“Kaze?!” Listening to the familiar voice, Professor Whiteman looked toward the voice and saw Kaze coming out from behind the crew members. “It’s you? Darcy Quint’s useless husband? What the hell are you doing here?” Natasha glared at Kaze. “Are you the one who slapped my wife?” Kaze walked up to her and stared down at her. Natasha scoffed and lifted her chin arrogantly. “Yeah, I slapped her. I slapped her twice on both her cheeks. You should have seen her face when she left…” Before she could even finish her sentence, she was slapped in the face. Slap! The sudden slap forced her to swallow her words back into her stomach. “Aaah!” Natasha covered her burning cheek and screamed in pain. “You slapped me?! You piece of garbage!” Slap! Another slap landed on the other side of her face. “I slapped your boss’ son. Why can’t I slap the lapdog working for him?” Kaze did not even look at her as she fell to the floor. “Professor, let’s go.” He walked over to the prof
Painful screams sounded continuously. In less than a minute, all the security guards were beaten to the ground, curled up, and growling in pain. Everything went silent except for the painful growls. Everyone looked at Kaze in shock, except for Professor Whiteman. He was more of a beast than a man! “Uh…” Birdie was stunned as well. His men were ferocious and could easily scare off people who tried to cause trouble at the hospital. Yet they were like children in front of Kaze. Slap! A heavy slap sent Birdie to the floor, landing on his butt. His head was slightly dizzy as he stared at Kaze blankly. Kaze grabbed him by the hair and said, “Still trying to break me?” “No! No! Not anymore! Please let me go!” Kaze lifted Birdie into the air single-handedly. With his legs kicking and flapping like a bird, Birdie felt like his scalp was being ripped off his skull. “I can let you go.” Kaze then gestured with his lips, pointing at Natasha. “Slap the woman’s face and
“It’s okay now, Darcy. You guys can print a new contract and I’ll sign it here and now. No one is going to intervene now,” Professor Whiteman said. The incident alarmed the professor. It seemed like he could not even trust his own student. He could only trust Kaze, who he had been through life and death with. “Okay. Ash, can you draft up a contract real quick? We’ll choose the right time to make the announcement,” Darcy said. They could not afford to drag this out any longer. The longer it took, the more damage was done to the company. While Professor Whiteman was signing the contract with Sky Ocean Corporation, Samson received the news of Natasha being hospitalized as well. More importantly, the professor was taken away from the commercial set by Kaze. Slam! Samson smashed his favorite mug on the floor and shouted, “Call Vayne immediately!” Vayne was sleeping after having too many drinks at lunch. He was woken up by an abrupt call and made his way to the Lee Solu
“Mr. Tucker, Ms. Quint is busy now. You’ll have to wait a moment to see her,” the receptionist said. Vayne bellowed, “Wait? Did you tell her who I am? I am Professor Whiteman’s student. Sky Ocean Corporation has to go through me to secure the professor’s endorsement!” “Mr. Tucker, the professor also said he doesn't have a student like you,” the receptionist said with a professional smile. “Nonsense!” Vayne did not believe the professor who disowned him. He believed the professor was tricked by Kaze and Darcy. He slammed the counter and bellowed, “Tell Darcy Quint to hand over the professor, or I will call the police and say your company is restricting him! Do you know how serious this is?!” “Mr. Tucker, please do not cause a scene here, or we will sue you for slander. You should know how serious that is too.” The receptionist saw the professor go up with Darcy with smiles and laughter, how could he be confined within the company? “You!” Vayne was fuming! The recepti
Vayne was deeply aggrieved. He quickly thought of reporting another incident. “Then I’m making a report about Kaze Lee, the husband of Sky Ocean Corporation’s chairwoman, hitting Natasha Laxton, the secretary of Lee Solutions. She’s hospitalized now.” “Please hold on, sir. We’ll verify this before we send officers over.” After the call, Vayne waited for the police to arrest Kaze. Then he could bring the professor back to Lee Solutions and sign the contract. However, he received a call from Samson. “You fuck, who told you to call the police? Are you trying to tell everyone that Kaze Lee took the professor away under my watch? Isn’t it embarrassing enough? “Do you know that Kaze is tight with the local police department? They won’t arrest him for whatever he did…” Samson scolded Vayne and told him that not even Natasha dared to press charges on Kaze. “Vayne Tucker, I’m warning you one last time. If the professor doesn’t sign the contract with us by today, I will erase y
A large crowd gathered at the entrance of Sky Ocean Corporation. More than a hundred media outlets were present.The security guards formed a human wall to stop the reporters from entering. “Darcy Quint, please come out. We would like to interview you.” “The chairwoman’s husband beat up Lil Dee, causing him to be hospitalized. Is it true?” “Is Mountain Dew Estate a brothel with pimping service?” The employees who were at the scene to maintain order were questioned by the reporters, yet none of them said a word. “Why aren’t you answering our questions? The company forbids you from talking? They’ll fire you once you speak? Sky Ocean Corporation is said to be affiliated with gangs.” The silence was counter-effective. Some sensitive questions were posed and the employees’ silence turned into a tacit affirmation to those questions.It was obvious that Sky Ocean Corporation was in a tough spot. Someone was trying to crush the company by pressuring them. The sensitive ques
