Perseus glanced at his phone screen, unsure of what to do. He considered asking them to send another space rocket to let one surpass the other, but he knew they would likely flood his screen with rockets, making it impossible to see anything else.Comments kept popping up, the view count rising and the points adding up. Perseus wanted nothing more than to leave the live stream, but he knew he had to stay.“Hello. All four of your rockets round up to the same number. You four can tell me what dish I should cook in my next livestream. I won’t be able to continue this one because I have a board meeting to attend…”“You are lying,” Iris cut him off, her brow furrowing in anger.“It’s just a white lie,” he told her. “Leave me alone.”“Hmph!”“You can send me a message on this platform and tell me the food you guys would love to see. Also, thanks again for the space rockets. Thanks to the viewers for watching. I have to go now. Bye!”He took one final glance at Sherry, who had a pained expr
Ven glared at Kara. “How did it add up to that?”Kara didn’t say a word to argue; she simply pointed at all of the empty bowls next to their table. “You guys ate 50 bowls in total, and I told you the price was $100 per bowl.”Vin held out his hand to stop Ven, who was about to argue. “Why waste your time?” he questioned. “You know we ate with the intention of not paying.”“What do you mean?” Kara demanded. “Are you saying you’re not going to pay for what you just ate?”Vin nodded. “Positive.”Kara scowled. “You wouldn’t dare!”Ven's brows rose in astonishment. “What the hell? How dare you speak to our boss like that?”Kara held her head high as Ven glared at her, trying to intimidate her. However, his look didn’t work, and she stood her ground.“Card or transfer?” Kara questioned.“Didn’t you hear what we just said?” one of the remaining three demanded. “We’re not paying for anything we ate here!”“It’s not like this restaurant will exist after this,” Ven added.Kara glared at them, t
Vin’s eyes widened in surprise, then his face turned pale in a matter of seconds. Ven was stronger than him but was taken down by one punch. He peered at Perseus. *Who the hell is this guy?* he thought to himself.Perseus crooked his head to the side. “You’re not willing to negotiate? Or is there anyone here who would love to fight me instead?”All of the men shook their heads. Two of them were already helping Ven up the table and putting him on a chair.Vin glanced at his men before taking a deep breath. “We’ll negotiate,” he murmured. “But I have no idea what we would negotiate about.”“It’s easy,” Perseus said, pulling a chair from another table and placing it next to him. With his legs crossed, he sat on the table, his gaze holding Vin’s. “We’ll negotiate on the amount you want in order to leave my restaurant.”Vin’s brows rose. “Is this a joke?”“Not really.”“You could have just beaten us up and sent us away from the restaurant, or you could have threatened us and made us leave
“You called them, didn't you?!” Vin yelled. “I thought we had a deal. We will take your money and leave your restaurant, and you won't tell!”Perseus shrugged. “Yes. Our deal is still intact.”Vin glared at him. “How the hell is it still intact when the cops are here to arrest us for that very thing?! You are the only one who knows about it!”A mischievous grin spread across Perseus’ face. “I kept my part of the deal and told no one about the embezzlement, but you seemed to forget that there was a woman next to me when we were talking.”Perseus gestured to Kara, who was standing next to him. She had a phone in her hand, and Vin glanced at her. Seeing the phone in her hand, Vin realized that she was indeed the one who had called the cops on them.“You bitch!” Vin yelled, lunging at Kara in an attack mode.However, she was faster than she looked. She twirled and kicked him right in the head, the impact pushing him to the side. Using her other leg, she kicked him again from the other ang
Perseus waited as Kara got Xell down. Xell hit the floor with a loud thud as Kara cut the rope loose.Glancing back at Perseus, she asked, "Should I untie him and remove the tape too?""Do that," Perseus replied.In less than a minute, Kara had untied Xell, who finally breathed a sigh of relief. He rubbed his wrists where he had been tied and cracked his joints.Perseus could tell that Kara had captured Xell so they could question him, but he had a feeling Xell wouldn’t give him the answers he wanted.He squatted, leaning closer to Xell. "Can you tell me who your boss is?"Xell raised his head to look at Perseus, a stunned expression appearing on his face as if he were seeing Perseus for the first time."How are you here?" Xell asked, trying to back away but wincing in the process. His joints cried out in protest; he had been in that terrible position for a long time."Seth is no longer there," Perseus muttered, hoping Xell understood. "Now that Seth is gone, can you tell me where you
Soon, Perseus was back in the basement. Kara was glancing at Xell, whose right cheek was swollen. Perseus stared at Timtat, who shrugged as if to say he couldn’t stop her from hitting Xell.“I didn’t tell you to hit him yet, Kara,” Perseus mumbled.She spun around to look at him. “He didn’t want to talk about it. I asked him so many questions, and he just kept staring at me. I punched him in the face when he didn’t respond.”Perseus ran his hand through his hair. “I didn’t ask you to hit him, though.”“I know, and I’m not sorry,” Kara said, folding her arms and stepping away from Xell. “To think that I tried to trust him and let down my guard is crazy,” she ranted.Stepping closer to Xell, Perseus squatted, his eyes level with Xell’s.“So, what were you about to tell us earlier?”“Seth is not the only boss. Several other men act like the boss and get information directly from the real boss. None of us know who the boss is or what he looks like because he has never shown himself.”Perse
The pool? Xell’s brows furrowed in confusion, and then terror hit him. He pictured them conspiring to take him to the pool and drown him there instead of killing him in the basement.It was easier to tell the cops that he drowned in the pool instead of that he was murdered.“Can we not go to the pool, please?” Xell pleaded terror arched on his face. “I can’t swim.”Perseus glanced at him.[He can swim, host. He thinks that you are going to drown him and kill him if he goes with you guys,] Iris revealed.“You can learn,” Perseus replied.*****On the way to the pool, Perseus got a call from his aunt. He answered the call in the car and sat in the back seat with Xell while Kara and Timtat sat upfront. Kara was behind the wheel, which she had fought for.“We got to the villa,” Gabrielle’s voice chimed from the phone, only Perseus hearing. “Where are you? Did you travel too? And what about Timtat? Is he okay? We were unable to get to him.”“He is with me,” Perseus replied. “You have nothi
“Calm down,” Perseus mumbled, holding her tight as she tried to push on his arm and break free.If he hadn’t caught her, she would have attacked the man and beat the hell out of him.“Let me go! How dare he add me to his lame bet? Did he think a woman was a material that could be traded? Is he dating a woman and having the mentality that he has the right to give her up like that?” Kara was furious, and it showed.Perseus still refused to let her go even after what she said. She struggled to break free again, but it didn’t work, and she finally gave up.“Is she that feisty?” the man asked. “I like taming feisty women and making them submissive.”Perseus’s eyes darted to the man. The man licked his lips while looking at Kara like she was a snack, and that irritated Perseus.“What do you say?” the man questioned. “Are you playing the game or not? You will take the money and other valuables if you win, but if you fail, I will have the woman.”The man had a smirk on his face. His head was