“So? Did you get me the condom like what I’ve instructed you to do in the doordash app?”
In the grand and extravagant hallway of Millenia Hotel, Liam Walker was put in a tough spot by a customer dressed solely in a bathrobe.
Standing in the doorway with the delivery food in his hands, Liam could only utter an apology to the customer.
“Didn’t I say that I will reward you handsomely with tips if you help me with the purchase of a condom? What do you mean you are sorry?”
The thirty year old looking man berated Liam as if Liam was his servant before shoving him a hundred dollar bill into Liam’s hands without his consent.
“Look. I don’t care. Go and get me a condom right now! Keep the change while you are at it!”
“Sorry sir, I have to decline. This is my last delivery job for the day. I have to return home early to my wife.” Liam rejected firmly.
He needed to return to his wife.
It was their one year wedding anniversary tonight, and even though his wife had told him that she would be busy with work, Liam was not about to give up on celebrating the anniversary with his wife.
He had a candlestick dinner prepared as a surprise for his wife and he wanted to return home to prepare. Thus, despite the promise of a generous tip from the customer, Liam refused to go out of the way and buy a condom for the customer he was serving.
“You are just a filthy delivery driver, and you dare to reject your customer’s request? I don’t believe it! How about a thousand dollars? I’d bet you will accept my offer now!”
Faced with rejection from a lowly delivery driver, the man raised his voice.
“What’s all the fuzz, Andrew? It’s fine if you don’t have a condom. It’s a safe day for me today. I’ll let you release inside me all you want.”
Just when Liam was about to decline the rude offer from the customer’s again, a seductive voice sounded from inside the hotel room to calm the man at the doorway.
Immediately, the man revealed a sheepish smile on his face whilst the complete opposite happened for Liam.
Upon hearing the female’s voice, blood began to drain from Liam’s face!
There was no mistaking it! Liam could recognise that voice even if he was certified deaf! He was so familiar with the owner of the voice that he knew who the voice belonged to. The voice definitely belonged to his wife!
“Grace?!”
Pushing aside the customer standing at the doorway, Liam bolted into the hotel room, desperately to find out the answer.
With each step he took, his heart beat faster and faster. Once he was entirely inside the room, his body shook violently.
There, on the hotel king-sized bed, was Grace. Dressed in a black seductive lingerie, she was playing with herself with her fingers, moaning occasionally.
When she had finally noticed who the figure that had suddenly entered the room was, her body jolted up with shock while she covered herself with the hotel’s duvet.
“Ah! Liam! What are you doing here?” Grace nervously asked as her face paled.
Seeing Liam at the hotel room was the last thing she expected, especially in the state she was in.
“Well, apparently, I was supposed to buy a condom for another man to have sex with you!” Liam chuckled bitterly. He could not believe that such an ironic situation befell upon him.
“Tell me, Grace! Why did you cheat on me after all that I’ve done?” Liam continued in a cold tone.
“Who is this man, Grace?” While Liam was demanding answers from Grace, the thirty years old looking man interrupted Liam angrily, grabbing Liam’s left arm. Despite his tough appearance, he was embarrassed that his body was still hurt from Liam’s shove.
“Andrew, this is my useless husband whom I’ve always told you about. The disgrace of the Henson Family.”
Seeing the man returned to her side, Grace’s face brightened up immediately and started to mock Liam. After taking cover behind the man, her face turned spiteful and bitter.
“So, this is the infamous useless son-in-law of the Henson Family? The good-for-nothing husband of yours that does all the household chores of your family like a servant?” The man sneered at Liam with contempt.
“You knew she was a married woman and yet, you had sex with her?” Liam was fuming after hearing that Grace had been talking poorly about him behind his back. He felt the entire world collapsing around him.
Both the man in question and Grace were knowingly cheating on him behind his back, and yet, all this time, he was foolishly preparing an anniversary with Grace.
“How could you do this to me? Is my love for you insufficient?" Liam questioned with a trembling voice.
"Love? From a good-for-nothing man that can't provide me with the life I want? A poor delivery driver like you has no rights to even reproduce, let alone love someone." Grace rolled her eyes and scoffed out loud before continuing her mocking.
