No.1 Supreme Warrior by Moneto

Chapter 751
Andrew and Fiona were speechless. They wondered if these two women—these female bodyguards—had something going with jackie under their noses since they always stood for jackie and supported him. How could he stop working a job with a monthly salary of 20 million? Apart from that, how could these women say that the richest man was lucky to have jackie work as their family’s bodyguard?

jackie smiled bitterly and said to Fiona, “Mother, I betted one hundred million a game with Young Master Turner, and I won ten games back to back. Are you sure you don’t want this money?”

“We surely—” Fiona was about to say ‘no’ before realization dawned on her. “What?! One hundred million a game, you say? And you won ten games? Doesn’t that mean you’ve won a whole one billion?!”

“Yes, one billion,” came jackie’s calm-sounding reply, added with a shrug. “Do you feel that I should give it up just because Young Master Drake spoke up on his behalf?”

“One billion!” Andrew also exclaimed. This…this was too much! How did they settle with such large wagers?!

“That;s a lot! I thought it’d be around a hundred dollars bet per game, and at most, a thousand dollars. How did it come to a billion?! We must take the money! We can’t give up such a big amount!” Fiona grew increasingly excited when she thought about it.

She walked forward happily and patted jackie’s shoulder while saying, “Dear me! It’s all a misunderstanding. It’s alright to give up the job if it’s one billion dollars. This one billion is enough for us, and if we’re frugal, we don’t need to worry for the rest of our lives. One whole billion! jackie, you’ve made a really intelligent choice!”

“That’s right! How can we give up a billion dollars?” Andrew was just as elated as his wife, and he asked, “Have you received the money?”

“Don’t you worry. The money is safe and sound in my bank!” jackie said with a smile.

“Alright, the two of you bodyguards better follow me out later. I’ll go buy some ingredients, and we’ll cook a table full of dishes to celebrate!” Overwhelmed with excitement, Fiona went and patted jackie’s shoulders with both hands. “ jackie, I’ll reward you with a table full of dishes tonight. You’ve worked hard these past days!”

jackie thought about it and purposely brought the matter up once more as he spoke, “Umm… Mother, this job is really gone!”

“Hey, it’s fine to let it go. We can start a big company with this one billion. Why are we afraid? Let’s just be our own boss!” Fiona soon left with both bodyguards forthrightly.

“You’re really one-of-a-kind. Why didn’t you tell us about this right off the bat? You’ve frightened your mother and I!” Andrew said with a smile after Fiona left.

“Frankly speaking, Father, to be honest, I wouldn’t continue working as a bodyguard for the Drakes after I’m fired,” said jackie, “even if I don’t get this one billion. After all, I’m not such a shameless person!” jackie laughed and added, “It’s not about the amount of money; it’s about the dignity as a person.”

Andrew was embarrassed when he heard this. He opened his mouth but did not know what to say as; jackie was right.

Chapter 752
Timothy was already drunk, and coincidentally, it was at the period when Selena would finish working and leave her office.

With his mood soured, he drank to his heart’s content with Leo and the others before he got ready to go home.

As they were drunk, Leo asked one of his bodyguards to send Timothy home.

However, Timothy asked the driver to stop the car when they passed by Drake Dynasty Real Estate.

The Turner family’s bodyguard turned around and asked Timothy with a frown, “What is it? Do you feel like vomiting, Young Master Drake?”

“No, I need to go down. I’ve got something to do! F*ck, I’m getting heated just thinking about it. He’s just a bodyguard! How dare he refuse to give me face?” Young Master Drake smirked, got down from the car, and spoke to the bodyguard, “Wait for me here, I’ll be back soon.”

“Yes, Young Master Drake.” The man nodded.

Timothy soon entered the office, rather tipsy with the aftermath of the win he had.

“Young Master Drake, why are you here?”

“Young Master Drake, good day to you!”

Most of the company’s employees looked at him in surprise when they saw Timothy, even more so when they noted he was drunk.

“I’m here to take a look at how you guys are doing recently!” Timothy laughed and walked toward the purchasing department.

“Is she here?” Soon, he arrived at Selena’s office door. With that smirk still on his face, he opened the door, entered the office, and locked it.

“Why is Young Master Drake here? Why does he stink of wine?” The purchasing department’s employee, Felicia, asked her supervisor, Sonia with a frown.

Sonia smiled coldly and lowered her voice as she said, “Isn’t it obvious? I had a weird feeling for so long now. Why did they refuse to promote me to a manager and suddenly employed Selena Taylor to work as the manager here? Apart from that, the Drake family still treats her husband so nicely.” Sonia held her hands in front of her chest and said peculiarly, “Do you know why? Selena must be secretly involved with Young Master Drake. They must’ve done what they did in private previously. Today, the young master is obviously drunk and is horny. I’m sure he’s here to look for her in the office.”

“Tsk, tsk! If that’s the case, isn’t Young Master Drake slightly too eager? Selena will finish work in thirty minutes. Can’t he wait a little longer? Isn’t it better to wait for her to finish work and meet in the hotel?” asked Felicia.

“Hey, you don’t understand men. Some men get extremely excited after they have drinks. Who knows, he’s probably looking to try something new at a new setting!” Sonia explained.

…

“Young Master Drake, why are you here? Can I help you?”

Chapter 753
Selena frowned when she saw Timothy entering her office without prior announcement. Her guard was up when she realized he reeked of alcohol and even locked the door. She immediately stood up and walked out from behind her desk.

“Don’t be nervous!” Timothy laughed and sized up Selena under the influence of alcohol.

He always thought that Selena was utterly beautiful, but he was not interested as she was married and older than him.

In his drunken state, however, he felt giddy as he eyed how the formal dress on this woman accentuated her beautiful figure.

He took just a few steps toward Selena and said, “I just so happened to pass this place on my way home, so I’m here to take a look. I’d like to know what’s the development of South Hill Real Estate’s project. By the way, I heard that you’ve appointed the Taylor family to supply eighty percent of the project material?”

The corners of Selena’s mouth twitched when she heard this. She had been worried about how people would gossip about this behind her back.

Still, many days had passed without anybody saying anything. After all, the general manager had agreed to this and signed the agreement. Even he felt that the materials from the Taylor family were rather good.

Selena eventually relaxed. Regardless, the general manager had already mentioned this to James Drake and Miss Tanya; Timothy should have known about this much earlier.

She did not know why Timothy brought up this matter.

Selena smiled embarrassingly. “Yes. Young Master Drake should’ve known about this since long ago, right? The general manager already approved it. Your father and Miss Tanya also knew about it. They had visited the site and were satisfied with the materials as the quality was good!”

Timothy smiled and walked closer to Selena. “We’re definitely satisfied. I didn’t say that we’re not. This isn’t about the materials!”

“If there’s nothing wrong with the material, what is it?” Selena turned around with a frown and reached for a paper cup. “Young Master Drake, you must’ve drank lots of wine. Let me pour you a cup of warm water.”

Selena bent over at the water dispenser and fetched him a cup of warm water. Her alluring bent figure in her formal dress made Young Master Drake feel rather thirsty. He could not help but swallow his saliva. This woman grew increasingly seductive the more he looked at her.

Timothy’s imaginations began to wander as he continued to look at Selena.

With the cup of warm water at hand, Selena turned around toward him only to be stunned at his rather suggestive gaze.

Timothy immediately looked away when he saw Selena turning around. With a grin on his face, he said, “Miss Selena is too generous, but it’s not about the material. I know several material-supplying companies that have better branding, a longer history, and their quality is quite nice. The materials they have are indisputably reliable!” He paused here before continuing, “If that’s the case, I wonder why Miss Selena chose the Taylor family without even considering these companies? Is it possible that you have some hidden, selfish motives?”

Selena was slightly nervous when Timothy asked her this; this matter caused her quite the discomfort for quite some time. Although the Taylor family was not bad, Sonia had filtered the other material suppliers and did not pass them to her.

She knew about this, but she chose to ignore it for the Taylor family’s sake and signed the contract.

She never expected that Young Master Drake would purposely talk about this after the general manager, Miss Tanya and James had agreed to it.

Did the Drakes want to go back on their word?

This was the assumption and worry that plagued Selena.

After all, this project could help the Taylor family earn quite a revenue. It could guarantee their profit and healthy business development for the next two years.

The project had just started not long ago. It would be troublesome for the Taylor family if the Drakes changed their minds.

“Young Master Drake, are you saying there are several companies better than the Taylor family? I’m not very clear about this as Supervisor Neal is the one who did the research. In the end, she’s the one who compiled all pieces of information and handed them to me. Regardless, I felt that only the Taylor family is the most suitable one among all the companies she handed to me!”

With a smile on her face, Selena passed the cup of water to Timothy and added, “The agreement was signed and approved by the general manager. This proves that the Taylor family is entirely capable of such an important role.”

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“Is that so?” Timothy walked over to receive the cup of warm water, and he took another step closer and moved closer to Selena.

Selena’s faint body odor, coupled with her perfume, stimulated Timothy.

“Oh my!” His hand slightly trembled when he took over the cup, causing water from the cup to spill on Selena’s chest.

