Ryker backed away from him. “ I don't need an apprentice.” He replied in a curt tone. Kyle raised his head up and looked at Ryker with his eyes full of desperation and eagerness. “Master, I know my skills are nothing compared to yours but I am quite popular in the medical world and I have a lot of patients with rare cases who will pay a fortune for your services. Let me bring them to you and you can keep all the money, I just want to learn from you.” Kyle’s tone brimmed with awe and respect. To him, gaining such knowledge was worth more than any amount of money. Ryker frowned down at him. “Please don't call me Master. And I don't need the fortune.” Ryker replied, turning away from him. Kyle immediately got up on his knees and held Ryker back, bowing to him. “Even if you won’t let me be your student or earn money from your incredible and rare skills, if you ever have to treat someone, can I at least be there to observe your methods? Please…”"Alright." Ryker shrugged at him a
Ryker frowned at the woman. It was Alicia, Sara’s best friend.She had just walked into the lobby of Sky lounge to have lunch with Sara when she spotted Ryker standing there.To her, a tramp like Ryker should not even be allowed near the building of a prestigious restaurant like the Sky Lounge talkless of standing in the lobby.“It’s a restaurant, people come here to eat, don’t they?” Ryker replied, a deep frown still etched on his face.Before Sara’s betrayal, Alicia was one of the most vocal people about how unfit he was to marry a woman like Sara.Back then, she always found a way to put him in an awkward position that would lead to his humiliation. It was no surprise she spoke the way she did.At that moment, Sara walked into the lobby, surprised to see Ryker in an edifice like the Sky lounge restaurant.“What are you doing here?” She almost sneered at him.“I was just asking the oaf the same thing,” Alicia scoffed disdainfully.“For two beautiful women, you sure have no brains as
While Sara and Alicia were busy ordering their meals, Ryker arrived at the fifth floor of the sky lounge restaurant. The floors above were so exquisite that even a man as wealthy as Kelvin Grey could not easily afford to dine there. Kelvin stood up the moment he saw Ryker, bowing to him. “Dominus, greetings.” Ryker gave him a curt nod in response. “Greetings, you can just call me Ryker.” “Greetings Mister Ryker,” Samantha, who was also present, stood up and bowed slightly. “Greetings Mister Ryker,” Cage also said, standing up and bowing deeply to Ryker. Ryker nodded at both of them and only when he sat down did the three of them also sit down. Kelvin smiled from ear to ear, visibly happy that Ryker honoured his invitation. “Mister Ryker, I didn’t think you would come, thank you so much,” He said with a broad smile, curtseying slightly. “I gave you my word. So, why am I here?” Ryker replied. “You must forgive me,” Kelvin said, dipping his hands into his pocket and taking out
Kelvin slowly went on his knees, clasping his hands together before Ryker. “Please Dominus, if there is anything you can do to heal me, please do it. I’ll do whatever you want, I’ll be your servant for life, my entire generation will serve you,” He said earnestly. Ryker held his hand and helped him back up on his seat. A serious expression contorting Ryker’s face. “You can be healed but it is both difficult and easy.” “What does that even mean?” Samanatha asked in a cross tone, watching Ryker closely. “Well it’s difficult because we need three special and rare herbs to do it, doing it is the easy part,” Ryker replied. “Ah…that is good,” Kelvin replied with a glimmer of hope covering his face. “What are these herbs, no matter how special or rare they are, I have the means to get them.” “We’ll need a pound of the orugbo lily, two leaf heads of the wailing moss and a fresh sprout of the Rhit viper, not less than fourteen days old,” Ryker replied. “The Rhit viper?” Kelvin retorted.
“Thank you for having me, Mister Grey, I should head home now. Let me know when you get the herbs and for now, only drink salinated water with your meal, no soft drinks, no alcohol, it’ll help stop the bleeding, at least for now,” Ryker said after they finished having dessert.Kelvin smiled at him, feeling truly honoured that Ryker spared to dine with him and his family and that he now had a way to extend his lifespan and possibly, if by chance he found the Rhit Viper herb, he would be completely cured.“The gratitude is all mine, Dominus. Thank you, Thank you very much.”Ryker nodded in response, standing to his feet and Kelvin shot up instantly, still having that eager smile on his face.“Samantha should see you off, I know she’s quite a bit but she’s a good girl, you two should get to know each other,” He said in an eager tone.Samantha frowned at Kelvin and looked as Ryker turned his gaze upon her. Ryker merely scoffed. “I’ll manage, goodbye.”As he stepped out of the elevator in
“Can you believe it? She was proposed to with a two hundred and fifty thousand dollar ring.”“Forget about the price, it is a limited edition green emerald diamond ring, there are only four in the world.”“She’s such a lucky woman, I envy her. Her fiance booked out the entire restaurant. That must have cost a fortune.”Ryker could hear the comments from the onlookers as he served them drinks.Today was his wedding anniversary and he was working as a waiter at the prestigious Hillbilly restaurant for the holiday to earn enough money to buy his wife a present.This was not his normal day job but he needed all the money he could get, so he wore the waiter hat effortlessly, serving important dignitaries with a big smile on his lips.As he worked, he thought about what he would get Sara, his wife. ‘If only I was as rich as the man who proposed to his lover, Sara is a beautiful angel that deserves all the finest things in the world,’ he mused, reminiscing the smile of his beautiful wife.“
“Fuck you,” Ryker replied coldly, clenching his fist and narrowing his eyes at Sebastian.“You asked for it,” Sebastian said, instantly grabbing another mug and throwing it at Ryker to distract him.Sebastain was a black belt jiu jitsu holder and a renowned fighter in all of Crimson.He hoped to catch Ryker off guard with a knockout strike but Ryker was quick to move out of the way, leaping into the air and countering with a kick that sent Sebastian flying metres away.Everyone’s mouth dropped in awe.Ryker’s move was so fast that if they blinked, they would have missed it.Ryker himself looked at his leg in shock of what he just did. Defending himself came as a muscle memory to him, like he just knew what to do.Sebastian felt ridiculed and humiliated.‘It has to be pure luck, there’s no way this scum can beat me,’ he mused, standing to his feet and grabbing a knife from one of the tables.“You imbecile, you only just got lucky to hit me. I am going to kill you today for touching me
Blood washed away from Sebastian’s face and Sara was completely dumbfounded, holding her cheek in pain.Did they just hear right?The CEO of the biggest technology company in Crimson wanted to marry a pauper like Ryker?Do wonders truly never cease?Fiona picked up the papers from the floor and shoved it in Ryker’s hand, handing him a pen from her purse.“Sign it,” She coldly requested.Ryker didn’t think even twice about signing the divorce agreement. As much as his heart ached from Sara’s betrayal, it was obvious she had made her choice.He quickly scribbled his signature on the papers and threw them at Sara.“Wise choice, now come with me,” Fiona said, locking fingers with Ryker and taking him out of the restaurant, much to everyone’s astonishment.“You can drop me anywhere here,” Ryker said to Fiona after her car drove a few metres away from the restaurant.He needed some time to process everything that had just happened to him.“I wasn’t joking about marrying you. We are going t