The day after he issued us an invitation to Woodruff and Veronica, William arrived at BAU to find that the university’s various news outlets now had him in the headlines, his secretly owned club estate in particular. The BAU students were, expectedly, going crazy over this unexpected piece of news.“Oh, my fucking goodness! I could have sworn that I knew all that there was to know about William! How the hell did the fact that he is the owner of The Sand Club Estate not reach our ears until now?!”“I know right?! I’ve been to that luxurious place at least five times this month. And that’s because I have more classes than usual, and I had no choice but to decrease my visitation! So how on earth did I never know that it was owned by our coursemate this whole time.”“Guys, I’m still struggling to wrap my head around this. The Sand Club Estate is arguably the number-one nightclub in the entire city! It is also the fastest-rising club in terms of popularity! Do you know how much profit
“But wasn’t their social power already falling into the pits at the time? I recall that William was already gaining popularity at the time. There were multiple videos of him, and each one was trending for days. There were also situations whereby William faced the Camillo twins, and he beat them publicly, humiliating them in front of their peers. On the night that we attended the invitation to the club estate, don’t forget that the Camillo twins ended up getting banned indefinitely as well, along with Donald’s babe, Ayra Brown, at the time.”“That’s true. I’m guessing that’s why they didn’t dare tell everyone what they knew.”A lot of BAU students were clearly interested in this piece of news, including putting the puzzle pieces together. Meanwhile, William was seated in an empty classroom, away from all the bustling gossip currently filling the faculty building’s atmosphere. He wasn’t alone though. Andre, Tracy, and Camilla were in front of the seated young man as he explained eve
Camilla’s frown deepened as she briefly stared down at the ground beneath her. “William, I can’t stop you from meeting my aunt, but I can warn you to be very careful of her. Based on what you told us, I’m certain that she has taken your invitation as a threatening one, and she’ll be coming with some powerful backup.” She allowed a moment of silence. “William, you don’t know this, but our family….um…has a lot of dark secrets, including dark hidden weapons. Unfortunately, I can’t give you the specifics of this hidden weapon.” She then placed her hands up. “Trust me, it’s not that I don’t want to tell, but that I simply can't. There’s a tight and very difficult criteria that a member of the Parker family must meet before they’re privy to these secrets. Unfortunately, despite being the heir to the family’s business empire, I haven’t met the criteria, so I don’t know much. Aunt Veronica, on the other hand, not only knows these family secrets but I heard from my father once that she also h
William arrived back at The Sand Club Estate an hour before Woodruff and Veronica arrived there.“Young Master, they’re here.”William was seated in the meeting room with two McArthur bodyguards behind him. “I see. Kindly lead them here. I’m sure they know their way though.” He tapped on his in-earpiece, which he was using to communicate with the McArthur bodyguard who had just relayed the information from the Sand Club estate’s main gate.When Woodruff and Veronica were allowed into the club estate, they didn’t come alone. There were two large trucks with them and a convoy of twelve black jeeps right behind them. The two were seated in the rear seat, looking out at the unchanged condition of the club estate properties.“He hasn’t done anything to clean up this mess? That’s quite unexpected.” Woodruff frowned as he gazed out the tinted windshield on his side.Veronica chuckled as she heard those mumbled words. “He’s probably raking up his savings for the renovations. My sources h
Woodruff felt slightly offended by that statement. “Exactly. So why would I surround my home with lazy security? I had over two hundred security guards around the estate, along with over fifty personal bodyguards protecting me and my family. That demon spawns brought in support in the form of masked mercenaries, and, worst of all, those bodyguards of his. That night, every single one of my men was left with human meat passed for hands. They had to quit working for me and I had to pay them enough to keep them afloat for the rest of their lives.”Veronica didn’t need to hear the rest of Woodruff’s story, especially when she heard that William brought his bodyguards along. She could now understand how William was truly the culprit of the Camillo mansion explosion. “Damn! Those bodyguards of his, they’ve fought against my creatures and defeated all of them. If it wasn’t for his bodyguards, I wouldn’t have lost those creatures that day. They were all taken away to God knows where. It was
The female McArthur bodyguard looked absolutely unbothered as she stood in front of the management tower entrance. Despite the large amount of bodyguards surrounding Woodruff and Veronica, along with those two large trucks behind them, she held no expression of hesitation as she walked toward the crowd.“I believe you’re the ones my boss has been waiting for. Next time, try not to take up hours.” She didn’t wait for a reply as she turned. “I’ve been sent to welcome you guys in for the meeting.Everyone who heard these words from the petite young woman was too stunned to speak. It wasn’t her words, but rather her unbothered demeanor the whole time. There was no trace of fear in her eyes. It was clear that she didn’t see them as a threat.Woodruff was not angered by this as he had expected something similar to this. Through his months of rivalry against William, Woodruff had learned the hard way that facing such an enigmatic young man like that with an inflated ego would surely lead
There was a moment of stifling silence after William spoke. Those with a cute perception could feel the anger brimming with Veronica.It was quite obvious that the Parker woman was not expecting William to go straight to the point. She had anticipated being the one to rile him up, perhaps using his destroyed properties as a catalyst to make William lose his cool, and yet, the opposite was happening.Veronica smirked wryly as she shifted her gaze to Woodruff seated to her left. “Can you believe this foolish boy? He actually has the guts to act like he didn’t know what he did.”William sneered internally while maintaining an outward nonchalance. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I’m really not pretending. Look, the truth here is that I tend to forget a lot of my actions if I deem them unworthy of remembering at all. I’m not gonna say that I’m not guilty of whatever you think I did. Rather, I’m letting you know that I’ve probably flushed it out of my memory since the event
“Beating around the bush like a cursed snake, huh?” William assumed a thinking posture as he lightly placed his fingers beneath his chin. “It’s funny that you mentioned that because your son, Timothy, was the one doing that. And you know what they say: the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” He smirked slightly once he saw the deepened frown on Veronica’s face. “If you’ve done your research, which I’m highly certain that you did, you would know that I would have never been involved with the Camilla Charity Organization, not to even mention meeting Camilla, if your son’s greed hadn’t reared its ugly head in the day the charity organization hosted that event at BAU.”Veronica understood what William was getting at. Just like William said, she had truly done her research on how William’s interference in the charity organization had come to be in the first place. So she knew all that happened, which had them led to William meeting Camilla and ultimately getting involved in the uncover