"Deal."Dennis' face displayed a sly smile as he nudged, "Where's your money?""Mr Dennis, all I need is a month ultimatum. Give me a month and I'll provide the money to buy this company."Dennis refrained from laughing. He gave Levi a dismissive look,"Fine. I'll indulge you this time. If within a month you are unable to provide the money, you have to sign a ten-year contract agreeing to work for us as a reporter for ten years without breach."Then he grinned cockily as he waited for Levi's response. $500,000,000 in a month? Ha! What a joke!If money was that easy to earn, he would have several branches of NewsQuill all over the world by now.He just didn't expect Levi to look more determined and concede, "I agree but I have a condition.""What is it?"Dennis had actually begun to worry that if Levi starts to get famous and prosperous, he might decide to spread his wings and go to other print media companies that would offer him better benefits.But with this current proposal, he cou
Hector's eyes narrowed suspiciously but he didn't say anything and headed to a sofa.Brooklyn heaved a sigh of relief secretly and waved her hand in an attempt to fan herself.Zelda walked forward with the files and informed her. "This is from Tyson's group. It has gone through the necessary procedures. You only need to check it and put your signature in the required places."Brooklyn nodded and collected the files. While she flipped through the pages of the files, Zelda was smiling at something on her phone."Hey!" She snapped when Hector suddenly snatched away her phone. She tried to tiptoe to get it but he was taller than her and even raised the phone."What are you smiling at so sheepishly like this? Is it from your boyfriend?""It's none of your business!" Usually, Zelda behaves respectfully but this annoying young master keeps getting on her nerves.Hector sagged in disappointment when he saw what she was staring at."A Twitter post got you smiling like this?" He shook his head a
Ding!The PC made this sound when Levi rejected the invitation. Soon enough, he was redirected to a group chat.There were nine other members with their code names on full display and the administrator of the group who was the client.[Welcome Blackwing. Now the spots are completely taken up. I'll explain the details of the mission]The admin sent a message and Levi could see the chat boxes icon floating around but he didn't send a message.He only watched as other members sent their messages. He however noticed every other member had a wing icon with a number symbol.It was probably credits for all the previous missions they must have completed.He however was the only one that stuck out without credit and every other person probably figured out he was a newbie.However, the admin wasn't concerned about this as the page of the group chats flooded with messages.[Some unknown assailants took my brother, his wife and son hostages two days ago][Surprisingly, no ransom has been asked fo
When Levi got to the hospital, his father had already fallen unconscious. He walked up to the doctor attending to him."Oh Mr Lloyd, you are here. We already sedated him when he was going out of control. He'll be out for longer this time and will hopefully wake up calmer.""But I should tell you this," The doctor hung his stethoscope around his neck. "Sedating your father consecutively will have an adverse effect."Levi ran his fingers through his hair anxiously. He glanced at Thomas and asked, "Wasn't he already faring better than before? Why did this suddenly happen?""The nurse who was assigned to him had to deal with an emergency and couldn't show up so we got another temporary nurse for him," The doctor adjusted his glass frame as he focused on Levi."We didn't expect despite being in this condition, your father would notice and go hysterical while calling out for—"Levi's ears quirked when the doctor suddenly paused and looked at him with a quizzical look."Mr Lloyd, who is Hann
[Loading]He looked away and reached out for a can of soda James had grabbed along. When he turned back to the laptop screen, it was displaying messages from the group chat.[I have managed to trace fund transactions from a bank account located in the mountainous area. So there must be a secret base in there]- a member Levi didn't interact with earlier with the code name, Valkyrie dropped a message.She also attached various documents of her investigations.[Good. Then we should set out tomorrow and comb the area. Hopefully, it leads to where the captives are being held]- Shadow answered quickly.Levi sat back and watched without moving his fingers. He felt like this member named Shadow liked to be dominant and in charge.[For the new members, it is essential you take only vital ammunition and tools. For this mission, you are expected to have climbing skills or you might as well back out now]- this message was written by Eclipse.[Yikes, I'm not very good at climbing]- Sabre whined w
Levi walked out in confident strides. The tuxedo felt comfortable and fitted him like a glove.Feeling the texture of the expensive clothing materials that must have been used to design the tux, it filled him with a sense of cockiness."Woah! Someone's looking dashing," Brooklyn cheered and gave him a thumbs-up.She turned to the mirror to look at her reflection again not expecting him to stand behind her.Her breath hitched as she watched him through the mirror. His stunning blue eyes shone brightly as he asked in a husky tone,"So... How do we look?"'The perfect couple,' she answered inwardly but didn't dare to say it out loud. However, she gasped when his hand suddenly snake around her waist from behind."What are you doing?" Her voice came out more of a whisper than she'd liked.Levi smiled as her face flamed. Good, he wasn't the only one feeling it. "Shouldn't we rehearse for tomorrow? You know, some PDA? For show of course."Brooklyn's cheeks instantly got two large circles of
They crept in silently, their feet making a stealthy shuffle against the floor and maintaining an orderly path.There seems to be this demeaning aura compelling them to follow behind Levi.Perhaps because he was walking forward calmly and more confident than the rest of them.However, he suddenly stopped, causing them to come to a stop too. His masked face looked upward."What's wrong?" Valkyrie whispered but Levi didn't respond. He simply shot a foot out and withdrew it as quickly as it was out.An action simply too fast for them to process. But red beams of lights suddenly shot out, displaying a pattern of lasers."Oh, we would have walked right into it," Hades breathed, stroking his chin while taking a step back.Infact a ray of the red light was right in front of his leg. If he had taken another step, he would have triggered an alarm and gotten all of them into trouble."I'll disable them now," Valkyrie brought out a small device she had taken along and began to work on it.Levi d
Brooklyn resisted the urge to roll her eyes because she recognized the voice too well.Contrary to how she was feeling, she lifted her face and gave the heavily pregnant woman in front of her a beautiful smile.Outsiders hearing her speak would have thought she was a good friend of Brooklyn but in actual fact, they never got along either in college or now.Back then, Anastasia was just a poor girl who had managed to get into an Ivy League college.She hated Brooklyn to the core because she was the daughter of one of the wealthiest families in San Jose.She got everything she wanted freely because she was born with a silver spoon. A privilege Anastasia didn't get.What more? Brooklyn was smart, ranked top of classes and had guys chasing after her."Hi Anastasia, we meet again," Brooklyn felt like Anastasia wanted to rip off the smile on her face.'Steele even invited nouveau riches to his banquet too? If I had known, I wouldn't have attended today and would've just sent my gifts.'Afte