Anna was standing next to the Maybach. It would seem as though she was looking at the door of the penthouse, but she was staring at the other direction. Like using a side eye. Elaine was at the door of the penthouse waiting for Cory to come out. Cory had gone to take a bath and get dressed for the place Anna was taking him to. The door was pushed open, and Cory stepped out. Elaine was still wearing what she wore last night. She was even yet to take a bath. Cory walked past Elaine, heading towards Anna. Elaine followed him from behind. "Sorry for keeping you waiting, I should have gotten ready before now." Cory apologized as he got to Anna. Anna didn't necessarily say a word. In short, her attention was not really spent on Cory. Instead, she seemed to be busy looking at Elaine, who had stopped behind Cory. "Where is she going?" Anna asked with contempt, looking from Elaine to Cory. Cory turned to see Elaine standing right before him. "I'm coming with you." Elaine said straight
Anna was way too gobsmacked to react. Her fragile jaws had fallen to the floor, and she was reluctant to pick them up. As soon as Cory had said those words, he turned to open the door. Anna quickly reached out and grabbed his arm. She stopped him from opening the door. Cory froze in the act, unable to continue with what he was about to do. He turned slowly to look at her. "I'm sorry." Anna said softly to him. Her words were so soft and effective. Her tone was surreal, and her facial expression to match. She hadn't only said the words, but her blue eyes emphasized how much she meant them. Cory sighed. He loved it when someone accepted their wrongs and apologized. He was glad that Anna broke her ego and did this. "I shouldn't have said that to you. It was unreasonable of me." Anna added. The driver was obviously fuming at the front seat. He knew how powerful Anna was. Why the hell would she apologize to someone like Cory? If he was left alone with a choice, he probably would be b
"Dona! Dona!" Harry screamed on the call, putting the phone to his face to see what was wrong. "Did she hang up on me? She did?" Harry eyes bulged at the sockets as he muttered. "What the hell is wrong with her? Why would she hang up on me? How dare she!" He gritted his teeth, fiddling with the screen of the phone. He dialed the number again and waited for it to go through. He was all shaky and jumpy. He couldn't hide how restless he was. The call connected. "Why did you hang up on me?!" He barked. "Perhaps I should hang up again." Dona's voice came over the speaker in a retort. "Wait. Wait, don't hang up." He called in a haste. There was silence on the other end for a while. "Did you really say that Anna would be coming over to the party?" Harry asked in disbelief. "I didn't stutter bro, you heard me just right." Dona snapped. Harry was furious at the way the way she was retorting, but he couldn't really act on the rage. At that moment, he needed her more than she needed h
The driver of the car stepped out and hurried to the side. Before he could get to the door, the door had been pushed open. Cory stepped out of the car and walked to the other side to get the door for Anna. Anna gazed at him with a smile after she stepped out. "Thank you." She muttered, staring at him. "Hey, Anna." Dona interrupted the two. Anna reluctantly looked away from the stiff face of Cory to the person who had interrupted her. "Dona?" Anna asked, a warm smile building in the corner of her lips. "Yes, Anna. It's me, Dona." Dona exclaimed excitedly, pushing herself into Anna without warning. She hugged Anna before Anna could even see it coming. She seemed quite jumpy and really excited to see Anna. Anna was flushed by how excited Dona was. "I'm glad that I'm finally meeting you. It has always been a dream to meet the mysterious daughter of the great and mighty Lord Theo. You have no idea how popular this would make me." Dona didn't hide any of the feelings she was nursing
Anna and Cory walked to join the rest of the girls. The girls were all pretty. It was hard to tell who was the prettiest of them all, but given the fact that Dona was the birthday girl, she stood out. Well, not to be compared to the fit of Anna, of course. Anna was class apart. Anna walked to a seat on a chair that was vacant. "Hiiiii!!!" All the girls called as Anna walked closer to them. "Hi, girls. We're definitely having lots of fun today, are we not?" Anna replied with her face covered in a big smile. "We are very happy to finally meet you." One of the girls said. "To many people, you were already like a myth. I can't believe that you are real." Another girl added. Anna couldn't help but blush really hard. Of course, she had always lived her life on a low profile, but she could never have imagined that a lot of girls idolized her in such a grand manner. "Come on, don't be like that, please. Today is not about me. Today is about Dona here. Let us do our best to make today m
The blonde and the red-haired girl jumped on their feet at once and sprinted towards the young men. Two of the men received the two girls in their arms. Each man hugged his woman. "Hey babe." The blonde leaned in and kissed her boyfriend. "What took you so long?" The red-haired complained, not willing to kiss her boyfriend. But the masculine fellow held her face and pushed it into his. He kissed her until she succumbed to him. Behind them, there was another couple. A guy and a lady. After the affections and love, they all walked to join the rest who were waiting patiently at the table. "Hey, birthday girl!!" The new girl danced around for a while before jumping into Dona's arms. She giggled hard and hugged her warmly and tightly for a long time. "Let her breathe, please." The boyfriend of the new girl called. She finally let go of Dona and held both of her hands. "Dang girl, you look so breathtaking. If I didn't have a boyfriend, I probably will be all over your socials stal
