Levi Lloyd: Race To The Top

004: Assailed

Thinking of this, Levi remembered recently he realized the neighbors would mumble whenever he passed by with Zoey.

Everyone else saw that he was being cuckolded but he was too blind! "It's nothing. It's late. You should go to bed."

Before she could say anything, he already walked off. "Uncle Levi—" She called but he was far from reach.

She pouted and bit her lips. She has a huge crush on Levi and has always wanted to get noticed by him but he was too focused on that cheap wife of his.

She really wanted to tell him so many times how his wife brought different men home but was scared he might not believe her or worse still resent her so just like the other neighbors, she kept quiet.

But Levi was standing on the walkway just now with bags of groceries. He must have had a huge fight with that bitch and this was her chance but she lost it.

She stomped her feet in annoyance and walked away.

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Levi walked on the streets aimlessly with the bags of groceries in his hands. He couldn't return them now as the grocery had closed.

He was homeless and penniless. "Should I just head to the sanatorium and see if they would let me crash for the night?" He mumbled.

If not, he feared he would have to sleep on the streets tonight. Having decided, he turned to head to the sanatorium his father was being treated when—

Screech!

A luxury car came to a stop beside him. He stopped to watch in surprise but when the door opened and some hefty men who didn't look friendly alighted the vehicle, he was alarmed and tried to make a run for it.

However, they caught him. "Help! Let go of me! Who are you?" He struggled, his bags of groceries wasted on the road as they bundled him into the vehicle roughly.

Vroom!

The car sped away and soon came to a stop in a remote area. Levi was pulled out of the car.

"Who are you?"

Gbam!

Just as he asked his first question, he was met with a kick that sent him flying. His stomach coiled in pain.

"Who are you people?" He whimpered and tried to crawl to safety. The thugs looked at each other and laughed.

"He wants to know who we are," One said.

"Then we will tell you who we are!"

They caught up with him and beat him to a pulp. He was limp with pain when they stopped and couldn't even talk anymore.

Yet despite the fact he was in so much pain, he didn't cry which irked the men. One of them brought out a knife.

"Let's gouge his eyes out. After that, I'll see how he will continue investigating evidence for his useless newspaper company to get people into trouble!"

"Yes!" Others nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Levi realized they must have been sent by one of the people his news must have offended.

But when he joined The Chronicle, he signed an anonymity agreement which is common for reporters' safety and these men wouldn't have gotten to him if they didn't have the help of someone from his workplace.

As the knife descended, he thought of the only person who could have done this; Billy.

Clang!

At the last minute, he shielded his face with his palms and the knife collided with the ring on his finger.

The thugs' laughter ceased when the knife cracked and shattered into pieces. Even the man holding it jumped back in fright.

Levi released his palm and saw the horrified looks on their faces. He looked at the pieces of the knife on the floor and looked back at his ring.

"What the fuck just happened?" Someone asked.

However, before they could dwell on what had just taken place, a woman stumbled into their midst.

Their eyes lit up seeing her and their eyes scrutinized her appearance. She was wearing a large, black coat that was open enough to reveal the halter top she was wearing underneath with a short black skirt that accentuated her long legs which were clasped in boots.

They didn't need to strip her naked to see how voluptuous she was. Her beautiful face had a red shade which oozed of sensuality as she drawled in a weak tone,

"Why are you guys hurting him? Aren't you afraid of the law?"

The thugs laughed, their eyes shining with arousal. "We aren't afraid of the law but we are afraid of beauties like you. How much to spend the night with us?"

The woman didn't seem to hear what they said or she rather just ignored them because she reached out to help Levi up.

The latter looked at her. Others couldn't see it but he knew instantly that this woman was drugged. His eyes darkened. Whatever she was drugged with was quite powerful.

'Huh?' Levi was startled. Wait a second. How does he know she was drugged?

"There she is! Get her!" Another group of men rushed down the street. The woman looked scared because she tried to run but ended up stumbling.

Levi caught her just in time and pulled her behind him.

"The girl is ours!" The thugs told the men off.

"She is our master's!" The men who had come to get the woman yelled back.

"Wait, let's finish that guy off first and then we get the girl!"

They assembled in unity. They had one goal even if it was for different reasons but they had to have the girl.

"We beat him up so badly earlier. I don't believe he can last a minute," Another thug spoke as they charged towards Levi.

Levi looked down at his finger. His face didn't hurt that much anymore. He stared at the ring. He didn't understand what was going on but he knew the ring had something to do with the knife earlier.

It probably also has something to do with the reason why he knows the woman behind him was drugged. Could it be this ring Billy called worthless earlier was actually so—

Bang!

He instinctively caught a punch directed towards his face and then swung his fist at the thug sending him steps away.

"Ugh!"