Ch. 1261..1270
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1261
Paige Rockefeller suddenly turned pale.
The embezzlement deficit of two billion was a significant amount. Once handed over to the police, she and her husband’s life would be over. They would at least be sentenced to life in prison. They would be required to hand over that embezzled money…
The key was ever since Rockefeller Group grew, their earnings also increased. Typical assh*les like her had been raised corrupt. Where would there be money left when she had burnt through two billion worth of embezzled money, which was accumulated over the past ten years?
“What about it?”
“With this evidence, do you still think it’s fake? What about handing it over to the police to verify the authenticity?”
“It just so happens that there are people from the Summers family present at the scene, so why not ask the Summers family to come forward and oversee this matter. What do you think?”
When Paige heard Brittany’s words, she was instantly scared and trembled. She couldn’t imagine the terrible consequences. She definitely did not want to go to jail.
Thud!
Paige knelt heavily in front of Brittany, “ Sister-in-law, Sister-in-law, I was wrong, please forgive me! I really know I’m wrong. Let me stay alive, give me a chance. I don’t want to go to jail!”
As she was talking, she vigorously slapped her face. This scene made all the visitors below the stage stare in disbelief.
Several staff members of Rockefeller Group looked at Paige with eyes full of contempt.
In the company, Paige and her husband had always acted all high and mighty. They were very demanding of others and were also constantly educating others to have the spirit of dedication, to know how to make sacrifices for the company. In the end? It turned out that they were the company’s biggest rats, the greediest assh*les.
The funny thing was Brittany that knew all along. She just chose not to point it out.
Now that the evidence was out, it was as if the main point of the whole incident was finally focused on. Brittany said indifferently, “You want to stay alive? No problem! It just so happens that you have John and Noah’s documents with signatures in your hands. Sign the document, and I will use a dollar to buy all the shares of the Rockefeller Group from your hands!”
“What?”
Paige was dumbfounded.
Staring at Brittany in a daze, Paige felt as if she could not recognize her. People like Brittany definitely should not be so ruthless.
“Buying all the shares of the Rockefeller Group with one dollar, Sister-in-law, how can you be so evil hearted? This is daylight robbery!”
“Not, absolutely not!”
Brittany sneered, “Why not? A year ago, it was the Rockefeller family who snatched Rockefeller Group from William and me. Back then, you didn’t give us a single dime. Not only that, but you also used shameless means to freeze all the money on our joint accounts, snatch our house, leaving my son at a loss and me with no way to cure my illness. I even kneeled and begged to borrow tens of thousands of dollars from you, but it was all in vain. Did you think that your hearts were so evil back then?”
Paige was speechless.
However, she then said, “Sister-in-law, this was all the decision of the old man and john’s idea. They are in charge of the Rockefeller family. Where do I, a married woman, have the right to do this?”
“But you have the right to do business now.”
“But you have the right to do business now.”
“I… Sister-in-law, I really can’t! I can’t… Carol, she will kill me, she is now very scary and terrible. She is the one who asked me to sell the company. She is the one who wants fifty billion, I really can’t make the decision to sell it to you for one dollar, or she will kill me!” Paige cried out loud.
It looked like it was hard for her.
“You have one minute to think about it. You can either go and explain to the police what was on those papers or sign the papers!”
Brittany didn‘t want to care in the least about the pressure Carol was putting on Paige. After all, they were relatives!
A minute had passed quickly.
Gritting her teeth, Paige finally gave in. “I will sign that document!”
***
At Rockefeller Group’s auction.
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It all ended in an unconventional way. Brittany regained control of all Rockefeller Group’s shares, which was once established by her, at just one dollar. She counted the days.
It was exactly three months since the death of Bill, her grandfather. In other words, Brittany had successfully fulfilled her goal, which she had declared in front of Bill’s coffin.
Rockefeller Group, indeed, was overthrown. Even the person in charge of the Rockefeller family was gone.
A sign of resurrection was on the cards since Brittany was now back in control.
A loud clapping sound was heard. Suddenly, a round of applause rang out.
