a sigh in his heart. His brother-in-law was really terrifying. Daryl shifted his gaze from Thomas to Zayn. “It was you who hit my car?”When Daryl was sizing Zayn up, so was Zayn. Soon, he managed to generally figure out this man. He was a proud, arrogant rich kid who perpetrated evilness and tyranny in the university on usual days simply because his family was rich. “The accident has already happened. We can just file a report with the police and make an insurance claim,” said Zayn nonchalantly. Daryl chortled. “In that case, do you acknowledge that it was you who hit my car?”His smile was filled with gravity and threat besides being tinted with overbearingness. No wonder a protected, spoiled child like Thomas would fear him so much. However, what a waste that the person he encountered was Zayn who was naturally not startled by his presence. “So what if it was I who hit your car. Look at you. Are you going to beat me up?” Zayn chuckled meaningfully. Zayn was
Thomas was astounded. Soon after, he felt chills go down his spine and sprang up in fear. “You must be out of your mind!”Other than Thomas, the numerous onlookers assumed that Zayn was out of his mind as well. He was literally throwing his life away by making Thomas beat Daryl up. What else was he if not out of his mind?Daryl was stunned for a moment as well. Soon afterward, he sniggered aloud and looked toward Thomas with a bantering expression. He said, “Thomas, your brother-in-law is a rather interesting person. He has the courage to order you to beat me up, huh? Come, punch me in the face. I promise I won’t punch you back.”He leaned his face close to Thomas as a signal for the latter to punch him. He was behaving carelessly, yet his action only made Thomas fear him more. Thomas shuddered and could not muster the courage to beat Daryl up at all. “Punch me! Punch me if you can! I’m asking you to punch me. You’re not going to disrespect my wish, are you?!” All of a sudden, Dar
Cara, around whom he had his arms wrapped, was already infatuated. She screamed in her heart, ‘You’re so cool, Richmond!’Zayn looked toward Thomas and said with a rather peculiar expression, “Is this how you’re normally bullied by him?”Thomas clenched his teeth and refused to answer Zayn. However, his reaction had already revealed his answer. Zayn heaved a sigh and exclaimed emotionally, “All of you are still a bunch of snotty little brats anyhow. You’re naive, and you don’t understand that however things may be perfect, there will always be better ones. Do you think that you can do as you please just because your family is a little richer than average?”Everyone assumed that Zayn must have lost his mind. He was definitely an idiot who was so incapable of judging the situation that he had actually made such a statement. At once, Daryl scolded him, “You should be ashamed of yourself for doing this. Orson, Bull, go ahead and beat this deadbeat up, then capture Thomas for me. I’d l
Daryl stumbled backward. At that moment, he could feel the immense sense of dominance emanating from Zayn that surpassed his tolerance. Thomas rubbed his eye strenuously. Zayn’s power gave him hope. Zayn waved his hand at Thomas and called out to him. There was an indescribable overbearingness coming from Zayn that stirred up fear in Thomas for some reason. He did not dare to disobey, so he hastily got up from the ground and ran over to Zayn submissively. “Zayn, since when have you been so impressive? Even Orson and Bull are no match for you.”Thomas’s tone was tainted with flattery as he unleashed his sycophantic qualities. Zayn did not answer Thomas’s question but said directly, “However he bullied you, do the same to him.”Thomas glanced at Daryl and he was so terrified that he shook his head hastily, saying, “Forget it. Just forget it.”“Why? Are you scared?” said Zayn with a hint of mockery in his words. Thomas felt very reluctant. He stood upright instinctively in an