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Greg didn't need Mr. Ban to say any further, as he was already heading out of Mr. Ban's office as soon as he saw him. ''The door, please,'' Greg said when he got to the ambiguous door that had no handle to pull it open from. Mr. Ban's guard at the door, glanced at his boss, asking if he should open the door for Greg to be let out. ''Let the wretch leave. And if he ever steps his feet in my club again, fucking end him. There and then,'' Mr. Ban barked angrily.The door of Mr. Ban's underground office jerked open and Greg immediately started his long walk out of the office. This time he was alone, and the long corridor that led in and out of Mr. Ban's office was dimly lit. Greg's senses were ticking. He held his breath so that he could hear every single thing going on around him, in case he needed to make a move, he would do it before he was caught unawares. Eventually, he came out of the underground office, and into the restaurant. ''Fuck,'' Greg muttered. ''Who brought me here?
''What did I do to you the last time you came to see me at work uninvited?'' Mr. Ban asked Laura. She arrived at his office with a lunch pack. ''I brought you lunch. You left the house without eating anything,'' Laura said with a forced smile. She seized any opportunity she came across, to force Mr. Ban to dote on her the way he used to when he first asked her out. Mr. Ban watched her with amusement in his eyes as she came around the table and placed the piping hot cooler of soup and noodles in front of him. He chuckled. He was sure he was going to knock the food out of her hand as soon as she got close to him but when he perceived the aroma he changed his mind. Mr. Ban glanced at Laura with a secret sneer and a half-hazard smile. ''Come here,'' he said and grabbed her wrist, pulling her into his body hastily. Laura was locked inside Mr. Ban's body, and the resistance her body naturally omitted was not difficult to identify. She smiled back at him nervously and fidgeted under
Don Black entered Mr. Ban's office, ambiguously. ''Lu, I'll come to see your mother later, okay? We can talk then. I have a meeting now,'' Mr. Ban said to Lucy and winked at her to leave. Don Black looked at Lucy with interest as she turned around angrily to leave her uncle's office. Already, as soon as Don Black entered the office, she was about to leave, so Mr. Ban didn't need to prompt her. ''Who is the pretty miss?'' Don Black asked with a mischievous glint in his eyes after Lucy left.''My niece,'' Mr. Ban replied, glaring at Don Black knowingly. Don Black raised his hands, indicating that he was done talking about Lucy and that he would never attempt to go close to her for whatever reason.''What was so important for you to have called me to your office sounding as urgent as you were?'' Don Black asked Mr. Ban as he took a comfortable seat in front of him.''Cigar?'' Mr. Ban asked and showed a packet of cigarettes to Don Black. Don Black declined. ''I just quit mine outsid
Greg went to work the following day at a warehouse, where his job was to stack and unstack heavily loaded cartons. "Why are you late today, Greg? It's very unlike you," his manager said to him as he watched Greg sign in for work. Greg shrugged. "I overslept," he said abruptly. "Of course, you did," Greg's colleague said, appearing from a corner of the warehouse with a carton of heavy load which he dumped on the floor with a loud thud. Greg turned to look at his colleague, wondering what he was talking about. "I saw you yesterday at the Vanity Place," Greg's colleague said with a sheepish smile. Greg's eyes shone.He never imagined for once that anybody he knew would see him at the club. And of all people, his lowly colleague at work. "How were you able to get in?" Greg asked his colleague with a smirk on his face. "Yeah, look at you bragging. I got in with my mentor, but I saw how you got in though. I saw that you were with the club owner's niece. What a connection. How come
''Lu is hanging out with hoodlums nowadays,'' Mr. Ban told Margaret Ban, his younger sister, and Lucy's mother. ''He's not a hoodlum, Uncle Damien,'' Lucy replied defensively. Currently, she hated Mr. ban. He was her favorite uncle, but the thought of what he was doing to Greg by refusing to help him get a job, and asking him never to visit his club again made Lucy livid.''What do you have in common with him for crying out loud, Lu? Someone that just left jail. Can you hear yourself?'' Mr. Ban asked Lucy.''Margaret, look at what your daughter is doing. Look at how she chooses to disgrace the family name,'' he added, looking at his sister with serious eyes. Margaret Ban glanced at Lucy and signaled for her to leave. She knew her brother. Everyone knew that Mr. Ban was a bully. He had bullied too many people in the past for everyone to know when he was lying about another victim of his, so Margaret didn't listen to him over Lucy's words.Lucy stormed out of the living room. They w
"The Young man that told you he knows me at Ban's club, can you remember what he looks like?" Don Black asked his bodyguard when he got back to his place of business. The bodyguard appeared to be thinking about his answer. "Normal guy, boss. To be honest. It was not until later I heard he had been in jail for three years and just returned,'' the bodyguard said. Don Black's eyebrows twitched. "Where did you get that information from?" He asked with a mellow tone. "Rumors spread easily on the streets boss. Everyone was talking about the incident and they were shocked that he was able to calm me down, so they started to talk. Tongues started to wag, and some people even said that he was the mysterious man from Mr. Ban's wedding. The one that beat up over a hundred gangstas and left without blemish," Don Black's bodyguard said. Don Black was amazed by what he was hearing. Every single piece of information he got about this mysterious man at the club, pointed towards the fact
Greg stared at his phone as it rang for the umpteenth time.Lucy had stopped at his house to tell him the news about her mother being available to help him secure a job, but he was not at home, and his door was not locked. When Don Black's bodyguard kicked open the door, he wrecked the lock, so they only could not lock it shut when they were leaving, and by the time Lucy got there, the autumn wind had blown the door open. "Where are you? And why is your house open all the way as if there is a party going on inside?" Lucy texted Greg when he didn't answer her calls. Lucy's question was enough to get Greg to talk to her. Within a short minute, Greg was calling her back. Lucy raised an eyebrow as she looked at her phone ringing and displaying Greg's name. So he was right there with his phone and deliberately not answering her. She was not surprised anyway, because Greg had been ignoring her for nearly two days. He knew she wanted to talk to him about her uncle, Mr. Ban, and Greg cou
It didn't take long for Greg to get home. As soon as he entered the street where his house was on, he saw Lucy's Porsche parked in front of his house, and she was inside the car. Greg came down from the taxi he hired and knocked on Lucy's car window. She jolted awake as she had dozed off for a bit while she waited for Greg. ''Hello, stranger,'' Lucy said as she rolled down the window of her car and looked at Greg for a moment before she got out of the car to join him inside his house. ''Well, hello there,'' Greg replied with a light tone as he walked into his house. He was very concerned with what had happened in his absence. ''What did you find?'' He asked Lucy as they made their way inside. ''Find about what?'' Lucy asked, looking at Greg's back in confusion. ''Did the intruders do away with any valuables?'' He asked her as he entered the house. ''Oh, that. No, I don't know because I didn't enter the house. I decided to wait for you to come back,'' Lucy replied and eventu