Ch. 761..770
Chapter 761
Jay hated Jack with every single fragment of his soul.
He took all of Angeline's suffering and unleashed them onto Jack.
It was at this moment that flashes from cameras bedazzled the scene. Many journalists came clambering from the stairs and circled around Jack. They interviewed him, "Old Master Ares, is Sera carrying your child?"
"Old Master Ares, Imperial Capital has passed the law that forbids polygamy. So, will you be divorcing your first wife and marrying the young and beautiful Miss Sera Severe?"
"Old Master Ares, you've just obtained control of Ares Enterprises. If there's a scandal about you, aren't you afraid of your public relations being diminished and that it would bring harm and losses to your company?"
The questions posed by the journalists were suffocating, and they put Jack between a rock and a hard place. He found it hard to respond.
Jack finally realized that he had been trapped by Jay. From Sera's sudden contractions to the absence of the obstetrician in the Tourmaline Estate, up to the 'honest advice' of the doctor from that private hospital, and finally how he was forced to come to Grand Asia to be humiliated...
Jay was devilishly devious and sly.
Jack furiously looked at Jay. All this while, Jack had relentlessly put pressure on Jay, yet there was no sign of him fighting back. He thought that Jay had lost his power and was unable to put up a fight against him.
In the end, it turned out that he had greatly underestimated Jay.
Jack was unwilling to face the journalists' questions, so he had to work around and free himself from that situation. "Everyone, I'm tired today. I shall arrange for a press conference to clear up today's misunderstanding."
At that moment, the door to the operating theatre swung open and the doctors pushed Sera out of the room. Finn wittingly pushed Jay aside to clear a path. The journalists then swarmed toward Sera. She could only hide her face with her hands.
This was a pregnancy out of wedlock. If this were to be exposed to the public, she would have no dignity left.
"Miss Sera Severe, is the father of your child Mr. Jack Ares?"
"You're so young, how could you agree to be his lover? Surely Mr. Jack must love you very much. Can you tell us how much Mr. Ares spends on you every year?"
Angelina walked in front of the journalists and blocked Sera's face with her body. She snapped at them, saying, "The patient needs to rest. You all can
leave now."
Jay looked and hinted at Finn. Finn then promptly strode forward and swiftly snatched away the cameras from the journalists' hands, took out the films, and returned the cameras to them. The journalists scattered like a flock of startled birds.
Jack's gaze fell onto the films on Finn's hands. "Tell me your terms and conditions. What will you have me do to give me those films?"
Jack was fully aware that he would need to give up quite a lot to escape from this precarious situation.
Jay wheeled himself forward, and Finn respectfully handed over the films to him, saying, "Mr. President."
Jay then said coldly, "Produce them and label them as a hot topic on the internet for a week."
Jack was furious. "Jay Ares, are you really this ruthless?"
Jay's eyes were instantly bloodshot as he glared at the older man with murderous intent. "You're calling me ruthless? I remember that it was you guys who taught me to be like this." Angeline looked at Jay. In all these years, she never thought of him as someone who would be this emotionally affected.
Jack must have done something very horrendous to make him angry with his eyes red all over.
After two years, all that Angeline knew when she came back home after being abroad was that Jay had become paralyzed. Furthermore, Grayson told her that Jay's biological parents were dead. As for the backstory to all of this, Grayson said nothing about it and she did not ask either.
By the looks of things, all she knew about the Ares family story was just the tip of the iceberg.
Jack Ares was a businessman. As such, whenever he solved a problem, he would prioritize his benefit out of everything else.
"If you want money, just give me a number. If you want something else, I can promise you that as well. So long as you hand the films over to me," Jack lowered his voice and pleaded.
Chapter 762
Chapter 762
A beautiful, cold smile formed across Jay's face. "I'll use my own means to get the things that I want.
Between you and I, there'll be no trade."
Jack replied, "What about the integrated circuit? Don't you want that?"
Jay said, "Your offer is very tempting. But I still insist, between you and I, there'll be no trade."
Angeline looked at the adamant Jay Ares, and her heart ached like it was being brutalized by a savage cat.
Her heart ached for him.