It was one of the top executives inside Rockefeller Group who was the first to applaud the moment Paige signed her name on the new assignment contract. He said with a smile, ”Welcome, welcome, welcome the return of General Manager Brittany to the Rockefeller Group. I have been looking forward to this day for a long, long time. Only under the wise leadership of General Manager Brittany, Rockefeller Group can develop healthily! Without Ms. Brittany, it’s like a ship a t sea losing its direction. Now that Ms. Brittany has returned, I believe tomorrow will be much better.”
Nonetheless. His applause did not impress Brittany at all.
She looked at him and said faintly, “After merging with our Lush Cosmetics, Rockefeller Group will indeed become better and better. The future achievement of the first enterprise in America is not impossible. But all of this has nothing to do with you, Marcos, because, from now on, you are fired.”
“Aah?”
The man named Harrison Marcos was rendered speechless. Like an old duck whose throat was caught, his face turned red, and he wore an awful expression.
“Ms. Brittany, why? What I said was sincerely from my heart. It was not just flattery!”
Brittany said, “You are not flattering me, but you are doing things based on the other person’s background, which is treacherous! Do you think I didn’t know that you and John colluded together long ago? Back then, you were also John’s assistant in the deal with Japanese, right?”
After that was said, Harrison’s expression became increasingly awful. His face was full of cold sweats.
It was already close to 9:00 pm.
Brittany gently waved her hand. “Okay, today’s auction has finally come to an end. Everyone can leave now!”
Then, she patted Azure’s shoulder and said, “Little Storm, well done. Come to my house tomorrow for a meal!”
Azure was flattered and hurriedly bowed and saluted. “Thank you, Madam!”
Brittany then said to Keith, “The head of the Yowell family, please come over as well.”
Keith hurriedly said, “Thank you, Madam Rockefeller, for inviting me. I humbly accept your invitation!”
After that, Alex and the others left the exhibition hall in big strides.
Azure and Keith also led their men and quickly disappeared.
The crowd in the exhibition hall finally let out a long sigh of relief. The tense ambiance just a while ago was slowly easing. They, too, left Rockefeller Group anxiously as if there would be a precarious danger if they stayed a little longer.
Half an hour later.
Alex and the others returned to the Rockefeller family estate.
In the main entrance, Maya pulled Alex aside. “Little Brother, I’m suddenly a little hungry. Come with me to get a midnight snack!”
Alex was stunned. “Uhm… Mom, do you want to go?”
Brittany had a smile in her eyes. “No, I do not like late night snacks. You young people like this stuff. Since Maya wants to eat, you should go with her! You can come back at any time.”
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Brittany smiled at the two of them and walked into the Rockefeller family’s manor.
She just got back the control of Rockefeller Group. Thus, she needed to plan the business arrangement. Initially, Maya was her best helper. With her assistance, Brittany’s work would be much easier. However, in comparison, it was the grandson who was most important.
This was especially after seeing Winnie. This wish of hers became even stronger. It would be great if tonight, her son could accomplish something with Maya and give birth to a son and a daughter.
“Where do you want to go to eat?”
“The street at the night market in the university city, do you remember that?” Maya blinked and looked at Alex with a playful expression as she spoke.
Alex thought for a long time before he remembered.
In the past, there was indeed a night market after the back door of his university. Many students would go there to eat and shop, and even students set up stalls there. It was a lively place.
However…
For Alex, that night market would seem too low-end because he was a young master with an expensive three hundred billion big business back then. He would usually go to all the high-end places, so this kind of place did not attract him.
He had also been there so often with his roommate, but he had a poor impression of the area. Not only did the food taste bad, but there were also thieves too.
“Why did you think of going to that place?” Alex frowned, not wanting to go. “What can be good there? Why not just go to Moonlight Lake’s west bund corridor? The food there is cooked by famous chefs, and all the food tastes so good.”
Maya shook her head. “No, I want to go to the night market street! Are you coming or not? Are you accompanying me or not?”
The woman pouted and crossed her arms.
A burst of natural body fragrance rushed into Alex‘s nose. The feeling of serenity was completely absent in an instant. Instead, a primitive urge rose in his heart. He immediately surrendered and said, “Yes, yes, yes. Let’s go wherever you want. I will also accompany you to hell.”
Smiling sweetly, Maya hugged Alex’s arm and jumped forward. She whispered, “I don’t want you to go to hell, but you can go for a tryst.”
