Upon hearing what he said, the other three wore a strange expression, knowing that Julius was going to get a taste of his medicine. On the other hand, Faye frowned as she did not know that Annabelle and Zayn knew each other.Zayn coughed, feeling rather helpless about the situation.Annabelle was a smart girl. As she judged the scene, she was fast to figure out the cause and effect and wore a sly smile when she answered, “I sure do. Why?”Julius did not know what Annabelle’s smile meant. He replied with a chortle, “Haha, it’s fantastic that you know him, Miss Laking. I have someone here who claims that he’s the chairman of Violet Vision!”“Oh, who’s that?”“Lo and behold, he’s none other than Mr. Zayn Larson who has cancer here. I wonder if you know him,” Julius said with a grin that was filled with derision. He was just waiting to see Zayn become the joke of the century and be slapped in the face by his own words!No longer able to continue with his act, Zayn coughed again and t
Julius now realized that Zayn was really Violet Vision Media Corp’s chairman and not some average Tom, Dick, or Harry!He… he had actually threatened him like that just now and snubbed him. Once he thought about it, blood drained from his face instantly as his legs shook in trepidation.If it were just about the status of Violet Vision Media Corp’s chairman, it would not have terrified Julius so badly. What he was truly fearful of was Zayn’s other identity—a master fighter who was said to be the best in Guineve as the man who had killed the Northmob Council’s Xander Griffin and the she-devil Mia Walker single-handedly!An acquired fighter like him was a mere ant in front of Zayn. He was practically worth nothing.Julius was extremely petrified. He was panicking with the urge to cry. “Mr. Larson—I… I was blind just now to have offended you…I should be damned! Please be the bigger person here and look past my mistakes…”Julius’ reaction stupefied Gwen and others. They widened their
Everyone’s gaze was on Zayn. The others were fine as Zayn did not care much about them, but Annabelle and Faye were putting him on pins and needles! Faye’s meaningful expression, especially, ran chills down his back.Just as he was about to explain, Faye smiled. “Darling, why haven’t you told me that you know Miss Laking? That’s not very nice of you.”As Annabelle registered the term of endearment, it pricked her heart.“Uh…” Zayn felt cold sweat dotting his forehead. His heart was beating at a rate that was practically over the roof. Even when he faced Diego and was on the brink of death, he had not been this nervous. His mind worked in a frenzy to come up with an explanation.“Hmm?” Faye’s hand traveled, her right hand stroking Zayn’s lap, as threat dripped from her smile. It made Zayn’s heart shudder as goosebumps wreaked havoc all over him.Hold on!Zayn was suddenly struck with enlightenment. This was not right. Why was he nursing a guilty conscience? There was nothing betwe
Her hurt and pitiful expression when she said that made one’s heart ache for her involuntarily. There was only one person whose heart did not ache—and that was Zayn. On the contrary, forget an aching heart, he felt his hair stand on end while his head went numb. He quickly burrowed into his meal at the table, anxious and not daring to lift his head up.All Zayn could wish for right now was to become invisible so that Faye would not notice him—not that it was a practical thought as Faye’s gaze snapped to him at once as she placed a hand on his shoulder. “Zayn, you’re friends with Miss Laking. I’m sure you know who she likes. As a friend, why don’t you matchmake them?”Zayn felt goosebumps rise across his skin all the more. He sensed a huge threat. It was obvious that Faye had seen through them! Zayn was extremely bitter. If he had known, he would not have come tonight. Faye must have misunderstood him now, and nothing would clear his name! Sigh… He could only brace himself and mutte
Zayn could not help wrapping his arm around Faye’s slim waist at her reaction while chuckling. “Fifi, you’re gorgeous. I must’ve brought along my good luck from my past life to be able to marry you.”His statement washed Faye over with bliss. Although they were in a corner of a room and everyone else had left, she was easily shy and still found it embarrassing, so she quickly slapped Zayn’s hand away and glared at him. “Watch your hands.”Zayn chuckled. “I can’t help it.”After what happened just now, Gwen and others were too mortified to stay around. They had filled their share in speaking badly about Zayn just now and were afraid that he would try to get even with them. After Julius rolled his way out, they snuck away as well, so Zayn and Faye were the only ones left in the room. It was pretty much their private space.They finally began to enjoy the dinner when Faye spoke up, “Actually, Annabelle really likes you.”Her unanticipated comment shocked Zayn, prompting him to say, “
Another month passed by in a flash. During this month, Zayn went back to his peaceful days. Other than practicing occasionally, he spent most of his time accompanying Faye.After the incident in Alice’s Table the other day, Faye had been behaving quite unusually. She had been harping on Zayn about considering Annabelle, making the man feel helpless about the situation.Sometimes, Zayn could not wrap his head around what she was thinking. How could there be a wife who asked her husband to seek a mistress outside? If Zayn was not confident that Faye’s IQ and rationality were normal, he would have suspected that Annabelle had brainwashed her.Other than that, Faye was all about taking the initiative now. Gone was her bashful and reserved way as they had made love no lesser than a hundred times during the entire month. If it were another man, he would have found it hard to recover, but it was nothing to Zayn. He was secure on tier-4 of the master fighter level, so his physique was barel
Sigh, it seemed that he lucked out in the romance department. Unknowingly, he now had numerous women by his side.After all that he had gone through, Zayn was more mature in his ways of doing things now. He would never put all his eggs in one basket. Even with Lysithea covering for him, he was going to double up his preparation. During this while, he committed to more charities and secured his societal status. His reputation in the circle was rising slowly as well. This way, Sicut In Caelo would have to consider it seriously if they actually wanted to do anything to him.Zayn was currently a Combat Instructor of the Insurgent Trifecta and had to teach there at least twice a month.Since fighting 1-on-100 that day and squashing a whole division, his reputation in the Insurgent Trifecta grew. Many were courteous when they saw him and would respectfully greet him as Sergeant Larson. The soldiers from Division 4, especially, were thoroughly impressed by Zayn and behaved well in front
When Zayn followed the four soldiers over, there was a group of people already standing in the Insurgent Trifecta’s training hall. “Keanu! Flame! Alpha! Cut out the arrogance. Our sergeant’s going to arrive very soon. When that happens, you’re going to be in a world of bad luck!”“That’s right. Don’t think for a second that you guys are great just because you’re in Wolf’s Fang. To our sergeant, you guys are nothing more than ants!”“Our sergeant is…”There were quite a few onlookers gathering around at the scene. Amongst them, there were a few dozen of them who were completely bruised while some of them were so injured that they could not even open their eyes, and some even had broken noses. These injured soldiers were all from Squad 4 within Zayn’s rank. They were originally strong as they were and would easily be top fighters if they were compared to the public. However, they ended up getting beaten up so badly by the trio in front of them that they did not even have a chance