Jay was always one who put relationships first and foremost. Now, he suddenly became as cold as ice. He would savagely forgo his relationship with family, so whatever reason it was that made him do that must have been crushing and cruelly painful.
When Finn wheeled Jay past Angeline, he suddenly put his hands on his stomach and collapsed into a squatting position...
"What's wrong with you?"
"Mr. President, my stomach hurts all of sudden." Finn's face was pale, and beads of sweat rolled down his face.
Jay glanced at Finn's eyes-They looked spirited. He
knew immediately that he was faking it.
"Miss Severe, please take Mr. President downstairs. I'll be going to the bathroom for a while. I'll be down there shortly." Finn held his stomach and got out of there right away.
Angeline was befuddled, but when she saw the sharp, savage looks exchanged between Jack and Jay, her heart ached for Jay once more. She said nothing more and pushed Jay into the elevator. Jay said nothing throughout.
Finn had utterly surprised him with that plan of his.
He also felt comforted, and the look in his eyes softened.
Angeline pushed Jay out and they exited Grand Asia. They waited for a long while, but there was no sign of Finn coming down.
It was dawn, and the weather was cool and breezy.
Jay wore a thin, sleeved shirt. Angeline, on the other hand, wore a sleeveless dress. The cold made her hug herself. She still had goosebumps.
Angeline looked at Jay awkwardly. "Why is Finn not here yet..."
Jay threw the car keys over to Angeline. "We'll wait in the car."
Angeline pushed him over to the parking lot. She looked everywhere but could not find his car.
Jay reminded her, saying, "I've changed my car.
Hummer."
Angeline was surprised. He always kept his things because of sentimental value. He would not switch his things around that easily.
She pushed and seated him in the back seat. She sat beside him and could not help but ask curiously, "Why did you suddenly change your car?"
Jay looked dismayed. If it were not for the fact that the front window of his Rolls Royce was destroyed by bullets, he would not have switched cars.
"When things get old, they should be replaced, isn't that right?" He simply made up an excuse.
Angeline continued to mock him. "Is that so? No wonder your wife and father are replaced as well."
Jay was humiliated. Could both things even be considered the same?
Angeline wanted to slap herself. The way she said that sounded a little too stupid, did it not?
Between his biological and foster father, he had no say over that matter, did he?
Finn never appeared. In reality, without the president's orders, he dared not come between them and be the third wheel.
Chapter 763
Chapter 763
It was a cold atmosphere between Angeline and Jay.
Jay was afraid that he would accidentally let her know his feelings if he talked too much.
Angeline dared not speak at all for fear of offending this aristocrat who had a short fuse.
In the end, Angeline broke the silence between them. She said with sorrow, "I'm sorry. In the two years that I was gone, you must've been through a lot, yet I'm unable to be by your side as your wife." Jay's deep gaze fell onto Angeline's regretful face.
Actually, he should be the one saying sorry. If it were not for him who upset her, how could her dirty scandal be twisted and spread by the Ares family?
She was supposed to be the mistress of the Severe family who was proudly put on a pedestal.
She was not supposed to be the poor girl who lost her life in a car accident, the one who was disfigured, forced to jump off a building, and then abandoned by her husband.
His sexy neck rumbled. The word 'Angeline' was stuck in his throat. It was the name which he had cried out countless times in his dreams, yet now he did not have the courage to say it before her. "You didn't do me wrong," he said in a deep voice. The
nasally sound in his words almost gave away his true feelings.
Angeline then said, "I don't know why there's always a cruel and savage aura around you. In the past, you killed without mercy because you wanted to get rid of those vermin. But tonight, you've taken an innocent life away." She was cautious with her words.
Surprisingly, Jay was not angry at her. He simply looked at her with those eyes of his-They were like the light of a lighthouse in the middle of a dark ocean.
She would forever have no idea that all of that savagery and ruthlessness that he had was because of her.
If a calamity were to befall her, he would surely carve a path of prosperity for her before that calamity even came to pass.
He wanted her to be free from worry forever.
His ultimate goal was to put her on the top of the world so that she would be respected and looked up to by everyone else. However, she did not like him being this cold and ruthless.