“What did you say?”
Alex froze for a moment as he did not hear clearly. “Nothing! Let’s go!”
Maya tightened her grip.
Then, Alex felt a fire in his body. The incredibly warm feeling on his arm came as if squeezed into the warm butter. At that walking pace, be swayed around and could not walk properly.
***
At the same time.
Paige returned home, looking disheveled. Tonight’s auction finally made her realize that she was really a piece of trash compared to Brittany. All of her was crushed. There was no half advantage, if Brittany had really wanted to screw her, she could have easily sent her to prison as early as ten years ago.
However, she only came up with that stack of evidence now. The imaginary tens of billions were gone, and she did not know how to inform Carol.
Nevertheless, again, she felt lucky. This was because Brittany didn’t pursue the matter any further.
There was even boundless regret welling up in her heart.
If she had been on William and Brittany’s side, what would have been the result? The result would have been completely different from now. Brittany would likely be drowning in the affection from her relatives and continue to turn a blind eye to her activities. Brittany’s career would grow after regaining control of Rockefeller Group. Since she was considered her relative, not to mention two billion or twenty billion, even earning twenty billion was not impossible.
Unfortunately… It was too late to regret it!
She had just returned home when she saw her husband on the ground, unconscious, in a pool ofblood on the floor
“Ah, hubby…? Hubby, what happened to you?”
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Paige screamed in surprise. Her face turned pale. She rushed over to him.
The man was lying on the ground, so she did not see very clearly at first what was going on. But when she turned the man over, she felt as if her whole body was struck by lightning. She stiffened. The next second, she shrieked and vomited.
She saw there was a large hole on her husband’s shirt near the chest. There was also a large hole in his body.
His heart was no longer there. That area looked like a piece of rag.
The person was dead long ago.
Despite seeing so much blood in today’s exhibition hall auction where nearly twenty arms were broken, and Theodore’s legs cut off by Gervinho, that bloody scene was incomparable to the one before her right now.
“The devil! This must be the act of the devil!”
She mumbled and was lost in thought.
At this moment, she heard a voice from the side.
Paige had just entered the house and did not pay attention. Only at this moment did she realize a woman was sitting in the dining room of her home. At a closer look, it was her niece, Carol Rockefeller. At this moment, she was slowly eating a bowl of noodles.
“You… it’s you! Carol, did you kill my husband?”
She rushed over only to see the bowl of noodles in front of Carol. It was blood red and had a pungent smell of blood. It was not a dressing at all, but blood!
‘Yes, it was her own husband’s blood!’
“Oh…?!”
Paige shrieked and sat on the floor on her buttocks. She looked at Carol with terrified eyes. Is this still her niece that she knew? It was almost like a demon crawling out of hell. She subconsciously asked, “You… You are drinking my husband’s blood?”
Carol lifted her head and licked her lips. She licked the blood clean.
Carol said indifferently, “Your husband’s blood was not good to drink at all. He must have been with many women out there. The body is contaminated! By killing him, I‘m helping you! Not only did I help you get rid of countless cuckolds, but I also gave you freedom! In the future, you can be with whichever man you want, for example, that male subordinate of yours, Leonard!”
When Paige heard that, she froze. Leonard was her secret lover!
No one in the company knew about it at all, and she had had that affair quite stealthily.
But, how did Carol know?
The key reason she coveted that handsome and cute male subordinate was for his young age and muscular body. She did not plan to have a long-term relationship with him. After all, she had a son, and she simply did not want to divorce her husband to start a family with that handsome and cute male subordinate. Moreover, he was only twenty years old. At her age, she could be his mother.
“You… How did you become like this? With this kind of behavior, are you even a normal human?” Paige was fearful of impending disaster and panicked as she looked at Carol as if she was looking at a hungry ghost.
“Of course, I am a normal human. In fact, I am much better than a normal person!”
Carol stood up.
She released an aura of a martial artist, shaking the table in front of her, and violently moved the table aside.
Boom!
It hit the opposite wine cabinet, and seven or eight bottles of wine fell, spilling the wine all over the floor.
“Did you mess up the auction?”
“I heard that Brittany used only one dollar to buy all of our Rockefeller family’s shares in Rockefeller Group, didn’t she?”
