The Protector (The Return Of The God of War) novel Chapter 532

The Return of God of War Chapter 531

Her face fell, the moment she saw the necklace onscreen.

I wish it belonged to me…

I’ll be the prettiest bride on Earth if I wore that to my wedding!

“Whatever. I won’t be the one who is getting that necklace,” she uttered, sighing dejectedly.

Before breaktime, Lauren gave Levi a call to remind him about the wedding.

“Don’t worry, I won’t forget about it!” he assured her. “I’ve even gotten a gift for you!”

“Gift?” Lauren scoffed. What gift can you even afford?

“You’ll see tomorrow!” Levi proclaimed with a grin.

The next day…

The wedding of Lauren and Lee Jung-jin was in full swing, and Bayfront Manor was filled with excited guests.

Luxury car after luxury car pulled up in front of the entrance as hordes of guests alighted from them, carrying mountains of gifts in their arms.

“The Yalemans of North Hampton wishes the bride and groom all the best for their future endeavors!”

“We are the Jeffersons of North Hampton…”

“Greetings! I am Dylan Hunt, CEO of Skyward Group…”

…

To the Fletchers’ surprise, none of their own contacts showed up at the wedding.

“Hahaha! It looks like we’re finally getting noticed by the nobility!” Jenson announced, with a wide grin.

“Glenn Rogers, master of the Rogers family!”

“Eric Robinson, master of the Robinson family!”

“Wallace Henderson, master of the Henderson family!”

…

The Fletchers stared in shock, as more guests arrived at the manor.

All of them were the masters of the most prominent families of North Hampton!

They represented the cream of the crop in North Hampton.

In particular, the Fletchers rejoiced, when Glenn Rogers had appeared at the entrance of the manor.

Glenn was the richest man in North Hampton, and the Fletchers had not expected him to show up at Lauren and Lee Jung-jin’s wedding.

“Haha! Since when did we become so popular?” Jenson queried, his breath quickening.

The Fletchers looked on, with their hearts thumping against their chests.

Isaac grinned. “Calm down, everyone! I’m sure that they’re here because of Triple Group!”

“That’s right! I bet Triple Group had invited them!”

Everyone relaxed upon hearing Isaac’s words.

As time went on, more prominent figures of North Hampton joined the party, making the grin on Lauren’s face grow wider.

I would never have guessed that my wedding would be such an important occasion to these North Hampton tycoons!

“Do you see that, Levi Garrison?” Lauren muttered to herself gleefully. “This is how my wedding looks like! Even people like Winston Gonzales and Glenn Rogers are here. You will never be good enough for me!”

She searched the crowd for him, but unfortunately, it was to no avail.

However, the Garrison family had already arrived.

“Hahaha! Look who’s here? The once-glorious Garrison family!” Isaac sneered.

The crowd turned around to face the Garrisons.

“Why are they so shameless? Weren’t they the ones who had voided the marriage agreement between Levi Garrison and Lauren Fletcher?”

“Oh, how the tables have turned! How embarrassing!”

“I wouldn’t have dared to come if I had been one of them!”

…

Joseph pretended not to hear the various insults hurled their way.

“Congratulations, Ms. Fletcher! I hope that you have no regrets about this,” Joseph uttered, with a smile.

“What do you mean ‘no regrets about this’? Are you trying to say that she’ll regret not marrying Levi? How ridiculous!” the crowd scoffed.

“Don’t worry. I won’t regret this,” Lauren affirmed with a grin, before changing the subject. “By the way, where is Levi?”

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Ben smiled. “He’ll be here soon.”

He’s the VIP of this wedding, after all!

“You should get ready for what’s going to happen next. I don’t want you to faint on the altar,” Winnie added.

“Not just you, Ms. Fletcher. Tell your family to prepare themselves too,” Joseph proclaimed. “Especially you, Mr. Jensen Fletcher! I hope that your heart can handle it!”

The Fletchers flew into a rage almost immediately.

