"So, Richard has returned?" Rachel sprang up from her seat in surprise, her usually calm face lighting up with joy. "Are you sure he’s back?" she asked Wayne, still standing by after delivering the news.Wayne, who was stationed at the Thompson residence due to the ongoing safety concerns for Rachel and the lack of further instructions, had just received word from Smit regarding the possibility of Richard being found."Yes, ma'am." He nodded. "The news isn’t entirely clear yet, but Sir Smit is verifying the message he received by heading to the location where it originated." Wayne relayed the information exactly as he had received it.Rachel’s face relaxed with relief. She had spent days anxiously awaiting news about Richard, worried and restless. She had no idea whether Richard was ill or in a difficult situation.This time, she hoped that the message was from Richard and not some cruel trick. "Take me there, to where they are confirming his whereabouts. I want to see him in person,"
Richard adjusted his expression to appear cheerful as possible, attempting to deceive the person who had just caught him. As he discreetly tucked the device back into his pocket, he asked, "Nothing, sir. What do you mean?" while keeping his gaze fixed on Adam standing before him.Adam stared at him intently, clearly suspicious of Richard, as if trying to uncover something Richard was hiding. “Talking about strange things with the young lady again, I’ve noticed this every time we meet. Didn’t I warn you to stay away from her?” he emphasized sternly.Every time Adam encountered Richard and Naomi together, it disturbed him. The closeness between them felt strange. Naomi wasn’t from their circle; she was the daughter of their superior, someone they were supposed to protect. Yet Richard frequently spent time with her, treating her like a peer and exchanging ideas with her freely, as if they were equals.The sight of their growing closeness made Adam uncomfortable. "You keep ignoring my war
"Ah, why are they suddenly moving so fast?" he muttered in frustration.His current situation was different than expected, though he had anticipated such a possibility beforehand. Something he had planned might not go as expected, but this time, it was beyond his imagination.Richard thought the main problem would be dealing with Naomi. He had faced difficulties with her before—Naomi was somewhat unpredictable. Sometimes, she would oppose his words too much, making him wonder whether she would comply with his suggestion to go on vacation, especially since he had declined her invitation to join her.But it turned out the problem lay with Adam. Adam, who had been around Naomi this whole time, watched Richard's behaviour closely. He was full of suspicion towards Richard, and it was this suspicion that led to the current situation."I need to get out of this mess quickly," Richard thought, searching for a way out. His eyes scanned for an escape route, but he found none.Behind him, he hea
Richard paced around the area, scanning his surroundings while contemplating his next move. He had planned an explosion, but it required careful calculations and precision."An explosion alone won't be enough. I need something that will truly cripple them. Something that will ensure they’re incapacitated," he thought, walking toward the stockpile of ammunition and explosives.He gazed intently at the array of volatile materials, wondering what he could do with them. His eyes fell on several TNT explosives lying around.Shaking his head in disbelief, Richard muttered, "They’re preparing for something big." He reached out, touching one of the dangerous items.Quickly formulating a plan, he grabbed some of the TNT and strategically placed it at key weak points before leaving with the detonator, carefully adjusted for maximum impact.Although chemistry class didn’t cover this sort of thing, Richard’s interest in explosives led him to study them independently. He knew exactly what to do an
Richard observed the rising smoke from the building area from a high vantage point. The smoke billowed heavily, making the place look like it had just gone through a war. Many scattered building debris could be seen.No structure remained standing; everything was flattened. Large piles of rubble had fallen on many people beneath them, and some areas were still ablaze with roaring fires."It's a shame it had to end this way." This wasn’t what Richard had hoped for. He found the results of his attack quite heavy to bear.He wanted to avoid a full-blown conflict. He hoped that only those directly involved—the henchmen of the Derren family—would be affected, not innocent bystanders.But once again, he found himself in a position where he had to choose between eliminating or being eliminated. He decided to destroy, bearing the weight of the dozens of lives he took today.His soul felt gnawed by guilt, and he regretted briefly enjoying the process of taking their lives. But he had no other
"Why did this suddenly happen to my family?" Naomi lamented her current situation, which had suddenly become so bad.It was clearly remembered that just yesterday, she asked her father for permission to go on vacation, and that was also at the suggestion of Richard, whom she knew as Kevin. So after they had a chance to talk, Naomi got permission from her father to go, but on the condition that she was still under the supervision of the people who were ordered to look after Naomi.Noami didn't object to that; she agreed. After all, she knew challenging would be pointless. So she left with the people her father ordered.But a few hours later, right after she got off the plane that took her away for a vacation. Naomi heard astonishing news; she found out that her father's base camp was attacked, blown up, and leveled to nothing.From that incident, it was rumored that no one survived, including her father, who also died because of the attack that occurred. Naomi, who heard it, immediatel
"Didn't you hear the latest news about the Morrison family?" The group of men, sitting in a luxurious restaurant in one of the magnificent hotel buildings, were talking about many new things when they came to the topic of talking about something that had just happened.The man with the short haircut looked up at the person speaking. "What happened?" he reacted with some interest."What I heard is that they're doing well. Their company's situation is also safe and sound. There's no problem with their stock price, so I think there's no problem." The man, dressed in dandy style, revealed what he knew.Many of them agreed; at least three out of seven people there had actually checked the current stock price of Richard's company.On average, all of their companies were in a pretty good situation; there was no specific drop in the stock price or a drastic spike in the stock price.Steve, the man who started the conversation, shook his head. "I heard rumors about them, rumors that are not ju
It's been a month since Richard returned from the place where he destroyed Darren's family, during which time he went through a flurry of activity that didn't let up. Starting to return to his life kept him busy with various jobs.Even the busyness that often left him with no time, made it rather difficult for him to meet with his fiancée, Rachel. They rarely met until Rachel took the initiative to meet him by coming to bring him food.They were seen taking a walk together after eating what Rachel had prepared for him."It's so hard to contact you these days, Richard." Rachel complained because Richard's busy schedule made it impossible for them to meet.Richard looked at her with a smile that he forced onto his face. "Yes, I've been rather busy lately. You know there's a lot of work I need to do."Of course, after leaving his home and position for two weeks, his work commitments piled up again and asked him to refocus on them immediately. As well as his business outside the city, he