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Paige was shaken, and fear filled her eyes. “Yes, yes! But I couldn’t help it. If I disagreed to that, I’d be taken away to jail by the police.”
Slap!
Carol slapped her face.
She viciously said, “What does it matter to me if you go to jail or not? What I care about is my fifty billion! Now, you have messed it all up. What will you compensate me with? With your life?”
Paige trembled while looking at her husband’s corpse.
She then kneeled heavily on the ground. “No, no! Carol, I’m your aunt. I’m your aunt. There are not many people left in our family. Please, don’t kill me! Don’t you forget, when you were small, I loved you very much.”
Carol laughed coldly.
Then she said, “Okay, then you come with me. I want you to do one thing for me!”
***
It was almost ten o’clock when they arrived at the night market street.
Alex was not familiar with this place, plus it has been a few years since he last came here. He had forgotten about this place a long time ago. However, at this hour, there were still many people who were shopping.
Among the shoppers, most of them were young couples. One glance and one would recognize that these are college students from the school nearby.
When Maya arrived here, her mood was particularly good. She talked a lot more than usual and chatted all the way. She spoke about some exciting things inside the school. The two held hands while walking in the night market, just like a couple in love.
“Hey, do you still remember where we first met?” Maya suddenly asked.
“The first time we met?” Alex scratched his head. “The library?”
Maya shook her head and laughed lightly. “Try again.”
“The student union meeting room?”
“Nope.”
“Basketball court?”
“Nope.”
“Female bathroom?”
“Screw you!” Maya rolled her eyes and gave him a pinch. “I knew you wouldn‘t remember. It was here!”
Alex froze. “Here? At night market street?”
He really didn’t remember anything.
Maya then pulled him toward the south side of the night market and stopped in front of a noodle shop called ‘Quois Haven’. Pointing to the plaque, she said, “Here! This is where we first met. ”
Alex was stunned. This was because he still could not recall anything at all.
“Did I come here before?”
This time, Maya gave him a hard blank stare. Immediately after that, she dragged him into Quois Haven!
“Daddy, I am here to see you!”
As soon as Maya entered, she shouted in a delicate voice.
Alex became even more surprised. Maya’s father couldn’t be here, right?
He saw that the store’s decoration was exceptional with antique style. There were shades of bamboo everywhere. It seemed that the owner of this store had a love for bamboo, and the environment inside the shop was very nice, clean, and had a sense of idyllic.
Until this moment. Alex finally remembered that he seemed to have been here before.
Just at this moment.
Several customers in the store stood up and greeted Maya with enthusiasm.
“Maya, you’re finally here!”
“We’ve been waiting for you for a long time. If you didn’t come sooner, we would have thought that you’re not coming at all!”
“Happy birthday, Maya!”
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When Alex Rockefeller witnessed this scene, he was a little dumbfounded. His mouth opened even wider when he heard the final sentence. “Maya, is it your birthday today?” Alex asked.
Despite knowing each other for many years, Alex actually didn’t know which day was Maya Howards’ birthday.
Before Maya answered, a middle-aged person wearing a chef ’s hat walked out from the kitchen. He seemed elegant, and he looked rather good too. When he smiled, he even had dimples… Alex suddenly thought of a male celebrity, Tom Cruise. This person did look somewhat like Tom Cruise.
However, right then, Alex’s mysterious pearl in his energy core suddenly vibrated profusely.
It gave Alex a fright.
‘What’s going on?’ he wondered.
The last time the mysterious pearl vibrated was back in Michigan’s House of Treasures when he found the core of an Ancient Thunderclap Wood. Ever since then, it never vibrated again to warn Alex of anything. He didn’t expect it to start vibrating here. Moreover, as the man got closer, the pearl’s vibration grew even more intense. It felt as if it was about to leap out of Alex’s energy core.
‘Hold still!’ Alex cursed in his heart.
Right then, the elegant, middle-aged chef walked over to Maya as he chuckled. “Maya, I’m so happy to see you! Hurry up and sit down. These fellows heard you were coming and insisted on waiting for you to celebrate your birthday with you. I couldn’t get them to leave even if I tried!”
After that, he turned to look at Alex. That was because Maya was still holding Alex’s hand with their fingers interlocked tightly. The way they held each other’s hand could only mean that they were in a relationship.