Jay was saddened all of a sudden...
Angeline changed the subject. "No matter what we become, I hope that you'll find happiness. But are you happy now?"
Angeline choked on her own voice at that moment.
Jay knew that she was worried about him.
"I don't need you to be worried about me." He looked up at her, and his tone was brutal.
Angeline laughed at herself. "Do you really disdain me that much?"
Jay said nothing.
He let her misunderstand his true intention of being soft toward her.
Angeline was earnest and gentle toward him, yet she saw that he was being cold to her and was distancing himself from her. When she thought of the sweet times that they previously shared together, she could not help but let her tears flow down her cheeks.
She looked at the car window and hoped that he would not see her cry.
Jay reached out and wanted to embrace that helpless person into his arms, giving her warmth.
Angeline recomposed herself and turned around. Jay was caught off guard and promptly retracted his hand.
Angeline was shocked. She could not believe that Jay wanted to reach out and touch her?
Jay did not want to make her sad any further, so he sent a text to Finn.
Soon enough, Finn appeared at the parking lot.
Angeline said, "I'm going. You take care of yourself."
Her voice had a heart-wrenching tone to it.
Jay nodded his head.
All of his parting words to her were stuck in his throat.
Angeline pushed open the car doors...
Chapter 764
Chapter 764
All of a sudden, a large group of people swarmed in from around the Hummer and attacked Angeline.
Jay's heart leaped up to his throat.
Angeline quickly shut the door to protect Jay. Then, she walked forward and faced off against the group with her bare hands.
Finn rushed forward and assisted Angeline in combating these unknown ruffians.
They were trained fighters, and their skills were nothing to scoff at.
Angeline was confused. Did these people come after her or Jay?
"Finn, who are these people?"
"I don't know."
Jay locked his gaze onto Angeline. He did not expect Angeline's skills to have recovered that quickly.
However, Angeline was always that fragile little girl in his heart.
He was afraid that she might be in danger, thus he rolled down the window and removed a few darts from the hidden compartment in the wheelchair. He held them in between his fingers. The attackers who closed in on Angeline were fatally
hit by the flying darts.
Angeline shuddered as she watched her assassins fall to the ground. She turned around and looked at Jay.
Jay was slightly shocked. He knew that after this incident, his facade might be completely revealed to Angeline. However, he just could not watch her be in danger at this point in time.
Angeline had a smile on her face while Jay sighed silently. He knew that this girl was smart. He knew that his true feelings had already shown themselves.
Just when both of them were slightly distracted, a blade came swinging toward Angeline. A ray of light flashed across Jay's eyes, and all of the darts in his hand were thrown toward their target. The attacker's body contorted, and he slashed across Angelina's arm.
Jay's heart ached for Angeline. Angeline looked at his face and saw that his brows were furrowed and he was frowning. Despite her injury, she let out a grin.
Finn saw that Angeline was hurt, and his eyes became bloodshot. His blows and attacks became more furious as he managed to very swiftly force the attackers away.
The group of assassins made their escape, all bloody and bruised.
Finn managed to capture one of them who did not run fast enough. He secured him and brought him to Jay to be punished.
"Mr. President."
Jay's gaze was fixed on Angeline's arm. He scoffed at Finn. "Screw off."
Finn grinned. The president had no time for his antics right now. As such, he could only hold down that man as they stood outside the Hummer.
Angeline held her wound and got in the car. Her injuries were nothing more than a flesh wound, but she wanted to test Jay. As such, she deliberately frowned and furrowed her brows while pressing on her wound, making it bleed.
Jay hesitated, then he realized what was going on. He brutally tore open her sleeve. He looked at her wound and noticed that it was nothing more than a long but shallow wound. The frown on Jay's face softened.
"Are you worried about me?" Angeline smiled sweetly.
Jay glowered at her.
She was a sly little fox. He recognized that he had been fooled.
In the blackness of the night, even its darkness had its own beauty. Jay and Angeline stared at each other. Those eyes of his were used to being deceitful, yet now they slowly crumbled and unraveled. They were filled with emotions, but he was unconscious of it.
