"Why? Are you scared?" asked Hugo testingly.
"You're crazy! No fool would ever dig his hole," Oliver replied fearfully.
"But I want that Elric dead!" said Hugo, not wanting to know.
"You do it yourself if you can," challenged Oliver, firmly refusing the task.
"I'll pay you ten million for Elric's head," said Hugo, luring Oliver into doing the job again.
"Thirty million, I think that's a fair amount for this high-risk assignment," Oliver replied again, trying to negotiate.
"You're crazy. That's called extortion. How about fifteen million?" rejected Hugo irritably and offered half the price to do his friend's heavy duty.
"Hmmm? I'll think about it and see if there's a less risky way to take out your son's enemy," Oliver replied nonchalantly.
"I don't want to know how, just that the bastard is dead," Hugo said.
"But are you sure that your son's killer is Elric?" asked Oliver as if doubting Hugo's assumptions.
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There was nothing Hugo could do, nor was his intention to take revenge for his son Gabriel's death because he had no money to pay anyone else. The choice to take revenge had yet to be fulfilled; instead, his business went bankrupt first and left nothing, including his pub business. His house was also confiscated. The items in it cannot be taken, including his two luxury cars. They were allowed to take some clothes, food, and drink that Hugo and his wife needed. The expensive watch he happened to be wearing, hidden under the sleeve of his long blazer, and the few bills in his wallet were not confiscated. However, all ATM and debit cards were blocked or could no longer be used because the bank had deliberately emptied their balances. Meanwhile, the day after the confiscation of his car showroom and mansion, the bank could only implement his pub business because it was blocked by all employees who worked there. But it was after Benjamin's men arrived, at Killian's behest, that the pub
Seconds, minutes, hours, days and weeks went by. Hugo had been a poor man for a week now. Although he had received help from his brother-in-law, more was needed to open a new business.He used the help given by his wife's brother to buy a simple two-bedroom, one-bathroom house, but the land was large enough for him to grow crops if he wanted to.Although it looked small and was a bit far from the neighbours, it was a comfortable house to live in, as it was built on a green field with a vast expanse of rice fields.Hugo deliberately bought the house to calm down and make up for his big mistake. Count on switching professions as a farmer. Life and fate are genuinely unpredictable and full of mystery.***[Location: Living room, Killian's residence].Kevin hurriedly came because he was summoned suddenly by Killian and his grandfather to appear before the two of them immediately. The notice stated that Miguel wanted to ask Kevin to clarify his a
[Location: Harbour in the Aegean around 8.45 p.m.] Three days after, they returned from Athens. Elvira and her family decided to leave England once they arrived. As told earlier, the Smith family needed to figure out where to go upon arriving in London. The original plan was to settle in Turkey, but Julietta refused. Because the argument was not over, and they were still in the airport area, Dylan suggested they find a taxi first, take them there, and find lodging there. For a day or two, Julietta remained adamant that she did not want to go to Turkey with her grandmother and parents. She insisted on staying in Birmingham, where Killian was based. But after much consideration, Julietta finally accepted her mother and sister's suggestion that she follows her grandmother to Turkey and stay in her old home. On the third day after their stay at the inn, they left the inn and decided to go to London Heathrow using an online taxi. After getting there, they waited for over an hour, as the
Meanwhile, in Glasgow, the eleven-storey building, the day after Rickie and his six friends arrived. Alfie summoned the critical members of his company to an impromptu meeting that very day.In the meeting, he wanted to discuss all the possibilities about his intention to reclaim the two companies Miguel had taken over and avenge the death of his nephew Gabriel."Yesterday, I received a report from my sister's husband's people that all his businesses went bankrupt because the bank cancelled the contract with him," Alfie began the meeting."I suspect that this is all the work of my business rivals, the Spencer family, through their descendant, Killian," he said again with a furious expression."Killian, Miguel," they murmured softly but loudly enough."Do you still remember two years ago, when Miguel, through his people, foiled my plans to take over two major companies in Glasgow?" asked Alfie trying to remind his men of the matter again."We
"I still want to buy that house no matter what people say," Elvira said, not wanting to know and not believing the news about the house she wanted to buy when Dylan met her in the hotel room. "But mum, this has happened a lot. Whoever lives in that house will die!" argued Dylan, trying to remind his mum. "Only villagers believe in stories like that. We are city people, educated people. You still believe in stories like that!" his mother snapped angrily and seemed to look down on others. "It's not just a story, mum; it's real. The realtor assigned to offer the house didn't even dare to go inside. He just stood outside while I was told to go inside the house myself," Dylan explained, remembering what happened inside the empty house. "Are you saying we shouldn't buy the house?" his mum replied angrily. "If we're not going to buy that house, then what other house are we going to buy?" he said irritably. "Didn't you say that the house is very cheap? With a size of 14×20 metres, isn't
The incident of the arrest of dozens of Oscar's men finally reached Alfie's ears, which made his heart uneasy. If they opened their mouths, they would expose his secret, and retribution would surely come.But what he feared was not to be because soon after, Oscar, his subordinate and good friend, calmed his friend's worries, saying, "You don't have to worry because they don't know who I am.""Besides, they've never met me, and the number I used to contact the chairman wasn't mine but someone else's," he said again."So you don't have to worry!" he said, trying to calm Alfie."Ah, thank goodness then. I was just afraid that if Miguel found out it was me, we'd be finished!" he said worriedly."I don't think it will be like that because the people assigned to disrupt the company were obtained from my messenger, but he is not an employee of this company. So there's no way we'll be traced," Oscar replied confidently."Can you guarantee our action
"Excuse me, Maam! Sorry if we're intruding. Do you recognise this person?" asked Deepika in a kind and gentle voice, showing her a picture of a person, printed large, on a white sheet of paper."I don't know," she replied curtly, but a look of fear was on her face."You don't need to be afraid of us. We are all friends of this woman," Deepika said, still softly but with a lie in her voice.The middle-aged woman Deepika had asked didn't respond, but her head turned around as if looking for something. Her behaviour, of course, caused Deepika and her friends to frown. Meanwhile, Henry, the leader of the group, remained silent.He had deliberately entrusted the task to Deepika because the person to be asked was a middle-aged woman, who, of course, if approached by a woman, the attitude might be different. But as it turned out, Henry's prediction was wrong. Instead, the woman bluntly answered Deepika's questions.Seeing such an attitude, Henry became fu
But so far, Oscar's efforts have been fruitless. Tate strongly resisted her advances by confining herself to the house, rarely venturing out unless there was an urgent need. Even then, she had to be watched from afar. Neighbours who saw and heard about it became concerned about Tate's plight, but they could not do anything about it, as Oscar always sent his men to monitor Tate's activities daily, limiting her space. The authorities also had no evidence to arrest them, as they committed no offence. They sat in the cafe, not far from Tate's house, drinking tea. There were few of them, only four to six spies. Therefore, they were considered not to have committed any unlawful acts. But one day, Tate and his mother tried to escape their surveillance by moving out of his father's inherited house, but they discovered their efforts on the spot. The spies watching them became angry and forced Tate and his mother to return to his house. Oscar, who heard the news, also became angry and ordere