The nose-piercing aroma of wine drenched James' shirt, his face felt a little hot.
There was no one to help James. All of them were staring at him with cynical eyes.James' gaze became sharp, but he remembered Sheva's face who was working hard for her father. So, he had to restrain himself from making a mess here. James had to be patient, and he could only endure his own annoyance."Fine, I cheers for you!" James wiped the remaining wine off his face, and slowly stood up.Tommy didn't expect that James could patiently endure him not replying. The corner of Tommy's lips turned up in a sardonic smile. Inwardly, he secretly laughed.When James stood up, Tommy suddenly backed up and pretended to fall down, as he deliberately overturned the wine and whiskey drinks on the table that was a banquet for the guests.Buzz!The table was overturned, dozens of bottles of expensive wine and whiskey were all smashed. It caused a stir in this entire room."James, you're a coward! You dare push me and try to hit me?!" Tommy shouted loudly."What's wrong?" Luna asked, walking over. Sheva followed beside her. Including Hans-Luna's groom.All the guests in the hall surrounded the scene."Luna, today is your wedding day. But, James dared to push and hit me. He wants to rebel!" Tommy said with an angry expression on his face, and he stared at James viciously. He looked as if he had been severely bullied by James."James, what's wrong with you?" Hans asked while holding back his anger."Tommy fell by himself. I didn't push him." James said honestly."Then why did Tommy say that you pushed and hit him?" Hans asked again with a dark and cold aura.James shrugged his shoulders. Then he said, "People who were in this place witnessed that Tommy fell by himself. If you don't believe me, just ask them.""Hans, James is lying! Just now, I was cheering with them, and strangely enough James immediately came to push and hit me. Everyone saw it!"Then, Hans looked at the people who were there and asked them. "Everyone, how is the truth? What did you see?" Hans asked the other son-in-law of the Hilton family."As Tommy said, James deliberately pushed and tried to hit Tommy. Maybe James had too much to drink so he was drunk.""Yeah. The smell of wine from James' mouth was so strong, he alone drank wine until his whole body was wet. Then, Tommy came over to make cheers with us, but James shoved him right away!""Yeah. That's what we saw."Some of the Hilton family's sons-in-law said seriously. Of course they would support Tommy, even if Tommy lied.James' expression was shocked. The corners of his mouth turned up in a painful smile.James didn't explain anymore. Because for him it was useless. A weak person like him would not be heard and believed by them.In the Hilton family, James was the one who had the lowest position. Even if he wasn't wrong, others would still say that he was!"What a shame!""Why did Mr. Hilton choose a son-in-law like James? Who is useless and can only make noise!"The guests watching talked and satirized James dispassionately."James, you really are useless!" Sheva said angrily. She felt that this was very embarrassing. Certainly, Luna would not want to help Sheva's father's business problem, since James had made a scene here."James! Hurry up and apologize to Hans and Luna!" Sheva said angrily. The trouble James had caused her was embarrassing.James looked into his wife's teary eyes. After that, reluctantly while gritting his teeth, James said, "Hans, Luna, I apologize. Today I was wrong for making a mess at your wedding."Off to the side, Tommy Hilton was almost laughing madly. He was so happy."James, you're an adult man. You've made a mistake, but you don't take responsibility! You were wrong, but earlier you slandered Tommy. I look down on people like you the most!" Luna said coldly.Hans' face also became upset, because at his wedding there was a riot because of James. In fact, the guests who came were big people or famous figures."James, I don't accept your apology! But, today I can't hit you either. So, get out of here! In the future, don't ever appear in front of me ever!" Hans said angrily.James sighed. He didn't care about the strange looks of the guests around him. He turned to walk outside.When James turned around, Luna said to Sheva, "Sheva, don't you want me to help your father through the bankruptcy of your family business? I'll help you, provided that when you go home, you divorce this useless James! After that, I will help your father's business."James stopped his walking, but he didn't look back at Luna. Two seconds