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The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 104
Denver woke up and found Catherine sleeping in his lap.She had already awoke and drank milk, but then she slept again just for the fun of it. She was waiting for Denver to wake up.And he did.But he thought that she was sleeping. He didn’t want to disturb her, but he couldn’t resist himself from pulling her bangs back to her ear so he could see her face.Her cheeks were slightly pink.It brought the urge in him to touch her cheeks.He gently pulled her cheeks with two fingers. She didn’t have much fat, so her skin was elastic. This made him want to pull even more, but he controlled himself with great effort.However, he didn’t know that Catherine was awake and was enjoying it.Denver heard the footsteps and let go of Catherine’s cheek.Sheryl entered the room.“Hi,” Denver greeted her in a soft voice, but it didn’t come out well as he just woke up.Seeing the pleasant expression on Denver’s face, Sheryl somewhat smiled back. The Denver she knew had one bad habit which she really hat
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 105
At nine in the morning.Denver cleared the snow from the road in front of the apartment, for which Layla gave a thumbs up for him. He didn’t need to do that, but he did it anyway and made it look easy.Catherine drove the car outside. Denver entered the car, and they left.Layla was closing the door, but then the lamborghini also came out and left the apartment.Layla was a bit disappointed that Sheryl left without giving her any tip.Catherine drove slowly because of the snow. “I used to love snow when I was a kid, but it’s become more of a nuisance now.”“Haha, your mom complains about snow all the time,” Denver said.“She slipped on the stairs outside a few times, so she hates snow,” Catherine chuckled. “I’m sure she’s going to curse the snow this time around, too.”They stopped at different shops and bought all the items and food required for trekking.It took them a few hours to get to the southern part of the city.By then, the car’s engine was not working as smoothly as it was
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 106
Denver and Catherine didn’t have much of a problem going up the hill.Both were healthy and fit, after all.Even though they were carrying the backpacks, they were only sweating by the time they reached the top.“That was too easy,” Catherine seemed a bit disappointed. “And I didn’t see any monkeys or deer. And the view from here is underwhelming. I think we should pick a taller mountain.”There were already a few other groups raising camps in the distance.“We’ll climb another mountain tomorrow. For now, we should be fine here even if some predator attacks at night,” Denver opined.Catherine could hear the guys laughing vulgarly in the distance. “I think that group over there only has men. They could be more dangerous than the predators after the night falls. Why don’t we go somewhere else?”“But it’s going to get dark soon,” Denver pointed at the horizon. “If you’re not comfortable here, let’s build a camp a bit far from here.”“Fine,” Catherine reluctantly agreed.Eventually, they f
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 107
The clouds hid the moon, so it was pretty dark on the hill top.Searching for one girl on the hill wasn’t easy for the remaining seven guys. Nevertheless, they didn’t give up easily.They wanted some fun for the night, so they kept their feet going.“Where the hell is she?” One of them even searched the bushes. “She didn’t run away to another hill, did she?”“Hey, handsome,” just then he heard a voice.He turned around and saw Catherine smiling at him. His heart fluttered for a second, and he flashed his teeth behind the mobile’s flashlight.He thought she would run away, but who would have thought that she’d come looking for him herself?Maybe she really liked him?“Let’s go to my secret place,” Catherine said with a smile that made him feel crazy.He nodded and followed her.With every step, he imagined what kind of a secret place it was.Would there be sand for them to roll in? Would there be a foliage of leaves? Would there be a stream running down the hill?All kinds of nasty tho
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 108
The next morning.Denver and Catherine sat at the mountain top, at a height of 2100 meters from the ground level, and the sunshine from up there looked infinitely better than both of them had expected.“I wish we had a house here,” Catherine said, “far from the busy city. It’s peaceful here.”“This is a wildlife zone, so I don’t think anybody is allowed to build houses here,” Denver opined.“That’s unfortunate,” Catherine sighed. “Instead of waiting for many years, it would be nice if we can just build a house here with wood.”Denver was surprised. “Do you really mean it?”She smiled. “I’m just joking, Silly. While I love the idea of living here, we can’t be going up and down the mountain to get every little thing.”“Mm…” Denver didn’t say anything.Had she really asked him to build a house here, he might have already started cutting the trees for wood.Diane always asked him for this and that, but Catherine never asked him for anything yet.As they kept talking, Sheryl was watching t
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 109
The big behemoth of a male bear was after Catherine, but thanks to Denver’s last second rescue, Catherine was pulled out of the bear’s line of attack.Still, the bear, with its full momentum, bashed its head and body into Denver.There was no way for Denver to defend himself from that colossal hit.Before he could put his strength into his feet to stop the bear, he found himself getting blown off his feet.The crisp mountain air that was filling his lungs escaped all at once.Blood spilled out of his mouth and also filled his nose as a stinging pain gripped his chest.His ribs felt like they suffered many cracks.His vision swimmed.At the same time, Catherine was stunned by everything that just happened.An escape into the wilderness, a chance to reconnect away from the city's relentless hum was what she was expecting during this trip, but now a massive bear’s growl shook her very soul.This wasn’t a nature documentary. This was a real bear, one that ruled the mountain.The vicious,
