“Alas…”
Rodney couldn’t do anything but leave in anger.
Gordon paced the floor with his walking stick and announced, “From now on, David Houry will be the acting chairman of the board, managing Lands Corporation.”
“Yes, Master Gordon.”
David was overexcited. He should have become the acting chairman long ago, but Elise made trouble and delayed it. Finally, Gordon announced it to the company. Besides, Gordon seldom came to Lands Corporation.
An acting chairman was different from the actual one in the title, but they had the same power.
“Congratulations, Mr. Houry.”
“Like I said before, Elise Houry is nothing compared to you, Mr. Houry. You are talented.”
Other family members congratulated David.
David nodded at them in response and followed Snowy into the office on the top floor, where the chairman’s office was. Sitting in the chair, David stretched leisurely. “Finally!”
He had used many means to obtain this position, and his wish came true today.
“Keep alert. Elise Houry isn’t so easy to deal with,” Snowy reminded him.
“Elise Houry? Don’t mind her. She has provoked Lucas Corporation. How could she be able to win against them? Reginald Lucas is disabled. The Lucas family has become our enemy. Elise Houry won’t be able to escape.”
David laughed triumphantly and added, “Elise Houry is doomed. Lands Corporation belongs to me now.”
…
Elise and Robin returned to Houry’s Villa, seeing more than a dozen gangsters gathering at the gate. Their hair was dyed, and tattoos were seen on their exposed skin. They stood in the way.
“Who are you? It’s trespass!”
Elise frowned at them, holding Robin’s hand.
“Trespass? Bullshit! Did we enter? Does this road belong to your family? Can’t we stand here? Mind your own business.”
A man with a black wolf tattoo on his neck pulled out a blade and peeled an apple. Whenever his blade moved, the blade sparkled under the sunlight.
“You!”
Elise was too angry but couldn’t do anything. Their words were reasonable. They didn’t enter but stood at the gate of her villa. Besides, the road in front didn’t belong to her family.
However, she could tell the gangster wanted to scare them by peeling the apple with the blade.
“Let’s go in.”
Robin held her hand and entered the house. The group of gangsters didn’t stop them, standing at the gate. They cried, played with fireworks, and smashed some street fences from time to time.
They didn’t hurt anyone but were indeed frightening.
After entering the yard, Karen stood at the door worriedly. Seeing Robin, she snapped, “Robin Bailey, look what you’ve done! How dare you beat up Mr. Lucas! He’s the son of the Lucas family. Who do you think you are? You are a beggar. You cannot be compared to him at all. How could you be so bold to harm him?”
She had received the news earlier in the morning and was shocked. She couldn’t believe Robin was so bold to make Reginald disabled.
“The Lucas family sent those gangsters over. They have been standing there since this morning, peeling fruits with blades. I dare not go out. It’s all your fault. Robin Bailey!” Karen shouted at him in abuse.
“Mom, Robin did it to rescue me last night. If he hadn’t shown up, I would have been raped by that scum bag. Stop blaming him!”
Elise stood protectively before Robin, glaring at her mother stubbornly.
“Humph!” Karen snorted, holding her arms across her chest.
“I don’t care. It’s all his fault. You’d better solve it as soon as you can, Robin Bailey. I have an appointment with my friends.”
“Mom, there are too many gangsters outside.”
Elise pointed out. Although it was a dirty trick, it didn’t break the law. The gangsters didn’t harm anyone but only wandered around their house.
They used blades to peel fruits.
They only frightened people staying in Houry’s Villa.
“TSK. TSK. TSK.”
Suddenly, the man with a black woof tattoo on his neck walked over and chuckled, “My nickname is DarkWolf. The Lucas family sent me here to scare you. After getting drunk, one of us will probably sneak into your house. I can’t guarantee what will happen.”
DarkWolf was 5’9″, wearing a black singlet with a strong suntan. The black wolf tattoo on his neck made him look terrifying.
At least Karen and Elise feared him.
“No!”
Karen flinched in a panic, almost collapsing to the ground. No one would expect a gangster to sneak into their house when they were sleeping at midnight.
How horrible!
“Well, the master of the Lucas family reminded us to show his ‘kindness’ to you utterly. We must frighten you every day. You may see something horrible in your house one day,” DarkWolf chuckled with an evil smile.
Suddenly, six minivans pulled up to the villa’s gate. Almost forty men got off. One said to him. “Charlie Lucas added another 600 thousand dollars to hire us. Boss also came with us.”
“Boss is here?” DarkWolf was surprised.
Although he had a wolf tattoo on his neck, his status in the gang was low. He was only a small team leader. Since their boss had come, he would take the chance to impress his boss.
“Brat, my boss brought another group of our buddies. We’ll surround your villa. No one can go out.”
DarkWolf scooted toward his boss. “Boss, it’s this house. Charlie Lucas asked us to stop them from going out. That brat said we were all junk and no one could defeat him. He’s way too arrogant. How dare he provoke us! Shall we teach him a lesson?” he hurriedly laid it on thick.
Although they were only required to scare the residents in the house, DarkWolf didn’t mind taking the initiative to do something.
However, he was violently slapped.
“Bastards! How dare you! Do you have a death wish to make trouble to his house?”
His boss happened to be Doug. He looked at Robin at the door in fear as if he had seen a demon, visibly shuddering.