Wade stood immediately and said, “Officer Carrey, let’s not be hasty. Mr. Garten has shown us enough proof. I think it’s best that we report this to the upper authorities.”Officer Cross, the chief of trials in Southland, had spoken. Since he said to report this to the upper authorities, nobody could touch Louis anymore, even if Cash dearly wanted to.Just then, someone hurried into the room and said anxiously, “Shit, Wilson Kenne is dead!”Dead?Louis was shocked. He looked terrified.Lulu, still on the floor, hurriedly lifted her hand and confessed, “I was wrong! Officers, someone called Evan Wright gave me the 200 thousand dollars to do this to Louis! I still have the texts and voice messages from him!”Lulu wasn’t a foolish woman. She did her homework well. When Evan had come looking for her, she had already heard about his boss, the son of the King of Aurum County.She hadn’t accepted to do this to Louis purely for the money. She was also using it as an opportunity to get closer t
They went to a quieter area. Horace was still shaking all over.John offered him a cigarette and lit it up for him. He drew a deep breath and said, “I tried my best today.”“I know it’s not your fault. It was that fucker Isaac,” Horace said through gritted teeth.After thinking for a long while, John said hesitantly, “About Isaac, I’d advise you not to mess with him any longer.”Horace looked up and glared at John with red eyes. He growled, “I am 55 years old this year, and Wilson was my only son. He’s dead now because of Isaac. Would you not want to avenge your son’s death if this happened to you?”John kept quiet. He knew that he wouldn’t be able to understand what Horace was going through.However, he also wanted to say that it served Wilson right for starting this whole fiasco in the first place.“Anyway, I’m letting you know that we’ve received word from the authorities to cover up this incident. And on my side…”Horace laughed and said, “If there’s nothing you can do to help, the
When Louis hung up, Wendy was looking at him worriedly. “They want to see you? Is it from Internal Affairs again?”Louis said emotionally, “N–No, it’s from HQ. I think I might be getting some good news.As government officers, they were the most afraid of calls from Internal Affairs, but they welcomed calls from HQ. If the former wanted to see them, that meant they were toast. However, if the latter wanted to see them, it usually meant a raise or a promotion.“Really? Then, hurry. We have to get back and clean you up!” Wendy’s face lit up with joy.Isaac watched as Louis and Wendy left happily. He went back in and started to prepare to send Isabella to school.They’d finally found out Robin’s true identity. She was just a random orphan that Warwick had picked up from the streets to masquerade as Isabella. Isaac was going to ask Beefy Bob to send Robin to an orphanage later.For the past two days, Allegra couldn’t sleep well. She always felt disturbed and would jump up from her sleep be
The employees who’d left earlier followed Isaac back into the room. When they saw him, they’d filled him in on everything Allegra said. He knew that Allegra agreed to give up the rights to that land because she was too anxious when Isabella went missing.Seeing the people who left return to their seats along with Isaac, Allegra felt somewhat nervous.“Everyone, I think I should tell you what happened and why Ms. Booth gave up the land. At that time, it was true that we indeed procured the plat of land for development,” Isaac said solemnly after sitting down.“However, a sore loser company held a grudge against Ms. Booth and kidnapped her child, Isabella. They used her daughter as a bargaining chip to get the plot of land. Ms. Booth had no choice but to give up the land in exchange for her daughter’s safety.”The truth left all the employees shocked, and they started to discuss among themselves.Allegra hadn’t wanted to tell everyone that truth, but Isaac had already let the cat out of
Allegra tugged on Isaac’s sleeve and said unhappily, “Isaac, why do you keep getting Bob to do everything for you? Are you really that helpless without him? Why do you think he has to do everything you say? Even I feel bad for him. Also, what will you do once you find the director?”Allegra thought that it wasn’t fair for Isaac to keep getting Beefy Bob to cater to his whims and fancies.“We have to keep our promise to our employees. Otherwise, how are you planning to keep your company afloat?” Isaac asked, lighting up a cigarette as he looked at Allegra.Allegra knew that if she lost Pegasus No. 1 for good, many of her current employees would be leaving.Cloud City was different from other huge cities. It wouldn’t be easy for her to find so many employees with experience in property development again.“Fine, whatever. Since you don’t seem to be giving up anytime soon, I’ll go with you. I just don’t think anything will come out of it.” Allegra was starting to feel helpless.It was noon
After hearing what Isaac said, Chad broke into a huge fit of laughter. He said at once to Spencer, “Mr. Kyle, I can’t believe there are still stupid people like him in an advanced world like ours.”Then, he said, “Pegasus No. 1 is only the first stop for Reddar Corporation. It was like a dream come true when you willingly gave up your rights to it. Did you really think we’d return it to you?” He spoke with a hint of pride and disdain.He then pointed at Randall and said, chuckling, “Mr. Murray is one of the business pioneers in Cloud City. After your company gave up the rights, he immediately looked for Mr. Kyle. Such a pity that Reddar Corporation still managed to snap it up in the end.”Randall’s face instantly darkened. What Chad said was true.As soon as he got the official documents from Edward, he went to look for Spencer at once, thinking that Pegasus No. 1 would definitely belong to them now.However, when Spencer saw the document, he told Randall that there was no hope for Gou
Isaac approached her and said softly, “Ally, don’t be angry at me.”“Me? Angry at you? We’re not even related to each other in any way. Why would I be angry at you? I’m just mad about the way you’re handling things. Garth Properties is going to go bankrupt because of you,” Allegra said with her reddened eyes.“Pegasus No. 1 will be ours,” Isaac said in a low voice.Allegra smiled bitterly and turned to face Isaac with her hands folded across her chest. “Do you not know just how powerful Reddar Corporation is? Even Watson Kane himself doesn’t dare to offend them in any way! The president of Reddar Corporation is Henry Saber, and he has connections all over the world. You’re just a reformed prisoner, an ex-convict who thinks that everything can be solved with violence. Who are you to think you can go against them?”She continued, “If you hadn’t offended Spencer just now, Garth Properties would at least still have a future in Cloud City for the oncoming projects. Now, everything is ruined
Horace was beyond grateful after hearing what the two Cherubs had to say. He said to them, “Thank you, thank you so much! However, that bastard Isaac is quite powerful too, and he’s got two more powerful assistants—”Luke then interrupted Horace with a laugh, saying, “Mr. Kenne, you’re thinking too much. There isn’t a case that Astraeus can’t handle once they get involved.”The two Cherubs nodded softly and looked proud of themselves.It was clear that what Luke said had some truth to it.Seeing this, a trace of iciness flashed in Horace’s eyes. He muttered to himself, saying, “You’re so fucking done, Isaac Garten. You better count your remaining days!”That night, Allegra still hadn’t returned home. Eugene made a few dishes for dinner before calling her number.After hanging up, Isaac looked up from the couch and asked, “What did she say?”“She said she’s not coming home for dinner. Bad mood,” Eugene answered, looking helplessly at Isaac.The both of them stared at each other for a lo