After Derek got a clear answer about the Taylors, he instructed Blade to drive back to the Ephemeral Bathhouse..Before Derek got out of the car, he turned to Blade again and admonished, “You must keep in mind what I told you before. I don’t want to see any more entertainment joints and establishments that provide vice-related services. The same applies to the Ephemeral Bathhouse!“Also, keep a close eye on the dirty business that the Taylors operate on the top floor of the bathhouse. Call me if something crops up.”"I will do just that, boss." Hr said with a smile curled on his lips.He loved to work for Derek, because Derek he knew was more transparent to the core than several other so-called businessmen in the business world.“Okay, go and get busy with your matters. You don’t have to tag along with me.”After that, Derek left for Fera Textile he had always promised to be the one to pick Brenda and he was never going to fail on that. He went for her, and the drive home was quiet.
The young man was Fangio, whom Blade had appointed to be in charge of the Ephemeral Bathhouse. Fangio had worked with Blade for a long time, and he was competent in handling matters as well. His capability was the reason that Blade had decided to make him the manager of this place.But he had always worked in a poker room previously and so didn’t know Culhane .“What? He sold it?!” Culhane asked in disbelief.A wave of fury immediately surged in his heart. “Who is Nathan Alvin to sell this bathhouse?! Damn it. Get Nathan Alvin to come out here. I want to question him. What gave him the guts to sell the property of the Taylors?!”Cullhane grabbed Fangio by his collar and glared at him as if he was about to swallow up.Fangio began stumbling on an unsteady gait while feeling furious.As a longtime worker at a casino, he naturally had some considerable strength. He grabbed Cullhane ’s wrist, squeezed it hard, and then twisted it forcefully with a loud crack. Overwhelmed by the excrucia
Derek's contemptuous attitude not only made the surrounding employees gape their mouths in shock, but it also made Culhane even more exasperated!The Taylors were one of the four top families in Dominican. They had massive wealth and great power that spread to all industries and businesses of the county. They were formidable existences at the pinnacle, and many tried to get acquainted with them. There was barely anyone who dared to say that the Taylors were not a big deal right in front of a Taylor!Culhane had always been proud of his identity as the next helmsman of the Taylors, yet he was being undermined by the young man in front of him. How could he not be furious?“You…” With a grim expression, Culhane was about to curse out loud, but he suddenly thought of another possibility.The young man in front of me might really have a powerful background!But he’s very likely not from Dominican but a major family elsewhere!It all makes sense now. This is the very reason this young man l
The bodyguards that protected Culhane were all experts that the Taylors had spent a lot of money to hire. Fangio definitely wouldn’t be able to take the punch. He would at least be severely injured, and in the worst-case scenario, he would die!Feeling the gust of wind blown up by the swing of his fist on his face, Fangio couldn’t help but close his eyes while thinking to himself in agony that he might die today!Suddenly, a phantom-like figure appeared beside Fangio. Before the bodyguard’s fist could strike Fangio, the bodyguard was sent flying by a sudden kick!The bodyguard was instantly smashed through the glass door of the Ephemeral Bathhouse and landed far away in the middle of the road. He even almost got run over by a passing car.Everyone watched with their eyes wide open, dumbfounded and unable to react.They jolted back to their senses in horror only after hearing the screech of the tires of the car that had come to an abrupt stop and the curses of the driver who had slamme
The bodyguards that protected Culhane were all experts that the Taylors had spent a lot of money to hire. Fangio definitely wouldn’t be able to take the punch. He would at least be severely injured, and in the worst-case scenario, he would die!Feeling the gust of wind blown up by the swing of his fist on his face, Fangio couldn’t help but close his eyes while thinking to himself in agony that he might die today!Suddenly, a phantom-like figure appeared beside Fangio. Before the bodyguard’s fist could strike Fangio, the bodyguard was sent flying by a sudden kick!The bodyguard was instantly smashed through the glass door of the Ephemeral Bathhouse and landed far away in the middle of the road. He even almost got run over by a passing car.Everyone watched with their eyes wide open, dumbfounded and unable to react.They jolted back to their senses in horror only after hearing the screech of the tires of the car that had come to an abrupt stop and the curses of the driver who had slamm
The encounter Culhane had was the most humiliating experience in his entire life. Being insulted by such a young punk was simply akin to the prestige of Taylors being trampled all over by him repeatedly!The most infuriating thing was that the young punk actually snatched the Ephemeral Bathhouse away from them!Culhane didn’t believe that Kevin dared to betray the Taylors and sell the Ephemeral Bathhouse to someone else of his own accord. Back then, the Taylors had legally appointed Kevin to be the person in charge of the Ephemeral Bathhouse because they could tell that he wasn’t too ambitious and was instead a little cowardly and extremely scrupulous toward the Taylors. So they thought that he definitely wouldn’t dare to betray them.But now that Kevin had fled, Cullhane was certain that Derek must have coerced and even threatened Kevin into signing the transfer contract.It didn’t matter that Kevin had fled. But the fact that the Ephemeral Bathhouse, the dirty business secretly ran