The whole space was silent for a while. Everyone looked very speechless following what Cory had just said. All eyes were running across his face as though they were trying to confirm the veracity of what he had just said. Suddenly, one of them burst out laughing. It was the boyfriend of the new girl. He laughed so hard that he almost lost his voice. All attention shifted from Cory to the guy who was laughing. Their faces paved for smiles, too. This must be a joke. There was no other way to interpret this ridiculous claim Cory had just made. The guy was clutching his stomach as he tried to ease himself and say something. "Please pardon me. " The guy finally got a hold of himself after several attempts failed. "Please, someone tell me that I am right. This guy is not only a bodyguard, right?" The guy asked, looking away from Cory to the rest of the group. "He does stand-up comedies, too, right? Or is he a content creator whose discipline is entertainment?" The guy continued in his
It would seem as though it was a contest of shock and twists. There were jaws hanging in the air, but some had fallen to the floor. All eyes were supplanted on the interesting frame of this stand-up comedian who was constantly doing his best to crack the joke of the century. "Cory!!!" Anna didn't even know when she yelled. When they had left the restroom, she had thought that he had listened to her because he cared about her. But here they are! And what had he just said! He would buy what? The whole Eagleville Suprr Mall?!!!"He is definitely a lunatic!" Ella exclaimed, not willing to close her mouth even after she said that. "Do you even know what you are talking about?" One of the guys attacked. "First, you claimed that you were going to buy each of us a Maybach. A Maybach that's worth over twenty million. There are eight of us here. That's about two hundred million dollars!" The guy went silent for a while. He was trying so hard to process the weight of what he was saying. Eve
Anna could not understand what was happening. She had stepped to the front, away from Cory, to look closely at the man walking towards her. How could this be her father? She was about to lose her mind. At this point, she had no idea how she was still able to hold up her peace and not go nuts. This was just enough to make her question her sanity. "What's happening? How could this be ---" Anna turned to the back to ask Cory. She suddenly choked on the words. Turning around, Cory was nowhere to be found. It would seem as though he had vanished into thin air. She quickly rushed back into the hut to look for him but she couldn't find him. She ran outside again. She didn't know what to make of all these that were happening to her. She really did wish that she would have an explanation for it. "Did you see him walk out just now?" Anna asked her father, who had stopped walking right in front of the door of the hut. Lord Theo shook his head softly, taking a deep breath. The man slowly p
Anna choked so hard on her breath that she almost passed out. She had no idea what was happening or what had just happened. She couldn't wrap her head around it, let alone make a meaning of it. But it was real. She could see it right in front of her. There was someone who had just been sliced into several pieces. "Father..." She was having trouble rolling those words over. She couldn't even move closer to the corpse. The head was still hanging in the air. Thud! The head and neck dropped on the floor. She flinched, almost sprouting some unknown wings. She should move forward and touch the corpse. She should fall on the pieces of her father and weep her eyes out, but she couldn't. This was just way too much for her to process. She was trying to understand how this was possible in the whole wide world. How could it ever be possible?She could recall openly that she had left her father back at the mansion. The old man couldn't even move an inch, let alone get to her. She could see
Anna was lost in the moment and couldn't place her own emotions, not even after she had climbed into the car. It was a cab, and Cory had just hailed at the cab. What had just happened in the building was still very much fresh in her mind. There was no way she was going to throw that away or be distracted from it. She took a glance at the corner of Cory's face. Then, the glance intensified, graduating into a keen gaze. Cory, on the other hand, was staring at the front. It would seem as though she was not even there. "Are you not going to explain it to me?" She asked him eventually. Cory still would not look at her. She didn't want to act as though this meant nothing to her. She hated the fact that Cory was ignoring her. She knew that she could not force the words out of his mouth. He had to be willing, else her worries and questions would forever remain unattended to. The manner at which Cory was staring, Anna could deduce that there was something else on his mind. Although they