Angeline leaned forward. She wanted to give him a test. She closed her beautiful and passionate eyes.
She was asking for a kiss...
Jay was stuck. He did not want to reject her because every time he did, his heart would ache when he saw her hurting on the inside.
Angeline was confident that Jay was only pretending to be emotionless and was apathetic because he had reasons he could not say. However, if she restrained herself, surely she could find out his true intentions.
She rolled up the windows, and quickly enough, the atmosphere in the car became dark.
While he was still at a loss, she suddenly pressed herself forward. Just when her lips were about to touch his, an ice-cold hand came in between them.
Chapter 765
Chapter 765
Angeline opened her eyes and saw Jay glaring at her, rays of cold light emanating from his pupils.
"What are you doing?" he chided her with a gloomy tone.
Angeline was shocked and looked at him with puppy eyes. She had a pitiful look on her face.
Jay did not want to look at her for even a second more for fear that he would be entrapped in that soft and gentle gaze of hers.
He promptly opened the door. "Finn."
Finn dragged the man over, kicked his stomach, and commanded, "Kneel."
Jay interrogated the man with an ashen expression on his face. "Who sent you here?"
The man was stumped. He looked at the man in the wheelchair. He had thought that he was nothing more than a cripple. He would never have thought that he had an aura of a noble and was unlike any ordinary man.
Not to mention that his aide looked like a mere bookworm. He was surprised that he was that skilled in martial arts.
Perhaps they had messed with the wrong people today.
"Who are you guys?" he asked Finn.
"The crown prince of Imperial City. Have you heard of him?" replied Finn.
That man's face paled as soon as he heard that name. He began to sob and beg, "I'm sorry, we didn't know who you were, so we mistakenly offended you, President Ares."
There was nobody in that field who had never heard of that title. That was the title of a brutal, savage, and merciless demon of a killer.
Angeline then knew that these people did not come for Jay. Instead, they had come for her.
"Was it that b*stard Yosemite who did this?" Angeline roared.
The expression on the man's face was horrible. He said to Jay, "President Ares, this is the Titus and Severe families' business. We hope that you'll stay out of this. Since I've offended you today, President Ares I will surely give you an apology in the near future."
Jay's gaze was cold. "You came into my place and made a mess. Now you expect me to let you go? You think my title as the crown prince of Imperial City is a joke?"
The man was terrified. "President Ares, I can assure you that we have no intention to offend you at all. The one that we're after is Miss Severe right here. We have our orders from above, which is to cripple her by tonight." "What was that again?" Jay gritted his teeth, cold air seething from within him.
"Old Master Titus told us to cripple Miss Severe and take some pictures to be sold to the media to-" the man dared not continue his sentence when he saw Jay's bloodshot eyes.
"How much did the Titus family pay you?" Jay asked with a hostile tone.
"After the work is done, one million."
Jay frowned. "Miss Severe right here is the mother of my children, yet she's only worth a million? Isn't this a little too disrespectful?"
The man was truly frightened. "So Miss Severe is your lady, President Ares. We're sorry, we know that we're wrong."
"I'll give you two million, and you'll do like how Yosemite told you to. Paralyze his dear daughter Yumi. What do you say?" said Jay.
The man was stumped. He could afford to offend neither the Ares nor the Titus family.
"President Ares, I dare not accept this task anymore."
"Do you think that you have a choice?" Jay asked coldly.
Beads of sweat immediately formed on the man's head. "Please forgive us, President Ares."
Jay then said, "Just do as I say, and when you're done, you can come back and claim your rewards. If you dare to escape, you'll end up in the belly of a shark."
As Jay finished his sentence, he gave Finn a look.
Finn promptly pinched the man's mouth open, shoved a fava-bean sized jelly bean into his mouth, and closed it shut. When he was sure that the jelly had gone down his esophagus, he then explained, "This is a tracking device. For the next three days, every step that you take will be under our surveillance. If you don't return to report after that, we'll have your life."
"Get out." Jay roared.
The man quickly ran away with his tail between his legs.
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Chapter 766
Angeline let out a weak sigh.
