My beautiful boss novel Chapter 123

"So, those bandits have been defeated. Thanks to me, of course. What do I get? Something shiny, I hope," Peter let out a grin as he walked towards Amelia. Amelia scoffed and rolled her eyes.

"Don't be an idiot." Peter laughed at her remark, only to be met with a side-eye glare. Pointing to those fierce men, Amelia asked,"Why were they after you?"

She asked quietly, more so to herself, as she began to really look at Peter. He never failed to surprise her, especially when it came to his physical strength.

Even though he had been ganged up, he was able to swiftly and bravely deal with the bandits by himself. She couldn't fathom it.

He used Tim to lure the bandits ahead of them, and that was when he snuck on them from behind, sliding the rifle strap loose and away from them, before ultimately using the same rifle to strike them on the back of their necks.

'It's not as easy as it sounds, ' Amelia thought to herself, as she tried to imagine how the attack would happen if she were in his place.

It wasn't possible, not in the slightest, to attack in that way without having Peter's brute strength and confidence in his skills.

The greatest thing about his attack was his calculated moves. They were efficient, yet heavy and strong.

Anyone without Peter's skills never would have defeated the fierce men. Anyone who wasn't Peter at this exact moment would have infuriated those men more.

'Just who the hell is this guy?

What's a man of this power doing in a place like Golden City?' she thought to herself.

Peter sprang up beside her, breaking away from her inner monologue. "Madam, you misunderstand. I'm nothing but a passerby," he explained,"I just chanced upon watching those idiots kill someone, so they tried to kill me too.

Some of them were Wolf King's men, and some of them were Diego's. You know Diego, right? He is Golden City's neighborhood Swiper." Peter tried to find the words to explain better. "Listen. I don't hurt people for no reason. You need to understand, I was the one they were attacking!"

Amelia scoffed,"Oh shut up. Don't play dumb with me. I saw you save Amaris the other day.

Such a romantic you are, having the balls to meddle with Wolf King just to please a woman. Is that because you're young and frivolous, or because you're mentally ill?"

Amelia's words struck sharp, and she looked at Peter with disdain.

'For your libido, ' Amelia thought to herself, 'you'd actually be willing enough to risk your life, '

"You really, really misunderstand, madam!" Peter began to defend himself. "What happened yesterday was just a coincidence. I only got involved, really. Amaris hijacked the taxi I was riding in. That was how I got involved!

It's not my fault. I'm unlucky. Bad things happen to me, all the damn time." But Peter knew he couldn't keep hiding everything. He knew Amelia wasn't going to have any of it. After all, she was nothing like Cassie. Poor, foolish, Cassie.

Peter didn't wait for her to say anything. "Are you jealous? If you are, you don't have to be. I swear to you. There's nothing between Amaris and me."

"You're so pious! I don't want to hear it. Let's go. We have to report this to the police," Amelia grunted and turned.

She tilted her head, remembering an afterthought. "Oh, right. I heard you trampled Gregorio. Was that true?"

"Gregorio?" Peter was stunned. "You know about Gregorio too? I'm under the impression that you're stalking me now," he smirked.

His teasing fell on deaf ears. He continued,"Are you friends with him? Because if you are, I wouldn't mind taking a little detour to meet him next time," Peter said calmly, trying extremely hard to hide his shock.

He had only trampled Gregorio that noon, thinking it was impossible for her to know about it so soon.

'How'd they even know each other?' he asked himself. Amelia was mysterious and secretive. How could Gregorio have attracted her attention? What was so damn special about Gregorio that he was enough to be mentioned by Amelia? Peter realized that he should be more cautious in the future. Just in case.

'Enemies everywhere. Great.'

"Am I friends with him?" Amelia quipped, breaking Peter out of his daydream. Amelia sneered at him. "You couldn't possibly imagine what Gregorio and I have been through. I was just about to tell you that you might have trampled him too lightly. Next time, you should cripple him and throw him out the Golden City!"

He was left speechless, mouth open. Amelia shook her head at him, and proceeded to walk toward the police station. Peter followed.

When they returned, it took a little over an hour to finish the report, but finally, they were done.

The police eventually agreed to be on the lookout for Wolf King and Diego.

Wolf King and Diego were very angry.

Even though Wolf King was known for his self-restraint and cool head, he couldn't control his temper. He went into such a rage that he flipped the table in front of him, breaking the expensive vases on it.