Lester sighed at Lena's words."You've gone too far, Lena!" Marcus said angrily. "Look at Lester's condition! Since you already have the money, why won't you set him free? Do you just want to torture him?""Bingo! That's exactly what I wanna do." Lena had practically glued herself to Wendell."I'm gonna take Lena out for a meal and make her happy in the way she wants to be. Since you can no longer give her the life she wants, I'll do it for you. I'll fulfill your duties as her husband on your behalf. You should thank me for this!" Wendell laughed.Then, he looked at Marcus. "It's a small world, Mr. Coleman. Since I was lucky enough to bump into you here, why don't you join me? I'm meeting Jameson, Natalie, and Saul for a meal later. We can catch up."Wendell, Jameson, Natalie, and Saul were some of the people Marcus had had high hopes for. Back in the day, he'd planned on giving them more responsibilities to train them before promoting them.But things had gone wrong before he ma

Marcus glanced at the bottles of vodka and sneered to himself. They were trying to show him who was boss, huh?Jameson felt even more smug when he saw that Marcus wasn't moving. He deliberately put on a displeased look and said, "What's wrong, Mr. Coleman? You're not trying to upset us all, are you?"The others snickered. They couldn't wait to see Marcus make a fool of himself.They hated him to the core because they'd misunderstood his intentions. Marcus had wanted to train them and make them gain more experience, but they thought he'd been sabotaging them.Now that they knew Marcus wasn't doing well, they wanted to humiliate him."Why would I do that?" Marcus looked calm. "Three shots, right? I'll drink them.""I'll pour the vodka for you, Mr. Coleman." One of the young ladies present couldn't stand their bullying. She grabbed one of the shot glasses.But Jameson stopped her and glared at her. "Mind your own business! Mr. Coleman is a generous man. And generous men only drink

The senior executives applauded as soon as Elijah's words fell."Welcome to Rudd Corporation, Mr. Steele!" Wendell immediately started sucking up to him. The rest quickly followed.Elijah chuckled and waved a hand. "There's something else I need to say. I might have acquired Rudd Corporation and become its chairman, but I'm not the boss. Like everyone else, I'm just an employee."I just happen to be luckier in the sense that my position is above all of yours. Still, the actual boss is someone else!""What?" Everyone was stunned.Rumor had it Elijah was a mogul from Easton. Yet here he was, saying he wasn't Rudd Corporation's actual boss. It was imaginable how powerful the person behind him was!"The actual boss is also here at Rudd Corporation's headquarters for today's meeting. He wants to meet all of you." Elijah glanced at his Vacheron Constantin for the time. "It's almost time. He should be here any second."At this moment, the conference room's doors swung open. Everyone's

Club Ecstasy in Northfort was Know-It-All's usual hideout.Marcus and Elijah headed there and managed to meet with him. But because they hadn't had a prior appointment, Know-It-All didn't know what sort of information they were after.Still, he welcomed every visitor with open arms as long as they could pay the price."You don't look like you're from around here, gentlemen." Know-It-All appraised them with a smile. "You're not locals, are you?"Marcus curled his lip. "Don't tell me you treat local and foreign customers differently.""Well, no." Know-It-All chuckled. "The whole of Northfort knows I welcome all customers! Provided you can pay the price I ask, of course.""Don't worry about that." Marcus nodded. "We won't disappoint you since we came knocking on your door.""Wonderful! I love working with people like you, who don't beat around the bush." Know-It-All clapped his hands. "Now, what sort of information are you after?"I have records on everything that's happened in No

"Find out where Mandy Lewis and Ned Fischer are right now," Marcus commanded.They'd seemingly decided to work for Rudd Corporation, but Marcus hadn't seen them at the meeting with the senior executives. They must've already left the company."Alright." Elijah got to work. As one of the Four Monstrous Generals, it was as easy as pie for him to track two regular individuals down. He soon returned."Did you find them?" Marcus asked.Elijah was all smiles. "You wouldn't believe what I found out. The world's a small place, you know. Do you remember Aurora Media? It's the first company that approached us for a collaboration after you acquired Rudd Corporation.""Of course." Marcus nodded. "They have good taste. Instead of waiting to see how things would play out, they had the foresight to try to suck up to me as soon as I acquired Rudd Corporation. Whoever owns the company isn't your average Joe."Then, something occurred to him. "Don't tell me …""Yup!" Elijah chuckled. "It's exactl