The man suffering a slap in the face had his tears streaming in pain, but he dared not make a single yelping sound again.
After a so b, he spoke up, tremblingly, explaining everything to them.
“I just… tore her clothes, grabbed her limbs, and… got on her.”
“But I swear, I’ve only touched her as I mentioned, and I didn’t do anything else to her. Please show some mercy on me!”
“I have a family to care for, I…”
Before he could blurt out all the lines he had memorized so well, Zack sent a second hard slap over. Shut up!!!”
He had dealt with so many bad guys, but he had never met someone as chatty!
If Alpha Knight hadn’t stepped forward to deal with it himself, he would have blocked that man’s mouth so that he wouldn’t be able to make a sound!
Griffon didn’t pay attention to the man’s words at all. Instead, he slowly shifted the Rhile, Where did you hurt her?”
Without daring to delay any second longer, the man told the truth. “I just pierced her arm with a knife. I dared not go further.”
The task he received was to S**ually a*sault her, not hurt her. However, for fear of Taya’s backups taking revenge on him, he dared not go all out.
Go d knew why the men avenging her would still come knocking on his door even if he had failed his task, not to mention how her backers had seemingly complex identities. Upon receiving the answer, Griffon withdrew his knife.
Just when the man heaved a secret sigh of relief over Griffon letting him go, Griffon was seen holding the handle of the knife, and with a backhand, stabbed hard into his arm.
The knife, despite its size, was multiple times sharper than the knife sent by the mastermind behind his hired job.
The knife penetrated through, only to send agonizing pain piercing through the skin, numbing his mind with a jolting electric shock to the point where he could barely speak.
If pain from the group of masked men lashing their whip reached level eight, one stab from the knife was level ten!
Yet, the man with the golden and copper-colored mask didn’t intend to let him go with such ease!!!
Before he had time to recover his senses, he saw the blood-stained knife gleaming with a dazzling glint raised into the sun, one after the next…
Ruthlessly, speedily, accurately, it plunged deep into his other arm, nearly perforating his bones!
“Ah…”
A bloodcurdling scream in pain was released from the man’s throat before he finally couldn’t hold on and pa*sed out with a roll of his eyes.
Seeing the drooped head, Zack sent his subordinate to bring a basin of cold water and poured it on the man’s face at once.
The man who pa*sed out from the pain, was awakened by a splash of ice-cold water after a few seconds of unconsciousness…
He saw that the masked Griffon before his eyes gripping a knife with a tilted head had his cold stare on him.
With dilated pupils, the subconscious fear overwhelming the man’s eyes sent him breaking down, howling until tears and s not smeared his face…
Griffon patted the man’s bloodless face with the knife in hand. “Do you know who I am?”
The man shook his head in despair. “I don’t…”
Griffon’ lips twitched as a bloodthirsty smile spread from the corner of his eyes. “If you want me to let you go, do something for me.”
At the mention of Griffon releasing him, the man wasted no time expressing his loyalty. “As long as you can let me go, I’ll do
anything for you!”
Griffon gave him a mere cold glance before taking the handkerchief handed over by the bodyguard to wipe the bloodstained knife, shifting his gaze to Zack.
“Two things, change his clothes, and investigate the mastermind behind him.”
He would find out no matter who was behind all this! Then…
He would make sure those who picked on Taya would all go to hell!
Zack had always been work-efficient. In less than two hours, he showed up at the presidential suite on the top floor of Nightshade with a pile of documents.
In front of the French windows, Griffon sat on a U-shaped sofa, his legs lazily crossed, the hazy lights casting over to highlight his nobility and composure.
Zack pushed the door and entered the room before striding up to Griffon, who was resting his eyes, and handed him all the information he had discovered.
“Sir, Tara is the one who instigated Robert to impersonate you. She’s the eldest daughter of the Thorin pack.”
Griffon opened his eyes to glance at the document, and instead of taking the entire stack over, jutted his chin, motioning for Zack to report everything to him.
“Few years ago, you ordered us to cause trouble for her once a month.”
“She held grudges against us, and that’s why she took advantage of our identities to take revenge on Ms. Palmer.”
Griffon’ thick eyelashes raised along with his cold gaze that fell on Zack.
“How did she find out about my identity?” “She doesn’t know that you’re Greyson.”
Griffon’ eyes revealed his confusion, so Zack hurried to explain.
“I don’t know if you still remember, but on Ms. Palmer’s death anniversary few years ago, you led us to seek revenge on Ms. Thorin while you were drunk. That was the time she saw you wearing a mask, but she didn’t manage to recognize you. All she knew was that you’re our leader.”
“That’s why she’s able to find a substitute to impersonate you according to your figure. Her plan is to kill two birds with one stone.”
“She knows that you’re a loyal wolf, so she sent a fake Greyson to rob Ms. Palmer of her chastity to destroy what you care about most. She’s well aware that if you learn about the fact that Ms. Palmer’s innocence is tainted, you’ll deal with the culprit.”
“Ms. Thorin made a smart move. Her scheme is for the substitute to do the dirty work of robbing Ms. Palmer of her virginity and manipulating you into settling us all. The plan is well thought out and perfect. It’s just a pity she doesn’t know that you’re in fact Greyson.”
After Zack made everything clear, Griffon, who was leaning against the sofa rubbing his temples with one hand, was entirely shrouded in a horrifying murderous intent.
If it wasn’t for Tara being Simon’s lover and crush since young, he would have long dealt with her. Why bother keeping her alive?
Who would have thought that his one last bit of benevolence toward Simon had nearly harmed Taya to be defiled? How could he tolerate such outrageousness?
“Lock her up!”
It was one hour to eight o’clock. Griffon, who was anxious to meet Taya, had no time to deal with Tara.
All he could do was lock Tara up and settle scores with her only after he had explained everything to Taya!
“Noted!”
Zack retreated with the order.
At the same time, Neil hired a group of ruffians and led Taya to Nightshade in a hurry.
After the group got into the elevator, Taya silently sneaked several peeks at the bulky men surrounding her.
On each of their arms were bold tattoos of dragons and tigers.
Just listening to them talk made her feel that there was a vague sense of foolishness as if they weren’t the smartest bunch alive…
Taya was starting to suspect if Neil was fooled by the so-called “gangsters”, or if he was just too unreliable…
Just as she was starting to feel that the group of “thugs” could never go against Greyson, and the thought of retreating popped up in her mind, the elevator door opened.
The men immediately put on a show by raising the iron rods in their hands and rushed out in a boisterous bunch, so Taya had no
choice but to bite the bullet and keep up.
There was only one presidential suite on the top floor of Nightshade. In a few steps, they arrived at the door to the suite.
Neil, too, was holding onto a small iron rod. With his chest puffed up in confidence and chin raised, he beckoned for Taya to knock
on the door.
Taya’s heart palpitated wildly in nervousness. She fidgeted with her fingers, rubbing them until they were warm before letting go.
After taking a deep breath, she raised her fair hand and clenched it into a fist before mustering the courage to give three knocks on
the door.