Cory stood there, the whip still in his grip. There was blood in his hand. The blades of the whip had cut his palm almost into shreds, yet he didn't let go of it. Anna had scurried to him, holding on to him and calling at him, tears in her eyes. She was scared that he was hurt badly because she also saw what had almost happened to him. Cory remained in that position, staring at the monks. He had a couple of things racing across his mind. The monks deliberately wanted to kill him because he knew something about them. The monks knew that he was perceptive and was finding their actions shady. The monks knew that much. This was why they had tried to frame him by claiming that the evil spirit from the dead lad had possessed Cory. If Cory's instinct and reflex had not been sharpened by the system, he probably would be lying dead at the moment. At this point, Cory finally came to the conclusion that he was right after all. The thoughts and feelings he was having about the monks were act
Everyone was speechless by what Cory had just said. Anna suddenly let go of him, her body quaking. She couldn't believe what Cory had just said. Lord Theo's face was a mess of fear and confusion. For the very first time since Cory had known the man, he saw fear idling in the corner of the man's face. It wasn't as though Cory was enjoying the view, but he couldn't tell a lie that he wasn't intrigued by it. The monks suddenly turned around and started to leave one after the other. Cory caught a note of this and moved forward to stop them. Cory understood what the monks were trying to do. The monks were trying to use what Cory had said as a sort of distraction so that they would escape. Then Cory changed his mind. He was the one who had just announced that if nothing was done to help Lord Theo, the man would die in ten minutes. So it would be dumb of him to waste more time on these coward monks!He just watched the monks go as the door opened and closed behind them. "Is this true?
There was silence in the room for a couple of seconds. Silence from everyone. Anna was still on the floor being held by the maids. She slowly got up on her feet. Even though she was on the floor earlier, she had seen her father's body heave towards the ceiling, then blood flying out of his mouth. She had seen all these and was waiting for what next would happen when the silence hit all of them. Even Cory himself was silent. His hands were still on the chest of the man. His gaze was lingering on the cold face of the man. Anna was bidding her time. She was waiting for him to say something. She was waiting for the right moment to speak. She didn't want to be thrown at the wall again. She still feels pain after the first throw. She watched closely as Cory slowly removed his palms from the chest of the man. Cory opened his eyes, too. At this moment, Anna realised that something was not right. She had known Cory for quite a while now and could tell when he was confident and when he wa
Cory was perceptive, but he didn't want to build on wishful thinking. He walked out of the room, and the maid followed him from behind. When he got back to the bedroom, he saw Anna standing next to Lord Theo, who was now sitting up in bed. "Where did you run to just now, baby?" Lord Theo asked Anna as soon as Cory walked in. Cory stopped by the bed. Anna took a quick gaze at Cory, perhaps to tell whether or not Cory heard what her father had just said. "Uh... It's nothing... I - I went to the restroom." Anna stuttered first before getting a grip. Cory took a gaze at her. He made sure to let her know that he was staring at her. He wanted her to know that he knew something she was hiding. When she realised that his gaze held some weird note to it, she dropped her gaze. Cory smiled softly. He turned to the man. "What is my condition, doctor?" Lord Theo asked. Those would be the first few words of Lord Theo ever since the drama of the monks. Cory seemed a little bit tipped off by
Anna's brows furrowed, following what Cory had just said. Just a second ago, she was having a lot of raunchy ideas in her head. Although she already discovered that she was just being hopeful, did he really have to be so cruel with words? She gritted her teeth as she glared at him. She saw a subtle smile idling in the corner of his face. At that moment, she could tell that he was definitely enjoying himself. She didn't want to give him that satisfaction.If she sees the rage in her face, then he will continue to act that way to feed his ego. "Why would you not to say that? Who doesn't know that you are impotent?" Anna snapped. Cory's eyes changed when she said this. He obviously was not expecting such a comeback from her. He couldn't even guess what she was going to say in the first place. "Don't look so surprised." Anna continued, enjoying the flip of the script. She was the one with the upper hand now, and she was willing to salvage it. "I mean, even the top billionaires in th
Anna, who was about to exit through the door, couldn't move an inch anymore. It would seem as though her father had thrown the words directly at her instead of at Cory. Although the consequence of Lord Theo's words would have more effect on her, yet her reaction looked rather explosive compared to Cory's. Cory's gaze was glued to the man's face as he demanded more words. Since when has Lord Theo been thinking about this? Has he been thinking about it for a while? Or did it just occur to him out of the blue?Cory didn't know which of those thoughts to bank on. "I understand that this might come off as strange to you, but please consider it before you give a response." Lord Theo continued. Anna had been standing at the door for a while, waiting for what her father would say next. Perhaps she had thought that her ears were playing tricks on her, so she didn't want to take those words seriously in the first place. But following what her father had just added, she realised that there wa
"Elaine?" Cory answered the phone. "You should come to your house right away. You should come right now!!!" Elaine said over the phone. Before Cory could ask another question, the call had been hung. Before the call was hung, Cory could hear some sort of commotion going underneath when the call was on. "Elaine. Elaine." He called as though she was still at the other end of the phone. "What is the matter? Did something bad happen?" Lord Theo asked, looking quite worried, too. "I have to go now. This is very important." Cory turned to leave at once. Cory walked briskly to the door. Cory could hear Lord Theo's hurrying footsteps following him closely. He decided to walk in the direction he had come from. He headed towards the elevator that would take him to the floor. Anna had walked out of another room and had seen Cory walking away in a hurry. At once, she could tell that something was not right. Although she was still mad at him, she could tell that this was not the time for
Cory was clueless. He had no idea what to do at this moment. He couldn't choose his action. But then he knew that he would have to make a quick decision. This flood of people was flowing towards him in crazy currents. He wasn't sure if he would be able to withstand the impact. He had a choice, of course. He could decide to put up a fight and beat them all up. That would be quite a cakewalk for him. These people that he was looking at were just random men and women. They didn't look like trained martial artists. But then again, when he thought about it, he realised that it would be lame to act based on impulse. Why would he want to beat these people up? What have they done to deserve it?Although he could see that they were charging at him, yet he didn't think that was a good reason to beat them up. A random thought zoomed across his mind, too. When he had accosted the old man who had beaten up, he had thought that it was a random old man. Could this be the same situation? Cory tho