"Unlike you, Andrew here is from the wealthy and influential Mason family. He could annihilate your entire existence without even lifting a single finger! Compared to him, you are just a pathetic worm who struggles to even make a living for yourself. If it’s not for me, you would not even have a roof over your head now! Even your skills in bed pale in comparison to Andrew’s!”
“If that’s the case, then why did you marry me? In the first place, it was you who had approached me and fell in love with me!” Liam argued. He could not understand why Grace had such a drastic change in character.
“Oh please! That's because you are the son of Ethan Walker, the most powerful man in Novian City! But who knew that you are just an illegitimate child between Ethan Walker and his maid! The Henson family made the decision to pounce on you on the off-chance that you would inherit his fortune because of the news that he was about to die! Turns out, even after his death, you are still a bastard that won’t be recognised by the Walker Family!” Grace laughed.
“Does that mean everything is a lie? You got into a relationship with me because of my identity? You will regret doing this to me, Grace Henson!” Liam shouted angrily at the adulterous pair and threw a punch.
However, his punch was swiftly blocked by Andrew and in return, Liam's stomach was kicked.
“What can you do as a delivery boy? Hah! Don’t worry, I’ll treat your wife tenderly in my arms tonight while you sleep in the streets! By the way, do you know why Grace has not divorced you yet? That’s because you were free labor doing household chores as a live-in son-in-law!” Andrew laughed in Liam’s face.
“No. You guys will pay for what you did! Shit! Why am I so powerless?” Liam shouted at the top of his lungs and gritted his teeth, but several guards employed under the hotel had swarmed the scene, surrounding him from all sides.
After separating Liam from their esteemed guests, and after dragging Liam out from the room, he was subsequently kicked out of the hotel with bruises all over his body.
“Damn it! If only I was stronger!” Liam lamented as he laid on the streets, his eyes staring at the imposing Millenia Hotel.
[Ding!]
[Detecting a strong desire for change!]
[Host detected… Introducing the income-multiplier system!
"Multipler… system?"“What is this? A hallucination? I’m hearing strange noises in my head…” Liam mumbled to himself while he was lying on the ground in serious pain.He could clearly hear a mechanical female voice ringing in his head, however, he assumed that he must have been injured in the head due to the nonsensical words he heard.With intense pain all over his body, it took him all his remaining strength to pick himself up from the ground. Those guards had done quite a number on him.And after what seemed like an indeterminable amount of time had passed, he finally managed to sit up right with his body leaned heavily against the wall.However, before he could catch his breath, Liam was stunned by the absurdity of the sight in front of his eyes.In his sight, there was a large blue translucent screen that occupied almost the entirety of his vision.[Ding! Congratulations on activating the Income-Multiplier System! You have been selected by the system.][Every month you are tasked
“Ring!”The next morning, Liam arrived in a tiny Italian restaurant located deep inside an alleyway, some distance away from the main street.If it wasn't for the wooden sign depicting a chef with a cheesy mustache, he would have never noticed that a restaurant was opened in such a desolate place.Entering the door with a nervous expression, Liam proceeded on with careful steps.He was here to propose a business proposition to the owner of this establishment and he could not afford to fail. The system was his only hope.There were only eight more days until the end of July to complete the mission given by the system. And after some calculation from him, he had figured that there was no way he could achieve the target profit by continuing as a food delivery driver with the limited time he had.Furthermore, with his entire body still hurting from the beatings he suffered, it was impossible for him to carry out physical labor. Several cuts and bruises on his face were still visible on h
“Hey! Where are you looking? My eyes are up here!” Penelope pouted her lips.Inside a department store, Penelope was standing outside the fitting room dressed in a white t-shirt fitted with a black tie while her lower half was covered with a black apron. Instead of covering her body lines, the typical waitress attire she was wearing further accentuates the splendid curves of her body so much so that Liam was caught staring at her."I’m looking at you.” Liam answered honestly, blinking his eyes without any ulterior motive. He truly thought that Penelope looked amazing.“What are you saying?” Penelope’s face became flushed red when she heard Liam’s honest reply. To be honest, Liam was decent looking and looked to be around the same age as her. It would be lying to say that she did not have a tinge of interest about him.Trying to avoid embarrassment, Penelope quickly changed the topic. “I have never met someone as crazy as you. Throwing half a million away in a seven-day promotion ev
