THE TRILLIONAIRE HEIR THIRSTY FOR REVENGE

CHAPTER FOUR

“Listen, Lucia, I can help your father, but you also need to do me a favor, don’t you think?”

Lucia froze inwardly at Giacomo’s insinuation, but she didn’t make any reaction on the outside so as not to alert her mother. For the entire time they’d been engaged, which was less than six months, Giacomo had always made it clear what he wanted from her the most: her body. Lucia was fully convinced that the reason he remained engaged to her for so long was that. 

Confirming her words, Giacomo continued, “I’m at Palace Hotel for a meeting I have with clients in the evening. If you agree to spend the night with me, I’ll send a driver to pick you up.” 

The truth was Giacomo had no intention of helping Lucia’s father. It was as Lucia thought. Why he stayed engaged to her was not because her family had anything to offer him. Well, they had one thing, a pretty daughter who made Giacomo’s blood boil with want. He was never going to marry Lucia. 

Even now, after getting what he wanted from her, he had no reason to help her father. An evil laugh formed in Giacomo’s chest. 

“No. Don’t send a driver. I’ll come to you myself.” Lucia’s voice was resolute. 

Ezekiele easily found his way around the hospital. His destination was the emergency room. It didn’t take long for him to find what he was looking for. In the emergency room, Lucia’s father, Daniele, lay on the bed with numerous wires attached to him. Ezekiele checked to see that no one was around before slipping into the room. 

As he drew nearer to the man on the bed, he took out the Ammo Needle. In the wrong hands, the Ammo Needle would serve as an instrument of death. Only the hands of the Needle God were able to wield it as an instrument of life. Ezekiele began the operation, tuning out every distraction. 

While this was going on, the hospital director was on his way to the emergency room to check on the patient. As he saw a strange man over the patient, his immediate reaction was to shout, but a closer look made him hold himself back. 

“That’s-That’s… That’s the Ammo Needle!” An excited whisper came from the hospital director’s lips. With eyes widened in awe and trembling lips, he watched the strange man perform the operation using the instrument. “I never thought the day would come where I would see the Ammo Needle being used right in front of me!”

Oblivious to being watched, Ezekiele carefully carried out the operation, ensuring that no mistakes were made. A little over twenty minutes later, having completed his work, he moved away from the man lying on the bed. 

Usually, in an operation regarding the heart, the patient wouldn’t immediately regain consciousness until a few hours later, but using the Ammo Needle meant accelerated recovery for the patient. Which is why, as soon as Ezekiele was done with the operation, Daniele opened his eyes. 

At first, he was confused as to where he was. When he saw the Ammo Needle in the man’s hand, he almost jumped off the bed. 

“Did you perform the operation with the Ammo Needle?” Daniele was in shock, evident by his mouth falling open. 

Rather than answer, Ezekiele stared at Lucia’s father without making any sound, then turned around to the door. Seeing Ezekiele was about to come out, the hospital director quickly found a place to hide. 

In the hallway of the hospital, Lucia was yet to get up from the ground. In a few minutes, she would leave to meet Giacomo to give him what he wanted. Just as she picked herself off, the hospital director came, rolling a patient on a bed. The patient was none other than Daniele!

“Father!”

“Dear!”

Lucia and her mother cried out at the same time as Daniele appeared before their eyes. They ran towards the man lying on the bed. As the family hugged each other, Lucia looked at the man who brought her father out. 

“Thank you, kind sir. Are you the one who operated on my father? Who might you be?” Secretly, Lucia wondered if Giacomo had kept to his word. 

The hospital director laughed, then shook his head. “I’m the hospital director. As to who operated on your father, I can’t take credit for that. That would be the work of my Master.”

Lucia was confused. “Master?” She looked at the hospital director strangely. 

“He’s telling the truth.” Daniele quipped in, nodding vigorously. Having just survived a near death ordeal, Daniele was feeling a lot more energetic. “It was another man who saved me. Oh! That’s him coming this way!”

It was at the moment that Ezekiele made his presence known again. Without any rush, he made his way over to where the four people were gathered. 

With a shocked expression, Lucia regarded Ezekiele. She saw him in a new light now. 

Beside her, her mother’s mouth had fallen open in disbelief. This was the same man she called trash! How could he have saved her husband’s life?! How could he be someone the hospital director called ‘Master’?! It was impossible!

“You must have seen it wrong.” Anna was adamant that the hospital director and her husband were lying. “It can’t be!”