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 110
The bear’s claws raked across Denver’s chest. He staggered back as blood welled and soaked his shirt.But he tightly clenched onto the knife in his mouth and did not let it drop.His eyes still showed the resolve to fight back, even though the bear clearly outmatched him in terms of raw strength.It wasn’t that he didn’t want to give up.He just couldn't give up.He had to win this.He had to get Catherine out of here.The bear attacked him relentlessly, not giving him any time to rest.He dodged the swipes of its claws, the bulk of it making him feel small and vulnerable. He was injured, bleeding, and exhausted, but he refused to give up.He danced around the massive creature, a dance of desperation and displeasure.He was displeased because this bear completely ruined his trekking experience.He was enjoying the delicate beauty of nature alongside the woman who made his heart feel a million pounds lighter.The crisp mountain winds here carried the scent of pine and damp earth, a sta
The Return of Don Denver CHAPTER 111
Emotions took over Catherine, and she started running toward Denver.Seeing her coming, Denver bellowed, a primal sound that was more roar than human.The bear, however, was not the least bit intimidated by him, and it swiped at him once more.Denver ducked and rolled on the ground.The bear turned and lunged at him.Denver grabbed the broken branch.The bear opened its mouth wide to bite onto his back, but Denver turned around at the last moment and jabbed the branch into the bear's open mouth, pushing against the soft tissues of its palate.Denver’s back hit the ground. He kicked up the branch so that it further penetrated the bear’s mouth.The bear groaned in pain and retreated, pawing at its mouth. It seemed stunned, momentarily thrown off-balance by the unexpected resistance.As the bear bled and struggled to cough out the branch, Denver picked up the knife and repeatedly stabbed its body from many directions while avoiding its swinging paws.Denver’s movements were fueled by pur
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After the board meeting ended, Diane was leaving with a dejected look.“You,” Jessica told her. “Come to our office.”Russell and Jessica together exited the room.“Why did she call me?” Diane wondered a bit anxiously. “Wait, if it’s going to give me a chance to talk to Russell, then I’ll take it.”Diane quickly went to Russell’s office.Jessica was sitting on the edge of the desk and was feeding berries to Russell. “Show us the recordings.”“Are you really asking for those recordings after the meeting finished?” Diane sounded impatient.She somewhat envied what Russell and Jessica were doing. It even upset her.“Yeah. Depending on whether you did what I said or not, you will either keep or lose your job,” Jessica warned.Diane then showed all the recordings that were on her mobile.Jessica looked at Russell. “What do you think?”“You asked for ten. She brought twelve. So, what’s there to think?” Russell spoke calmly.He looked calm but also a little tough and difficult to understand.
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A few minutes later.Diane arrived at the Creed Tech company, only to see Marlon there on the ground floor.“What the hell are you doing here?” she openly showed venomosity toward him. “The likes of you don’t deserve to step foot in here.”“I could say the same,” Marlon snorted as both of them entered the elevator. “You looked hot as hell, but down there, you were unbearably hot. It felt like I was going to lose my chad.”“You mean you were going to lose your shrimp.”“Hmph, you’re going to regret it if you keep talking to me like that,” Marlon warned. “I’m not the type who’d go easy on women just because they’re women.”Diane took out her identity card.“Finance director? Who? You?” Marlon slightly frowned.“Surprised?” Diane snorted. “I’m not just any finance director. I’m representing Charlotte Heller today, and I’m going to sit alongside the board of directors.”“Oh, then I should go early so that I won’t be forced to sit next to you.”“Haha, you wouldn’t have to worry about it as
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Diane got twelve recordings in total.And she was on her way back to the Creed Tech company.Diane’s skin looked much smoother, and she was shining like a barbie doll because her system had done it for her.So, her confidence has multiplied manyfold.Receiving so many gazes from both men and women was very satisfying to her.“Mm?” Diane noticed that a new store was being opened. It seemed like a jewelry store, but the items were all the ones that were found in the Dream Creed game.So, there was a huge crowd in front of the store.The one cutting the ribbon at the front was none other than Marlon Myers, the son of the Myers family.They were billionaires and were famous for their clothing brand.The moment Diane saw Marlon, her heart fluttered once.He was a handsome man who seemed to be around thirty years of age. He was tall and looked like he was the son of a mafia don or something.Diane slipped her way through the big crowd without any problem whatsoever.Her system had made it p