When Derek arrived in the private room of the restaurant that Ava had booked, he saw her sitting alone in her seat.Upon seeing Derek, Ava’s eyes immediately lit up, and she stood up with a smile. “I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. You’re finally here.”As she spoke, she took the initiative to pull out the chair at the side and asked Derek to take a seat.Derek frowned slightly. “Hasn’t Brenda arrived yet?”Ava pouted her red lips slightly and said with some feigned dismay, “She got held up at the office because an important client suddenly showed up and asked to meet her. So she couldn’t make it, and she wanted me to tell you to finish this meal on her behalf. Sir, you wouldn't leave right?"Ava had dolled herself up before coming. She was gorgeous in the first place, and now that she was pouting, she looked bubbly and delicate.Brenda was the only beautiful woman that Derek had ever paid attention to, and he didn’t notice Ava’s makeup at all. He deciphered her words simply
The moment Ava heard someone call her, she squinted a little to glance at the young man before closing her eyes again immediately. She muttered, “Derek, let’s hurry and head back home!”The young man’s expression instantly became hostile.One reason was that Ava was actually lying so intimately in the arms of another man and completely ignoring him!The second was that she even told this man to hurry and head back home.Go home?! What home? Whose home?!Immediately enraged and full of fury, the young man walked over and grabbed Ava’s arm.“Ava, I’m Xander Von! Don’t you recognize me?” the young man said, refusing to give up.Xander Von… Hearing his name, Derek pursed his lips.Ava cursed at him in his head. Her plan was going well at first, but Xander just had to interfere and sabotage her plan. Besides, Xander was someone she utterly detested.But she had to pretend as if she just recognized him and spoke as if she had only come to a realisation now. “Oh, it’s you, Xander. Are you he
W-what’s going on?The ten-odd bodyguards who barged in glared at Derek like he was a great enemy.On the ground, Perry gritted his teeth resentfully as he struggled to raise his head to look at the bodyguards and ordered, “Kill… kill him!”The punch Derek threw at his abdomen left Perry in so much pain that he was on the verge of throwing up all the food he had eaten for the past few days. The slightest movement made him feel intense pain in his stomach.For the past few decades of his life, Perry had never been beaten up like this or suffered such a huge loss before!If Derek could still leave Perry ’s turf under the siege of so many bodyguards, Perry would be thoroughly embarrassed!The ten-odd bodyguards and Perry ’s personal bodyguard acknowledged and immediately surrounded Derek.Derek smiled coldly and raised his leg to kick the bald bodyguard who rushed in front of him, sending him flying!“Ah!” The bald bodyguard let out a miserable cry as his body was propelled upward be
“No!” Perry refused resolutely. “This isn’t a small business. We’ve monopolised it in Dominican! If I recommend some clients to you, won’t I be giving my family a competitor for no reason?”Derek shook his head. “I naturally won’t run this business in Dominican and become your competitor.”After giving it some thought, Perry still didn’t believe Derek. “Your roots are all in Dominican. Why should I believe that you would leave this place and go elsewhere to run this business.”Derek shrugged. “It’s up to you to believe me or not. Mr. Perry, please get your facts right. I’m doing you a favour by asking you to recommend clients to me. To put it bluntly, the Bathhouse is in my hands now, and so are those beautiful women. Even if I take over the business directly now, what can you do for me?”Derek's words made Perry’s face turn gloomy again.But this was really what the current situation was like. Since that bastard manager had presumptuously sold the Bathhouse, Derek was the dominant p
Perry’s face was naturally extremely gloomy at this point.Derek was clearly trying to intimidate him!It was just an ordinary dice, but the power that emerged from Derek’s hand when he threw it was not inferior to the power contained in a bullet shot from a gun!Besides, the dice Derek shot had landed near Perry’s head. If Derek had intended to kill Perry, he would have probably been shot in the head by now!At the thought of this, Perry felt his entire body’s hair stand on end, and cold sweat rapidly seeped out of his pores, making him chilly all over.And Perry’s elite bodyguard was also overwhelmed with shock.As a bodyguard, he should protect his employer’s safety in any emergency situation.But the speed of the dice Derek shot out just now was so quick that it wasn’t visible to the naked eye. In fact, he only figured out what happened after hearing the terse and sharp sound of the dice shuttling through the air, followed by the loud bang.He couldn’t even react in time, let alon