"Although I hate the Titus family a lot, you shouldn't involve innocent people, Sir Ares-"
Before she could finish her sentence, she noticed Jay glaring at her with a sharp gaze.
She went silent.
Jay sighed weakly too. Angeline was so naive. How could he not be worried about her?
Finn saw that the air around them both was getting cold and awkward, so he interrupted and said, "Miss Severe, does your wound need attention?"
Jay replied, "Go and get her wounds wrapped up."
Angeline refused. "No need. It's not serious. It's just a little flesh wound."
Jay glanced over to her arm which was already red and roared. "Just do as I say and stop babbling."
Was he worried about her?
Angeline muttered, "I'll go then. No need to get that angry."
After an hour, Finn returned to the car alone.
Jay looked at Finn, his handsome face ashen." Where's Angeline?"
Finn shrugged. "Miss Severe doesn't want to anger you anymore, so she called a cab and left."
Jay's gaze shifted toward the hospital entrance where he saw Angeline getting into a taxi. His eyes had a despondent look to them.
The next day, headlines across each internet media platform were strewn with the headline, 'Sera Severe went into labor at Grand Asia, Jack Ares kept her company.' George Severe had just regained his consciousness, and the first thing he saw on TV was the image of Sera in labor.
He was so furious that he hurled the remote across the room. He glowered at Anne.
"This is that good daughter of yours."
Anne was also utterly shocked by the news. She was stunned and froze where she stood.
"Master, this can't be true." Anne collapsed onto the chair.
She could not believe it at all. Her darling daughter really was Jack Ares' lover.
"The truth is in front of your eyes. What else do you have to say?" George roared.
Anne cried and wailed, saying, "Master, the one Sera likes is Jay Ares. You know that for a fact. Now that she's Jack's lover, she must have reasons of her own." George became silent. He noticed that Anne had a good point.
"Make arrangements for me to get out of the hospital. I want to ask Angelina what this is all about." George was enraged.
Anne dared not disobey, so she quickly did as she was told.
Soon after, George and Anne arrived back at Severe Manor. Anne then proceeded to interrogate Angelina.
"Missus, was it you who spread the news about Sera?" Anne asked furiously with her arms akimbo.
Angelina was calm. "I didn't do it."
George was more straightforward. "Jay Ares did it then?"
Angelina nodded.
"Without your permission, he wouldn't have done that." George was livid.
He knew Jay well. Angeline was Jay's weakness. If Angelina was adamant about stopping him from doing so, he would have listened to her.
It was obvious that Angeline did not stop him.
Angeline looked at her father with bloodshot eyes." Dad, it looks like you really don't care enough about this daughter of yours. Don't you know that Jay and I have broken up?"
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Chapter 767
It was unexpected for George. Jay and Angeline had such a deep and profound relationship with one another. How could they have broken up?
The young couple was perhaps throwing tantrums.
George said in a pained tone, "You kept repeating that you want to revitalize the Severe family's name, yet take a look at what you've done? Even if Sera was wrong, the family's dirty laundry shouldn't be publicized. You didn't prevent Mr. Ares from taking revenge on her, and now the Severe family's honor is ruined. How do we win back the trust we've lost in the future?"
Angeline smiled sourly. "It was her fault. Why should I help her pretend that everything's going swell?"
George was at the end of his tether. "You... She's your little sister."
Angeline looked at her silent mother on the side and glanced at Anne and her father, who was sitting overbearingly on the sofa.
She suddenly sneered, "Is she my sister? Dad, you abandoned Mom and built a whole new family with another woman. All your clothes in this house were wiped clean. You left nothing behind. Since you've decisively walked away and left nothing behind for Mom to remember you by, how could you possibly
think that you're still a member of this family?"
"You didn't want this family anymore, Dad. Yet you expect us to consider her as our sister. Isn't this a little bit too forceful?"
George was trembling with anger. "Angeline Severe, the words coming out of your mouth are truly despicable."