The middle-aged chef smiled. “Maya, why don’t you introduce him to everyone? He must be your boyfriend, right?”
Suddenly, Alex noticed a few of these people glaring at him hostilely. These were the youngsters standing around them whowere here to celebrate Maya’s birthday.
‘Looks like Maya has quite the charm!’ Alex thought.
He tried to pull his hand away, but he noticed that Maya was holding onto it very tightly.
“Papa, his name is Alex Rockefeller. He’s my boyfriend. Today, I want Papa to evaluate if this boyfriend of mine is up to your expectations,” Maya said as she chuckled.
“Maya, you’ve always had good taste. Naturally, the boyfriend that you picked would be very good,” Maya’s father said immediately. He seemed very jolly when he spoke.
However, Alex suddenly felt a surge of coldness.
“Maya, you make me sad! Back then, I was your loyal suitor. I was willing to give up everything for you. Now, you didn’t even tell me that you’ve found a boyfriend!” A youngster said jealousy.
Maya effortlessly eased the tension that arose from what he said. “Liam Lockher, you’re not my type! If you get rid of the fats in your stomach, I might reconsider.”
The young man named Liam Lockher instantly appeared like a deflated balloon.
“In that case, I don’t stand a chance. I’m bound to bring all this fat with me into my coffin!” Liam said.
Everyone suddenly started laughing out loudly.
Maya then started introducing everyone to Alex. “This is Papa. He’s the owner of Quois Haven. His surname is Hanson. You can call him Papa like I do. Every bowl of noodle he makes tastes different. That’s why people call this place Quois Haven!”
After that, Maya introduced the others to Alex.
Apart from the fat youngster named Liam, there were also others named Juniper Zaddock, Shawn Mandela, Fred Tames, and Murphy Durand respectively. These were all friends Maya had made when she worked here as a waitress.
Alex was stunned. He looked at Maya in disbelief. “Did you work here as a waitress before?” he asked.
“What’s the matter? Don’t I look the part?” Maya blinked several times.
After that, she asked Alex a question as a waitress would. “Sir, what would you like to order?”
Alex was speechless.
The restaurant owner laughed. “Maya worked here when she was in her first year at university. She’s a very good girl! Young man, you ought to appreciate your girlfriend. She’s pretty and smart. If I had a son, I’d definitely want her to be his wife! In the blink of an eye, seven years have already gone by. I still remember when you got bullied by a group of bad boys and cried on your first day of work,” he said.
Surprisingly, Maya pointed at Alex. “He was the one who bullied me that day!”
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Alex Rockefeller was shocked.
He looked at Maya Howards with a stunned expression. “Was it me? Did I bully you? Are… Are you sure?”
Maya wrinkled her nose and looked at him. “Yes, it was you! On the first day I worked in Papa’s restaurant, you called me out for being clumsy. You said I carried bowls too slowly and even served food to the wrong customers. You also said that someone like me isn’t suited to work as a waitress. Do you know how upset I was because of you on that day? I cried for two hours. After that, I secretly vowed that I’d be the best waitress possible.”
Alex felt his tongue-tied. After that, he finally recalled the incident.
It really did seem to have happened. However, he wasn’t a university student yet at the time. Instead, he was in his third year of senior high at a high school in California. That day, he came to meet some friends who were slightly older than him. After that, he ended up on a particular street in the night market.
Back then, Alex had ordered a bowl of noodles. In the end, he was served the wrong bowl of noodles. Coupled with the fact that he was in a bad mood due to a problem related to his friend, Alex ended up yelling at a pretty and proper looking waitress.
He didn’t think that the waitress at the time was Maya.
Alex looked at Maya for a long while. “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
A complicated look appeared upon Maya’s pretty face, and her eyes filled with emotions. “I was hoping you’d come to Papa’s noodle restaurant again. I wanted to tell you I’d become an excellent waitress. I waited for a long time, but you never showed up again. When I was in my second year of university, you actually appeared in my life as my junior. You even became my subordinate in the students’ society. To my greater surprise, you actually didn’t recognize me at all. After that, I thought I might as well not tell you. In that way, I could abuse my powers in the students’ society to exact revenge on you,” Maya said softly.
