“Argh!” The desperate cry was ear-piercing. All the staff of HT real estate agency was shocked and stunned. In their eyes, Charlie was their boss and had always been above them and well respected. But now they are looking at him crying desperately in pain with a dagger sticking into his back. Everyone was shocked at the sudden turn of events.
At the same time, Jack’s expression turned into horror. During the entire event, Jack’s expression didn’t change much and was cold as ice.
“You, you want to kill me?” Charlie was terrified and the excruciating pain on his back continually reminded him that death was approaching. Very few people could remain calm in the face of death. Even those who were normally high and mighty would definitely not be able to remain composed.
“Take a guess!” Jack laughed as he sat on the wheelchair and glared at Charlie, “In my eyes, you are but a worthless dog that is unworthy of me knowing your name. Take a guess… if I dare to kill you!”
Charlie was stunned. He unconsciously looked around at the sea of wreaths. The horror of death suddenly engulfed him and immediately turned his face pale.
“George instructed you to compete with my DT. I don’t mind that so long as your methods were above board.” Jack’s expression was cold and calm while his eyes radiated his fury, “But you resorted to unscrupulous methods and want to physically harm my men and even threaten my wife with wreaths. Are you tired of living?” Jack twisted the dagger as he said. As the blade dug and scraped Charlie’s flesh, Charlie hollered in agony and squealed like a pig being slaughtered.
Charlie ground his teeth and yelled in pain, “No, you can’t kill me. I’m George’s man, if you kill me, George will never let you off!” In his death throes, Charlie’s survival instincts kicked in but all he could muster was to depend on George. In his heart, only George could save him now.
But then.
“George? What the hell is George good for?” Jack scoffed and immediately stunned Charlie.
Slash! Jack slashed and the sound of flesh being sliced could be heard.
“Argh!!” Charlie’s body shuddered violently and his face winced horribly in pain.
Jack pulled out the dagger and the blood began to drip from the blade onto the ground. Charlie looked at the ground as his body trembled violently from the intense pain.
Jack exhaled softly and his breath was cold as the arctic wind.
“I’ll give you three days to leave this city. Otherwise the next time I wouldn’t just deliver wreaths but … a casket!”
Charlie’s face was pale as he curled up trembling in fear and pain as if he had been engulfed by a large wave.
He felt as if he was facing death. He was so terrified that he didn’t dare to say a word.
“Brent, let’s go!” Jack yelled at Brent as he threw down the dagger.
Three of them entered the Rolls Royce and then drove off.
It was so quiet at the entrance of HT real estate agency that one could hear a pin drop. The only sound that could be heard was Charlie’s groans trying hard to endure the intense pain.
Everyone was stunned. They looked helplessly at the pathetic-looking Charlie curled in a fetal position on the ground. At that moment, no one dared to approach to help him.
Though the scene that just happened was brief, Jack’s ruthlessness was like a branding iron that seared into everyone’s minds. From HT real estate agency’s brief establishment, Charlie was a titan in everyone’s eyes. No one expected that their high and mighty boss would descend to such a pathetic state.
“Jack, you bastard, I, I must kill you…” The curled up Charlie mumbled through his clenched teeth. His eyes radiated the devilish intent, “Not only do I want you dead, but I will also kill your wife… If I don’t revenge what happened today, I am not Charlie!”
At the same time at East Hill.
Lyndall looked serious as he sat on the chair. He was drumming his fingers on the table as the cigarette in the ashtray smothered. The cigarette ash indicated that the cigarette had not been touched for a while.
Willy stood still at one side as he frowned and looked at Lyndall. Lyndall looked troubled and in deep thoughts for a long time ever since he received the call from Charlie.
“Boss, do you want to go over to Jack’s location?” Willy was unsettled and was bothered when he thought about the confrontation between Jack and Lyndall. Lyndall had offended Jack just because of a woman. Lyndall had stayed away from the city of East Hill in order not to offend Jack any further.
“I have a long relationship with Charlie and he had helped me considerably. But if it was simply a favor, I would not hesitate to go over.” Lyndall said solemnly and didn’t ease his frown, “What I did during the incident with Katherine could be regarded as I had settled our misgivings with him. He should not bear a grudge against me. He also shouldn’t mind as long as I didn’t intrude into his territory.”
“But I don’t think that Charlie is worth helping. He had disappeared for so many years and he sought your help as soon as he reappeared. He persisted even after you rejected him several times and now he wants your help again.” Willy frowned as he said and continued, “Furthermore I had checked up on HT real estate agency recently. As soon as it was established, it had started to acquire land feverishly. He even had some intense conflicts with Aiden and Drago.”
“Tussles of business.” Lyndall stretched his back and finally relaxed his frown, “Return a call to Charlie. We’ll go over tomorrow night and reminisce on old times and nothing else.”
Willy wanted to say something but stopped himself. He finally nodded and turned to walk off.
Lyndall grinned as he saw Willy walking away and mumbled to himself, “It doesn’t matter if we meet Charlie or not. Perhaps on this trip, I can have the chance to meet Jack. If this could resolve our initial misunderstandings, then it is worth making an acquaintance with him. I had been in East Hill for far too long.”
At the HT real estate agency director’s office, Charlie didn’t move as he sat on the chair. His face was pale and he was fuming. It was as if a furious beast had been suppressed and forcibly contained. His viciousness could be felt by the nervous lady who was cleaning and dressing his wounds.
“Umph…” Charlie endured the pain and was distracted from his fury.
He stood up and slapped the lady, “Useless bitch, can’t you even do your job properly? Can’t you even bandage properly?” The woman was stunned and turned pale from fear as her lips quivered.
Then at this moment, Charlie’s phone rang but Charlie didn’t notice it due to his outburst. It was the lady who heard the phone and her eyes glimmered as she said nervously, “Boss, it’s the person whom you invited.”
The furious Charlie came to his senses and then started to grin. He quickly answered the call and then he hung up after several seconds. He smiled radiantly and laughed, “Great! It’s great that Lyndall is coming. That Jack’s days are numbered!”
The joyful Charlie grabbed the woman over, ground his teeth, and laughed, “Jack, aren’t you ruthless? I wonder if you have the balls to come to tomorrow night’s banquet!”