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Diane heard a voice ringing in her mind, “Congratulations, cunt! You’ve been chosen by the Sandpaper System!”She stopped and looked around.It didn’t seem like anybody called her.“Was it just my imagination?”She kept walking.“You sure are a nasty person, aren’t you?” the voice rang in her mind again. It sounded eerily familiar to her father’s voice.Diane stopped in her tracks and looked around.Again, there was nobody around her, so whose voice was she hearing?“You cried when your dad died, but on that same night, you secretly celebrated his death,” the voice rang out in her mind once more. “To think you would celebrate your own father’s death… I have rarely come across someone as diabolical as you are.”Diane’s heart started racing.She did buy some alcohol and drank to her heart’s content that very night Richard died.When Denver asked her why she drank, she cried and said that she drank out of sadness and due to the pain of losing her father.Denver easily bought her words.D
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Diane left the building, looking frustrated to say the least.“How can the richest man in the country have such a mediocre-looking wife? And her ego is through the roof. How dare she humiliate me by giving me a ridiculous task?”“I have to get video recordings of helping ten people?”“Does she think I can’t do it?”Diane went to the nearest store, which turned out to be selling some kind of liquid.“What is this that you’re selling?” Diane asked. “Why is there no signboard?”“No shops in this region have signboards, ma’am,” the shopkeeper said.Diane looked around. “Now that you said it… you’re right. There are no store names written at the entrance, either. It is strange. How can people know which store is which?”“They just have to ask and find out,” the shopkeeper said. “Only a few buildings like the Creed Tech company or Eco Waves have names written on them. If we do a good job and earn great reviews from our customers, then we can put names on our stores, too. Until then, we can’
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Diane was never into online games. She was only focused on fishing men in reality and appearing cool and rich in front of her female friends.However, her whole concept of reality was questioned when she saw the advanced holographic technologies.There were teenagers, who were fighting holographic tigers and cheetahs with their own holographic clones that looked so real.There were some old people using this tech to fight like they were in their prime age.“When did technology advance this far?” Diane’s heart was in her mouth out of pure awe. “Was I living under a rock all this while?”There were television projections displaying the virtual game Dream Creed, and the stats of various players and some of their earnings were also being displayed.“Wow, one of them earned nearly a million dollars just in the past 48 hours?” Diane felt speechless. “I’ve heard this game many times, and some of my friends do play the game, but they didn’t earn much money, so I thought this game wasn’t a big
CHAPTER 272
Two men were sitting in a Honda Accord car which was parked on the road opposite to the headquarters of the Supreme Bank.Both of them were sharing the same cigar as it was the last one in the box.One was Big Dog, and the other was Little Dog.“It’s been forty minutes,” Little Dog sounded annoyed. “Why is she taking so long?”“Go inside and check,” Big Dog said, taking the cigar.“You go,” Little Dog took the cigar back.They both stared at each other, and in the end, neither of them moved from their seats.They were step siblings and were members of the Red Roses group, currently assigned to look after Diane.“I wasn’t told the whole story,” Big Dog said, “but it seems this woman Diane was our Boss’ fiancee, but she cheated on him.”“Why does our Boss have such bad luck with women?” Little Dog blurted with impatience. “If I were in his shoes, I’d happily marry Green Fang and have a dozen kids with her.”“Pfft,” Big Dog chortled.Just then, Diane walked out of the bank and called for
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Diane, while on her way to the top floor on the elevator, checked about Charlotte online in her mobile.“Charlotte Heller… she married Liam Lynn and then divorced him only a few years back,” Diane was not surprised. “Kyra Lynn is their daughter. Damn all three of them look handsome as heck, especially their daughter Kyra… she has it all.”Diane couldn’t help but feel great envy toward the daughter.“So, Charlotte Heller was a billionaire before she even married Liam Lynn? So, she didn’t divorce him for his money then? Some other reason must be there. Anyway, I need to keep these things in mind when I talk to her. I must get the money in cash, no matter what.”Soon, Diane reached the top floor.The infrastructure there was insane. It didn’t look like a bank but more like a luxury hotel, and at the same time, it sounded like a library.There were no customers that she could see.Diane felt nervous, so she asked a staff member the directions for the bathroom.When she entered the bathroo
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Diane arrived at the Supreme Bank’s headquarters as it wasn’t too far from her house.It was an international bank, so the building was pretty big and polished everywhere.It took about thirty minutes of brisk walking for Diane to get here.Normally, Diane wouldn’t have walked this much distance, but her mind wasn’t settled right now.Her thoughts were also flying everywhere as she had no idea what her future held, or if she even had a future or not.All she could hope right now was for her treatment to go well so that she could enjoy the rest of her life.“I never thought the money I received after Dad’s death would come to aid like this,” Diane thought as she entered the bank.She stopped by the receptionist’s desk. “I want to withdraw all the money in my account.”“All of it?” The receptionist called a mobile number and then told Diane, “the manager is calling for you.”She guided Diane to the manager’s room.The manager didn’t even tell Diane to sit. “Give me your card,” he said.
