***** “No, I don’t agree with this. How could a nobody from nowhere suddenly become our leader!” “I strongly object to this as well and I will never support a jerk!” “How dare he, who had never received any training suddenly become the leader of ourselves, who had been receiving intensive training since childhood?!” “It’s only goddess Sophia that has the right.” “Yes, that’s right, only Goddess Sophia and Brother Maximus have the right to lead us!” “I don’t want a nobody to be my leader!” “No!” Presently, inside a big lounge in the mansion of Old Man Pu, a series of second-generation-looking young men and women cladded in expensive attire were currently expressing their strong objection. They appear so furious and irritated to the core, acting as though someone had just duped them of their heirs’ position. The lounge was currently boiling so much at this moment that Williams who was on his way was feeling a constant ringing in his ears, making him feel uncomfortable and chil
***** “Dang it! I’m done here. How could a nobody continue keeping us waiting since.” Back inside the big lounge, an obese young man abruptly jumped to his feet. He appeared utterly offended. “I’m also done here. How could an esteemed person like myself keep on waiting for a nobody? Who does he think he is.” “We’ve been waiting since the day broke today for him, but here we are, still waiting.” As though everybody except Sophia and Maximus had been waiting for the obese man to stand up, they began to show their strong anger and unwillingness again, forgetting how the young man Maximus had told them to keep quiet a moment ago. It must be known that in the heart of all the arrogant and prideful young masters and mistresses, Maximus was their absolute leader to whom they gave all their respect and would always do whatever he said. Fortunately for them, the young man didn’t stop them again, instead, although he still appeared composed, with his eyes shut, a tinge of furiousness an
***** “And amongst the handful of people that have what it takes to become the leader, this thing isn’t amongst, I lied?” Williams’s head replayed and he couldn’t react for a moment. Suddenly, his eyes became cold. ‘Am I the one he is referring to as a ‘thing?’ The coldness in his eyes remained for some seconds, eventually, the casual look he had on his face returned. ‘Hmmm. What a good lad,’ Old man Pu concluded after witnessing the composed Williams despite being looked down upon so much. As for the rest of the crowd, they began to give Maximus a thumbs-up, the boys in particular. ‘As expected of brother Maximus.’ ‘Only Brother Maximus could do this.’ ‘This is why he is the number one young master in the city.’ “First of all, how do you know that he isn’t part of the handful of people that could lead, and secondly, why did you address him as a thing?” the old man finally asked Maximus in return to his question after a moment of silence. As though he had already expected t
***** “Williams, a disposed member of the Miller family?” As soon as old man Pu stepped out, Maximus gave Williams a creepily cold look and stated. “Even if you were still the young master of the Miller family, you are not in the place to lead me.” Finished saying this, killing intent flashed in Maximus’s eyes to Williams, but Williams merely smiled slightly, having no intention to say a word. Right now, since their leader was the one doing the talking, everybody kept quiet and gazed disdainfully at Williams. ‘The fool, trying to lead us with brother Maximus.’ ‘Who does he think he is?’ ‘Because of Old Sir Pu?’ ‘What a joke?’ Everybody continued thinking all sorts of things, but they said no word. Back to Maximus, his killing intent eyes continued boring into Williams and he had to do everything in his power to force down his urge to take Williams’ life there and then. Although he wasn’t scared of doing this, he still didn’t want to cause unnecessary trouble as he had been w
***** “To be frank, I’m still extremely confused about the help you need from me.” Gazing at the disheveled old man before him, Williams didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He couldn’t understand why the old man was begging for his help over and over again as if his life were in his hands. Hearing Williams’ words, Old man Gaza, the old man who had been begging for Manager Cold’s help the previous day went blank for a second, then he realized he hadn’t even told Williams the help he needed. The old man shut his eyes for a moment, the expression on his face several times different compared to the previous day. He appeared totally maltreated, dirty, and malnourished. It was as though he hadn’t eaten, bath, or slept in days, and looking at the old man right now, he was several years older than he was the previous day. “Young master, I… I knew only you could help me, and I’m sure there would be no other way out for me even if you refused,” the old man appeared extremely pitiful, c
***** Grace had become completely uncomfortable since Williams had left. She had tried returning to her usually composed self times without number, alas, she just kept failing woefully each time she recalled what had transpired between herself and Williams, and her face would heat up immediately. The funny thing was that she kept recalling this scene almost every minute, making her face constantly heat up and become red. At first, she had concluded escaping before Williams got there, but each time this thought got to her mind, it kept vanishing before she could carry it out. Eventually, she made up her mind to stay and wait for Williams, thinking that she and Williams would act as though nothing out of the ordinary had happened between them. With this conclusion, Grace continued sitting and waiting for Williams until late at night. Since Williams had already promised to come that night, Grace wasn’t in a hurry or thought that he was late. She sat alone in her utterly bright of
***** “I said I’m sorry. Why would you want to seize my driving license again.” Having no idea about what had just happened to Grace, Williams was seen apologizing profusely to a traffic officer at the moment, however, the officer merely glared at him. “I remember clearly being the one who caught you the last time and warned you to always follow the speed limit, but what did you do again tonight, you broke it.” “I know, that’s why I’m begging. I accept my mistake. Please let me off with a little punishment today.” Williams begged again. He had been up to this since more than twenty minutes ago, and right now, Williams was already filled with regret about why he had exceeded the speed limit of the road he was passing. His mind had merely been overclouded by how he was going to meet Grace, which had not made him see the glaring speed limits on the road, and with that, he was caught, surprisingly by the same traffic police officer of some weeks ago, when he was still an Uber drive
***** “Oh… honestly, I’m enjoying this attitude of yours.” No longer in the suit they had worn while abducting Grace, but in jeans and round neck shirts, one of the two Grace’s abductors said with an evil grin on his face as he saw the calm and composed Grace who was currently tied to a chair.“Hehehe… this is the first time I've seen someone this composed since my over ten years of doing this job,” the guy’s partner added, his eyes flashing rapidly with hunger as he feasted on the cold beauty, acting as though he couldn’t wait to consume her. They waited for a moment, hoping that Grace would react or speak up, but again, they were left disappointed. The two could only helplessly exchange gazes once they realized that it was again another failure. “I hope you’d still be able to keep this attitude of yours by the time you get to the master’s hand.” ‘Master!!’ Grace’s heart trembled again and she hurriedly focused her gaze on the person who had just spoken. Although this wasn’t h