The employee’s update on the situation outside the building killed the joyous mood in the office. Darcy opened the window and was blasted by the loud clamors downstairs. “More than a hundred media outlets are here. This isn’t normal, someone must be fanning the flames.” “Vayne is talking nonsense. Professor Whiteman came of his own free will, yet Vayne made it sound like we abducted him! This is slander!” “Someone is targeting Sky Ocean Corporation!” Ash and the executives were both angry and panicking. Be it the person in the dark or Vayne, both of them were vicious and they aimed to push Sky Ocean Corporation over the edge. “Calm down!” Kaze said loudly. He explained, “This is a good thing. We just signed the contract with the professor and we are going to announce it anyway. Now that someone has more than a hundred media outlets here for us, we don’t even need to contact them ourselves.” Ash and the others were struck with sudden realization. The panic on their fac
“Professor Whiteman!?” “The professor is here!” When the vigorous aged voice echoed in the air, the reporters clamored once more. The reporters were so excited that they almost broke through the security guard’s human wall. Vayne was pushed away from the spotlight and was drowned by the stampede. “Professor, your student said you were abducted by Sky Ocean Corporation, is that true?” Professor Whiteman glared at the reporter and said, “If I was, how am I answering your stupid question here? Are you blind? Should I recommend you to my optometrist friends to get your eyes checked? “And you people! Where is your conscience? Are views and attention more important than the truth?” Professor Whiteman bellowed angrily at the reporters. Like Kaze, the professor did not care what the reporters would write in their articles. He simply disliked the reporters’ poor ethics and scolded them. The reporters were scolded by Kaze and then the professor. Many of them were aggrieved.
“Give me an answer. Are you taking the job? If you are, you should sort out your affairs. Don’t bring your personal feelings to work.” Snow was not the type to go easy on fragile women. If Leah did not have what it took, she could be forced to leave the company. Nevertheless, Katie had left a lot of assets to Leah. Even without work, Leah could very well survive. The girl would have trouble keeping the wealth, seeing that she was without power or connections. If Leah had a job, she would have the resources to hold onto her assets. Leah had seen the best and worst of mankind. She was once the center of attention, and now, everybody avoided her. It dawned on Leah that it was over for Katie. If Leah could not even keep a job, she would lose everything. “I didn’t know things would happen.” Leah never thought that Katie was capable of stabbing Kaze and her in the back. The thought of betrayal put Leah in distress. Kaze was a great guy who helped Leah a lot. Feeling ete
Leah got dressed and was ready to leave, but she did not know who to turn to. She thought about going to her wealthy friends to see if they could uncover anything through their connections. However, Leah could not get a hold of them. It dawned on Leah that loyalty would fade when power was gone. Even though Katie was just missing, intel spread around Butterworth very quickly. These people must have found out and have chosen to stay away. Leah had always been treated like royalty. Nobody had ever avoided her like the plague. Nevertheless, she had not been in touch with these friends since her injury. Now, in her attempt to contact them, she could not reach them. “Why is this happening? My good friends have gone MIA, and I’m getting silence from those who have been trying to connect.” Sitting on the couch, Leah looked out the window in despair. She tried to seek help with her mother’s search, but her efforts were futile. She could do nothing for her mother. All al
“I have to work hard starting today. But before that, I have to get some sleep.” Snow remembered that Kaze punished her to get some sleep. He said her face looked tired and pale, signs of how hard she had been working. It felt great being cared for. It was because of his kindness, Snow fell for Kaze uncontrollably. Yet she understood not all things were meant to be. After she returned home, she went to sleep immediately without talking to anyone. She only woke up in the afternoon after a comfortable and easy sleep. Next, she would have to work on many things, first being taking over Northborn Group. Katie’s disappearance had the company shaken, but it gave many others a chance. They tried to calm their subordinates down and contact the higher-ups for more information, hoping that they could replace Katie as the new CEO. Little did they know, their preparations would eventually fall short. Snow and her secretary arrived at Northborn Group in the afternoon, and her a