Anne displayed an expression as if she was the weakling and she wept endlessly. "Darling, forget about it. Our Sera did a stupid thing because she wasn't thinking straight. Let's not blame the missy for it." The more weakness she showed, the more anger raged inside George. It was all vented onto Angeline." You rely on Mr. Ares to be your backbone. That's why you're so oppressive. I truly regret that I failed to discipline you strictly from the beginning-"
Angeline retorted, "I regret it even more. I went to Imperial Capital in the middle of the night yesterday to beg Mr. Ares to save your daughter. Forget about the fact that I've knelt there for quite some time, but someone even injured my arm. Yet the moment you step into this house, I've received no sympathy from you, only condemnations. It's bitterly disappointing."
Then, George noticed that Angelina's arm was covered by layers of thick gauze. His facial expression turned awkward instantly.
It seemed like the relationship between Angeline and
Jay Ares was indeed ruptured.
The next words he uttered were softer in tone, yet it was even more torturing to the heart.
"Before, I thought that I could rely on you and Zayne to restore the Severe family's glory. But now, it seems like I was wrong. You're talented, yet you're unwilling to use that energy of yours on the right path. Perhaps I'll have to rely on your half-brother and sister to restore the Severe family's honor."
Angeline felt disgusted in every possible way. She had given her greatest effort recently in following up the company's business. Moreover, she had gained valid information to destroy the Titus family and reclaim the Severe family's customers.
After a short while, she would have been able to revive the Severe family's industrial territory.
Yet, George's words had made her flinch and retreat.
The Severe family was no longer hers.
Angeline kept silent and said nothing in retort.
Old Master Severe suddenly slammed his crutches to the ground. He stood up in a trembling manner and said with grief, "That's enough, George. The two of you were the ones who have failed in Sera's upbringing. That's the reason she got herself pregnant before marriage. Now you're venting your anger on Angeline. Do you think that it's reasonable?"
It was only now that George and Anne held back their arrogant and despotic demeanors. They dropped their heads down, saying nothing in return.
Old Master Severe resentfully looked at George and Anne. "Sera is Jack Ares' lover, and that's a fact. The two of you should plan for what will happen to the second half of Sera's life now. Will you two continue to let her stay by Jack Ares' side and be his mistress for the rest of her life so that she'll never see the light of day? Or will you take her back and let her turn over a new leaf and make a fresh start?" George replied in a low voice, "TH listen to your advice, Father."
Anne looked worried. "However, Jack Ares is not an ordinary man. He may disagree with letting Sera leave him."
Old Master Severe said with an imposing manner," She's one of the Severe family's daughters, and she absolutely won't be allowed to be anyone's mistress. I don't care who he is. As long as we stand firm on our decisions, he'll have to let her go."
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Chapter 768
Old Master Severe had made the final decision. Hence, George and Anne had nothing to say in retort.
Angeline thought to herself, 'Jack Ares is now the person in charge of Ares Enterprises, so he's acting arrogant and domineering. He doesn't even care about Jay, not to mention the Severe family. 'What can Grandfather do to force Jack Ares to let Sera go?'
Once George and Anne left, Old Master Severe called Angeline into the study.
He said somewhat bluntly, "I know that you hate her, Angeline. But the family's dirty laundry truly shouldn't be publicized. If our Severe family wants to regain its strength and glory, the family's nobility and hono cannot be destroyed. Otherwise, how would we win back people's hearts in the future?"
Angeline felt like she had a deja vu. "Grandfather, do you want me to go forth and negotiate with the Ares family?"
Old Master Severe nodded. "You're the only one who can do this."
Angeline refused. "I can't."
The old man stared at her, while Angeline found an excuse to beat about the bush. "I've broken up with
Jay Ares. So, I believe Jack wouldn't give me the time of day."
Old Master Severe shook his head. "I didn't say that I want you to beg Jay Ares. I want you to use that head of yours. With your capabilities, I'm sure you're able to figure out how to persuade Jack to let her go."
Angeline continued to droop her head.
Old Master Severe sighed. "No matter what we discuss, you're simply harboring hate toward her in your heart."
Angeline complained, "Aunty Connors took my father away, Grandfather. Don't you see how much pain my mother's in? Why should I help their family out?
Besides, I've helped enough last night."