When Perry saw how bold and fearless Derek was, his facial muscles twitched a little as he gritted his teeth with great resentment and viciousness in his eyes.With a hypocritical grin, he said, “Hehe, why would I do that? Since I invited you here, I naturally have something to discuss with you.”He thought he had hidden his intentions well. But being a sharp and shrewd person, Derek had long seen through Perry.“Mr. Perry, don’t beat around the bush with me. If you have anything to say, just say it.” Derek couldn’t be bothered to exchange hypocritical pleasantries with him. He simply leaned against the couch and got straight to the point.Seeing Derek taking the lead in the conversation, Perry was displeased, and his face immediately turned dark.He waved his hand, and the few scantily clad beauties sitting beside him immediately walked out of the room.Soon, only Derek, Perry, and a burly man who followed Perry wherever he went were the only ones left in the large private room.Dere
Derek frowned.He didn’t expect Aiden to die despite being in police custody.But there were definitely potential loopholes everywhere. If it was really the doing of the force that Derek guessed, the police would likely be defenceless and unable to guard against their actions.But Aiden’s death was not in vain. At the very least, Derek was now certain that the mastermind who instigated Aiden was more likely than not same person who sent the photographer.Otherwise, Aiden wouldn’t have died so easily.“Okay, I know.”Derek was about to hang up the phone when he noticed in the rearview mirror that there were several inconspicuous cars tailing his car. Their intentions were unclear, but he knew that they had to be up to no good.He frowned. They’re really everywhere. How annoying!He wondered who sent these people to tail him.With a trace of murderous intent in his eyes, Derek hung up the phone and quickly made another call. “Come to Clarine's apartment, I will send you an address.”Der
Derek couldn't tell who it was yet, but he knew he would find out.With a sharp and cold gaze in his eyes, Derek raised his head and looked distantly in the direction of the DC. “Hmph, I don’t care who you really are. As long as you dare to reach your hand here, I don’t mind chopping it off!”When Derek reached the amusement park entrance, he saw Clarine waiting here for him worriedly.“Derek, did you get what you went for? Did you find everything?” she asked curiously.Derek raised his arm with two paper bags and said with a faint smile, “I got them. Fortunately, there was no queue.Clarine grinned and teased, “It turns out you really are caring.”Derek smiled. He merely nodded and said, “Yeah, so you have to be like me as well. In the meantime, it's getting late, let's go home.”Clarine nodded happily. Soon, the two of them got into Lucas’s car and sped off.…At this moment, in a luxurious villa in Dominican.A young man in his twenties was reclining on a soft leather sofa with a s
Derek was still trying to figure out who it was, but then he scurried away quickly. But after covering only a short distance, he discovered that a tall and phantom-like figure had appeared in front of him to block him from leaving.“Still trying to run, huh?”The young man was flabbergasted because the person in front of him was the same person he had been secretly snapping photos of!A few seconds ago, this person was clearly more than meters behind him, yet he was standing in front of him in the blink of an eye. How did he do it?!Having been discovered and even stopped by the person he was secretly snapping photos of, the young man got a little nervous and gritted his teeth. He then barked in a menacing voice, “Why are you stopping me? Get lost!”Derek sneered and pointed at the camera the young man was holding. He asked indifferently, “You’ve been tailing me all afternoon, so you must have taken a lot of pictures, right? Did you think no one could discover you when you’re so clums
In fact, Derek could have chosen not to catch Aiden and let him fall to his death just now, as he ought to reap what he sowed.But the words Aiden said earlier made Derek suspect that someone was instigating him. So Derek caught him and allowed him to stay alive to interrogate him and find out more from him.But the matter of Aiden taking Clarinet hostage and trying to jump off the building with her had alarmed almost all the police systems in the city. Many reporters had also hurried over with their cameras and equipment to get the first hand news scoop.In such a situation, Derek naturally couldn’t interrogate Aiden personally. He simply handed Aiden over to the special police officers for them to investigate.The chief special police officer nodded and instructed his subordinates to send Aiden to the hospital. After Aiden came to, they would bring him in for interrogation immediately.Of course, as the parties involved in the incident, Derek and Clarine had to make a mandatory trip
Clarine watched as Derek vanished from the edge of the roof and screamed at the top of her lungs uncontrollably, “Derek!”Two streams of tears rolled down her cheeks, and she started bawling loudly, feeling as if her heart was being stabbed by daggers.In contrast, Aiden laughed out loud in great excitement. “Hahaha! What a dimwit. I managed to kill him so easily! I’m going to get rich again soon. Hahaha!”The police on the rooftop of the building couldn’t stop Derek in time and could only watch as he jumped off the building. They all shouted in horror and regret.At the same time, the crowd of onlookers on the ground also shrieked loudly in amazement.When Aiden heard the commotion at the bottom of the building, he guffawed hysterically with great smugness. Then he grabbed Clarine by the collar and looked at the ground to admire the scene of Derek’s badly mangled flesh after he fell off the building.Suddenly, there was a major change!A pair of hands suddenly reached over from the