“Ah!” Selena yelped in shock, although the water was not too hot.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to. Let me help you wipe that, Miss Selena.” Timothy was prepared for this. As he stretched out his hand toward her, Selena snapped.

“Go away! I can wipe it myself!” Selena was shocked at his advances and took a few steps backing away from him. Timothy was so in taking advantage of her, his hands merely a centimeter away from her attire.

Selena instantly took out several pieces of tissue paper and dabbed them at the soaked area on her clothes.

Timothy was rather disappointed at Selena’s quick thinking, but it did not erase his excitement at her flustered state. “Allow me to help you with that, Miss Selena,” he urged once more, “I’m good at it!”

“Young Master Drake, what are you talking about? Kindly respect our boundaries or I’ll get angry!” Selena’s face darkened when she discovered his true, dark intentions. She then angrily added, “If it’s work purposes you’re concerned with, I’ll make my reports. If it’s about anything else, please immediately leave. I’m not this kind of woman!”

It did not enrage Timothy when Selena vocally stated her stance; he merely smirked. “Miss Selena, stop acting. Do you think that I don’t know what kind of woman you are? You didn’t know your husband when you first met him, yet you married him the day you know him and slept with him right after. You even have a child with him!”

Timothy looked at Selena in disdain. “You slept with a man you just knew. How’s it possible for you to not be charmed by a handsome and rich young master like me? I’ve no intentions of marrying you; I’m not interested in married women like you. Still, you’ve got a nice figure, and you’ve got a rather beautiful face. What say you accompany me for a short while?”

Selena almost fainted due to anger, but she maintained her icy-cold expression and she scoffed, “Young Master Drake, you must’ve had too many drinks tonight. I’ll take this as you speaking nonsense, and I won’t argue with you!”

Selena then pointed at the door. “Now, please get out and stop disturbing me at my workplace. Your image would be destroyed if others knew about what happened here today!”

Selena had a point; Timothy was usually a gentleman in front of others. His actions toward her might very well be due to alcohol influence.

Still, he did not seem drunk, though he might have drank slightly more than usual.

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“You’re a woman! Do you think I, a man, would be afraid if others knew about this if you’re not? Also, who’d believe that you’re innocent? Won’t others say that you’re the one who seduced me for your monthly salary of one million? Who’s in power here: you or me?” Timothy laughed and added, “You think about that, Selena Taylor, and you think it through. I, Timothy Drake, will have you now. You have no choice but to obey me!”

“In your dreams!” Selena was downright livid; she never thought Timothy could be so evil.

“You’d do well to think it thoroughly. If you don’t do as I say, I’ll terminate the contract with the Taylor family. The compensation is only around one hundred million, nothing too much, and we can afford it!” Timothy smiled coldly. “Secondly, I fired your husband, and he’s out of job now. What’ll happen to your family’s expenses now that he lost his monthly salary of twenty million?”

“What?! You…you fired him?!” Selena was taken aback by Timothy’s wicked words. This Young Master Drake was too much of a pain. She never thought he had that sadistic streak in him.

“Don’t be so agitated! I haven’t finished speaking!” Timothy smirked with an extremely definite expression on his face. “Think about it: You guys live in a big villa now with an entire family waiting for your support, and you’ve got bodyguards and workers you need to pay too.

“I fired your husband because he acted against me, and if you don’t submit to me today, I’ll fire you too. You purposely signed the agreement with the Taylor family for their wellbeing. I can fire you based on this point alone!”

“You evil man! Young Master Drake, I never thought you’d be such a despicable man!” Selena gritted her teeth in anger. She never thought Timothy would hold the matter against him.

She used to think that Timothy was a kind person like Miss Tanya. After all, siblings usually shared quite a few characteristics.

Apart from that, Timothy usually looked like a gentleman. She had no idea the man before her would have such a foul, wretched heart.

“Oh, I’m despicable?” Timothy laughed coldly after he heard what Selena said. “You’re making a false counter-charge. If it wasn’t for us Drakes, do you think that your husband would’ve had such a great job? Do you think that you’d have a great job? You guys were poor people looked down on by the Taylor family and others. You have the life you have now because you guys met us and befriended us. How dare you say that I’m despicable!”

Timothy merely shrugged when he noted Selena’s silence and cold expression. “Don’t you worry about it. As long as you promise me that you’ll serve me well this one time, I wouldn’t tell others about this. I won’t rescind the contract with the Taylor family, and you get to keep your job. A one-million salary is barely enough for your family!”

Selena gritted her teeth and was so angry that her face turned pale.

Timothy was pleased when he saw her rooted where she stood, wordlessly; he assumed Selena was complying due to the fear he instilled in her. After all, any other woman would know what choice to make, right?

He walked forward and pulled Selena into his arms. His face leaned closer to hers as though he was about to kiss her. “Miss Selena, just succumb to me. You lose nothing. After all, I’m the Drake family’s young master, son of Eastfield’s wealthiest man. No rich young masters in the entire Eastfield would dare compete with me. Moreover, your husband won’t know about this if you don’t tell him, understand?”

“You bastard, let go of me!” Selena was so angry that she resisted Timothy’s embrace and fought back.

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Timothy laughed at Selena’s struggle. “And why should I let you go? Just give in to me!” He pushed her onto the table with all his might, ready to grab her.

“Go away!” In her fear and panic, Selena kicked Timothy right in between his legs when he was close enough.

“Argh!” Timothy yelled in pain and fell onto his knees in a squatting position.

Selena instantly shot up as Timothy fell, merely sparing him a glare as she rushed toward the door. “Young Master Drake, you bastard! I quit!” Selena ripped open the door and rushed out right after.

…

“What’s going on? Manager Taylor ran out of her office!” Employees were startled to see Selena rushing out of her office.

“Did he fail? Manager Taylor’s hair seems to be ruffled up a little, but she opened the door and ran straight out. She seemed to have just cried, too,” said Felicia dumbfoundedly. “This doesn’t seem right. This shouldn’t be happening if they have something going behind the scenes. Shouldn’t she be very happy?”

“How would I know? Let’s go check it out.” Sonia immediately walked with Felicia toward Selena’s office. They peered into the office and discovered Young Master Drake on the floor: he had his hands over his private parts as he hissed in pain.

“How dare Selena Taylor do this?! What should Young Master Drake do if he can’t bear children in the future?” Sonia said angrily. She immediately went in with Felicia to assist Young Master Drake.

Meanwhile, Selena rushed to the parking lot. She pulled the door to her car open and went inside before crying out her frustrations. It took a while before she could reach out for a tissue paper to wipe her tears, and it was only after that was she able to calm herself down before she made her way home.

…

jackie was smoking in their yard when he saw Selena’s car entering the compound and was parked. “Honey, you’re back.” jackie walked over to his wife with a small smile on his face.

“Yes,” came Selena’s simple reply and went to sit with him quietly.

“Honey, I quit my job,” jackie started, his smile bitter as he spoke. “But truthfully, I was fired by Young Master Drake. No need to worry, though. Our family will still have money to rely on.”

Selena listened on and instantly recalled how she was almost taken advantage of by Timothy. Her nose twitched and her eyes turned slightly red. She looked at jackie upsettingly and said, “Honey, I… I’ve also quit my job. We are both out of jobs! What should we do?”

“You quit, too?” The news stunned jackie, but he could sense his wife’s unstable emotions. “What actually happened?” he prodded.

“That bastard Timothy Drake came looking for me in my office after he had some drinks. He even threatened me with the Taylor family’s agreement about sourcing materials and the fact that he’d fire me. He wants to take advantage of me and even forced himself on me when I refused him!

“Thankfully, I reacted fast and kicked his crotch at the given time. I managed to escape right after that.”

Face written with fear, Selena looked at her husband and blurted, “What should I do? I’d be in so much trouble if my mother knows I lost my job!”

jackie was livid at the details his wife told him. “F*ck… Is Timothy Drake looking for a death wish? I don’t give a damn if he does things to me, but how dare he go looking for you at your office? You didn’t even do anything to him!” jackie shot up from his seat and threw the cigarette butt onto the ground before stepping on it. His hands then tightened, balled into fists.

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“I’m going to get an explanation from him,” snapped jackie.

“Don’t! This is the Drake family we’re talking about here!” Selena was extremely frightened when she saw jackie’s impulsive look and took his hands into hers. “Honey, don’t go. It’s the Drake family, and it’s not a good idea to offend them. Apart from that, he didn’t get to touch me inappropriately. While he did forcibly embraced me, I managed to break free!”

“That means nothing to me. What would’ve happened if you failed to run away in time? The Drake family has to give me an explanation! How dare he try to take advantage of you!” jackie’s fists tightened even more. He turned to Selena and, carrying her in his arms bridal-style, walked toward the car when he saw her hands still on his.

“What are you doing? I asked you to not go there!” Selena was flustered yet worried as he held her up like a princess, though it did not erase her anxiety. After all, the Drake family was a family that even first-class aristocratic families dared not offend. Could jackie succeed alone?

“Don’t you worry; I won’t kill Tanya’s brother as a sign of respect for our friendship. However, if he doesn’t kneel and apologize, I’ll show him no mercy!” jackie still had a darkened expression on his face. He placed Selena at the passenger’s seat before he went and sat at the driver’s seat.

