“You sent another batch of thugs to their hideout, right?” Mack Donald was asking his personal assistant.“Yes, Boss.”“We must secure that woman no matter what,” Mack was squeezing on a stress-ball. “Otherwise, Russell Lynn will be all on my ass. I knew he was not someone to be trifled with, but I didn’t think he would be crazy enough to fight Heath in front of everyone during the wedding reception. Moreover, it looked like Heath was hurt badly. Let’s hope he’ll recover soon, or I’ll be alone in fighting against the mighty Lynn and Creed families. And they have many more strong allies, too. They could come at me from any direction, so I have to leave for Antarctica for a while. Prepare the necessary flight and other things.”“Sure, Boss,” Mack’s personal assistant, was a woman with tiny knives as her earrings. She wasn’t wearing a professional dress, but a stylish black dress with a medium-long skirt that covered up to her knees. There was a belt fixed to her thigh which held a Glock
“If you had known beforehand, whom would you have chosen to rescue first?” Mia asked.“T-That’s…” Gabe found his heart expanding in his chest a bit too much. “I-I’d like to pass that question.”“Huh, so you would have chosen them, after all.”“I-I didn’t say that.”“Then you would have chosen me first?”“M-Mia, why are you troubling my heart now?” Gabe pitifully said. “Please spare me.”Mia exhaled audibly and then looked at the statues. “I had no idea your system was capable of doing something like this. You are going to turn them back, right?”“About that…” Gabe paused a moment before saying, “I don’t know how to do it yet.”“Huh?” her jaw dropped a bit. “Then you’re going to leave them like that?”“Y-Yeah,” Gabe started walking away. “Let’s go.” He had seen them pointing their guns at her, so he didn’t want to turn them back. That’s why, even though he could try to turn them back, he chose not to.“Wait, Gabe, we can’t just leave like this,” Mia said.“Don’t worry. I’m calling Russ
Mack Donald boarded the private jet and waved goodbye to Saya. “It’s unfortunate that we couldn’t spend a night together, but it is what it is.”Saya waved her hand in return, but just only as a formality. (This bastard might get me killed for knowing too many of his secrets. I should go into hiding for a while.)As the jet started and accelerated on the airstrip, Saya was already running away.Mack saw that and smiled. “I’ve already hired a sniper just for you, Saya. He’s going to put a bullet in your head any second. I wish you a happy journey to hell.”“Sir, there’s someone standing on the runway,” the pilot said.“Who’s stupid enough to do that?” Mack came to the pilot and looked. It was David Aeson that was standing on the runway with some round object in his hand. “Who the fuck is that? Is that a bomb in his hand? We should stop.”“No need for that, sir. He’s far enough from us. We don’t need to cover that much distance to achieve flight,” the pilot said.“Then fucking do it,” M
Gabe and Mia were on their way back to Tuna Waves hotel, but she made him stop at a clothing store, saying, “Will you buy me a dress?”Gabe obviously couldn’t refuse. He did buy clothes for his aunt before, but not for a woman his age. Kiera did shop with him, but she never asked for his opinion.Mia, however, was different. She tried a few pairs and asked Gabe how they suited her. He picked two out of all those pairs, and out of those two, Mia chose the one with the pockets.“They have pockets,” Gabe said. “Are you sure you want those?”I picked those because they have pockets,” Mia replied.“Oh…” Gabe then observed the dress Mia was currently wearing, and this one had pockets, too. (So she likes dresses with pockets, huh. I should remember this.)Gabe paid for the dress, which cost over seventy dollars.Mia put on the new dress and threw the old one away. “I didn’t want to take that dress home, so…”“It’s okay,” Gabe replied. As they walked out of the shop together, Gabe said, “Do y
Mia and Jessica met in a bit of a tearful reunion.Gabe, on the other hand, whispered to Nicole that he bought the dress for Mia, which both surprised and shocked her.“Did the gangsters do anything to her?” Nicole quickly asked him.“It’s the opposite,” he replied.“Mm? What do you mean?” Nicole couldn’t wrap her mind around his words.“Ask her and find out for yourself,” Gabe said, laughing a little.Jessica then turned to face Gabe. “We want to hire some bodyguards to protect Chef Nicole for a while, until things settle down.”“T-There’s no need for that, ma’am,” Nicole was quick to say that.“Don’t call me ma’am. Call me Jessica,” she held Nicole’s hands. “Because of me you had to go through a terrible incident, and my daughter returned safely because of you and your son, so please let me do what I can, or I won’t feel happy.”“If you put it like that…” Nicole found it hard to refuse.“We won’t do much,” Jessica added. “We’re going to give you a driver, two armed bodyguards, a car
A few things were salvaged from Gabe’s destroyed house. He brought all those items to the grocery store.Mia was waiting for him, thinking he’d come and live in her house now. However, he told her, “I’ll live in Zuri’s house.”“W-What?” Mia was not expecting that.“I think I should bring some justice to her death,” Gabe said. “If I live in your house, I don’t think I’ll be able to do that. I don’t want to forget that Zuri was killed because of me.”“It’s not entirely your fault, Gabe. She’s associated with the snake gang long before you got into a fight with them,” Mia tried to reason with him.“Still, it doesn’t change the fact that I put her in danger,” Gabe said in a strong voice, hinting to her that he wouldn’t change his mind on this.“How long are you planning to stay there?” Mia asked.“”Not for long,” Gabe looked into the distance. “Before my house construction gets finished, I’ll get rid of the bastard that murdered Zuri. He needs to pay for what he’s done.”“A-Are you planni
Gabe left Ulf to watch over Nicole, and Systa to watch over Mia from a distance.Gabe drove to the place where Russell told him to come. It was an old warehouse at the border of the city.But before Gabe even stepped out of the car, he saw David and Sansa and recognized them immediately. Russell was talking with them outside the warehouse.“Why the hell are they here?” For a second, he wondered if Russell was setting him up. “Should I go out or not? What do you think, Systa?”[If I were you, I’d get the hell away from there.] Systa sent him a mental message. [Nothing good will come from messing with them. If they know that I am with you, they’re going to chase you to the ends of the earth.]Gabe frowned and was about to put his foot on the accelerator.“Gabriel!” Russell’s voice reached his ears. “Come inside,” he was waving his hand.(Don’t listen. Just leave.) Gabe told himself, but his leg couldn’t press the pedal. There weren’t many people around in this neighborhood, so it was a
In the warehouse.Russell and Gabe were standing in front of Mack Donald who was tied up to a chair, with nothing but his underpants on. His body was covered in bloody wounds.“So, this is the bastard who was behind the kidnapping…” Gabe clenched his fist. “I feel like punching him and breaking all his teeth, but he already looks like he has a foot in his grave.”“You can break his teeth if you want, but, no killing, please,” Russell said.Gabe briefly glanced at him. He wasn’t sure if Russell said that out of softness, or if Russell personally wanted to end Mack’s life.“Please let me go,” Mack spoke through the pain. “I’ll give you whatever you want. Money, women, drugs, information. Anything.”“You made hundreds of millions by trafficking women and children for decades,” Russell put a knuckle duster on. “You supply innocent girls to politicians and rich businessmen. I remember that you approached me almost five years ago as I was getting ready to get married. You told me that marri