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

and turned to Faye. “Let’s go.”

nod. Wilbur got into her car, and

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.

Faye could not take it anymore and asked in a low voice,

out of a daze and

you need anything in

shook his head. “Nope. It just needs to be liveable.”

of the

“That will do.”

area before stopping in

is the company property?”

Cape Consortium bought

really lavish with your money, huh?”

shake his head at the

it was clear that this was a place of luxury.

glowed brightly, and said, “Please

alone was over two hundred square feet, complete with high-end furniture

Wilbur could not

Wilbur to the couch and served

and frowned. “Can I

Boss.” Yvonne rushed to brew a

him. “Why did the company buy

We’ve got twenty of

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

opportunity to sit next to him and said in a low voice, “This area has

bad,” Wilbur

“The company furnished this place to house

at Wilbur as she said that.

not seem to care much as he nodded. “Multi-purpose. That’s

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