After half an hour, Austin and Vincent met up at the cafe downstairs. "Do you want to hear the good news first or the bad news?" Vincent grinned after taking a sip from his cup of coffee. "The bad news first," said Austin calmly. Vincent lifted an eyebrow. "Okay. I thought you'd wish to hear the good news first." "Hearing the bad news first makes the good news better. If I get the good before the bad, I'll be disappointed afterward," said Austin jokingly with a smile. "Okay then." Vincent rubbed his hands together, picked up his cup, and took another sip of coffee. Vincent must've been in a hurry to get here because there was a sheen of sweat coating his forehead. He must've rushed here after getting off the plane. After taking another sip of coffee, he put his cup down and smiled. "The bad news is that Fiona didn't actually leave the entertainment industry," he revealed. "After going home, she got support from her family and started an entertainment company of her own
Vincent's comment did not cheer up Austin at all.On the contrary, Austin's face became much gloomier than before. He seemed to have cleared up the doubts in his mind as he muttered, "I see. I knew that the Emersons never had good intentions to begin with.""What do you mean?" asked Vincent."Mr. Emerson Senior and his son, Mr. Terry, are already in the city, and I just met both of them. Mr. Emerson Senior even said that he'd like me to bring my mother's grave to join the Emerson family's cemetery as compensation for all 20 years of her wrongful treatment by the family."Austin shrugged his shoulders and continued, "Just who the hell do they think they are? They really think that moving her grave next to theirs is enough to repay their debts after 20 whole years of mistreatment?"Vincent's eyes widened in shock as he realized the implications. "The fuck? How is that even compensation? They're clearly just trying to fool themselves into thinking they've done the right thing so th
Terry did not understand the severity of the situation.And neither did the rest of the Emersons.They'd all gotten used to living the high life and being arrogant and conceited. They all assumed that even when the pillar that was the Emerson family collapsed, they would still be able to stand above everyone else just from the rubble alone.But Itijah knew better than anyone else that the Emersons were in danger from the forces lurking in the shadows. Everything may have seemed fine on the surface, but there was already a group of wolves hiding in the shadows, sharpening their claws and waiting only for the opportunity to strike.The entire city was closely watching and waiting for the Emersons to reach their end.They would swarm up against the Emersons the moment a weakness was revealed. Once everything was over, the Emersons would be nothing less than a de-feathered chicken. However immense their wealth may be, it would still not be enough to tide them over such a crisis.No
For the past 3 years, It was all Cecily had been waiting for. It was all she had ever wanted.To hold Austin's hand, be by his side, and grow old together.Austin pulled Cecily around to head back to the house. "Let's go home."As they arrived at the door, they were met with Aldus running out of the house in a hurry. "Sir, bad news," said Aldus."What's wrong?" asked Austin."Security just informed us that there's a luxury car blocking Heavensgate Residence's entrance and was asking for you by name. They've made it clear that they will not move until you show up."Austin grinned and replied, "What's up with Jacob's security team… Have they really become so easily intimidated by just anyone?"He still remembered how the security team stopped Harvey from barging through Heavensgate Residence with his Audi A4 by ramming his car head-on with their own.On the other hand, Austin realized that the current guest must be leagues above Harvey if the security guards were hesitant to dr
Austin's unforgiving reply caused the kneeling Itijah to tremble all over.He lifted his head and stared at the leaving Austin and wailed, "Austin, can't you spare your own family some sympathy? I'm the father of your mother, you know? I'm your grandpa! Please, you're the only one who can save the Emersons!""Shut up!" shouted Austin as he turned back around. "Family, my ass! You haven't been considered my mother's family for 20 long years! Have you forgotten about everything you've done to her? Everything that you've done to your own daughter?"I don't care about you being family! I've already cared enough by not killing you with my own hands!"Get the fuck back to Kandor and leave me alone! Bother me again, and I will actually kill you myself!"Austin turned around and left with big strides.When Walter returned to the Campbells, he had left Dahlia with a huge amount of money. With Dahlia's ability, even if she were not to build an enterprise with the funds, she would still be
Terry's mind was in a frenzy as he laid eyes upon Itijah. His expression became distorted with all sorts of emotions in an instant.A tragic shout would echo across the entire hotel room. "Dad!"Itijah had already slipped off the couch, his eyes wide open.A sharp dagger was stuck in his heart. Blood spurted out along the hilt of the dagger like a fountain.The entire floor and everything around Itijah was painted deep red.The bloody scene almost caused Terry to faint over.His remaining rationale pushed him to stand up immediately.Terry's furious face turned toward the hotel room as he scanned every corner of the room.He was certain that he was woken up by a foreign sound, and given the short amount of time, he reckoned that the murderer was still in the room.Suddenly, Terry shouted, "Stand right there!"He noticed a silhouette passing through the half-open hotel room door.Terry left the room and chased after the killer. He did not feel even the slightest hint of fear
Knocks on the bedroom door would wake both Austin and Cecily up before the sun even rose.They opened the door to find Ezra and Aldus.Ezra was visibly terrified as he explained, "Sir, bad news! Mr. Emerson Senior has died!"Austin was shocked for a moment, and then he sneered, "Okay? So what if he has died? Let me and Cecily sleep in a little longer.""He was assassinated!"Ezra's words immediately stopped Austin from closing the door.With a shaky voice, Ezra continued, "Please come with us, sir… This matter is… Extremely complicated."Austin hesitated for a while. He smiled at Cecily to tell her to go back to sleep before leaving the room and heading downstairs with Ezra and Aldus.He couldn't care less about how Itijah had died.But he was rather intrigued by Ezra's reaction about the matter.Austin was rather perplexed by the fact that the usually calm and collected Ezra was stuttering with his words.As he headed into the living room, he found Vincent, still in his paj
"Blood Money as an organization accepts various assassination missions provided by clients into their webpage on the dark web. The targets will then be graded in accordance with their bounty, the status and identity of the target, and the estimated difficulty of the assassination. "Anyone on the dark web who sees the mission posting can participate in the hunt, and the prize money will be given to whoever completes the mission first."Austin's eyes widened in horror as he stared at the phone while listening to Aldus' explanation.He suddenly felt a chill running down his spine.Even a man like Aldus was visibly terrified. His voice sank as he continued, "There are no rules on the dark web, and there are no rules to the hunt as well. Anyone in the world can try their hand at the prize, and that's what makes Blood Money such a scary organization!"The missions on their webpage are graded from D to A, and an additional S rank for missions beyond A rank. And then, S ranks are further