Alex suddenly understood everything.
“Oh…”
“That explains why I was always sent to carry out the dirtiest and most tiring tasks when I first joined the students’ society!”
“You did it on purpose.”
Maya snorted softly. “That’s right. I did it on purpose. I didn’t think you’d actually be quite as dumb and easy to bully! You didn’t sense anything fishy about it at all,” she said.
Meanwhile, someone slapped his thigh nearby. “Beautiful Maya, did you unknowingly start to fall for him ever since then? Oh my god! I can’t believe such karma exists… If I had yelled at you back then, would I be the one holding your hand now?”
The person who spoke was the fat guy, Liam Lockher.
However, Maya didn’t even look at him. She continued to stare at Alex foolishly. “Yeah. It’s a truly strange feeling. Without realizing it, his face would pop up in my mind now and then. Whenever I saw him frowning unhappily, I’d feel both overjoyed and hurt at the same time.”
“Back then, this fellow found himself a girlfriend by the name of Chloe Marionette. This idiot actually didn’t know about that girl’s dark past. She was the most sl*tty girl in the school. The men who surrounded her could form a soccer team. In the end, I was the one who had to break it to him secretly. Only after he caught that girl in action did he realize what was going on,” Maya added.
At this point, Maya’s eyes had turned red. “But this guy never even cared about my existence!” she cried out.
“Soon, he found a new girlfriend and always showed off their affection in front of me all day long. He frequently asked me to take photos for them. Did you have any idea? This was something I disliked doing the most. Do you know how sad I felt…” Maya added.
Alex quietly looked at Maya before him. Scenes of them back in school replayed in Alex’s mind like a movie.
Suddenly, his heart began to throb.
When he got into a relationship with Lady Dorothy Assex, he was already in his third year at university. However, he got to know Maya one month after he entered university. After that, they were together a lot of the time. In all honesty, the time Maya accompanied him was probably several times greater than Lady Dorothy’s.
Right then, Mr. Hanson started clapping loudly. “There’s a saying that the longest lasting love involves silent companionship! Young man, you’re a lucky fellow. I hope the two of you will end up happily ever after as lovers! Come, now. On this special day, I’d like to give Maya a special birthday celebration.”
Maya secretly sighed.
‘Lovers?’
‘Perhaps!’
‘But this fellow had had quite a number of lovers!’ Maya thought.
Right then, Liam started making a fuss. “Alex Rockefeller, right? You heard her. Back then, you made our beautiful Maya cry a lot. You must compensate her! It’s her birthday today. Have you prepared any special gifts for her?” he asked.
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Alex Rockefeller immediately felt awkward. He had no idea it was Maya Howards’ birthday today. How could he have prepared a gift?
Maya knew that he must not have known. That was because she had never mentioned it to him after all these years. Besides, Alex had always been thinking about Lady Dorothy Assex. How would he have known about Maya’s birthday?
However, to avoid embarrassing Alex any further, Maya started to speak. “If it’s not a special gift, don’t bother saying it out loud. I want a very special gift.”
“What is it?” Alex was stunned for a moment.
Maya pointed at the tears that had silently rolled down her cheeks. “Kiss my tears dry. That’s because you caused these tears.”
As soon as she said this, not only was Alex stunned but everyone else around them was also stunned. The old, handsome Mr. Hanson, especially, had a brief glimmer in his eyes.
Meanwhile, Alex sensed the mysterious pearl in his upper energy core vibrating even more intensely. He felt as if it would soon leap out from him.
However, Alex didn’t care too much about all these things. Instead, he felt slightly overwhelmed by Maya’s sudden confession.
While everyone around them began making noises, Alex gently hugged Maya. After that, he started kissing her softly.
To his surprise, his kiss ended up making Maya’s tears fall even more. He couldn’t dry her tears up at all. As soon as he kissed some of her tears away, more would follow.
Maya had waited for this kiss for far too long!
After several kisses from Alex, Maya suddenly hugged him by his neck and fiercely kissed him on the lips. It felt as if she was trying to make up for all the discomfort she had suffered for the past few years through this kiss.
Liam Lockher and the rest who surrounded them started clapping after being stunned for a moment.
