Black cards were often custom luxury credit cards that banks issued to exclusive customers. Many could only dream of owning such a card, and based on what the director knew, no more than ten wealthy families across the country were rich enough to have their family monograms engraved on their bank cards. Not to mention, none of those affluent families were from Almiron City. “Crap! I’m in deep shit now,” the director thought, his face paling like a ghost while his lips trembled. He then shot a trembling look at Darius and did not hesitate to get on his knees to beg for mercy. Tears soon gathered in his eyes as he pleaded, “I know I’ve made a grave mistake by offending you. I was wrong. You aren’t an arrogant nouveau riche, and the aura you give off is nothing like the sort! I was only blabbering nonsense. Please forgive me, I-I…”His eyes darted around, searching for the perfect solution to gain Darius’ forgiveness. Meanwhile, Darius kept his hands behind his back, and his glare wa
Darius looked scornful. “I’ve treated you with kindness and patience, but all you’ve done is disappoint me.” His eyes turned cold. “You must’ve heard what I said, seeing as you managed to immediately lay your eyes on me.”Samantha didn’t know what he was getting at. She shook her head and looked at him disdainfully. “Yes, I heard everything you said, but so what? Are you going to harm me? It’s too bad I know for a fact that you don’t have the nerve to do anything. Otherwise, you would’ve made your move ages ago. Also, you’re so crazed for money that you’ve forgiven me time and time again because of my father’s wealth.”Darius raised an eyebrow, surprised by her candor. He hadn’t expected her to convey her thoughts so bluntly. Obviously, she thought the worst thing that could happen was that there’d be some sort of monetary loss. Unfortunately, she didn’t know losing money was the most inconsequential outcome. He smiled and shook his head. “I hate to say this, but you’re dumber than I
“You can’t treat me like this. My father has been your business partner for a long time, and he’s been extremely kind to you.”Darius shrugged. “You’re right. I’d be glad to continue working with him if he’s okay with it.” He sounded like he was talking about the weather.Samantha wasn’t half as calm as he was. She looked at him with bloodshot eyes and said, “Cut the crap! I don’t believe for a second that my father will continue working with you if you lay a finger on me! You’d better pray he doesn’t skin you alive!” Now that she was sure Darius wouldn’t forgive her, she didn’t bother playing nice.Darius looked at her mockingly. “You know, I thought you’d become smarter and learn a thing or two after working for a few years, but you’ve actually become dumber than before.” He walked toward her, and she trembled violently at the murderous intent in his eyes. She knew this matter wouldn’t be easily resolved and needed to think of a way to get out of this. However, it was too late. Da
Edward nodded. “Yes, but he’s not the smartest either. I would’ve immediately taken credit for treating Zack if I were him. Also, I would’ve chosen to continue treating him without charging anything.”Darius raised an eyebrow. Then, he looked at Zack with a smile. Zack didn’t know the reason for the smile, and he was puzzled. He wanted to ask what was happening but remained silent in the end.Darius shook his head, still smiling. “You’ve forgotten about something important—many people were watching Zack in the hospital, and there’s a chance they haven’t paid a single cent. Perhaps the hospital director didn’t dare to ask them to pay their medical bills, so he chose to push their bills to me instead.” His smile grew. “I didn’t sense any greed from the hospital director, but I did sense some slyness. Whatever it is, he’s not an angel.” He was probably in a great mood. Although he was talking about something unpleasant, he wasn’t angry. Zack’s eyes were trained on him from the backseat
Michael didn’t say anything. He knew Darius was telling the truth—there was no way to push the blame on Darius, no matter how one looked at it. Samantha was the cause of this whole mess. After a long silence, he sighed. “I know this is all my daughter’s fault, but I still have to defend her. If you insist on punishing her, the only thing I can do is throw every cent the Williams family has into going against you.” He hung up after saying this, no longer possessing the strength to keep the conversation going.He sat stiffly on the sofa, shrouded in darkness in the Williams family villa. The butler appeared beside him, bowed his head, and said, “Sir, I think we’ll need to prepare to face Darius.”Michael nodded. “You’re right, but I don’t know what we should do.”The butler sighed. “The risk of failure is too high. We have to come up with a contingency plan. For instance, we should send Miss Samantha away as quickly as possible.”Michael’s heart started to race at his words. He frowned
“I’m sure you’ve already witnessed firsthand how dangerous it is to be by my side. You can stay with me and face the danger, but Zack can’t. He’s just a normal employee of West Atlantics Int’l.”Edward frowned. He already knew what Darius was getting at, but he didn’t want to accept it. He turned to look at Zack and saw that he was still asleep. His frustration grew, and he reached out, wanting to shake Zack awake. Ultimately, the remnants of his rationality stopped him from doing so.Darius sensed the shift in his emotions, but he’d already guessed what Edward would do. He smiled and shook his head silently.Soon, they arrived at the hotel. There were about sixty yards between the hotel’s main entrance and its gates, and it was filled with people. Darius sighed. He didn’t even need to ask to know what had happened here, and he watched them grimly.When Edward saw the look on Darius’ face, he immediately knew what Darius wanted to do. So, he got out of the car and hurried to the oppo
“If that’s the case, I guarantee things won’t end well for you.”Elton’s eyes widened as he glared daggers at Darius. His patience was wearing thin, so he didn’t bother suppressing his rage anymore. He’d never even heard of Darius before, so he couldn’t be sure he was wealthy, regardless of how powerful he looked. To make himself sound braver, he boomed, “Enough of your nonsense, Darius Reid! We’ve welcomed you with kindness and respect to make you look good, but that doesn’t mean you can take us for granted!” His expression was one of pity, but his eyes were filled with venom.Darius chuckled lightly. “It looks like you came here under the guise of apologizing, but that’s not your true goal. You don’t even know where your problem lies.” His gaze turned frosty as it landed on Ansel, still pressed on the ground behind them. “I think you should let Ansel go before we proceed. Otherwise, I doubt I’ll be able to be civil to you.”Elton’s face darkened. “Say that again if you dare!” His
He looked Darius in the eye as he lifted his hand into the air and balled it into a fist. This seemed to be a signal for the bodyguards—they dashed toward Darius and encircled him. To Darius’ surprise, they didn’t do anything else. He watched them mockingly, but all they did was slowly move around him in a circle.“This is a dumb move, and it won’t do much damage.” Darius was giving them his honest advice, but Elton obviously didn’t appreciate it. He put his hands in his pockets and said proudly, “This just shows how short-sighted you…” He wanted to say something scathing, but the rest of his sentence was cut off by a bloodcurdling scream. It made the bodyguards shudder, and they whipped their heads around to see what had happened. They’d trained together, and none of them had ever let out such an ear-piercing sound.Darius remained rooted to the spot, shaking his wrists as if he hadn’t done a thing. The bodyguards quickly returned to their senses and asked, “Did you do something to