“Honey, just let it go. I know you love me, but I don’t want to offend the Drake family! It’s not good to have another enemy,” coaxed Selena in an attempt to persuade jackie. She did not want him to act irrationally. “Apart from that, they’re the Drakes! They might have lots of masters with them!”

“Don’t you worry. Their masters are no match for your husband. He’s far more powerful than any of them combined.” Adamant and indifferent, jackie stepped on the gas pedal and the car soon raced out of the villa.

“Why are they going out again? Didn’t they just come back a while ago?” Several bodyguards who strolled around the perimeter not far away wondered what was happening when they saw the situation. At the same time, they felt jealous as they saw how jackie carried Selena in his arms.

“You’re so hard-headed! Why won’t you listen to my advice?!” Selena relented once she knew it was a point for no return for her husband. He wanted to confront the Drake family! The Drakes might turn hostile against them if jackie went over and caused trouble!

More importantly, how could jackie oppose the entire Drake family’s masters?

…

Young Master Drake struggled in pain for quite some time before he could even stand up. He then walked out embarrassingly and returned to the Drake family mansion.

He was more than ready to go to bed as the drinks made him feel dizzy. The last thing he expected was for James, Tanya, and several masters of the Drake family to wait for him when he entered the villa’s living room.

“Father, Tanya, why are you guys here? Why aren’t you guys asleep yet?” Timothy’s face darkened as he sensed something was amiss when he noted several Drake family elders were present.

This only happened when something important had to be announced. Coincidentally, he had fired jackie, and it seemed that his sister had relayed the news to them.

James’ face darkened and questioned Timothy, “You know what you’ve done today, right?”

Timothy was utterly displeased. “Of course I do. I fired a mere bodyguard, no? Did you have to get a crowd here like this? Why did you ask the elders to come out?” came his somewhat apathetic reply as he sat down on the sofa.

James laughed bitterly. “What did I tell you? Did you ignore what I’ve told you? I asked you to not offend jackie and stay on his good side! Why didn’t you listen?!” James was downright livid at him and was close to fainting in his anger. His son made the worst move possible with his deplorable attitude.

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Timothy, at that moment, recalled how a marshal failed to defeat jackie. With a guilty conscience, he blurted, “I didn’t know jackie could be so powerful! I thought he was just a head commander, unworthy of our family’s respect and admiration. I only knew this when a marshal from the Turner family failed to defeat him, and that was only after I fired him!”

“I’ve told you long before that he’s considerably on par with Kings of War. It doesn’t matter even if he’s just a one-star King of War! More importantly, he’s well acquainted with the Goddess of War. Can’t you see that? The Goddess of War willingly interacted with me because of our relationship with jackie!” James grew increasingly angry the more he thought about it.

“So what? I can just look for them tomorrow and ask them to return to work as usual!” Timothy had no choice but to obey his father after he thought about it. After all, many of the Drakes eyed him sharply and none went up to defend him.

“Think about his temperament! Do you think that he’s short of money if he really is a King of War? The country would’ve given him several tens of billions as his reward. We were extremely lucky that somebody like him was willing to work as our bodyguard. He agreed to work for us because he was bored with nothing to do.

“Do you think he’d still agree to it now?” James laughed. He knew jackie’s identity was not as simple as how he portrayed it, but jackie managed to keep himself incredibly low-profile and seldom exposed his true combat abilities to the public. This caused others to believe he was a mere head commander.

“How’s that possible? And does he really have that much money?” Timothy’s face darkened; he made a huge mistake if that was true. Still, as he recalled how ordinary jackie was and how he promised to be their bodyguard proactively, he still felt that his father’s beliefs were too overboard. How could such a rich person agree to be a bodyguard?

“Bullcrap. He’s definitely a King of War, so it’s only natural he has a lot of money!” scoffed James with a cold expression on his face.

“Why would he willingly work as a bodyguard if he has so much money? If it was me, I wouldn’t work as a bodyguard. I don’t want to be looked down at by others!” Timothy frowned. He glanced at Tanya who was beside him, and his eyes lit up. “Unless… The reason this guy works as our bodyguard isn’t for money but for women. I think he likes my sister. If that’s the case, it’s very easy to get into his good books. We can just marry Tanya to him, right?”

Timothy tried to find ways around the matter.

Though it took a while, Tanya noticed something peculiar in Timothy’s replies and said, “Wait, Brother. Did you say ‘them’ just now? What does that mean?”

Timothy scratched his head in embarrassment. “The thought of jackie talking back at me plagued me after I drank some wine… So I fired his wife in retaliation.”

“What?!” James’ chest heaved in anger when he heard this. “You… You! It’s understandable if you committed a mistake once, but how dare you make them one after another! You’re ridiculous! Even if jackie talked back to you, how could you fire his wife too?!”

“I… I told you! I was just unhappy at that moment!”

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Timothy tried to find an excuse for his actions.

“Aren’t you afraid of offending him? Let me tell you this: If you end up genuinely offending him, I… I can’t even save you!” James was so angry that he was at a loss for words. He had one son, and he turned out to be this.

“Impossible! Are you joking? We’re a first-class aristocratic family, and we have so many masters here with us! While I admit jackie’s good, I don’t believe we’d lose if everyone fights him as a group,” came Timothy’s somewhat apathetic reply. He did not believe jackie would be that terrifying.

James glanced at Timothy and announced coldly, “Oh, that’s right. We’re waiting for you here because we need to tell you something. I feel that you’re out of focus recently, so I’ve visited South City Group only to find out that it’s been losing money. Because of this, South City Group will be managed by your sister, Tanya starting from tomorrow. I suppose you can have a breather and a break of sorts.”

Timothy wondered if he had heard his father wrongly and looked at James dumbfoundedly. “What? Did I hear that right, Father? Did you just say South City Group?”

In Timothy’s point of view, Tanya was just a child and it was difficult for her to bear such great responsibility. Apart from that, he was the one who managed South City Group all this while, thus he believed no one should interfere with his business. South City Group represented half the Drake family group’s businesses, and the ability to manage this group represented the person’s identity in the Drake family.

It was because of this that Timothy had always been extremely proud of himself. He was the subject of people’s envious looks whenever he walked outside because the Drake family relied on him to manage their businesses.

While he also managed several smaller companies, those companies were nothing when compared to South City Group.

“Yes, you heard right. South City Group,” James said indifferently. “While your sister tends to shop quite often, I observed the companies she managed and they’re doing quite well. I believe your sister would do a better job than you if I hand South City Group to her!”

“Father, are you joking?” Timothy was still in disbelief. “Tanya… Tanya is just a young child. How could she be more experienced than me at business management? Apart from that, I’ve been managing South City Group all this time. I’m aware we’ve started losing money during these few months, but it’s temporary. We’ve raked up quite the fortune years before this. Do you not see the success I’ve accomplished?”

He stood up and got increasingly agitated. “You want to change the higher management just because the loss we experience these two to three months? Aren’t you afraid that Tanya would fail at managing the place?”

James laughed him off before he replied, “Don’t you worry. I’ve thought about it and discussed it with several higher-ups many times before I made this decision. You’re definitely unsuitable to continue working as South City Group’s highest management with your current situation and status!”

Suddenly, Harvey ran into the room with several other bodyguards. “Master, Master! Something bad is happening!” There was a deep frown on his face as he spoke. “Big Brother… No, jackie is here with his wife, and he wants an explanation from us. If he’s not satisfied with our explanation, he…he’d make his move!”

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“He… He’s too brash! What does he mean by ‘make his move’? Father, listen to him. His actions are a disrespect to the Drake family!” Timothy sucked in a deep breath when he heard what the bodyguards were saying about jackie. Admittingly, he was scared. Did Selena tell jackie what happened in the office?

He first recalled the fact that he did not manage to take advantage of Selena. It did not matter if Selena was embarrassed or she had the intention of actually manipulating the Drake family; she would not have told jackie about what happened between them.

The last thing Timothy expected was for jackie to look for him, and that meant big trouble.

Because of this, he had to provoke the relationship between his father and jackie.

“He’s doing too much. This is threatening our Drake family!” One of the Drake family’s masters was displeased. This master’s fighting abilities were much stronger than Spectre. He feared no marshals and was able to fight with Kings of War.

This master was the first one to stand up against jackie’s threats.

“Yes, what Elder Gordon says makes sense. This guy always acts like this, and we should put him in his place!” Timothy was relieved that someone shared his stance in the matter, and it was someone powerful to boot.

“How dare you agree to the master? He’s brave enough to say it because he’s got the power to back it up!” Tanya glared at his brother before looking at James. “Father, what should we do now? It seems that jackie is unhappy about Timothy firing his wife. He wouldn’t have come here if it wasn’t for this matter.”

“Tanya, what you’re doing here is uplifting others and destroying your own. How would we know that Elder Gordon isn’t his match without even attempting anything?” snapped Timothy.

“Yes, Miss Tanya. Are you looking down on us masters, or do you place too much faith in jackie?” Elder Gordon was slightly unhappy. He was considered one of the best masters in the Drake family though he had never fought with jackie. Tanya’s words blatantly meant she looked down on them and stated that they were not jackie’s opponents.