Old Master Severe replied earnestly, "Grandfather hopes that you can put aside your personal grievances and put the overall situation of the Severe family first right now. You may think it through." When she came out of her grandfather's study, Angeline was caught in a bind.
The weather had entered midsummer. Hence, the air was sultry and humidly hot. Cicadas were incessantly chirping on the overhead branch, and Cole Yorks was sitting listlessly on the rot-proof wooden bench in the courtyard, thinking about his problems.
It did not take long before the sun penetrated the clouds, and the sky went dark almost too suddenly. Then, there was a flash of lightning before a burst of thunder, and heavy raindrops started falling. Cole hurried into the house, covering the top of his head with his hands.
Standing below the eaves as he looked at the foggy sky, he thought to himself, 'A storm is coming.'
Carson, who had disappeared for several days and nights, ran inside from the curtains of rain. When he noticed Cole standing at the door, he immediately called out joyfully, "Young Master." Cole's eyes were filled with surprise. "You little brat, why have you been out for so long?"
Cole looked at his wet and dirty clothes with disgust and frowned. "Take a bath and change into clean clothes. Then, come to the study and look for me."
Carson looked at his clothes, and when he noticed all the mud, he looked at Cole in amazement.
"You didn't vomit the moment you saw my dirty clothes today, Young Master?" Carson said with joy.
Cole's face showed a sullen expression. "This is all thanks to that woman who fought fire with fire. It actually worked."
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Chapter 769
Cole moved to the study. This room of his did not have many books, but it displayed all sorts of weird weapons.
Cole sat on the revolving high chair, and his eyes fell on the sculpture on the desk. It was a plaster sculpture that he got up and kneaded last night after failing to fall asleep.
Then, Carson came in and saw that his young master was staring at the plaster sculpture in a daze. When he looked at the statue again, he noticed that it was a beautiful woman with long hair, a big pair of eyes, and a high nose bridge.
Carson was stunned. He admitted that the girl portrayed in this sculpture was indeed beautiful, but the young master had seen thousands if not tens of thousands of stunning women. The facts had proven that the young master was always a cold man.
He absolutely had no feelings for any woman.
However...
Carson rubbed his eyes. 'Did I see it wrong? The young master's eyes when he's looking at this sculpture are clearly different from when he looks at any other woman.'
It was loving and passionate, yet filled with tenderness.
"What's so sacred about this noble and beautiful young lady, Young Master?" Carson had followed Cole around since he was a child. The only thing he had learned from him was the essence of killing thousands secretly yet carrying a smile on the surface.
Cole replied, "Angeline Severe."
Carson had never met Angeline. Moreover, he could not care less about Angelina's background. In his opinion, any woman who could yield to his young master was perhaps the reincarnation of Mother Mary, and he had to be forever grateful to this female savior later on.
"Do you like this lady, Young Master?" Carson asked.
Cole shot a glare akin to darts toward him. "Why are you groundlessly calling out to her like that? You have to call her the missus from now on."
Carson swallowed his saliva. He had merely left the young master for a few days, yet the young master's relationship with this woman had developed to the point of them discussing marriage? Was it not going too fast?
Carson was a little worried that his young master, who was not well versed in love affairs, was being deceived by someone. However, after having second thoughts about it, it was not a problem anyway since the last thing that his young master lacked was money.
If the con woman could succeed in lying her way here, then the Yorks family might even be gracious toward her. After all, making the young master fall in love was something improbable. It would even be considered great merit.
"Have you proposed yet, Young Master?" Carson leaned in front of his young master excitedly. He displayed his gossipy nature as he was dying to know which treasures had been deceived out of the young master from this woman.
Cole thought about it for a moment and said, "I've given her a card that contains 100 billion inside. But-" When he recalled the woman's expression when she accepted the card, she clearly did not believe that there was money in it.
Many days had passed, yet he had not received a single message about the card being used.
Cole could not help but show a smile.
Carson swallowed his saliva. "100 billion?"
"Then, have you done that with her?" Carson poked two fingers together, gesturing an intimate action.
Cole could not help but cover his face in his hands. When he thought about the moment he tried to kiss Angeline yet was slapped ruthlessly by her, he felt the hurt once more.