later, he was walking out again.After exiting the villa, James lit a cigarette. He was guessing what Sheva would do next."Let's go home!" Behind James, there was a familiar voice. James turned around, and he saw Sheva. There were still puddles of tears in her eyes.James said, "Home? What about your mission to help your father?"Sheva said angrily, "I told you that we were getting a divorce. But it was me who chose to get divorced, and not them being forced to get divorced. I don't want to be forced.""I'll think of another way to help my father. They've insulted and slandered you, that's insulting me too!"James was moved. He didn't expect that Sheva would side with him."James, I'm sorry." Sheva said while wiping her tears. "When I was in the hall, I was too angry. But after calming down and thinking, you wouldn't have dared to hit Tommy. Because, you never drink wine or any kind of alcohol."James asked, "You believe me?"Sheva nodded, "Yeah. I believe you.""Thank you for believing in me," James said. In his heart, James promised not to let anyone who believed in him down.Sheva's house was on the edge of Leeds, it was a real estate 20 years ago, that's why it looked old and shabby.Once inside the house, the expressions on Eden Hilton and Maria Jil's faces were very serious looking at James. They are James' father and mother-in-law."James, you still dare to come back here?" Maria smiled sarcastically."Today's problem at Luna's wedding, we already know about it! You're a bad luck charm, James! You've embarrassed us so much!" Maria continued. She reproached James."Mom, enough! Let's not talk about it anymore. We can't blame James. This is just a drama created by Tommy. James didn't do anything wrong there. Besides, Uncle Edwin's family doesn't want to help us. After hearing Sheva's response, Maria got even angrier. And she said with anger still running high, "Why are you defending him? He has embarrassed you! If you hadn't married him, our lives wouldn't be this poor. You should have married a rich man!"Sheva's father could only sigh, his face full of sadness.Meanwhile, James could only remain silent. He went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. As usual, in his wife's family home he was a servant. 1 hour later, James finished cooking and put the meal on the dining table. The family gathered at the dining table. "James, you must have heard what Luna said today..." Maria looked at
"Yes, sir! I will be happy to do your command." Dicky said with a smile. For him, making the Hilton Jewelry Group company go bankrupt was easy.Hilton Jewelry Group was the main company or business owned by Edwin Hilton's family. 80% of their wealth comes from the jewelry business. Since Tommy had dared to attack his wife James' family, James had no hesitation in making their business go bankrupt! James had wanted to do this for a long time, but this was the first time he was so angry after hearing that Sheva had fainted.***Leeds City, Main Hospital.James rushed over, and arrived at room 009. The room he had been told by his mother-in-law where Sheva and James' father-in-law were admitted."You see, it's all because you offended people at Luna and Hans' wedding!" Maria continued to blame James.James didn't speak, he looked at the hospital bed. His father-in-law's face was full of sadness, bruises on his face, his hands still wrapped in gauze.On the edge of the bed, Sheva sat with
"Want to meet with me?" Edwin Hilton's face was confused. All had confused expressions, according to logic, if there was a problem, shouldn't they look for the Executive Director first? Why go straight to the CEO? "Edwin, does this problem have anything to do with you? You offended the higher-ups in Welter's company? Jonny Hilton looked coldly at his brother."No!" Edwin replied firmly. "Then, you take the call first, open the loudspeaker, let's hear what the Welter Company has to say." Jonny Zakria said coldly.The pressure on Edwin was immense, in front of all the shareholders he had to take the phone proffered by the Secretary."Are you Edwin Hilton?" On the phone there, Secretary Daniel's voice was very cold."Yes, Mr. Daniel? How are you?" Edwin said reluctantly."In an hour, hold an expansion meeting, call all the managements of your company. We from Welter Company will come to discuss the acquisition of your company. Remember, call your son named Tommy!" Secretary Daniel said