“Elder Gordon, don’t make a move without my order. jackie is here asking for an explanation, and he didn’t tell us straightforwardly what he wanted to do. This means that there are ways to settle this!” James thought about it and said, “Let’s go and discuss it with him. It might work if we apologize and ask them to return to work tomorrow.”

Many people nodded and they followed James outside.

…

James and his company eventually arrived at the mansion’s front door. jackie and his wife, Selena, stood right outside in silence.

As everyone gathered, Tanya was the first to walk forward and offered her apologies. “ jackie, I heard that my brother fired Sister Selena in anger. I’m very sorry for that,” Tanya spoke solemnly. “My brother tends to speak nonsense whenever he’s drunk. He was just in his feelings, so please don’t take him seriously.”

“Indeed. Timothy was angry, so whatever he said was only out of his emotions. Go back, rest, and come back for work tomorrow.” James was pleased with how understanding his daughter was, and jackie might reconsider his actions after he heard Tanya’s sincere words. After all, was it not petty to be calculative with a drunk person?

“Come on, jackie, let’s just leave it at that.”

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Selena was slightly afraid when she saw that many people in front of her. Most of the bodyguards were also there. Soon, there were one to two hundred people at the Drake family’s side. She immediately persuaded jackie.

However, jackie still stood there and did not move. He looked at Timothy coldly and said, “Timothy, come over, kneel, and apologize to my wife. Kowtow three times and I will let things slide. If not, you’ll regret it when I make my move!”

“Bastard, aren’t you being too much?!” Elder Gordon could not handle it anymore. He was originally cranky so he walked two steps forward, looked at jackie, and said, “This is the Drake family! Do you know who Timothy is? He’s the eldest young master of our family! It’s fine to directly address him by his name, but, how dare you ask someone as honorable as him to kneel and kowtow to you! You’re being really arrogant!”

jackie looked at this old man coldly before saying. “I’m speaking to Timothy so please don’t interrupt our conversation!”

“You…” Elder Gordon was extremely angry and held his hands into fists. “Sure. They all mentioned that you are strong and since you dare act so presumptuously in front of the Drake family mansion, let me try you!”

“Elder Gordon, stop!” James immediately stopped him.

He smiled at jackie after Elder Gordon stopped. “ jackie, my son really acted impulsive after several drinks. I hope you can understand him!” James paused here before continuing. “How about this. You guys can come back for work and I will pay you double your salary next month. Apart from that, I will pay you one hundred million as compensation. How does that sound?”

As the richest man in Eastfield, James had already made a huge compromisation by saying this.

“Master Drake, I’m sorry but what happened today cannot be solved with money. If it wasn’t because the Drake family treated me well and I consider Miss Tanya as my best friend, everybody here would have died, and you would be waiting for your bodies to be collected!” jackie raised his hand and pointed at the people in front of him. His tone was plain but his words were extremely domineering.

“Honey…” Selena was speechless. She knew something like this was going to happen with her husband’s character. The Drake family had already taken such a huge step back but jackie still refused to back away.

“You f*cker!” Elder Gordon could not hold it back any longer. He forgot James’s instructions, stepped forward, and rushed toward jackie with his hands balled into fists.

jackie curled his lips into a cold smile when he saw how the other party initiated the attack. He balled his hands into fists and punched toward the opponent too.

With a slightly dull bang, Elder Gordon flew outward. He flew several meters away before stepping on the ground and stabilizing his body.

“You can’t take such a small amount of my force. How dare you act arrogantly in front of me?” jackie glanced at the opponent in disdain. He had a kingly aura and a contempt for the world as he spoke.

Elder Gordon was shocked. jackie’s punch seemed simple but the power in it was so terrifying that it threw him into the air while jackie was still standing there firmly.

What jackie said also caused him to be afraid!

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”Elder Gordon, stop! Are you refusing to listen to me?” James also noticed that Elder Gordon was definitely not jackie’s opponent.

However, he had already made a move. After his failure, he could only stand there and glare at jackie.

After all, he might die very miserably if he rushed forward and fought jackie. If he stopped right now, he would lose his face.

Elder Gordon humphed coldly after he heard what James said. “Young man, I’ll bear with it today because my master asked me to. However, this is the Drake family mansion, if you dare act rampantly, I will not hold back anymore!” Elder Gordon retreated after he said that.

The corners of Timothy’s mouth twitched several times. He finally noticed that if Elder Gordon acted alone, he was definitely not jackie’s opponent. Apart from that, Elder Gordon was someone who loved to protect his dignity. He left these words just so he could exit with honor.

“Alright, jackie. How about this? It’s fine if you and Miss Selena don’t want to come back to work. This time, my son was the one who acted impulsively. I will give you eight hundred million. How about that? Let’s agree to let it go! ” After thinking about it, James gritted his teeth and proactively said.

In his opinion, this amount of compensation was already more than enough. Apart from that, he just found out that his son fired the two of them not too long ago. He was slightly unhappy when jackie did not want to let this go.

However, he knew that he could not offend jackie, so he could only hope that he could spend money to avoid disaster.

“Honey, why don’t we just let it go. Eight hundred million is already a lot!” Selena bit her lips and persuaded jackie.

It was a pity as jackie still sneered. “Master Drake, I would have killed your son if it weren’t for Tanya! My request is simple, he needs to kneel down and apologize to my wife. He also needs to slap himself ten times. Otherwise, I will take action!”

” jackie, aren’t you asking for too much?” Even Tanya got angry. She looked at jackie in disbelief. “My brother shouldn’t have fired you nor your wife. After all, your wife did nothing wrong. No matter what, my brother is the young master of the Drake family. How should my brother continue living his life if he kneels down and apologizes to your wife? You even asked him to slap himself in the face.”

” jackie, please consider this. Eight hundred million is really a lot, why don’t you think about it again?” Yvonne bit her lips. She did not expect jackie to make this matter such a huge ordeal. This was somewhat unlike the jackie she knew.

However, jackie sneered and said, “there is nothing to consider. It doesn’t matter if Young Master Timothy fired my wife. However, he tried to take advantage of my wife after several drinks. He went to the office, locked the door, and tried to forcefully take advantage of my wife. If my wife hadn’t found the opportunity to kick him and escaped, she might have suffered!”

Having said that, jackie looked at Yvonne and questioned her. “Miss Yvonne, would you easily forgive such a person if you were in such a situation? If someone harassed you and gave you some money to silence you, would you be able to forgive that person?”

“How’s this possible? Brother, you…you actually treated sister Selena…” Tanya finally realized that jackie’s anger was not just about Timothy firing his wife. It turned out that her brother actually went to the company alone and tried to rape jackie’s wife.

If this happened to another man, they might have been afraid of the Drake family or they might have chosen money to avoid disaster.

However, if it was a burly and hardcore man like jackie, it was impossible to ask for his forgiveness.

“He…he’s talking nonsense!”

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Timothy was so frightened. He could only grit his teeth and refused to admit to it when he saw so many people looking at him.

“Nonsense?” This time, even Selena could not stand it and looked at Timothy bitterly. “Timothy, I didn’t expect you to be a coward who dared not admit to what you did. If you say so, why don’t we head to the company and ask the people there? We have so many employees, do you think they didn’t hear anything?”

Timothy’s face instantly turned blue and purple when he heard what she said. Yes, it was definitely difficult to explain what happened previously.

Originally, he could tell people in the company that it was Selena who wanted to seduce him. Many people would have believed what he said. Now that jackie has brought his wife to his house, nobody would have believed him if he used this excuse. That would be extremely troublesome.

“You…you bastard!” James finally realized what a nasty thing his son had done. He stepped forward and slapped Timothy with all his might. “I’m really disappointed in you. I thought that you had just fired the two of them, I didn’t expect you to try to force Miss Selena. No wonder jackie is so angry!”

Elder Gordon, who originally felt that jackie had gone overboard, finally realized that he was almost manipulated by Timothy. If he was in this position and his woman was almost raped by somebody else, he would have killed that person early on.

As for jackie’s action of asking Timothy to kneel down and apologize while slapping himself ten times was actually very kind of jackie. He did this because of his history with the Drake family and he was giving Tanya face.

Timothy, who was slapped in the cheeks, covered his face in anger. “Father, you…you actually hit me because of this? I admit that I was impulsive at that time. I had too many drinks and Selena looked really pretty. She even had a short skirt on. Isn’t that very normal? Besides, I was unsuccessful in my attempt!”

“unsuccessful? If you succeeded, none of you here would leave Eastfield alive!” jackie sneered after he heard this, and walked step by step toward Timothy.

His eyes were filled with a murderous aura. The aura was the same one that sent shivers down everyone’s spine on the battlefield.

“Do you still feel that you did nothing wrong? I gave you a chance, but you didn’t cherish it!” jackie approached step by step and his voice was very low. He had a scary and invisible aura around him that made people feel repressed.

“You fool, why aren’t you kneeling down and apologizing yet? Hurry up and do what jackie said! Kneel down and apologize to Miss Selena. Hurry up and slap yourself!” James was very frightened. The other masters in the Drake Family stood there and were all frightened too. They knew that jackie was about to take action.

