Chapter 5

He immediately stomped hard on the ground. The concrete beneath his foot cracked under the pressure as he shot out like a bolt of lightning to catch the kid. His toes tapped off the front of the car as he floated a few meters backward lightly and landed on the ground gently.

All of that happened in the span of two seconds.

Just as Wilbur put the kid down, the witnessing passers-by let out cries of disbelief.

One woman rushed over upon crying out, pulling the child in for a hug and inspecting him for injuries.

The driver had gotten out of the car as well. She made sure that the kid was alright before walking up to Wilbur.

“It’s you?” Both of them said at the same time.

Wilbur shrugged. “What a coincidence.”

“I’m so sorry, Boss. It’s my fault for not paying attention. Are you alright?” Faye stood where she was, panicking.

“I’m fine.” Wilbur shook his head.

He came up to the child and checked for injuries before turning to the child’s mother. “Is everything alright?”

“Yes, yes… Thank you so much… I was just paying at the store when this kid ran out on his own.” The child’s mother was in shock as well, stuttering as she spoke.

Wilbur smiled. “I’m glad you’re both fine.”

Just then, a crowd had gathered around in curiosity.

was because they could hardly believe what they had just seen.

noticed it and turned

got into her car, and the pair left the scene.

car. She looked in the rearview mirror to see Wilbur smoking silently while looking out of the window. Faye did not dare to say anything, and the pair kept quiet.

could not take it anymore and asked in a low voice, “Where are you going,

to have just snapped out of a daze and asked, “Could you help me find a

anything in particular?”

his head. “Nope. It just needs to be

of the

“That will do.”

nodded, then drove into a wealthy area before stopping in

is the company property?”

“Yes. Cape

are really lavish with your money, huh?”

help but shake his head at the sight of the massive house in

were all mansions, and it was clear that this was

brightly, and said, “Please come inside,

into the bungalow. The living room alone was over two hundred square feet, complete

Wilbur could not

to the couch and served him

and frowned. “Can

to brew a mug of tea before bringing it

looked around him. “Why did the company buy

of our investments. We’ve got twenty of these houses, but this is the only

I don’t know much about that. I’ll leave that up to you guys,” Wilbur said after taking a

sit next to him and said in a low voice, “This area has high investment value. The price has risen by ten percent since

Wilbur nodded.

place to house important

glance at Wilbur as she said

not seem to care much as

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