"No need." James said flatly."Oh yeah, regarding the matter of Eden Hilton's property factory, you should also pay attention." James reminded. "All taken care of according to the procedure, include it in the Hilton Jewelry Group's industry chain, give Eden the rights and interests as the head of the factory.""Young master, is it necessary to arrange an important position for Mr. Eden Hilton in the Hilton Group's corporate Board of Directors?""Just do as I say. Don't ask anything else," James replied coldly."Sorry, Sir. I will carry out all your instructions." Daniel immediately took his place and became more respectful towards James.Daniel knew James' identity, so he wanted to be nice to this young man. "After you return to the office, use the name of the Board of Directors, announce the news, and collect jewelry creative designs, recruitment is open for jewelry designer director." James said."Ok, Sir.""Alright, you go home, report to me in the future." James said flatly.***
"The other day at your wedding, I already apologized. Besides, the fault of that problem was not caused by me." James said flatly."Hehe, what a bold tone! James, have you forgotten what I said to you?" At this moment a low voice was heard. Hans walked over and looked coldly at James and Sheva."Sheva, I suggest you should know yourself, and take your trashy husband away from here, don't be embarrassing here!" Hans said with a fierce expression."What's going on?" Just then, a low and very authoritative voice sounded. Daniel walked out of his room.Hans and Luna's gazes were a little tense at Daniel's sudden arrival."Sir, it's okay. It's just a small problem. There are people who don't understand the company rules, so I'm giving them a reprimand." Hans replied."Oh?" Daniel looked at Hans and asked. "Who doesn't understand the rules?"Hans said, "A junior employee from the marketing department, her name is Sheva. She trespassed into the office of the company's top brass, I'm reprima
James' body swayed and dodged the fist."Your reaction is very fast!" said the muscular man. "Then I'll paralyze your legs!"The expressions of the two muscular men became ferocious, they jointly kicked strongly at James' knee bones. Then, James tilted his body. He kicked them twice. The sound of wind rang out, and James' kick hit the waist of the two muscular men.Thump!Thump!The two muscular men were kicked until they flew a few meters away, and fell on the ground with force. They immediately vomited blood. When they looked at James, they became even more scared.They couldn't believe that just James' two feet had almost paralyzed them! James' strength was so cruel."Who told you to find me here? Tell me!" James' face became very cold."We were just following orders from the boss." A muscular man said fearfully."Our boss is a man of honor. Since you have dared to hurt us, our boss will not allow this. He will take revenge on you immediately!" One of them said tensely.James furro
Shogun knelt down and begged, "Mr. James, forgive me! I didn't think to offend you! These are all orders from Hans Avanzo!""So, Hans told you to do this?" James asked with a cold look."That's right, Hans told me to kidnap you, Mr. James." Shogun said firmly. He was currently impatient to kill Hans, because he felt wronged. Because of Hans, he almost died at the hands of James!In fact, Hans told Shogun that James was just a weak and poor man. But in fact, James is very strong and a martial arts expert. So, Shogun felt cheated by Hans. From now on, he really hated Hans.James thought for a moment and asked coldly, "What exactly is it? Tell me completely and clearly!" Shogun secretly felt relieved and said seriously, "Mr. James, yesterday Hans invited me to meet, and he gave me a piece of photo. Then, he told me to organize my men and kidnap the person in the photo, he said he would pay me $1 million dollars.""Whose photo?" James asked curiously.Shogun obediently took out two photo
"This car is too expensive." Sheva said."Where did you get the money to buy this car?" Sheva looked at James suspiciously.As far as Sheva knew, James had been selling BBQ chicken and toast at a small roadside stand. There was no way that James could make so much money from his sales, and then buy a car."I have been saving for years." James replied casually.""You're the design director of this company, so you should have a car!" James continued."Nope." Sheva shook her head, she refused, "Even if you buy it, I still don't want it. This car is for you only.""Don't forget, at work, I'm now your Assistant Director." James smiled. "YouYou are my boss, since I am your assistant, I have the right to take care of you, and this is one of the ways I serve you, by giving you a car.""After all, mine isn't yours too, right?" James said again.Sheva bit her lower lip when she looked at James and saw this classy BMW 530i. Actually, her heart was touched by James' kindness."Don't think about