After all, Timothy did make a mistake this time and they were all embarrassed to make moves.

“I won’t apologize! I’m the young master of the Drake family, why should I apologize to them?!” Timothy gritted his teeth and looked at jackie. He did not believe that jackie would dare take action. After all, the Drake family was the biggest known power in this province.

jackie directly jumped up and kicked Timothy on his crotch. Timothy flew outward.

The next second, Timothy hit the ground far away and fainted.

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Timothy’s pants seeped with fresh blood. It was a frightening sight.

The corners of James’s mouth twitched. His features were twisted into a grimace, but he did not let a single word slip from him.

The entire area was completely silent—so silent that you could hear a pin drop!

This was the Young Master of the Drake family, and yet jackie had lashed out against him all the same. Now he just lay there, and no one knew if he was still alive.

“Master…”

Spectre stepped forward, frowning. He did not know what to say.

He knew that James’s heart was filled with excruciating pain.

“Come forward all you like, if you wish to avenge him. But I’m afraid that you won’t be able to bear the consequences once you make the first move!” jackie said, expression stony.

Although James’s insides were twisted with agony, he forced himself to smile. “It’s all right, jackie, so long as you let off some steam! Just say the word if you need any more compensation!”

jackie gave a wan smile. “No need!”

He wheeled around and left, taking Selena with him. “Don’t worry. Your son isn’t dead. But I can’t say for certain if he’ll be producing any heirs in the future.”

Selena glanced behind her shoulder, afraid that the fighters and the bodyguards employed by the Drake family would rush forward. She only released a sigh of relief once they got onto the car and drove off.

“Are you sure Timothy won’t be rendered infertile from that kick of yours, Dear? James only has him as the only son, after all. Won’t he try to take revenge in the future? I know you’re venting your anger, but I’m still afraid!”

Selena frowned, her expression morphing to that of concern.

jackie glanced at her and managed a mirthless smile. “Don’t worry. James is smart enough. He won’t cause trouble for me even if his son can no longer produce heirs for their family. I’ve already been kind enough to him by sparing his son’s life. No man has the right to touch my wife. You suffered so much for me and our daughter’s sake. You paid the price for so many years. I won’t let you go through any more humiliation!”

Warmth filled Selena as she heard him speak such earnest words. She pursed her lips before she spoke, “All right then. I just never expected that you would have no fear even with the Drake family! This is far beyond my expectations!”

jackie did not know whether to laugh or cry after he heard that. “Dear, would you be touched or frightened if all nine of the Gods of War came to your birthday party?”

Selena went speechless for a while when she heard that. Then she rolled her eyes. “What are you saying? It’ll be an utmost honor even if only Lana came. How can all nine of the Gods of War come? Besides, they’re so busy, and every second of theirs is extremely precious. How could they have the time to spare for me?”

Here, Selena seemed to think of something, then she said jokingly, “Don’t tell me that you’re the master of the nine Gods of War? Each of the Gods of War is strong in their own way, and they’re extremely powerful. If they even had a master, he would not even be human!”

jackie gave a curious expression. Did his wife just tell him that he was not human right to his face?

He gave a brittle smile and asked, “What is he then, if not human?”

“A god!”

Selena spoke in a matter-of-fact tone, “What kind of a person would a master of the nine Gods of War be if not a god? But of course, there’s no one like that. In the future, don’t simply joke that you’re the master of the Gods of War. It’ll be troublesome if someone were to write a report about it and spread the news about you.”

Here, Selena drew a finger across her throat. “You’re writing yourself a death sentence if you anger the Gods of War,” she said. “It won’t get any better just because you’re good friends with Lana. A joke like this is too frightening!”

jackie placed his hand on her thigh when he heard that, flashing a small smile. “All right. I’ll listen to you, dear. I won’t claim that they’re my disciples anymore, okay? But I still hope that they can come over and celebrate on the day of your birthday!”

“You hope?”

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Selena did not know whether to laugh or cry. “What use is there in hoping? Why should I have hope if they’re not going to come!”

“Do you really want them to come? Then I should invite them over!”

jackie smiled and spoke in a confident tone, “I believe that they’ll definitely preserve my dignity!”

“My goodness. You’re speaking as though you had plenty of dignity, to begin with!”

Selena rolled her eyes at him. Then she noticed that his hand was on her thigh. She picked it up, cheeks flushing. “Drive properly and don’t put your hands everywhere. Seriously!”

“Looks like you’re embarrassed!”

jackie chuckled. “I’ll place it everywhere when it’s bedtime. How about that?”

The pink on Selena’s cheeks deepened. “I can’t be bothered with you, you pervert! Now we’re both jobless, and you’ve offended the Drake family. I just pray that James really won’t come for us, like what you said!”

“Don’t worry. He would have done something just now if he wanted to take revenge! Would he have let us leave just like that?”

They quickly arrived at the villa. After he parked the car, jackie said, “Oh, right. Let me tell you how I was fired by Timothy!”

“Oh, yeah. I would have forgotten if you hadn’t mentioned it. Timothy said that you talked against him. What on earth happened? Weren’t you doing your job just fine for the Drake family?”

Selena immediately asked as the thought popped into her head.

“That’s because I struck big today—I won a bet worth one billion dollars just like that!”

jackie got down from the car. “So don’t worry. I earned a billion dollars today,” he said, grinning. “We’ll be fine even if you stay at home and become a housewife. We can even go for a honeymoon when we’re free!”

“Our child is already so big, and you’re still thinking of a honeymoon? Only you could think of something like that!”

Selena’s heart was leaping in delight. She wound her arm around jackie’s and walked toward the villa’s entrance. “So tell me, how did you win the billion dollars?”

“Billiards. Because…”

jackie then told everything that had transpired in the morning to Selena.

“You learned to play that fast? You’ve never played it before, but you just knew how to play once you got into it. And you won a billion dollars?”

Shock rippled throughout Selena when she finished listening to the story.

…

At the moment in the Drake family’s residence.

After jackie left, Tanya ran over to check on Timothy, who was still unconscious. She furrowed her brows and looked at her father. “What do we do, Dad?”

can we do but to quickly take him to the hospital? If jackie says he’s not dead, he’s not dead. We need to get him to the hospital immediately.

declared before ordering his men to

“Seriously. Why would Timothy dare to do something like that? He really dug a grave for

766 “Master, are we really going to let this slide just like

of the fighters stepped forward and asked

not deserve it, jackie had just brought his wife to the

extreme humiliation for the Drake family. Fortunately, not many people had witnessed the incident, but the Drake family’s reputation had

there’s no way out of this. jackie is too strong. There’s no way to take him on by oneself—at least for

up after he thought about it. In reality, he wanted to say that it would be useless even if all of them

has full confidence, judging from how he spoke just now. He’s very sure of himself. So all we can

chided Timothy so many times, but he simply refused to listen to me. Never mind that he fired both jackie and Selena, but he actually dared to touch the latter. Ah. If it were you, wouldn’t you

nothing but bob their heads in obedience when they heard him

Estate now that

turn awry

a laughing stock. We should be stirring up some trouble for him, after all. How about this? You take charge of South Hill Real Estate and make Sonia take the position of procurement manager. I pray she

with the Taylor family. And we won’t compensate for the breach of contract either. Let’s just do that as our ‘retaliation’. It won’t

felt like a joke. The Drake family was the strongest, richest family in the entire Eastfield. It was extremely embarrassing that her older brother

a suggestion, “Master, why don’t we just tell everyone that the young master’s injuries are not too serious even if they’re actually serious or if he becomes impotent. This way, we’ll only be dissolving our cooperation with the Taylor family because he was not too seriously injured.

over to the hospital in a while and check up on my son. His condition must be kept a

and Selena went back, they quickly showered and went downstairs, sitting together at the table

has been fired

He lost his job, but it’s great that he has a billion to his name now. We won’t have to worry about having no money in the future! This money doesn’t belong to

she said.

“What!”

face immediately froze. “ jackie had been fired for lashing against Young Master Drake, and he had lashed out because of the billion dollars in the first place,” she said, stupefied. “This is completely understandable, but why did you quit? This

job any longer,” she lied, fearing that her mother would fret for her. “It’s pointless to me. More importantly, my subordinates don’t cooperate with me,

a job now,

shook his head and took a sip of wine. “But it doesn’t matter now. You’ve already quit, so now we’ll just have

chipped in, grinning. “We only need enough money to live on. We can’t be like Ma, who only has eyes for money. We should always be satisfied with whatever we

person would give up their chances of getting more money? Why

either. It all depends on how you spend it. I heard that a jeweler in Eastfield has recently crafted an extremely expensive necklace. It’s entirely laid with diamonds, and more importantly, it’s one of its kind in the entire world. There’s also a huge ruby as its main jewel. It’s absolutely gorgeous! It’s called ‘Heart of the Abyss’, or something like

necklace though. No way that it’s worth more than

taste of this red wine is splendid, and it cost over twenty thousand dollars. This is a luxury to me

that that necklace is worth more than 900 million dollars—almost up to a

But more importantly, this necklace is the jeweler’s true

“Pfft!”

his wine out. “What the f*ck. That’s

Of course, the necklace

him. “If

a sip of wine. “Such an expensive necklace would definitely look good on Selena. Ruby…I

I can wear something like that. Besides, they won’t sell it even if we

jackie could only manage a smile. “Mother, where is this necklace housed?” he asked Fiona.