“Worried about the mercenaries? I’ve taken all of them out and anyone with a sane mind would know by now not to come after me. Why would they make the same mistake again?” Kaze killed all the mercenaries. There was no one else the mastermind could send after him anymore. Even if there were, they would have to reconsider it after what had happened. Taking out the mercenaries in silence was a strong showcase of his strength. Once the mastermind found out, he or she would definitely stay away. Besides, Kaze had decided to continue his journey to Westeros without telling anyone. He could board a random flight to his destination, and no one would ever know. “Take me to the airport,” Kaze said to the driver. He and Snow were in the rear seat. “When you go back to Butterworth, don’t rush things. Now that Katie has made a mistake and is forced to step down, you can take over Northborn Group,” Kaze said. “Speaking of Katie, after I locked her up, her daughter, Leah, came to me
Miguel stated his strength so that Kaze and Snow would look at him differently. “That doesn’t mean we have to choose you.” Snow saw nothing stellar in him. Snow’s harsh words surprised Miguel and left him deeply displeased. Yet when he looked at Kaze, he dared not say a word. “I can work hard. Even if I am not qualified now, I can work toward that goal.” “Of course, you are not qualified now. You need to improve yourself to meet the basic requirements. Then we’ll talk about you joining us.” Snow just wanted to get this matter over and done with, so she handed Miguel her name card. “When you think you are qualified, you can give me a call.” Since she would eventually take over the largest force in Butterworth, she needed to build a team of her own—one she could truly trust. Miguel might just be an ordinary man who looked fierce but he was courageous and had the potential to be better. “Can I follow him instead?” Miguel took the name card and learned Snow’s name. He
“You did well,” Kaze praised Miguel. It was not easy for someone to fire a gun and take a life, even when he had basic training. Though without the proper technique and training, the shot was nothing stellar. “Really?” Miguel was thrilled by the praise. He might be tall and fit and have arms full of tattoos, but he had never gotten into a fight before. He was happy that someone he admired praised him. It made his day even more than escaping alive. Kaze wanted to continue but the cars had arrived. He walked forward and revealed himself in front of the headlights. The hostages were scared. They stepped back, some of them entered the hangar once more and tried to shut the door. Miguel stood in their way and stopped them from closing it up. “What are you doing? Kaze is still here and help has arrived. Stop hiding,” he said. He detested their selfish behavior. Kaze saved them but they did not even thank him. They even continued to suspect Kaze’s identity. Their be
“How dare those men hijack the plane and take Kaze. They must be punished…” Despite her grumbles, Snow grew anxious. “Given Mr. Lee’s capabilities, he won’t be hurt.” The agents around her tried to comfort her. They believed she was being too nervous. “I know, but we as subordinates have failed him by allowing this to happen. We have to do our best to make up for the mistake, and not rely on Mr. Lee to get out because he can.” Snow drowned in self-blame and regretted not being able to help. It was her negligence that allowed the hijacking to happen. “But there’s nothing you can do now. It’s late. Even the hijackers need to rest. They won’t do anything yet.” “It’s because the hijackers need to rest that we have to hurry and beat them to it. That’s the only way to solve this matter!” “But we’ve searched high and low and didn’t find anything. No one knows where they have gone. Even if they transported the passengers via buses, we didn’t see any tracks.” The agents discu
Kaze breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly went over to Miguel and pressed his hands with the gun down so that it would not misfire. “Good job.” “Thanks.” Miguel curled his lips into a nervous smile. He frequently trained in the gym and mixed martial arts but had never encountered any real-life incident before, thus being inexperienced. Fortunately, his mentality was stronger than the others and allowed him to act accordingly. “I’ll be taking the gun. This is self-defense, you won’t be charged and you won’t need to take responsibility,” Kaze said. Miguel’s pale face looked relieved. “What should we do now? Are there more of them?” Miguel dared not let go of the gun, worried there might be more enemies. “I’ve counted the numbers and this guy here should be the last one.” He then took the gun from Miguel’s hands. “Really? Gosh! That was crazy! I was so terrified!” Miguel finally loosened up and let his instinct take over. His heart was pounding so fast that it
Manson came over and saw the mercenaries lying in their own puddle of blood. The gore shocked him and made him sick. He tried his best to hold back the urge to throw up as it would attract attention. “Don’t look if you can’t take it! Don’t make things worse!” “Yeah! Professor! Grow a pair of balls!” “I have never seen dead bodies like this before!” he explained with a flush of embarrassment on his face. “Can we go out now and run away?” The hostages were eager to leave as things had settled down outside. They thought the danger was over. A dead mercenary was inside the container with them and they were still horrified. Once the others found out about this, the hostages would be shot to death. “If you want to die, be my guest. The moment you step out, you’ll be shot!” Callahan said as he looked at the others scornfully. One of the hostages had already put his hand on the handle of the door and was ready to dash out, but he quickly pulled his hand back after listening