"You’re James, right?" Just as James was about to leave, a beautiful girl in her twenties approached with an arrogant attitude. The young girl had an alluring figure, dressed stylishly in hot pants and a white t-shirt. On her wrist, she wore a luxurious Chanel watch. She looked like she was truly trying to capture attention. James glanced at the girl. "Who are you? Do you know me?" "Let me introduce myself, I’m Bella’s good friend. My name is Emily," she said casually, pointing to the seat in front of her. "I know about you, James. You’re quite famous in this city." "Where’s Bella?" James asked flatly. "Bella has some matters to attend to, so she asked me to come first," Emily replied as she sat down and pointed to the chair across from her. "Sit down, we need to talk. There’s something I need to ask you." James shook his head, feeling impatient with her attitude. "I don’t know you, and there’s nothing I need to discuss with you," he answered calmly. Emily snorted in f
Sheva wanted to say something but ended up not asking much. “By the way, Sheva, have you picked a villa on that artificial island we talked about earlier?” James asked, suddenly recalling something. “If you’ve found a suitable villa, let’s move in.” Sheva thought for a moment and replied, “It’s too much of a hassle. I think Villa Dragon Snow is good enough. The Rahel family has returned to their hometown, and the villa has already been cleaned up quite a bit.” “By the way, what’s the story with the artificial island? Was it you and your friends who developed it?” Sheva asked with curiosity. James nodded. “It’s up to you. You can stay wherever you like. Besides, I won’t be returning to Villa Dragon Snow for a while.” “I understand,” Sheva replied, nodding as she looked at James seriously. “I’m planning to use the company’s jewelry promotion as an opportunity to visit some other cities and maybe find an interesting place. What do you think?” “Oh? You want to travel?” James a
"Are you kidding, Miss Leen? We respect Tornado Corp, but you’re asking us to turn down a profitable deal and wait for your plan? That makes no sense," one of the businessmen on the floor said firmly. "Miss Leen, what you're saying is absurd. We have no reason or obligation to delay this just to wait for you," added another. The crowd began to voice their frustrations, growing tired of what they saw as Leen’s excessive demands. "Do you really expect us to sell off our investment projects and keep our major investors waiting just because you promise to bring something better? This feels like a joke! Is Tornado Corp the only one capable of developing large projects?" another businessman sneered. Leen's frustration started to show. Seeing the situation spiral out of control, she spoke coldly. "Everyone, I suggest you don't challenge Tornado Corp! If you do, things will not end well for you. If you dare sign a contract with Ocean Real Estate Corp, you’ll regret it." "What do you mean
"How foolish! This time, the project is the construction of a massive commercial plaza in Xo City, far larger than the previous one. Carlo didn’t have enough money last time. Can he compete with Tornado Corp this time?" The meeting room buzzed with discussions. Carlo's face was grim as he sank into his thoughts. The recent incident had caused a major stir in the business community, making him the subject of gossip—a heavy blow to the reputation of Ocean Real Estate Corp. Now, even insignificant figures dared to mock Carlo, eager to gain favor with Tornado Corp. "Mr. James, I failed to handle the issue last time. It was a great embarrassment for the company," Carlo said, bowing his head, his face flushed with shame. After all, Ocean Real Estate Corp was James's asset—Carlo was merely managing it. The company's damaged reputation weighed heavily on him, leaving him burdened with guilt. James remained calm and patted Carlo's shoulder. "Don’t dwell on the past. Focus on the opportuni