“A regular person would be too embarrassed to walk in there. Any

“I so happened to catch their advertisement banner while I was passing by. That’s how I knew. They imported the jewel from Gin City,

would be able to dream

are the most expensive in this world. Of course, the necklace would be so expensive,

ever worn that necklace before. It’s been used for exhibitions. They had wanted to find someone to help shoot an advertisement, but it seems like there are no celebrities who were suitable

Fiona said, smiling.

others went upstairs after they

I can finally sleep in tomorrow now that

us and come to us looking for trouble? I

to be castrated,” he said. “No way about it though. Who said that he could bully my wife? No one bullies my

that, he glanced toward Selena. A wicked grin spread across his lips. “Dear, why don’t we get all tangled up tonight, since

she heard this. “Oh, quiet. You’re

help it. You’re too

chuckled and planted his lips

the night, Selena felt extremely tired. When she woke up the

to go to work today. I’d be

into a wry smile when she

around—only to find that jackie was already gone. “What on earth?

already outside the biggest shopping mall in the city. He took the elevator and got off on the second floor, heading toward the

for the entrance. A young, pretty saleswoman welcomed him. “Welcome, sir. Are you looking for any

head. “I’m here to buy the ‘Heart

anyone can afford it. The necklaces we have on public display here are already worth 100 to 200 thousand dollars. We only have the best products here. Besides, we shipped the Heart of the Abyss here for an exhibition. It’s

dollars? I’ll pay two billion.

so long as the price was right. After all, a necklace like that was

900 million dollars,

saleswoman was tickled by

heard that. “Go out and take a closer look at the advertisement outside our store, sir. Is 900 million written there? If the Abyss is worth merely 900 million, everyone should just sell all their assets to buy it first. They’ll be

“It’s not 900 million?”

out; the two pretty

‘0’s right after the digit 9. He silently counted the zeroes twice, and shock

carry plenty of exquisite necklaces here. The Heart of the Abyss is definitely not for sale. And it’s not worth just 900 million dollars—it’s

greeted jackie gave

noted that he dared to pay two billion dollars. He was probably a wealthy man who liked to keep

mother-in-law had missed a zero in her calculations, causing him to run into

was too big of a gap between 900 million and nine billion; that single digit made all the difference. No one would spend that much money to buy

of the Abyss if she said that. It was way too expensive. Even someone from a second-class aristocratic family would have to think

What a coincidence, jackie. What are you doing? Buying jewelry

moment, a young man walked in, a beautiful young woman

he recognized the intruder. It was Kelly, the young master of the Gold

my wife over to pick it out herself when

mirthless

“Take your time!”

here, as well as the

“Thank you, dear!”

money and is too embarrassed to bring his

You’re going to wear them during your wedding, right? Aren’t you afraid that no one would even attend your wedding, let alone

casually standing to the side and anticipating the jewelry they would pick

I’m getting married. And what about you? You’re just throwing a birthday party for your wife. You’re

at him, picking up a ring and slipping it onto

“I like this, babe!

to wear this on our wedding day. It’s about 50 million

Kelly grinned.

so pretty. It’s a

necklace. It was expensive, even compared to the

necklace looks good. You’ll definitely be the brightest star

Kelly laughed.

a few pieces of jewelry. The bill totaled

not bought anything. Cecilia smiled. “What’s wrong? You’re too shy to choose anything? Are you scared that we’ll laugh at you, saying that it’s too cheap? Didn’t you just win 90 million dollars from my man here? You should have quite a bit of money on you now.

with her and said, “don’t forget, my dear Cecilia, that he just boasted about throwing a birthday party that would rock the entire city. If he buys all this and spends hundreds of millions, he won’t have much left. He’s spending a lot of money already—reserving the hotel, stuff like that. That’s why he’s just buying all these jewelry as

I almost forgot. He won’t even be able to afford the banquet if he isn’t careful with his money. Or he won’t be able to afford a lavish meal. He’ll be

continuing leisurely, “Besides, no one pays that much attention to jewelry. So it’s enough to simply buy something that’s worth

quickly go and get out of his hair. We’ll let this

came before jackie, looked down upon jackie with his head held high, before sauntering out of the

saleswoman who had been ready to bring out a few items for him was giving

“So you’re that son-in-law!”

all right so long as you mean it.

compare myself to trash like them. After all, a family like the Gold family has no

talk big. But why don’t you

the right to compare themselves to you? It sounds as though you’re richer than

not be bothered with her. He turned toward the first saleswoman. “I’m going to buy the Heart of the Abyss because my wife likes it—at least, I

200 million dollars on you. The Heart of the Abyss is nine billion, not 900 million! You’ve verified that fact for yourself just now.

“Nine billion?”

for a while before speaking: “How about this? I’ll pay 20 billion! I thought that it was worth 900 million, that’s why I offered 2 billion. I never thought that I’d miss a zero there. Then allow me to add a zero to my offer as well. I’ll buy it from you for

“20 billion!”

771 The saleswoman before him exchanged a glance with the plump saleswoman who had sneered upon jackie. They

sure that you said

She suspected that she was

didn’t hear wrong. Your boss is a businessman. I don’t care about how big your jewelry business is, but businessmen are out to make money. I know that you won’t be able to make a decision as big

said after thinking

I’ll talk to our

the office and called the manager

“Sir, we don’t display the Heart of the Abyss outside. Instead, we keep it inside for safeguarding. I can’t make the final decision, but you’re in luck. Our district manager who oversees for

“All right!”

jackie nodded his head.

by the manager. They wound their way in for a good

lying on the couch. It was evident she was tired, and she was

if there isn’t anything going on? We’ll be putting the Heart of the Abyss on exhibition tomorrow. I’ve been meeting

she said that, she looked at jackie. “Why

A jewel the color of dark blood was

Abyss. It’s beautiful. No wonder it’s selling for

walked over

could just waltz in here? Don’t

and gave jackie a warning glare. This was an extremely expensive item. What

Lynch, this customer wishes to buy the Heart of

Manager Lowe explained to

Lynch. He could tell that she was no ordinary woman. Judging from her eyes and her

“We’re not selling!”

relaxed a little after she heard that. “Manager Lowe, it’s not like you don’t know that there’s only one of its kind in the world. This is our crown jewel, and we use it specially for publicity. We’re just bringing it here for an exhibition. I may be the district manager of

sir, but we’re not selling this. Our manager was not clear about this. I apologize for wasting your precious

any person could

is offering us 20 billion dollars. That’s why I wanted to ask you about this. He’s offering a huge sum. What if the people up top consider selling it? I was afraid that you would pin the

eyes flickered toward

“20 billion?”

when she heard this number. Her lips parted. This man was offering too

Was it worth it to spend that much

though. Any woman would like

you make the

smile. “I simply must obtain this necklace!”

the boss at our headquarters. I’ll immediately video

phone out.

Heart of the Abyss on display tomorrow. Make sure that you perform your

on the other end of the line. He chuckled as he

customer here who wants to buy the

who stood behind her. She angled the phone so that

smile on the old man’s face instantly hardened. “Miss Lynch, the Abyss is worth nine billion, but didn’t I say that its value is worth far more than that?” he answered. “There’s only one of its kind in the entire world. Besides, the Heart of the

“So what you’re saying is that the Heart of the Abyss holds unparalleled value, right, Boss? Including the advertisements and being

head. He smiled towards jackie. “First of all, sir, I thank you very much for showing interest in our products, and for admiring the Heart of the Abyss

old man could finish his sentence: “But this man is offering us 20 billion dollars, Boss. Are you sure you don’t

on the phone creased his

a while, he gave a bitter

that 20 billion was not enough to persuade the old

“30 billion!”

took a step forward and

moment. “Sir, you’re really making this difficult for us. There is implicit

“40 billion!”

jackie offered again.