After that, everyone celebrated Maya’s birthday. They had even prepared a cake and a bowl of noodles for her. Maya raised her glass to Mr. Hanson. “Papa, I’m an orphan. If it wasn’t for your help, I might not even have gotten into university. You also taught me a lot in Quois Haven. Here’s a toast to you! Papa, in my heart, you are my family,” Maya said.
Her words touched Papa as well.
Tears appeared in the corners of his eyes. “Alright, alright Maya is like my biological daughter. In that case, I am her family. Alex, you mustn’t bully her. Otherwise, I’ll fight against you with my life!”
“Me too!”
“Count me in!”
A few of the other guys also expressed their thoughts. Touched, Maya started tearing up again.
Her birthday ended under such circumstances.
After bidding farewell to Papa, Liam, and others from Quois Haven, Alex and Maya left the night market street while holding each other’s hand.
By the time, the night market had already gone quiet. Just as the two were about to head home, a person’s figure suddenly descended from the sky. Wearing black clothes and a black ghost mask, the person stopped them in their tracks. The ghost mask man pointed at Alex. “You, get lost. Leave the woman behind!”
Alex looked at the person and shook his head. “You disappoint me greatly,” Alex said.
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The man in the ghost mask was stunned for a moment. “What do you mean? Do you know who I am?” he asked in a spooky voice.
His voice sounded as if it came from beneath manholes. It was very uncomfortable to listen to.
Alex Rockefeller sighed softly. “I hoped it wasn’t you!”
Maya Howards seemed a little surprised. “Do you know him?” she asked Alex.
The ghost mask man sneered. “Stop pretending. How could you know who I am? Cut the crap, young man. Will you get lost or not? If you don’t leave, you can stay here forever. This time next year, it’ll be your death anniversary,” he said.
Unexpectedly, Alex also said something that greatly stunned Maya, “Who’s pretending here? Do you think I can’t recognize you just because you put on a ghost mask and modified your voice a little, Papa?”
“Ahh..!” Maya immediately cried out. “H-he… Is he Papa? How is that possible?”
Of course, Maya couldn’t believe it. She also refused to believe it. In her heart, Papa was a significant person. She had said earlier that he was like her family.
On the other hand, Papa also said that he treated Maya like his own daughter, and he was her family. Moreover, how could such a jolly, handsome man who cooked delicious noodles be a bandit who blocked other people’s paths?
“No! I don’t believe it. He can’t be Papa!” Maya shouted.
Alex shook his head. “I don’t want to believe it either, but this is the truth!”
“What ‘Papa’ nonsense are you talking about? Don’t randomly address someone as your family member. I don’t have a son or daughter like you two. I’ll count to three. If you don’t leave, young man, you’ll not be able to get away! One, two…” The ghost mask man barked.
Alex shook his head gently. Even if the man in the ghost mask argued against him, it wouldn’t work.
Alex claimed the man in the ghost mask was Papa, not based on his outward appearance but based on the mysterious pearl’s vibration in Alex’s upper energy core. That was because Alex had sensed Mr. Hanson’s unique quality in the restaurant earlier. Another person like that couldn’t possibly just appear suddenly.
“Three!” the man shouted.
When the man saw that Alex was standing still and didn’t move, seemingly determined to leave with Maya, he shouted and charged at Alex.
However, Alex was much faster than him.
Shuffle…
It was almost as if Alex had teleported. His shadow flashed past the man. In the next moment, the man sensed a coolness upon his face. His ghost mask was gone.
“Ahh…!” The man shouted in surprise. He completely didn’t expect Alex to have such speed and powers. He could neither stop Alex nor dodge him.
Just as Alex passed him by, he quickly tried to cover his face with his hands.
However, it was already too late. His hands couldn’t cover his face completely either.
Meanwhile, Maya was also a woman with strong cultivation. The moment Alex removed the man’s mask, she had already seen his face clearly. Who else could he be if not Papa Hanson from the restaurant?
After seeing his face clearly, Maya’s heart sank. Her eyes turned red once more. “Papa, it really is you! Why is it you? You… Why are you doing this?” she asked sadly.
Papa Hanson closed his eyes before opening them again. After that, he gently put his hands down to show his face fully.
Indeed, it was Papa!