"No," he replied abruptly.
"Did you kiss her lips?" Carson became anxious.
Cole shook his head.
"Have you held her hand?"
Cole shook his head once more.
Chapter 770
Chapter 770
Carson screamed in agony. "Did you run into a con woman, Young Master? 100 billion! That's the financial resources that the top giants of Imperial Capital have. Even a wealthy family like the Ares family and Grand Asia's owner is only worth a few hundred billion."
Cole said nonchalantly, "The Yorks are trillionaires. Why should we care about this small change?"
Carson beat his chest, suffocated. "Still, money shouldn't be spent this way, Young Master. If you have to go out and look for girls, tell them that a kiss is worth 100 million. Think of how many girls would line up just for you."
Cole thought about the scene and suddenly felt sick to his stomach once more.
"How can Angeline even be compared to those other vulgar fans?" Cole scoffed.
Carson could not fathom the feeling of love and asked, "I do wonder how stunning this woman truly is that you're willing to spend this much money on her?"
Cole patted him on the shoulder. "I'll take you to see her on another day. First, you have to tell me what are the important things you've discovered from the past few days?"
When it came to working matters, Carson
immediately restrained his unruly attitude. "Young Master, an old lady who had worked in Tourmaline Estate for many years said that she saw your aunt. However, your aunt only stayed in Tourmaline Estate for two years before she left. The old lady was slightly aged, so she doesn't remember many things very clearly. It takes time for her to recall her memories."
When the Ares family was mentioned, a brilliant light appeared on Cole's handsome face.
"Our fates have crossed again, Jay Ares."
Carson had investigated the Ares family before and admired Jay very much. "I've inquired much about Mr. Jay Ares before. He's the eldest grandson of the Ares family and was personally trained by the Grand Old Master Ares himself to be the successor. Not only is he extraordinarily handsome, but he's also maliciously two-faced and deeply shrewd. He founded Grand Asia when he was young and became a chairman worth 100 billion in just three years. Speaking of his capabilities, it's neck and neck with yours, Young Master."
"How much money did he give you for you to put him on such a high pedestal?" Cole was simply unpleased.
Carson was dumbfounded. The young master was a double-dealing and backstabbing man. He was someone who would secretly stab a person in the back after calling them a brother and would rarely show his dislike toward a person.
Did he end up becoming an enemy of Jay Ares so soon, right after coming to Imperial Capital?
"You have a dislike toward Mr. Jay Ares, Young Master?" Carson scratched his head, feeling somewhat puzzled. "Even when you hate someone to the extreme, I've never seen your expression darken before." Cole spoke in a low, muffled voice, "This Jay Ares is Angeline's ex-husband. Angeline no longer has any feelings for him. I've sent someone to take his life before, but those bunch of idiots were too useless and let him escape. You came back right on time. I'll leave this task to you instead."
Cole patted Carson on the shoulder once he was done." Don't let me down."
Carson was stunned. "The woman you like is a married woman, Young Master?"
'The young master's foresight in choosing a spouse is simply unflatteringly underwhelming.'
"Is there a problem?" Cole asked.
Carson replied, "Young Master, haven't you heard of the saying, 'brothers are like your limbs, and women are akin to clothes because they're interchangeable'? Did you have to pick a fight with the prince of Imperial Capital over a woman? Offending him is not a t all beneficial to us."
Cole answered him straightforwardly, "I can afford to lose this limb. But if you don't let me have these clothes and let me run naked, I'll call it quits."
Carson,
Then, he very helplessly compromised. "Alright. Okay. Since Young Master likes this woman-"
Cole glared at him fiercely, and Carson quickly corrected his words. "I mean, Young Missus. Since Young Master likes the missus so much, I shall help Young Master achieve his wish no matter what. Whether or not he's the prince of Imperial Capital, since he has crossed paths with the young master, then it's merely bad luck on his part."
Cole was pleased. "Make it flawless. Don't let Angeline know that we were the ones behind it."
Carson sighed. The young master had always been wild and unscrupulous and was never afraid of consequences. However, the young master had planned and prepared ahead for the missus. That woman was indeed not a simple person.