***** Without the new leader’s contact information and no idea where else to find him, Gbenga drove straight to Mason’s house after escaping. “Have you completed the task assigned to you?” Mason, who was preparing to step out immediately inquired as soon as he sighted Gbenga. Gbenga grinned with arrogance. He was one of those who usually flatter and butter up Mason when Mason was still the leader, always acting subservient. Even after Mason was ousted, Gbenga still respected him, knowing he was the son of an elder. However, at this moment, Gbenga’s view of Mason had completely changed. It was as though two equals were now looking at each other, and Mason noticed this massive change, causing him to frown. ‘Could it be my imagination?’ he pondered, but then he shook off the irritating feeling. “Where are your other two companions?” He inquired, wondering how only Gbenga could be back. “And what does that have to do with you? Gbenga arrogantly inquired, leaving Mason completely stu
***** After arriving home that day, Rebecca became absorbed in thought, contemplating how to fulfill the assignment Mason had given her. She hesitated to invite Ares and Olivia alone, aware that such an action would expose her, especially after she had already dropped all pretenses with Olivia. After locking herself away in her room for a long time, however, she got an inspiration, and then without wasting any more time, she jumped to her feet and rushed out of her room. “Young mistress…” The maid outside the door, who had been fearfully waiting for Rebecca’s exit cried out in pain after she was knocked against, but Rebecca did not stop nor spare the pitiful maid a glance. "Where are you off to, dear?" Her mother called out from behind her. “I’m going to save the day, Mother, and make our life better.” “Huh?” Rebecca’s mother, a beautiful middle-aged woman was confused, but before she could ask more questions, Rebecca had already disappeared. The woman shook her head and retur
*****"What do you think of this town?" Sitting in the passenger seat of a luxurious Lincoln vehicle, Olive couldn't help but suddenly smile warmly and admiringly at Olivia, who couldn't seem to stop gazing out the window.“It is really beautiful,” Olivia responded with a deep sigh, unable to get enough of the beautiful scenes around her.“It appears to be on the same level as Rex City, even a bit better.”“Hehehe,” Olive beamed with pride. “You haven’t even seen anything. I will show you through this beautiful town very soon and it is only then you will tell me whether this city is only slightly better than Rex City.”“Sure, I can’t wait,” Olivia responded, giving Olive a daring look.The two joked for a while more before Olivia abruptly looked seriously at Olive. “So, when are we meeting the investors?”“This…” Olive went blank the instant he heard Olivia’s sudden question.He stared blankly at her, not expecting Olivia to not want to waste any time.“Looks like you can’t
*****“Why?” The Old man gazed askance at Rebecca after a moment, deeply perplexed and stupefied by her sudden outburst.“Is there something you really aren’t telling me?” He inquired.“I…” Rebecca immediately became awkward, realizing that she had just lost her composure.“Actually, I feel that the quicker I mend my ways with my cousin, the better for me it would be, as the latter it becomes, the more I might not want to do the right thing again,” She explained, but her grandfather continued staring blankly at her, showing that he did not accept her explanation.After a moment, however, he sighed heavily. “I don’t want to misunderstand you again,” he said and then redialed the number he just called.…..Within the hotel room, Olivia, who was insanely starving was on the verge of going for launch in the hotel dining hall when a knock sounded on the door.Checking, she realized that it was a waiter with a trolley.“I did not order anything, did I?” She inquired in a stupor, th
***** “You mean you won’t leave this hospital until your father wakes up?” Ares stared speechlessly at Alle and inquired. Finally, he became slightly infuriated, not knowing why Alle must be so adamant. Alle, however, failed to notice his expression. “Yes,” she responded to his question without hesitation, making Ares go silent for a moment after hearing her before he finally spoke with a tinge of anger. “Could you just stop all this childishness of yours already?!” “Huh!” Alle was immediately dumbstruck by Ares’s sudden anger. She stared speechlessly at him for a moment and wanted to ask questions. Before she could open her mouth, however, Ares continued. “Have you still not learned your lesson even now?" He became genuinely frustrated. “Your father tried chasing you away yesterday because he thought he would become a burden to you, yet it did not occur to you to change your thinking?” Ares immediately clenched his fists and then forced out a deep breath before forcing the bre
*****"How... how could this be possible, just how could this be possible?!" Mason exclaimed incredulously, gaping at the massive television screen before him in shock.It was as if he had just seen a ghost and no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't believe his eyes.The idea that the pauper Ares, who had stolen his woman, was connected to the Order was something very impossible that he had never before imagined even in his worst imagination, so, seeing him, he felt his head trying to explode from shock.Mason continued gaping for a long time before everything finally began to make sense to him. “So, he was the one who destroyed Jackal?!”"Why did I never think of this before?" Mason wondered aloud as he stood up and began to pace back and forth in his living room. After a while, he sighed heavily."Thinking back now, Mason suddenly mumbled to himself, his eyes squinting in deep thought, “His appearance actually resembles the blurry figure from the news a few days ago.”
*****“You shameless bastard!!! How dare you still know how to bring a woman out on a date after you have ruined my life and got me expelled from school!”Sarah suddenly yelled at the top of her lungs, startling everybody around her, Ares and Alle included.Everyone outside the shopping plazas turned their gazes toward her, and in the next moment, the expressions on both Ares and Alle's faces changed dramatically as they saw the duo rapidly approaching them.Although Ares no longer hated Alle after having punished her, he still hadn't forgotten or forgiven her.Ares wasn't forgiving and forgetting her not because she had used and dumped him, but rather because of the hell she and her boyfriend had put his brothers through.His gaze instantly turned cold as he stared at the couple for a moment before looking away. "Ignore them," he said to Alle and was about to walk away when the psychopathic Sarah let out a shrill scream, pointing at Ares."Everyone, look at this evil man who d
***** “This…” Alle became terrified upon hearing Sarah’s order. She swallowed hard and instantly broke into a sweat and subconsciously recalled what had happened to her and her father just a few days ago. Just as she was about to have a panic attack, however, she felt a warm, masculine hand gently hold her and calmly guide her backward. Raising her head, what entered her eyes was the broadest and most secure back she had ever seen before, looking like a wall capable of protecting her from any attack in the world. In an instant, all of Alle's previous fear vanished, and her heart began to pound rapidly with affection, forgetting about hers and Ares’s present situation. Even though she had already fallen head over heels in love for Ares, she was now very certain that if not this particular man who had continuously saved her over and over again when she was in her direst position, she would never fall nor be with anyone else. ... Meanwhile, unaware of the impact his small gesture