Anna was lost in the moment. She was just wailing over her own troubles and worries when a sudden voice had come out of nowhere. The back figure of the person walking away from her looked rather too familiar for her to ignore. In fact, she didn't have the luxury of ignoring anything at this point. How could she? Her door had been locked perfectly, and there were even men standing watch outside of the door. She didn't even hear the door open, let alone feel a presence until the words hit her. The recurring facts that ran all over the incident made her push her body up in the bed, as now she was kneeling in bed. "Cory?" She was skeptical as she called his name. She wanted to be sure that she was able to place her confusion and get squared up with the main matter;The real situation was the fact that someone familiar was in the room with her and had asked her to leave with him. Cory hesitated at the door and then turned to look at her again. When their gazes met, he saw a whole la
Standing in front of the heap of dead warlords, Cory shut his eyes and took in all the air of victory around him. He had to be sincere with himself. There might still be a lot of spiritual figures out there in the open waiting to cause another havoc or rain another wave of terror. He had never had any reason to be scared of them. Although one of the reasons why he had come to the island was just to be wary of them. Right now, after killing all these warlords, he couldn't help but come to a conclusion that even if he was running from trouble, trouble would still find him. Henceforth, the determination to carry on with this new level of task overwhelmed him. He had unintentionally unlocked another realm and phase of challenges that he could never let anyone else figure out except himself. All his life, he had learned how to keep such big secrets. How could he be referred to as the Immortal Dao if he didn't know how to be exclusive with some of the things that have been haunting him
Lord Theo, who was already exhausted from the errands and worries affiliated with the plot they were carrying out, raised his head slowly to look at his daughter, who was fired up by what she was saying. "What are you talking about, Anna? Please go back to bed. You need it." The man dismissed causally as though he had expected her to be up by now. At this point, Anna really didn't know what to feel. She wished that she would be able to choose her feelings, but she couldn't. There was a great measure of disappointment in what she was feeling at that moment. And there was something else, too. Something which she couldn't really reach. She wanted to sigh, but because she was huffing and puffing, she was even having a hard time catching her breath. "Answer my question, father." Her voice became even louder this time. She was trying to make it obvious to him that she wasn't here to joke around. She was here to talk about and review what was bothering her the most. It would be a great
Anna's eyes slowly opened. When her eyes opened, she felt fatigue, a pool of fatigue washing all over her body. She shut her eyes again to be certain what the problem could be. She slowly opened her eyes again, confiding in the act of precision and timing. Yet the feeling lingered. The fatigued remained. If there was anything, it even became heavier. She tried to roll in bed to the other side, but she felt extremely weak. She had no idea what was happening to her. Rolling on her stomach, she tried to heave her body to a comfortable position, but nothing seemed to work for her. She fell back on her face in bed and started to grunt. "What the hell is happening to me?" She muttered, seeking to understand what the problem might be. The moment when she rolled from one end of the bed to the other, things were beginning to ease gradually. The fatigue and weariness were beginning to wear off. This time, her mind was clearing out gradually. There was a room in her mind to house as many w
"We must go right away." One of the senators stood up and was headed towards the door. "I'm sorry we can't." The doctor suddenly stepped into the way of the senator. The senator looked so offended and pissed out of his mind. He was staring at the doctor as though the doctor was a piece of garbage who ought not to stand in his presence, let alone lift his gaze to look at him. He scoffed and turned to look at the rest of the senators behind him. "What the hell is wrong with these minions? Is it really our fault that we have indulged them and made them feel so comfortable in our midst?" The senator sounded very judgemental as he rolled those words out. He really didn't care that the doctor could hear him. The senators didn't care about anything at all. They don't care about other people other than themselves. As long as things are going their way, they wouldn't care less to do whatever they thought to be okay. "Now, move out of my way before I rip you into shreds!" The senator thre
Linda and her father were as still as a hill. They couldn't even make a sound. They couldn't see each other. Talking about seeing, Linda's eyes were drooping over her breasts at this point. It seemed as though the poison continued to lower the thread of the eyes down and down until perhaps it would get to the soles of her legs. This really didn't matter to her yet because the room was too dark for either of them to see each other. Before they were looked inside this room by the two hefty henchmen, they had seen clearly that it was super bright outside. It was noon. How come when they were locked in here, it was extremely dark? They had not been taken to an underground location. In fact, the underground location they had just come from was well lit and brighter than this. Although she couldn't use her eyes well, Linda could still tell this much that this was a very dark room. "Why is it so dark in here?" She asked her father, looking in the only direction she could afford. Down.