Chapter 58: "Do you still want to see my face?"As they were huge in number and up against only one prey, Ruben used it to his advantage, they couldn't attack him at once so they came in pairs. Growing up, he had followed military training to build strength and his martial arts skills so taking on three men at once wasn't so difficult. One scrawny guy and two heavily built men approached Ruben, waving their weapons at him. Ruben acted fast, he slammed his elbow on the scrawny guy's face, his hard rock muscle sending the latter a few steps back, to the ground, wincing in pain.In the same moment, one of them took the advantage to slice Ruben but he cut through thin air. Ruben had seen through his attack from the corner of his eyes. He shuffled two steps backward, evading the first enemy's attack and delivering a fatal blow to the second enemy's gut. He grabbed the metal bar from the fallen enemy and whacked the last standing burly man among the trios. Ruben was very versed with human
Chapter 59: Avis Tess could tell her work was done with Li. She had crushed his will to live and rendered his brawny muscles useless. She turned her back against him, raised the crest in her hands and instantly, all of the men stopped in their actions. They were originally staring at the fallen Li in shock because he was plummeted by a woman a third of his size. In the process, their eyes fell on the crest that shone in Tess hands and they fell on their knees at the same time, shaking as it they were faced with a ferocious blood-sucking beast. All colors drained from their faces and they lost strength in their limbs, expecting the doom knocking at their doors. Everyone in the underworld recognise the crest in Tess's hands. It was impossible to make a replica and anyone who spoke of making a duplicate would be killed instantly. A special batch of men were dispatched to ensure the genuity of the crest isn't compromised. The crest was made with a special metal ore and different color
Chapter 60: Elisa"Mmh, she was a good friend of mine." Tess helped him up. Compared to the other fallen men, the young guy had no scar on his face, just a streak of charcoal in imitation. Tess had a notion that he was the plaything of the boss of the top dogs but was sent into battle after he was abandoned. It was a common act in the underworld, rulers send their lovers to a battle of no return after they had fallen out.Not just lovers, when a person of higher authority tries to court another and they refuse, the laws of the underworld prevents baseless killings so they send the person to battle and most times give specific instructions to the leader of the team that the person must not return. '"What is your name?" Tess asked. She wiped the streak of tears falling from his eyes with her napkin. Her eyes were filled with soft tenderness. "Rex…mother named me Rex." He replied. Tess met a friend named Elisa during her first journey to the underworld. Elisa had a very cheerful per
Chapter 61: "Someone has been having lewd thoughts about an injured person."Ruben stared at Tess wordlessly. He seemed to be lost in the depth of his mind. "Do you trust me?" Tess repeated. Her voice wobbled slightly as a budding of fear rose in her heart. Truthfully, she was still in doubt about the recent occurrences. Luke, Ruben, Brittany's and Lucas's heinous plot, and the strange events that came with it. She felt everything could be a dream, a long bittersweet dream. A mix of steamy passion, bliss and dreary tragedy, fiction-like. She had been too busy to process the whole situation but now that she thought of it, what if it was all a dream? What if she was still living in the past, six years ago, and all of these were a manifestation of her wishful thoughts, a warm family and loving husband. "Tess, You are my world. When one loses trust in their world, they lose themselves and their reason to live." Ruben's voice pulled Tess out of the hazy layer of fog clouding her senses
Chapter 62: "Mmmh I want a lot more in places only us can see."The sun stood high in the sky, shining its glory on the world. Shimmering rays of light seeped through the window curtains, spying on the couples cuddled in each other's arms. Their sweet serene moment was interrupted with a knock on the door.Tess woke up first. She snuggled out of Ruben’s strong embrace, rubbed her eyes sleepily and yawned in exhaustion as she got off the bed to pick her robe laying on the floor from their intense session the previous night.She walked to the door sloppily to open the door. There she saw Thomas standing at the entrance. He was wearing a dark blue retro suit, with his hair gelled up. It seemed like a dressing for a special occasion as his hair was always led down in a fringe. Due to their height difference, Tess's eyes traveled down his long legs to his shoes, a designer Tommy brown leather man shoes. A minute passed and he hadn't said a word. She retracted her eyes from his shoes and
Chapter 63: "Hmmm, Good genes" The Father and son held an intense staring contest until Thomas appeared to diffuse the situation. "The plane leaves in thirty minutes, we have to hurry to the airport, it is forty minutes away with safe driving speed." "But mother is hurt." Luke's big almond shaped eyes moistened with tears threatening to fall off. Tess squatted with much difficulty, held Luke's little hands and placed soft kisses on them. " Mother is fine Luke, it didn't hurt." She spoke warmly, a tender smile lingered on her face. Luke stopped crying, he pulled Tess into a hug, his small hands held her awkwardly as he was being careful not to poke her wound. "That's enough, let's go." Ruben helped Tess up, his arms circled around her waist and he continued to help her all the way to the back. Luke strotted behind them, wiping his tears dry while Luuk's deadly eyes followed Ruben’s back, he still had his suspicion that Tess and Ruben had engaged in a physical brawl overnight and
Chapter 64: "I didn't realize I needed a spokesperson to communicate my thoughts." A few seconds passed and the tingling pain from being slapped across the face didn't hit so Luke opened his eyes slowly. Theresa's hands were flaring in the air awkwardly and her eyes and mouth were wide open in shock. "T-t-there are two… two of that bastard." "It's called Twins." Luuk rolled his eyes. Tess snickered at Luuk's comment. Theresa cleared her throat and collected herself. She turned to Tess and spoke, "So this is the reason brother took you back in his arms? You brought another bastard to the family." Tess remained calm while faced with Theresa's provocation. "Luke, come here." she waved her hands towards him, wiping the streak of tears at the corner of his eyes. He was such a cry baby. "Pretty boys shouldn't cry." "Can you just stop crying everytime like a wimp? Also, what do you mean younger brother? I refused to be humiliated like that." Luuk added. "Mother, Luuk is bullying me."
Chapter 65: "You're so naughty Mrs De Vries.Tess returned to her room, surfing through a De Vries mart shopping app to order a new batch of junks. She was seated on a soft sofa, her back turned against the door with earphones in her ear, listening to intense soul music. Her body moved to the rhythm softly, this particular song had a unique choreography, the fans of the artist had a signature move of slumping their shoulders in a second time interval and Tess imitated the move. She didn't notice when Ruben opened the door as her ears were plugged with loud music. Ruben observed Tess calmly, her shoulders shook continuously and he thought she was crying, his heart winced in pain. He thought of various things to say or things to do to pacify her but his head went blank. He couldn't think of anything, he felt helpless. Tess was immersed in the song, she shook her shoulders faster, anxiety rose within Ruben’s heart. He cursed Theresa silently under his breath. He brought out a chocol