Margaret instantly loses her balance as if struck by lightning and her face pales. "He... He came here looking for me?" She stutters, breaking out in a cold sweat. "Wait," she blurts as if recalling something. "Was he the one who broke down the school gate?"The Grim Reaper doesn't bother to respond to that question, instead saying, "It's quite surprising that he didn't come after you after leaving here." He tilts his head, as if in thought and after a while, looks back at her as he says, "That can only mean that he has decided to give you a chance to change your ways and stop sending assassins after him. You are lucky. If he wanted you dead, you would have been dead and even I wouldn't have had anything to do about it.""But why is it so, father? Why can't you do anything to him? He is just a pauper, how can you be so afraid of him?"The Grim Reaper glares at her for addressing him as father before shaking his head as he says, "What do you know? If he was really a pauper, would I be
It's a bright sunny morning...An aged man adorned in black pants, a white shirt, and a black shade, emerges from Skygate International Airport. He strides purposefully towards a car seemingly waiting for him, and without a word, opens the backdoor and enters."Welcome, sir. Where to please?""Eve's Allure Emporium." The driver nods and steps on the gas pedal, zooming away.A short while later, a mysterious figure, dressed in black pants, a black shirt, and sporting a hat and shades, exits the airport, his phone glued to his ear."My Lord," he breathes, "I've just arrived at Opulence Heights with Mr. Smith. He has left for Eve's Allure Emporium."He nods to whatever the person on the other end said, drops back his phone into his pocket and scans his surroundings. "Hey," he waves at a driver standing in front of his taxi and probably looking for passengers.The taxi driver immediately enters his taxi and drives over to him. "Where to, kind sir?" He pops out his head and asks.Without a
"Jordan Callahan?" Lorenzo is caught off guard. "Is there another Jordan Callahan in Opulence Heights besides my Lord?" He muses, placing his hand on his jaw.The driver's eyes widen at Lorenzo's words. Though Lorenzo was murmuring to himself, he had luckily heard a little of what he was murmuring. He can't help but fully turn to him as he asks in shallow breaths, "You know Jordan Callahan, and did you say he is your Lord? What do you mean by that?"Lorenzo shrugs. "You don't need to worry about that. The Jordan I know might not be the Jordan you were talking about. As you probably know, I'm a foreigner. I come from East Veridora and the Jordan Callahan I speak of is from there. He definitely can't be the one you are talking about.""That might not be the case," the driver shakes his head."What do you mean?" Lorenzo arches his brows at him."Well," the driver shrugs. "After the incident ten years ago, Jordan Callahan disappeared from Opulence Heights. If you know of a Jordan Callahan
Jordan is Lorenzo's Lord and though he doesn't know the relationship between Jordan and the Callahans, one thing he is certain of is that Jordan protects his identity with everything he has. Probably, because he doesn't want the Callahans of Opulence Heights to find out his whereabouts. How then will he let a mere taxi driver ruin everything and leak Jordan's whereabouts to the Callahans, whoever they are?A killing intent flashes in his eyes and he clenches his fists. If the taxi driver is really bent on going ahead with his plan, he won't have any other option but to kill him.Feeling Lorenzo's killing intent towards him, the taxi driver shudders and breaks out in a cold sweat. "I won't do it! I won't, kind sir! Please don't kill me!" He yells frantically.Lorenzo stares at him and narrows his brows. "How can I trust you?""I'm just a mere taxi driver, kind sir, while you follow Mr. Callahan. I'm wise enough to know who to make an enemy. Please forgive me, I was overwhelmed by my emo
The taxi driver relaxes back into his seat and stares out of the car into the sky as if in thoughts. After a while, he looks at Lorenzo through the rearview and says calmly, "There are four top families in Opulence Heights, known as the invincible four. Since time immemorial or I should say since I came to know about them, these families have ruled and governed Opulence Heights. It is safe to say that everything in Opulence Heights revolves around them. And they own most of the well-known companies, hospitals, hotels, etc, in the county. "The Callahans are one of the invincible four. Nah, not just are they one of them, rumors have it that they lead the other three families. That can answer your question of how wealthy and influential they are."Though it is not a well known fact, I mean the remark of them leading the other three families, anyone can tell that that is the case as the Callahans have often given orders to the other families and they adhere."As for how powerful they are
Lorenzo is beyond shocked at the taxi driver's words. Never for once had it crossed his mind that Jordan might hail from such a formidable family. The discovery is scary as is the young man himself. He takes a deep breath to calm his nerves and remembering the last words of the taxi driver, sighs as he says depressingly, "I've followed him for the past three years and I'm only hearing about his family from you, a stranger, what makes you think he might ever consider to let me in on such sacred details?" Lorenzo really feels sad about this. Jordan is his Lord yet he can't boast of one thing he knows about him. If not for the taxi driver, he wouldn't have known that Jordan's family is this formidable. He wouldn't even have known about his family. Perhaps, could it be that Jordan doesn't trust him enough?"Don't take it that way," seeing through Lorenzo's misery, the taxi driver offers him comfort. "People like Mr. Callahan are not always free to disclose their identity. It doesn't mean
"A result of his own efforts?" Lorenzo's eyes twitches. After hearing that Jordan comes from such a powerful and formidable family, he had assumed that he must have achieved everything he had due to his family's influence. But that doesn't seem to be the case as it turns out that Jordan never received any help from his family, which means he is purely self-made."Hah!" He can't help but break out in a cold sweat. Now, he is realizing just how terrifying Jordan is. Someone who could reach his level while relying on his own efforts is definitely no one ordinary.It takes him a while to calm himself down before he looks up at the taxi driver and asks again, "What position is My Lord in the Callahan family?"The taxi driver shakes his head. "I have no idea. But considering that the Callahans already has an heir, I'm assuming he must be an ordinary member of the family.""An ordinary member?" Lorenzo is disappointed and he can't hide it as his face falls. For someone who could wreck the ki
"Is that enough?" Lorenzo glares at the taxi driver, and reaches into his pocket, pulling out another bundle. "Or do you need more?"The taxi driver grins broadly, exclaiming, "Kind sir is so generous! Two bundles are more than enough, but if kind sir wishes to add another, who am I to refuse?" He snickers shamelessly."So shameless," Lorenzo hisses and shakes his head before tossing the bundle to him.The taxi driver merely chuckles as he grabs the third bundle and stashes it away with the others. "Thank you so much, kind sir!" Looking at Lorenzo through the rearview, he says and bows slightly."Your information was worth it. You don't have to be so polite," Lorenzo waves him off dismissively and turns to stare at the same spot he stared at earlier. A sneer tugs at the corners of his lips as he realizes that the figure is no longer there and he turns back to the taxi driver and says calmly, "We can leave now. The coast is clear."When Lorenzo entered the taxi driver's cab, he had imme