Since Papa Hanson had already been exposed, he decided not to pretend anymore. “Maya, don’t blame in e! You can only blame yourself for having this unique bloodline! Most importantly, you even activated the bloodline in your body. I couldn’t resist it! In the past, when you haven‘t activated it yet, I could still get over it after bearing with it for a while. But why did you activate it?” he asked.
Maya wiped away a drop of tear that was falling down her face. After that, she suddenly seemed determined.
“So, what were you planning to do to me after finding out that my unique bloodline had been activated?” she asked coldly.
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 1270
“Maya, don’t blame me! When the time comes, I’ll only absorb your blood essence, but I won’t take your life! From then on, you’ll live as a normal human being. I’ll give you some money. You can leave California and make a living out there!” Papa Hanson said.
“Hahahahaha!” Maya Howards started laughing. However, her laughter was filled with desolation. Suddenly, she seemed imposing. She had fully revealed all her martial arts cultivation.
“Half-stepped Grandmaster!” Alex Rockefeller looked at Maya with an incredulous expression upon his face.
Alex was the one who introduced martial arts to Maya, and he was also the one who designed the cultivation techniques specifically for her. But within a short amount of time, she had actually managed to break through to half-stepped Grandmaster.
If Zayn Stoermer and the others found out, they might be so depressed that they’d jump into a river to cool off. This was way too unacceptable!
Despite working hard to cultivate all their lives, other people still needed Alex’s help to become a Grandmaster with much difficulty.
Maya, a young lady, completed the journey that would take them all their lives within three to four months.
Papa Hanson was also shocked by Maya’s level of cultivation.
However, he soon recovered from the shock In fact, he became excited.
“Maya, I didn’t think you’d become a half-stepped Grandmaster so soon. That means your bloodline’s capabilities are even more excellent than I had thought. It’s really amazing! Maya, you’re my lucky star! As long as I absorb your bloodline, my cultivation would definitely be able to get past its current bottleneck!” Papa Hanson exclaimed.
He was actually unafraid of a half-stepped Grandmaster. Moreover, he seemed even to be glad about it.
Shuffle…
Maya dashed forward and charged at Papa.
Bang!
The two of their palms collided against each other. Papa Hanson’s arm instantly became covered in frost. However, he was soon able to shake it off. Yet, Maya suffered greatly. She stumbled three steps back. A huge force had pushed her backward.
‘He’s powerful!’ Maya thought.
Moreover, Maya could immediately sense odd energy digging around in her body. It seemed to cause her blood to flow in the opposite direction, and it felt extremely uncomfortable.
After Papa Hanson attacked her once, he stopped and looked at Maya. “Maya, I don’t want to kill you. Don’t force me!”
Maya chuckled coldly. “You’re saying weird things. You’re the one who wants to take my bloodline away, and yet you say I’m forcing you. I think you’re the one who’s forcing me.”
Papa Hanson shook his head. “I don’t have a choice then,” he said before attacking once more.
This time, Maya was actually pushed backward again.
However, this time, she only took two steps back. That was because Alex caught her… Alex instantly transferred the Ultimate Book of Medicine’s spiritual power into Maya’s body. After that, Alex looked coldly at Papa Hanson. “Are you someone from the Blood Cult too?”
Papa Hanson seemed even more shocked. “Do you know about the Blood Cult?”
Alex nodded. “I do,” he said.
“In that case, you can’t be spared,” Papa Hanson said. He seemed to be filled with bloodlust.
As he released energy wildly through his body, a bloody, demonic aura began to rumble around him. The mud surface beneath him was split apart by his demonic aura, which made an explosive, smacking sound.
“Die!” Papa Hanson yelled.
Alex’s gaze turned cold. He also reached out with a punch.
“Dragon-Tusk Cloud Piercer!” Alex yelled.
Boom!
Alex’s Dragon-Tusk Punch that had a lightning effect collided against Papa Hanson’s fist. Papa Hanson was immediately sent flying far away. He was in so much shock that his eyeballs nearly fell out of their sockets.
“Poof!”
Papa Hanson spat out a mouthful of blood.
“You’re actually a martial arts cultivator! That’s even better. I’ll let you have a taste of my treasure!” Papa Hanson said as he flipped his hand around and retrieved a pearl.
Alex’s eyes instantly lit up.