“But…”

old man was growing

“50 billion!”

hesitation plastered on the other party’s face grew more

50 billion dollars was

sure? 50

was visibly elated with

look

loosened a chuckle

“You have the deal!”

our ‘Heart of The Abyss’. I, on behalf of Daxia Juwel, am willing to give away 200 million dollars worth of other

Just about right! I need to

mood lightened, letting

be doing business with

“Me too!”

video call on his mobile phone. He was ostensibly elated for customers like jackie—generous and magnanimous. It was

shop, the most frequent question they asked was if there were

did not even ask for a discount nor gift but instead raised the price, billions by billions. If they were not the ones dealing with jackie today, they would not believe such a customer existed. It would be extremely hard to believe that this was

you really

hands shaking. For a person who was able to shout out 50 billion dollars in such a casual manner, his net-worth must be at

whole being was sharp, he was standing straight, and firm and his eyes shot out a ray of perseverance, which made her feel that this man before him must be a veteran

“Pay with a card?”

completely with predominant golden color was presented before the manager.

privileged and elite, though she had not seen this type of card before. She bobbed her head frantically and then turned to the store

“All right!”

manager flashed a warm smile and left the

him first and then went out to swipe the card together? After all, he still had to leave the room and

packing up the ‘Heart of the Abyss’. Then she slowly leaned towards jackie and breathed out slowly, “Dear Sir, can I have your Twitter account? In the future, if Daxia Juwel

seemed like the way he raised the price just now had made this

salary for such an executive was certainly not close to low, in the face of such a generous and manly jackie, she was somewhat moved and unable

to these jewelry shops. I bought this

the other party was not

necklace, she handed it over to jackie, her eyes were completely filled with amorous colors. “It’s just adding friends on Twitter. Don’t tell me you’re scared of a

jackie’s hand while handing the jewelry box over. Her tone

that the manager before him was indeed gorgeous and charming, no matter her temperament or her body figure. Those

indifferently, “I don’t think this is necessary. After all, our house is not very far from here. If I’m in need of buying any jewelry, I can just drop by here and

Manager Lynch’s eyes; she was disheartened at jackie’s words. A dirty trick suddenly popped up in her mind and then she pretended to twist

from falling further and helped her to

sorry! These high heels are too high and uncomfortable. I nearly

She had already acted so proactively, and yet jackie did not show any hint of being attracted! It

a sultry and dirty way; she did not budge in the slightest in front of any other average wealthy people, even looked down upon them. After all, she had always been a conservative person, and coupled with her high academic qualification and

a benevolent temperament, but also his

her first time being so proactive in pleasing a man. She

did not even

swipe your card with this POS machine. Also, our boss has informed us that you still

machine in her hand. She

I’ll follow Manager Lowe to pick some other necklace

a faint smile and went out

the next second the two left. She closed the door feebly, feeling a little lost. Her eyes turned towards the direction of the place where the Heart of The Abyss was once

from you. There’s something I need you to pass on to Manager Lynch in a

to pass on this message to her? That the Heart of The Abyss has already been sold to me, and you won’t be able to exhibit it tomorrow! Hence please

keep the 50 billion dollars

that the necklace was sold for 50 billion dollars, wouldn’t it be great for you

50 billion for a 9 billion worth necklace, she would scold me! She will say that I squander

in a casual tone, a warm smile showing on

flash of enlightenment, at the same time, a flicker of envy stirred within Store Manager Lowe when she heard his explanation. “I’m envious of your wife! You’re so

and Manager Lynch are available on that day, feel free to

Are you serious? We can

was the sweetest dream that one could have! Besides, those who would be attending the party were definitely not ordinary

and tell the

some thought to the matter, jackie showed another warm smile and then left the

not quite right. Isn’t he only the adopted son-in-law? Can

something and yelled in surprise. “This fella is too low profile. 50 billion for a necklace? Just wow! No

thing that jackie did once he arrived at home was to hide the Heart of

Selena was strolling leisurely in

saw jackie approaching her, she shot him a blank look. “ jackie White! You disappeared early in the morning! Where did you go,

giggles, extended his hands into his pockets, and pulled out several boxes. “Look, your birthday is around the corner. So I went out to buy

How could you go without me? Are you trying

a hint of happiness; a giggly smile plastered on her face. She took one of the boxes and opened it. “Did you purchase in Daxia Juwel? Their accessories are exorbitantly expensive. Here, look, there’re gems on it, it must be expensive, right?

“It’s not expensive, it’s merely

Over nine million dollars, and yet you

job right now and yet you spent so much money

warm and elated. He wrapped his arms around Selena and pulled her into his embrace. “You silly. This is our first birthday celebration together, I’d

let me go. Others are

filled her heart as her face turned

know that you’ve beaten Young Master Drake up! Are

to yell at jackie as soon as she spotted

up. I went to Drake’s residence last night. And that’s because he deserves it. As for

smiled dryly and admitted the

house, now! You’ve offended the Drake family, aren’t you having a death wish? I don’t even bother to find out why you beat him up, it must be because he fired you and Selena, and you feel displeased with his action! But you can’t

pointed at the gate, gave him a dismissive

are you talking about, Ma? Young Master Drake deserved a beating. Anyway, what’s over is over. I don’t think jackie did anything wrong. He

she heard what her mother said. She

wouldn’t want that to happen to you either, Selena. But he’s from the Drake family. Offending them is like

Fiona was truly worried.

“What’s going on, Ma?”

walked out and asked, their expressions furrowed

a vicious glare. “I just heard that this fellow had gone and beaten the young master of the Drake family up,” she explained

dollars, right? Even if speaking against him would mean embarrassing him in front of everyone. And of course, Young Master Drake did go

drawing together. “But it’s too much, isn’t it, beating up a young master just because of that?” he continued, “They even offered the two of

“That’s right!”

now? He invited disaster upon himself. He shouldn’t drag us

choice now. The past is all in the past. All of us should just leave together. I think James Drake won’t let us off that easily no matter what we say since his son has been beaten up. We can’t just single jackie out. The rest of us won’t be able to escape

think of leaving this villa, but we can bring our valuables along with us. Most of our money is in the bank anyway

suggested, realizing that Ben’s

Mother. They won’t come to us looking

watched everyone fly into panic mode. “Think about it. I brought Selena along last night and caused a ruckus for them. They would have done something about it yesterday if they really wanted to retaliate. Furthermore, it’s already this late into the morning, but they haven’t sent

heard jackie’s words. “You’re right. If they really wanted to find trouble with us, they probably would

“Hmm. That’s true…”

to realize that the idea made

Maybe they’ve already sealed off all the roads leading out of the city. We probably won’t even have a chance

point that her imagination began to

all this actually happened because Young Master Drake tried to take advantage of me. He was a little drunk last night when he came into the office, and he tried to get all touchy. jackie only beat him up after he knew about this! I

in his place. She did not want him to

Young Master

understand that jackie had beaten Young Master Drake up for other reasons, and not because of the job-related

“I thought you had gone and beaten the young master up because of what happened to Selena and your job. You really do have a

you

after she

out shopping. It gave me such a scare that I immediately

it. “But what if the Drake family lashes against us in secret, instead of broad daylight? That will be even harder to

need to make sure that everything’s running smoothly for these

“I trust what jackie said. If he says that they fear him, they fear him. They would have come looking for us

money from your cybercafe business. I won’t be able to live on

did not dare to

few of the

waved Elaine and a few other bodyguards over; they had been standing at the

if I’m going out like

others walked over, Ben

“Fine. Go on then!”

her hand

…

“Master, Master! Good news!”

this moment, a man from the Eagle clan ran over

going on? You seem

Lee asked, smiling bitterly.

and his wife, and the young master tried to make a move with the wife. So jackie brought his wife to the Drake family’s residence and beat the living sh*t out

middle-aged man grinned

immediately brightened when he heard that. He quickly leaped to his feet. “Really? Fantastic! This way, we won’t have to act so fast for now. We’ll wait and watch what happens. Offending the Drake family is practically digging your own grave. Let’s see if the Drake family

would do something.

man

the gods

so slightly, his

“Tell everyone that we’re halting operations for now! We’ll wait and see how the situation is after

the Drake family were

“Fantastic. Absolutely fantastic.”

…

excited as well. He guffawed as he came before Ivan, Neil,

Clark? Looks like you’re excited

had finally recovered from his injuries, and he could return to the Taylor family’s

thought about the expressions on Ben’s

has gone looking for trouble again. He

Clark had stepped foot into the coffee shop, he did not stop grinning. “I think we won’t need to create trouble for him anymore.

did he offend

immediately knew that jackie had gone and offended someone else again when he heard that. After he thought about it, his eyes brightened. “Don’t tell me he’s offended a first-class aristocratic family this time? Now that punk isn’t afraid of us. But he’ll be in big trouble if he offended a

did not expect Ken to shake his head. The latter earnestly tapped his index finger against the table. “He didn’t

the words. “You’re joking, Young Master Clark. jackie has good relations with the Drake family, especially since he’s constantly by Miss Tanya’s side after he was

punk’s head must have been high at the prospect

he told everyone about what he had

how to play billiards and swindled Young Master Turner of one billion dollars. Tsk. Leo’s probably really good in billiards. No one would believe jackie if he claimed that he had just picked it up. It’s obvious that he’s good in the sport if he was able to beat

jackie had gone mad for insisting on a billion dollars because he wanted money. And

hoped that jackie would embarrass himself to no end during Selena’s birthday party and that he would just curdle out of shame. Who knew that he won’t be living for more

who was sitting beside him, thought about it for a while. “But jackie is the son-in-law of the Taylor family, Ivan,” she said, anxiety laced in her tone.

never lived with us before. James is a reasonable man. They would suffer plenty of losses if they really tried

at this moment, a phone

for everyone to remain silent before

“F*ck. jackie

“What’s wrong, Ivan?”

Xena quickly asked.

suffered from serious injuries and his father was absolutely furious? It would be troublesome

possibility, but it could not be completely

to become Ivan’s girlfriend. It would be extremely unfair if she were to be dragged into this and get killed along with everyone else. She would not even get a chance to enjoy her life for a short period of time! She could not let

we’re officially withdrawn from the Southern Hills development project. And they won’t give

bitter smile. “The old man is super angry right now. He’s calling a

his eyes suddenly lit up. “Let’s go then. There’s no time like the present. Come with me, Xena. Since the old man has called all the Taylor family members for the meeting, I’m sure that Selena, jackie,

appropriate

“Of course it is!”

