She did so since half a year wasn’t nearly enough to change her arrogant attitude. As was expected, Maia still preferred only being around people with high statuses in society like Warren, Jasmine, and Mindy. Nobody could really blame her for that. Regardless, Gerald was far too busy keeping an eye out on his surroundings to even notice the contemptuous gazes from both Maia and Isabelle. “Hey Jasmine, look there! See those little candies those kids are holding? I like them a lot! I wonder where they bought those!” said Mindy a little while later as she pointed out the window at a few children who were passing by. The group was currently seated in a small shop while enjoying some coffee. “Oh, you do? I know where they’re selling them! It’s a little further up north, but I could bring you there if you’d like!” replied Maia. “That would be great!” said Mindy excitedly as she turned to look at Gerald. Mindy then smiled and said, “Come on, Sanderson! Join me! After all, you don’
“Hah! As if we wouldn’t know who you are! You’re Mindy, the second young lady of the Fenderson family! Also, Jasmine was indeed having coffee. Past tense of course, since she’s already been captured! You’re the only one left to deal with! Now walk!” ordered the man—who appeared to be the leader of the group—as he shoved Mindy rather harshly. As soon as he said that, the distant revving of engines could be heard. Moments later, a minibus could be seen speeding through the crowd toward them! “Get in the car!” commanded the man as soon as the vehicle came to a screeching halt before them. Not having any other choice, the trio simply obeyed. At that point, Gerald was still considering whether he should make a move now or continue waiting for a bit. After all, even though these people had guns with them, he didn’t really think that they were all that big a deal. At that moment, a static voice could be heard coming from a walkie-talkie, stating, “Are you done?” “Yes we are! It was
Gerald could only look at Maia in disbelief. To think that he had assumed that she would have a somewhat better impression of him after lending her a hand back then. So it was all just wishful thinking. All he could do was smile bitterly in resignation as he looked at the lost cause of a woman. “That’s enough. There’s no use talking about things like that now. What’s important is figuring out how we should escape!” said Warren. As soon as he said that, a shout was heard as the iron door creaked open. “Get in! All of you!” Following that, around thirty people—both young and old—were shoved into the place. All of them had sacks over their heads, just like how their group had been brought in earlier. When the sacks were removed, however, Jasmine was instantly shocked. “What? It’s you? So the rest… Did they actually capture all of you?!” exclaimed Jasmine, stupefied by the turn of events. “So you’ve been kidnapped as well, Miss! Those Schuylers truly are b*stards!” said on
Immediately after saying that, Noah let out a sneer. Bryson himself was finally catching on to how cornered he truly was. He would’ve never imagined that the Schuylers were actually this capable. “You… Have you captured Jasmine and Mindy…?” “Humph. You have five minutes to consider it, Lord Fenderson. Also, don’t even bother relying on the board of directors. Rest assured that even those loyalest to you will be quick to sign and approve of it,” replied Noah, disregarding Bryson’s question entirely. “Fine, I’ll sign it! Still, I’d like you to clarify something. Have all of you truly become the Moldell’s lackeys?” asked Bryson with a resentful tone as he signed the agreement form. “Lackey is an unpleasant term, Lord Fenderson. I’m simply choosing to work with the wiser person! Do note that you were the one who brought this upon yourself! After all, you refused the Moldell family’s proposal to cooperate with them in search of Gerald within the Salford Province!” said Noah.
Night came soon enough and it was now quite late. However, the silence of the night was broken by the sound of a massive explosion! Present members of the Schuyler family were left stunned as they watched flames erupting from where their warehouse was located. “What the hell is going on?” shouted Noah who had felt the tremor of the explosion alongside Berk and a few others. All of them had been seated in the Schuyler family’s large conference hall when the explosion took place. “Master, something’s gone terribly wrong! Our warehouse just exploded in flames!” announced a butler as he burst into the room where the stunned men were in. “What?!” replied Noah as he felt his lips twitch slightly. He had reason to be as furious as he currently was. After all, throughout the years, the Schuylers hadn’t used their warehouse to store unimportant things. On the contrary, most of their important information and documents were stored there! “Who is responsible for this?! Who dares do so
With pinpoint precision, Gerald swiftly jabbed the weakest points of all six of the guards. It barely took a second before all of them fell to the ground in unison, bleeding profusely from their mouths and noses. “…H-huh…? So… You were this capable this entire time, Sanderson…?” said Mindy as she watched wide-eyed and in disbelief at what she had just witnessed. Even Stella and Isabelle—who had met several Taekwondo experts before—knew that those experts couldn’t even come close to comparing to that dumb Sanderson! To think that he was this powerful! While everyone in the room was undoubtedly astonished by the turn of events, they simultaneously realized that they now had someone they could definitely rely on. It didn’t take long before Gerald turned to look at the crowd before signaling for them to rush out of the place under his lead. Following his orders, all of them made a mad dash for the backyard. The moment they got outside, everyone immediately saw the raging fire
“…Who are you? Did Yael send you here?” asked Jasmine in a rather doubtful tone. Though night had come, the headlights from all the cars were bright enough for those within Jasmine’s group to see how imposingly solemn the bodyguards looked as they stood behind their leader. It was clear that these bodyguards had received only the strictest of training, and from what Jasmine knew, only a few large families could afford to hire such powerful bodyguards. What more, it was already so late yet the men had arrived with such grandeur. How couldn’t they be Yael’s subordinates? Knowing that only served to amplify Jasmine and the others’ anxiety as they stood close to each other in preparation to either attack or run. “Humph. Yael? Who the hell is that?” sneered the young man of a leader before adding, “I was ordered by my master to transport you away from danger, Miss Fenderson. I hope that you’ll cooperate since we really don’t have much time to spare. Come with us.” “This master of
After saying that, Gerald patted Stella on her shoulder before nodding toward the driver. Seeing that, the driver immediately started driving off the moment Gerald closed the car’s door. When Stella turned to look at Gerald through the car’s rear window, a flash of lightning lit the sky behind him. Though he had barely moved from the spot he was standing in earlier, Stella felt a chill run down her spine as she saw the expression on his face for that split second when the lightning had struck. It was at that moment when Stella knew that he was no longer the Gerald she once knew. This new Gerald was terrifying. As he slowly disappeared from her view, roars of thunder could be heard, dark clouds completely covering the night sky. Torrential rains soon followed alongside massive gusts of strong wind. With the storm already here, Gerald himself began making his next move… Back at the Schuyler family mansion, several representatives from both the Long and Moldell family were now