“What the hell is your problem, Mira?! Why give him a blank cheque?! Give the man a few change and let him go, if you give him an inch, he's going to want a mile!”Madam Ruth thundered, her entire face and eyes reddening as she spoke, she glared at Adam’s path and hissed. She couldn't understand what her daughter was doing, but she had to be the voice of reason and not let her squander their hard-earned money on someone who didn't know or understand the value of money. “It's my money to spend and not yours Mother! Please stay out of this, you can think of rewarding your two precious doctors who did nothing, rather they put my daughter’s life in danger!”Mira thundered back in response, and both doctors bent their heads to their chests, trying to remain invisible and inconspicuous, having their ineptitude thrown at their faces was insulting, to say the least.Ignoring their existence, Mira kept her gaze on Adam and arched her brow, and as she gazed at the man, she couldn't help the flu
Leaving the Winston’s mansion, Adam placed a call to Vance to confirm their appointment with his contact concerning the herbs,“Vance? What's the update with your source, the one in Leed City?”He could hear Vance sigh over the phone, and he imagined the big burly bully creasing his forehead as he did,“It's a dead end”Vance replied over the phone, at his end, Vance had his fist and jaw clenched tightly; he had been looking forward to Adam meeting the lady, she would have served as a good rival for the saucy Amber, he tsked and rolled his eyes. Adam sighed as well, but one thing he was thankful for was that he at least had Mira’s contact, although he still couldn't shake the feeling that it was probably the same contact as Vance’s own,“That’s fine, I have another contact, so I'll be in touch”Not hearing Vance’s vague reply over the phone, he cut the call as he walked away, cursing himself for not taking a car to take him to the restaurant, he was stuck with taking a taxi once more
The men lifted their fists in order to hit Adam, their fists moved with the speed of light, ready to launch an attack, Adam promptly dodged their blows, deftly dealing one of his to one of them’s faces whose eyes widened as he looked stunned, the blow had destabilised him. He straightened himself up, and masked his face as though the blow hadn't affected him,“Is that all you've got?!”Leon, one of the men roared in anger and turned to the remaining two, “Let me have a first go at him, let him have a taste of the Leo’s fist!”Without waiting for the consent of the others, he leapt to the air and jutted one of his feet forward, aiming at Adam’s face,Brendan watched with glee, his head tilting slightly to the side as a smile crossed his face, that kick sure was one that could send someone to an early grave,While Brendan was giddy with anticipation, Leo thrust his foot out and Adam whirled to the other side before he leaped as well and grabbed Leo’s foot, spun him around, and with a
Brendan’s face had turned ashen, he was unable to keep his gaze on Adam, as his eyes darted all around, looking for a weapon or any means of escape, sweat dripped down his back and face,“Don’t take any step further!”He tried to threaten, but his shaky voice sounded weak and wavering, as his eyes kept looking anywhere else but Adam.How the tables had turned, this wasn't what he had planned nor envisaged, what had changed? How had his plans gone south? This wasn't how it was supposed to play out, his dream of having the bastard grovel and shoved had been truncated,All of these and more were the thoughts that passed through Brendan’s mind, he cowered on his feet, swallowing excessively as his eyes glistened with tears, gulping loudly once more, he exhaled deeply and gaped at Adam,“W-who are you?!”He asked in a trembling voice, Adam smirked and raised his eyebrow before tilting his head to the side,“I thought you said you knew who I was?!”Brendan’s eyebrows furrowed together, as h
After the incident with Brendan and his henchmen, Adam took his helicopter to Leeds City without anyone accompanying him, he had been tempted to ask Amber or Sage to tag along for the ride, but thought the better of it, this was one thing he had to do on his own, without any other person’s help,Mira had warned him that the lady, although talented, was a stubborn and strong-headed fellow, and this was one reason he ventured into this quest on his own.A few hours later, he landed at the private hangar and entered the taxi Raul had prepared for him ahead of time,“Regent Street”He directed to the driver as he slid into the car, and rested his head on the headrest, he was fatigued as he hadn't had much rest. He found himself dozing as the call moved to his destination.Adam had not slept for fifteen minutes before the driver announced their arrival at the location, looking out the window Adam’s head flinched to the back and his forehead creased together as he took in the scenery.“Is t
He turned away from the window and turned to face her with his eyebrows drawing together,“Who are they?”Sophia rolled her eyes and hissed loudly before she gave a response,“How would I know?! I'm as surprised as you are”Adam didn't believe her claims but he needed to be more diplomatic and so with a sigh, he asked her once again,“What money are they talking about?”Sophia’s head snapped at him, and he could see water gathering in her eyes, her chin quivering slightly.Sophia shut her eyes, trying to rid herself of this nightmare, what did these people want, and how had they known where to find her? While thoughts passed her mind, she suffered and shivered,Adam cleared her throat to get her attention as she seemed lost in thought, and Sophia lifted her face to him before deeply sighing,“I might be mistaken, and I do hope that I am, but the money he may be referring to is the money I just withdrew from the bank”Adam arched his brow at her and she shrugged, rubbing her palms on h
The menacing-looking leader leaped into the air, his arms stretched out widely, he was a skilled martial artist fighter who had earned several belts over the years, while watching Adam skilfully beat up his men, he knew he had to deploy other means to defeat the guy,He gracefully got to his feet and the whole ground shook as he did, glaring at Adam he seethed, and spoke through gritted teeth,“Get on your knees! You have touched the tail of the cobra and will not go unpunished!”Adam shook his head and chuckled lightly, “I should? You by no means know who you're talking to!” with a shake of his head, he turned his head slightly to look at Sophia’s house, and faced the leader once more,“I'll spare your life and the lives of your remaining men if you decide to leave here and never disturb the lady ever again!”The statement sounded ridiculous to the ears of the leader and he spurted out a wild laughter, clutching at his sides while he laughed,“You're definitely delusional, or plain s
With glee in her heart, Sophia flew down the stairs smiling from ear to ear as she solely gazed at Adam, reaching where he stood, she almost threw herself at him,“My hero!!”She exclaimed loudly and looked around at the fallen fighters around her as well as the leader who avoided her gaze, making her smile smugly, victory sure did taste sweet she concluded in her mind.“Thank you for the rescue”Sophia said, desperately sounding like a maiden in distress, in hindsight, she had in fact been a lady in distress until the arrival of the gentleman.Adam only gave a curt nod, his face as passive as ever, now that this was over with, he needed to go down to the business of the day, the very thing that had brought him to her doorstep,“Not to be a killjoy Miss Sophia, but could we kindly get back to business?”The smile on Sophia’s face retracted immediately, and her face went downcast before she nodded her head and began to head back to her house.Reaching the house, she pointed at a chair