Blake did not know what was going on, but Johann saw everything very clearly. His expression was frozen—clearly from being frightened to death.Blake Coleman’s underlings were like ragdolls before Samuel Hannigan. They did not stand a chance and had all been wiped out in seconds.He… Was Samuel even human?“Did I say you could leave?” an icy voice rang at Blake’s ear.He dipped his head, terror seizing his body. He spotted Samuel in his peripheral vision. He did not dare to believe his eyes.“Samuel Hannigan, what the f*ck do you think you’re doing? The entire Sue family is dead if you dare to provoke me. What more you?” Blake said.“Take me to see Manfred or you’re dead,” Samuel answered, tone frosty.“How dare you?!”Samuel slowly tightened his grip around his neck. Panic finally seeped into Blake’s eyes when he felt that it was getting harder to breathe.“You— Let me go first! I’ll take you there,” Blake said.“Let’s go.”The three of them left the VIP room. Blake’s underlings slowl
“Blake Coleman, I’ll ask you this one last time. Where is my wife?” Manfred’s voice was as cold as ice, his bloodied face resembling that of a vengeful ghost.Blake was still nonchalant, as if he could not be touched. This was because he felt that neither Manfred nor Samuel would dare to truly raise a hand against him.“Didn’t I already tell you? She’s dead. She was already dead when you were taken,” he said.Manfred did not go ballistic like he did earlier. Instead, he was still deathly calm. However, Samuel felt a vicious murderous intent radiating from the old man.“Call your underlings. Get as many as you can,” Samuel told Johann. If Manfred truly killed Blake here, they could not escape with just the three of them.Johann whipped out his phone in a frenzy and quickly punched the numbers on his phone.“Since she’s already dead, go ahead and accompany her, will you? She’s scared of the dark,” Manfred said.Blake looked at him disdainfully and said, “You dare to kill me? Do you know
Back in the house.Yvonne felt restless after Samuel left. As the hours slowly ticked past, she lay on the bed, unable to drift into sleep.She clutched onto her phone. She watched the seconds trickling into minutes. It turned eleven all too soon.Usually, she would be asleep by now, since she would go for her morning jog the next day. Why did her eyelids refuse to close then?At that moment, Yvonne realized that Samuel was a part of her life that she could not lose. Even though he only slept on the floor, he held such an important place in her heart.She wanted to call him and ask when he would be coming back, but he did make it clear that he had something to do before he left the house. Yvonne did not want to pester him.Just like that, she stayed awake the whole night. The sky just began to break into dawn when Yvonne finally heard the clicking of the door. She quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.Samuel had never expected to be held up the entire night. He tiptoed in
After breakfast, Samuel sent Yvonne to the office. The general store was open for business, but there were clearly more customers going in and out of the place, and they did not look like your regular folk.“What do you want to do now?” Samuel asked Manfred.“Blake Coleman is dead. Someone has to clean up after the awful mess he left behind,” Manfred replied.Samuel nodded his head. It seemed that Manfred had decided to take up his old mantle again. This was good news because he could not rely on Johann’s courage to accomplish great things. Now, he did not wish to invest any more time and energy into Johann.“Tell me if you need anything,” Samuel said.Manfred’s lips curled into a grin. “Blake Coleman is dead, yet the news has not caused a ruckus in Cloud City,” he said. “You’ve helped enough. Instead, just tell me if you need anything.” “I’ll remember that. A true man will always keep his word,” Samuel answered, smiling.Manfred whipped out a cigarette and thrust it toward him. “You
“Mom, what should I do now? They won’t make me pay, right?” Steven said, his voice small.Flora looked at Samuel. She could not let her son take responsibility for this. Anyway, Samuel was a fly in the Sue family. It would be no problem to pin the blame on him.“I need to pick Yvonne up from her office. Why don’t you go up first?” Samuel said at this moment.Ferdinand’s face contorted in fury. Where was his courtesy when treating guests? He wanted to say something, but he was interrupted by his wife. “Go on them. Don’t be late.”Ferdinand stared at Flora with suspicion. What was with the sudden personality change? Where was the logic in being abandoned when they were visiting guests?“What are you doing, Flora? Why aren’t you making that good-for-nothing b*stard take us up?” Ferdinand asked her after Samuel drove off.“How can we pin the blame on him if he doesn’t leave?” Flora said, smiling. “Don’t say a single word when we get up there. Let me do the talking.”The family headed upsta
After Yvonne finished work, she noticed the huge dent in the car’s bumper but did not feel resentful toward Samuel. She simply said, “How could you be so careless?”“Steven insisted on driving when I went to pick his family up. He accidentally banged the car,” Samuel replied.“Steven?” Yvonne’s brows immediately furrowed. She practically hated her cousin. He was a grown man of over twenty years, yet he did nothing but laze around and learn how to make idle boasts like his father. She never thought that he would actually get the car into an accident.“Let’s see how he deals with it once my mom finds out,” Yvonne said.They drove back home. Her parents, as well as her uncle’s family, were all waiting on the ground floor. This scene confused even Samuel. They were not waiting for Yvonne, were they?After they parked the car, Lydia and Godfrey were looking at the front bumper, soreness seeping into their bones. Bitterness and resentment welled in their hearts; this was a new car!“Sa
At the private room, they drank multiple rounds after the meal. Godfrey and Lydia were slightly tipsy, and Flora took the opportunity to remind her husband of his job. “Lydia, I need your help with something,” Ferdinand said.Lydia waved her hand. “Whatever it is, just tell. I’ll definitely help you if I can,” she said carelessly.“My wallet’s been a bit tight lately. Since Yvonne is so successful now, I want to borrow some money,” he replied.Flora quickly chimed in, “We wouldn’t ask you if we had any other way. You have money now, Lydia. Surely you’ll help us?”Lydia immediately became more conscious when she heard the words ‘borrow some money’. She was well-aware of her brother’s characteristics. It was a 99 percent probability that she would not get her money back once she ‘lent’ it to him.“How much do you want to borrow?” she asked.Her brother raised two fingers.“Two thousand?” she said.“What are you thinking, Lydia? Would I ask you if it was just two thousand?” Ferdinand said
They saw Steven being thrown in, his nose broken and his face swelled with bruises. There were a few beefy-looking men behind him.Flora was someone who would do anything for her child, so she immediately ran over when she saw her son beaten into this state. “Steven, what happened? Are you okay?” she asked, concerned.Her son was so frightened that snot and tears streamed down his face. He cried so badly—almost even resembling a girl.“Who are you people? Why did you beat my son?” Flora snarled.A pot-bellied man with a gold chain around his neck stepped forward. “What are you screaming about? A b*tch like you gave birth to this son of a b*tch, who actually dared to lay a hand on my woman. So what if I gave him a good beating?”After Steven had emerged from the toilet, he ran into a woman wearing seductive clothing. He said obscenities to her as his mind was unfiltered by the alcohol. He did not know that the woman was with a gang leader, who then beat him up without so much o