Cory stopped as soon as soon as he walked through the door. For the first time, he saw a setting he was familiar with. Although the interior was breathtaking and beyond words, and the arrangements of the chairs were well thought out, yet it was a typical modern set-up for a restaurant. He was impressed by the smell that greeted him. Everything about this space screamed opulence. It was more and more of a mirage of realism. He was knocked out of the thoughts when figures stood next to him. When he looked, they were Anna and Jared. Oh, right, there was a reason he had come here. He had been distracted. He lifted his gaze to see where the noise was coming from and who was making a fuss. As soon as he looked, a roar greeted him. "What kind of madness is this?! Am I a joke to all of you? Do you really know who I am?" A middle-aged man who looked obviously rich, dressed in plain materials yelled. Cory couldn't help but shake his head. Why must there be people like these everywhere? He
Stomp! Off Cory went from where he was standing.In the blink of an eye, he was now standing behind the lady who had just been slapped by the angry man. The lady who was about to fall to the ground, given by the daze of the slap, was shocked that something was holding her from fallen. Cory steadied the lady, making sure that she didn't break her legs; the manner at which she had rolled to the side by the impact of the slap, if Cory hadn't come to her aid, she would had broken at least one of the ankles. And that would have been quite chaotic for a pretty lady like her. Anna gasped when she realized that Cory was no longer beside her. When she looked up, she saw him about several steps away from her. "Huh? How?" She didn't know what to think. Her pulpils were running all over the sockets. Jared, the manager, was also stunned speechless by what Cory had just done. He saw it too, but he couldn't explain what he had seen. This is a modern world. Who would believe that a man like them
Norman Havill was stunned speechless by what Cory had just said. He had been in this box for a while now, and no one had openly talked rudely to him. Even the waitress who seemed to be sounding bold was shut up by the wave of slap. But this strange lad had just addressed him as though he was some roadside clown. Havill knew that he would let this go just like that. He was someone who was big on ego. He wouldn't let this pass. He definitely would not let his ego be hurt by this random youth. "Hey!!" He bellowed at Cory. Cory didn't want to stop. He did not. There was no point indulging the man. He knew that the man must be angered. If he was to pay attention to the man's call and wait, then he would be ending up inconveniencing the rest of the clients. He wouldn't want to do that to them. Wasn't that why he had decided to change his mind and told Anna they would cancel their order to book the place?After all, this building belonged to him. The whole of the floating tower was his.
With no sense of delay. With no hesitation. Without even taking a few seconds to process what he had heard and decide whether or not to believe it....Havill spun around like the bolt of a lightning. The manner at which he spun was just way beyond the natural order of events. When he spun, he saw Anna. His eyes widened when he saw her. She was so beautiful. Her beauty was just to be considered as a myth. He couldn't close his mouth for a while. But then again, all of a sudden, his face changed. It would seem as though a spell had fallen on him and bewitched his sense of reasoning. "Why should I believe you?" Havill turned back to Cory, his face knitting a shawl of rage once more. "For all I know, you might be telling a big fat lie. You are not the type I would take your words seriously. First, you look too young for the aura you're pretending to exude." Havill started to let his words out. "Although, I have no idea who the hell you are. Or how the hell you knew a lot of things a
Anna was the most horrified of all the people there. Jared knew who Lord Theo was, too. Jared knew too well how far Lord Theo had gone in protecting his lovely daughter in the past. In fact, Jared himself had been a victim of the rage of Lord Theo, almost losing everything dear to him. But now, he had also heard what Lord Theo had just said. 'What the actual fuck!' Jared thought. Anna was running to the front this time. She was bewildered following what she had just heard her father say. It was way too beyond reasoning. Could this really be her father? She wasn't sure. It could never be. She got to Havill and looked at the phone. Her eyes quickly glanced at the number, and she saw the last three digits. She knew her father's number by heart. This was her father!Discovering this set her rolling on another skate of turbulence and shock. How can this be? What had her father just said? Had her father just sold her away to a strange man over what?Anna was finding it really heard to pr
Havill suddenly burst out into an uncontrollable wave of laughter. He laughed so hard that his stomach almost burst open. He laughed so much that he was wheezing and couldn't take a hold on his body. He was almost going to fall to the back because of how thrilled and amused he was. Cory took no offense whatsoever in the reaction of the man. He knew what he was capable of doing. He knew that this would be something very easy for him. He should let Havill enjoy the moments he could before things would go south for him, and he wouldn't be able to find the mirth anymore. "Who is this lad?" Havill took a break from the prolonged laughter, doing his best not to continue because the laugh seemed to be intoxicating."Have you thought of taking a career in comedy? You will surely make a wave if you put a thought into it. It would be very thrilling, I tell you." Havill laughed for another while, mocking Cory. The crowd had grown from just four people to eight. There were a couple of the gues
The door of the store slid open, and Jared walked in. Havill followed hurriedly from behind. He wanted to be the first person to see what this place was so that he could get an advantage for himself. When he walked in and saw the place and the inscription etched in the middle of the floor, his brows raised in interest. Lotus Box Utopia. That was the name of the store. Havill knew the store. He had never been to the store before. Recently that he became a level three in the Floating Tower. He was looking to increase his spending budget so that he would be able to gain membership into this jewelry store called Lotus Box. Havill couldn't help but wonder why he was allowed into this box before his spending card hit the required amount. He quickly walked to Jared and stopped him. "Is this real? Why are we here? You are the manager of the second box, and you know the rules. How is it that we are here instead of somewhere else? Naturally, even if my card has hit the required amount, it
"This cannot be real.""Somebody do the math. This is crazy.""Nuts!""What's this poor man going to do now? You don't pick a fight with Mr Havill."The guests were throwing their opinions everywhere. Every corner of the store was shaken. Even if a man was trying to impress a lady, was there not a limit to an extent you can simp?But Havill seemed to have no boundaries to his quest. It was hard to tell what was going through his head that had convinced him to make such a ridiculous claim. Cory himself was stunned speechless. Although the system had asked him to spend a hundred billion dollars for fifteen gems, he was looking for a way to spend it. Yet he couldn't have imagined that having a financial duel with Havill would make it so easy for him. He was initially bothered that he might still have to go through a lot of stress to be able to spend that much money. But as things were looking right now, it felt like luck had fallen on his side. On the other hand, he couldn't help but