"I don’t know. Maybe James and Carlo have something going on,” said Sheva in a flat tone. “Hey, Sheva, let me tell you something. Don’t let James take advantage like this. Carlo is like the God of Fortune! You have to make the most of it,” Maria said in frustration, as if regretting Sheva’s lack of assertiveness. Sheva simply shook her head, not interested in responding. She knew James and Carlo had been friends for a long time. In fact, the last time she told her parents that it was James who introduced her to Ocean Corp, they didn’t believe her. Under Carlo's guidance, James arrived at the luxurious office and sat in the boss’s chair without hesitation. Ethan, who had followed Carlo from the beginning, watched nervously. “James, don’t you know the rules? Isn’t Mr. Carlo supposed to sit there? Why are you sitting in the boss’s chair like it’s yours?” Ethan scolded James angrily. In Ethan’s eyes, James had crossed the line. To him, James’s status and behavior were clearly not on
"Sheva, there's no need to talk to him," James said calmly, refusing to engage with Ethan. Ethan overheard the remark and immediately felt insulted. "Who the hell are you? I'm talking to Sheva. What gives you the right to butt in?" Ethan snapped, his voice filled with anger. Maria gave a nervous smile, trying to ease the tension. "Apologies, Mr. Ethan. He's just an assistant." "An assistant daring to speak out of turn?" Ethan sneered. "He should be fired on the spot." Maria tried to pacify the situation. "Mr. Ethan, our company holds you in high regard. If you have any requests, please feel free to express them." Ethan scoffed. "Fine, for Director Sheva’s sake, I won't make things too difficult. But I do have a few simple conditions." With an arrogant tone, Ethan continued, "During the seven days of the promotional shoot, I’ll need a 24-hour security team, reporters, and luxury transportation. I also demand to stay in the best hotel in town, and everything should be top-notch.
After hearing Shogun's report, James hung up the phone and headed straight to the exhibition hall, then took the elevator up. According to Shogun’s report from the previous night, based on what Dimom had said about their situation, the true leader of Tornado Corp had never appeared. Even as the Deputy Director of Tornado Corp, Dimom only knew the president who handled day-to-day business and the professional managers hired by the company. However, they didn’t know who the real boss was. This piqued James’s interest slightly. After receiving Shogun’s report, James ordered him to take the team to the docks and blow up Tornado Corp’s warehouse, with the goal of forcing the hidden figures to reveal themselves. As the elevator arrived at the 38th floor, the doors opened slowly. The exhibition hall on this floor was filled with middle-aged men and women in luxurious attire, coming and going. Red carpets lined the floor, and the room was decorated elegantly. Long tables were adorned wit
"If you dare to spout more nonsense, I'll kill you!" David said cruelly. "You don't even know if you want to live or die, and Mr. James still has so many questions for you. Do you think Tornado Corp is worth more than your life?" Dimom's face twitched, and his head began to spin. Without hesitation, David threw two punches at Dimom's face. Dimom, now struck, was terrified, completely overwhelmed by David’s menacing aura. David seemed like a madman, relentless in destroying his enemies. "If you don’t want to die, bow to Mr. James right now, then stay quiet and answer his questions obediently. If not, everyone here will be killed!" Shogun said coldly, making Dimom tremble in fear. "This..." The three men exchanged looks before glancing at James in terror and quickly bowing their heads. Initially, they thought James was just an incompetent son-in-law. But to their shock, they realized Shogun was actually James' subordinate, and he had taken down all of Rollo's bodyguards? It was un
“Did you hear that? Don't come any closer!” Alex shouted frantically to his men, he was getting scared and didn't dare to move.James gave Alex a sharp look. “When did you start working for Tornado Corp? Are you willing to sacrifice your dignity for money?” he asked, his voice low and full of anger.Alex tried to stay strong despite the fear clearly visible on his face. “James, don't play games! If you kill me, you won't get out of here alive either!” threatened Alex, though his tone sounded more like a plea.James smiled sarcastically. “I can't get out of here? We'll see,” he said as he slammed his knee into Alex's stomach, making Alex spit out blood. Alex's body was shaking violently, his face turning pale.Despite the pain, Alex still tried to maintain his dignity. “Don't be arrogant, James! This place is full of my men. Let me go, and I'll talk to Boss Dimom to give you a chance. Otherwise, you'll have nowhere to run today!” Alex shouted with all the courage he had left.However,