Days went by fast with how busy Liam was.On day two of the promotion, Olive Park managed to pull in $2300 which landed Liam with $48,300. The increase in income boosted Liam’s confidence in his plan.On day three, the queue of customers was so massive that it reached the main street and even alerted the local news station to cover a special piece in the local news.And by day seven, the entire internet was filled with news of Olive Park where customers can eat a scrupulous two-course meal with just a dollar.Multiple influencers, food critics and even a few less known celebrities had visited Olive Park to try the food, further bringing the story of Olive Park into the public.“Did you know about the story of Olive Park? The owner of the restaurant was so confident about his food that he loaned half a million dollars for this marketing stunt! If there’s no returning customers after the discount is over, he will be bankrupt from the loan!”“Seriously? The cost of ingredients itself wou
[Ding!][You’ve earned $41611.50. Multiplier applied. You’ve received $1248345.][Congrats on earning your first million!][For earning your first million, you are given the ‘Eye of Midas’! Everyday, you are given 3 opportunities to find out an object or person’s net worth.][Every month you are tasked to earn a target profit in a particular business sector. As long as the income earned is through rightful means, a random multiplier will be applied on the income.][Failure to reach target profit will result in the disappearance of the system.][August Target Profit: Delve into the Antique Business and achieve a net profit of hundred million dollars!][Multiplier Effect X100 on all income streams in the Antique sector in the month of August.]“100 times the income?! This is it! If I manage to complete the mission successfully, I will make a big leap towards my goal of revenge!” Liam thought to himself.But after some pondering by himself, he snapped out of his delusion.“I know nothing
“I’ve come as you’ve requested. What do you want from me? Shoot it!” As Liam walked into the Henson’s family manor, he asked in a cold tone.Along with his brother-in-law and mother-in-law, Grace was present as well. With Grace’s mother sitting in a dining chair, Allen and Grace were standing beside her.“Do you see the divorce papers at the table? Sign it!” Grace pointed to the table and demanded. “Andrew Mason from the prestigious Mason family will be marrying my daughter this upcoming month. You are going to sign the papers right now and stop clinging to my daughter like a bum! Or else, hmph! Breaking a leg or two of yours won’t be too difficult for us!” Liam’s mother-in-law threatened Liam.“Fine for me. But let me say this. You all will regret doing this to me!” Liam said coldly as his eyes stared at all of them.“You!” Grace’s mother pointed at Liam angrily and wanted to retort, but ultimately backed down. Just from looking at Liam’s fierce expression, she could feel a chill d
It was a wooden horse made of modern dark wood. The horse was roughly the size of a human’s palm.What’s peculiar about the horse though was the poor workmanship of the horse and how ugly it was. When placed together with the rest of the attractive counterfeit antiques that the vendor was trying to sell, it stood out like a sore thumb.“Hey, shop owner, what’s the story with this wooden horse?” Liam asked the shop owner while showing him the ugly horse carving.”“You mean this horse?” The shop owner squinted his eyes and observed Liam for a while before replying. “That’s a family heirloom passed down by my great grandfather. It was a palace toy that was played by the famous emperor Kang at around 500 B.C ! If you like it, I will sell this beloved antique of mine for thirty thousand dollars. No more and no less!”“Come on now. You know it’s a bullshit story.” Liam laughed. It was obvious the vendors in Monro street were trying to jack up prices to fool the customers.Nonetheless, it w
As Liam turned around, a sweet aroma fragrance filled his nostrils and he was awestruck by the owner of the sweet voice.The owner of the voice looked to be in her mid twenties. Sporting long hazel brown hair with a simplistic braid woven together with interlaced strands of her hair tucked behind her left ear, she looked incredibly bewitching.However, what made her stand out was her transcendental beauty. Her small face was as if it was personally shaped and carved out by a goddess with meticulous care throughout the whole carving process.Her thin, long, and slightly curved eyebrows, and her sharp and small nose were like works of art, whereas her small cherry mouth was like the work of a devil, tempting men to taste it at the cost of sacrificing everything.In addition, her large hazel eyes with its long eyelashes looked extremely seductive and mesmerizing. It was as if they could suck out the soul of anyone that got lost in her eyes.Wearing a Louis Vuitton black slim dress with