I introduce you and everyone knows that you’re my girlfriend, jackie won’t kill you off just like that, right? It wouldn’t do if the Taylor family found out. After all, I’m their cousin! It’ll be insurance for your life, announcing this. If I don’t announce it, what if jackie secretly kills you

that it made sense. She nodded her head. “All right then. I’ll go with you.

“No need to buy anything. I’m just going to introduce you because this meeting happened to be now. Don’t

see the look on Ben’s face if

Ken burst into laughter.

Young Master Taylor. Old Man Taylor will certainly be angry because of how the Drake family had canceled all their plans, but it’s not your fault. It’s

cold smile

right. I didn’t do anything wrong.

Ivan brought Xena

the others also received calls. They all

stools all around. The Taylor family would use this

people around him all dipped

Selena, jackie, and the others

“Hmph!”

Taylor harrumphed when he saw jackie. It was clear that he was

Why

to come over and admit their mistakes, huffing

“What’s wrong? What’s wrong! Of course, that hotheaded husband of

this moment, Ivan walked in with Xena, a humorless

why did you bring her here? Isn’t she

furrow his brows when he saw his son walking in

girlfriend. But he’s useless. He’s already in his twenties, but he’s

this is Xena jackieson, and

horrible person. A woman like her was not even worthy of his affections, but he had

neet who only knows how to play

that, folding her arms across

another man’s treasure. Of course, there would be someone willing to pick up what Ben

he heard that. “But those who keep money-minded women

never seen such

angrily, furious in place

saying that we’re shameless?

was furious now. He took a step forward and glared

and his anger quickly dissipated. Instead, he gave a wry smile. “ jackie, not

die after ten more days. What use was there in arguing with a

immediately knew what Ivan meant when he said that. The other man was trying to pry and see if he had taken the poison, and

weak. But what does it have to

Still, he maintained his composure

meeting to speak about certain matters, not for the both of

Old Man Taylor

down before speaking, looking at jackie as he did so. “ jackie, do you know what your brash

that. I think you should

the Taylor family

jackie. Sure, you offended some young master of a second-class aristocratic family before, but we wanted to preserve our family’s reputation plus you’re a good fighter, and you are friends with the Goddess of War. We

as well. He was afraid that all of them would be dragged into the matter because of jackie’s

Young Master Drake. It’s not just because the young master fired him and Selena. That man wanted to take advantage of our Selena, and jackie was absolutely livid when he knew about this. That’s why

don’t worry. We definitely won’t bring the Taylor family into this,” she promised. “The Drake family won’t simply murder the innocents, right? The most they’ll do is kill our

really know how to talk,

even part of the Drake family. How would you know that the Drake family

a lot of trouble earlier if they had wanted to do so. jackie had beaten that man up yesterday morning, and it’s already noon the next day now. But I don’t see the Drake family’s

“No way!”

master of the Drake family. They have so many good fighters. How can they just let this slide? I really think that the best thing to do now is to surrender jackie to the Drake family. Make him kowtow and admit his mistakes and ask

one who should kowtow and ask for forgiveness when he’s the one who tried

if they don’t come over. If they do, I’ll kill off every single one

“You said it yourself!”

straight at jackie. “Since you were the one who caused this mess in the first place, I hope that you’ll be able to bear the mistake yourself when the Drake family comes. Don’t drag

“Don’t worry. I won’t!”

jackie promised.

he’s already dragged us into this. The Drake family isn’t cooperating with us anymore. Southern Hill Real Estate was a huge project, and they don’t want to collaborate

damn idiot.

We’ve suffered huge losses, but Young Master Drake had disrespected Selena by trying to

million just like that. It’s a huge blow to the Taylor family, but we won’t starve to death,” he said. “I just pray that the Drake family won’t

we’ve just got the

knowing that jackie had beaten up Young Master Drake, the first thing the Taylor family naturally did was to send

perhaps Master Drake would not be so upset with them and make a huge fuss out of it.

God, it’s only a minor injury. Thank

everyone could see that the boulder in his heart

glances and hints of dismay were obviously

jackie yesterday was not feeble at all. His kick was so powerful that Young Master Drake passed out

mild and most likely, he would be impotent from

they were covering the truth, it meant that Master Drake was a sensible

mildly injured, the South Hill Real Estate project is now down the drain. The Drake family won’t allow us to continue with the project anymore. Who will make up for the

anger boiling in his blood knowing that jackie was the culprit for the huge loss. He could not just let this b*stard off the hook; he desired to find a way to cast him out of the Taylor

for the

to everyone’s surprise, jackie stepped forward and proclaimed aloud. “Isn’t it just a

about it? What money are you gonna use to pay? The billion you won from Young Master Turner? Don’t forget you’ve promised to hold a party that will shake the entire Eastfield for

immediately lit up at jackie’s words. Since this b*stard wanted to pretend to be some tycoon and offered to make up for

jackie, what nonsense are you spewing about? You and Selena are both

her eyes rolled to the back of her brain when she heard

be responsible for this loss! If it wasn’t for him, this big project would not have flush down the drain

and firm tone. “Since the loss was caused by jackie, it’s natural for him to

and pizzas will do. It’ll be Cecelia’s wedding on that day anyway, the whole Taylor family probably don’t have spare

as she

ashes anytime. This brat clearly did not

a couple of millions left. And the 90 million dollars that jackie won from Kelly Gold in gambling had been given to Fiona as well. Now, the issue was about the loss amounting to

“ jackie, this is indeed your fault and since you’ve said you’d be responsible, then you should transfer 100 million dollars to the

right. It’s indeed something I should pay

company’s account number from the butler, which then he

a hint of respect shown in Old Master Taylor’s eyes. The anger that was swirling inside him a moment ago

not suffer a major injury, I hope they won’t continue to look for trouble. But jackie, if they do come to avenge Young Master Drake, I hope

Taylor. They won’t dare to come, and if they

return. His words made the

the Drake family; not some other small shrimps, and he actually dared

others went back to their home

the Taylor family were living in a state of fear; whenever

jackie’s villa, Fiona did not let jackie and Selena out at all cost; everyone

and there were no signs of the Drake family then Fiona felt a huge relief. It seemed like the Drake family was not

…

“Hell no!”

an explosive battle between the Drakes and jackie, was tongue-tied at the current situation. How could he have imagined that the episode of jackie beating up Young Master Drake would be settled

a mild injury, Timothy was the young master

was only that the Drake family had discontinued the South Hill Real Estate contract with the

such a coward!

planned to use James Drake to get rid of jackie, but he

original plan. James Drake is a meticulous and careful man. And since the Young Master Drake

middle-aged man looked at

that’s

balled his fists firmly and

a few men from the Green Sky Hall. Once jackie kills our men, we’ll kill those men as well!

matter, Lee reminded the middle-aged man

worry, Master. We’ll first capture three guys from the Green Sky hall and take away their tokens. It’s much more easier this way.

man revealed

“All right. Go ahead!”

wave of dismissal toward

…

there are only ten days away from your birthday! Let’s go out and

Selena’s hand in his

right now. Damn! Why did this freaking Cecelia have to do her wedding on the same day as our party! Not

“But…hmmm…this isn’t bad too. The billion would be enough to cover everything, but then now, perhaps, you are only left with a few hundred million. We should spend wisely, just a few tables here and there and some basics will do. Let me calculate…

worry about it.

and continued, “Just relax and wait for your

You’ve booked it? Which bodyguard have you sent to make

have you paid for it? I’m afraid that

worry. Relax, sit back, and wait for the day to come. I promise you the surprise will be

giggled as he pulled Selena outside. “Let’s go, my dear! Let’s go out for a walk, we can go shopping and then pay

His cybercafe’s first-day opening was

replied with a

day? Why didn’t he say anything about it? I can’t even send him a bouquet of

the

keep it a low profile, so we didn’t really celebrate the opening. Only in the

flare of joy within her that her face lit up. “It looks like Ben has really grown up.

scene of three men following a bunch of young girls appeared before them. One of the men was actually

“What the heck!”

sank deeply at the scene before him. Then he said to Selena, “Selena, look over there! Those people who’re pretending blind, they must be from the Green Sky Hall. It looks like they’re taking photos of the

“What the…”

had pointed, and she could feel anger rushing through her blood vessels. However, she quickly thought of something and turned

you know me, there’s no way I’m going to turn a blind eye

last word and strode hastily toward the group

already warned the Green Sky Hall not to continue such dirty deeds and

much about it and send someone to monitor them. Never did he expect that they were still doing this dirty business

party pretended to say one thing in front of him but remained as a fox behind them—sly and sneaky. They did not take jackie’s words

you to hell, you guys would think that I’m a

up to the three of them and

“Ah!”

a man following behind them, wearing sunglasses and pretending to be blind with the guiding cane in

girls yells their lungs out and

you? Do you have a death

removed his sunglasses without hesitation. In the next second, the three of

the ones who have