“What the hell do you mean, Joseph Garrison? Are you cursing my dad?” Isaac yelled, jabbing his finger into Joseph’s face. “We aren’t the same as we were before! My son-in-law is a shareholder of Triple Group, and my daughter is in charge of the Erudian branch of Triple Group! What about you? You’re nothing but a bunch of dogs!”

“What makes you think that Levi is better than Lauren? Ridiculous!”

The Fletchers jeered at the Garrisons relentlessly.

Lauren scoffed. “Thank you for your well wishes. In fact, I think that Levi should be the one preparing himself for the shock he’s about to receive. My husband is a million times better than him, so shouldn’t he be the one who’s regretting everything?”

Ben burst into laughter. “Oh, trust me! You’re going to be the one who will regret everything,” he murmured flippantly. “Besides, our sole fate depends on Levi. He can make us the richest family of Quebec if he’d wanted to, let alone North Hampton!”

The Garrisons looked at the Fletchers smugly.

Despite everything Levi had claimed, the Garrisons still regarded him as one of them.

They were proud of him!

“Hahaha!”

The crowd burst into raucous laughter.

“What’s wrong with them? What makes them think that we don’t know how Levi Garrison’s doing?”

“He’s just a useless scumbag that goes around beating up security guards!”

The jeering continued, as Lauren crossed her arms across her chest and stared at the Garrisons, mockingly.

Levi is nothing when compared to me!

“What’s wrong, darling?” Lee Jung-jin asked, walking over to join her.

Dressed smartly in a suit, he outshone every other man in the manor, the moment he had stepped in.

“Wow! He’s so handsome! Isn’t he a shareholder of Triple Group and a descendent of Triple Group’s founder?”

“I’m so envious of Lauren!”

…

The crowd buzzed in excitement and surprise, and it began to further inflate Lauren’s ego.

Do you see that?

Everyone admires my husband!

You’ll never compare to him, Levi Garrison!

Several tycoons of North Hampton, some of them no less affluent than Joseph Garrison at his peak, crowded around Lee Jung-jin, in an attempt to offer him their name cards.

Lee Jung-jin caught everyone’s attention, the moment he had appeared.

“Lauren Fletcher is so lucky! How did she manage to find someone like him, after getting dumped by Levi Garrison?”

“I bet Joseph Garrison regrets voiding the agreement all those years ago!”

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“Look at how the Garrisons are doing now! How shameless of them!”

The crowd smirked at them.

“They said that I’ll regret everything once I had seen Levi!” Lauren whispered to Lee Jung-jin, who soon burst into laughter.

“You’re so funny! Even the son of the richest man in North Hampton won’t compare to me, let alone someone as insignificant as Levi Garrison!” he announced, glancing at the Garrisons. “Just ignore them, darling. Those pieces of trash aren’t worth your attention!”

He did not even regard the Garrisons as people, as he believed that they were nothing, compared to Triple Group, even while at their peak.

Lauren looked at the Garrisons smugly, although their stony expressions had succeeded in causing her annoyance.

Wait… something feels amiss.

Shouldn’t they be wallowing in sorrow, now that they’ve witnessed everything?

Why aren’t they saying anything?

The Fletchers were confused as well.

Meanwhile, a motorcade was journeying on its way, from South City to North Hampton, carrying the VIPs of the wedding- Park Cheon-shin and Lee Jae-shik.

They were headed for the wedding, but their ultimate goal was to claim the entire North Hampton market as their own.

However, their convoy was stopped, the moment they had entered North Hampton.

Seth Wilson approached their car warily.

“What’s going on?” Park Cheon-shin asked, with a displeased expression upon his face.

They had a bad feeling about this.

“May I ask who is the leader of Triple Group?” Seth queried.

“It’s me. What’s wrong?” Park Cheon-shin asked, as he alighted from his car.

“Did you receive the warnings issued during the negotiations?” Seth asked.

“Yes, I did,” Park Cheon-shin answered, as he stared straight into Seth’s eyes.

“So? What is the decision? Are you here to apologize?” Seth questioned with a smile.

“Shut up!” Park Cheon-shin yelled. “I refuse to be intimidated by your fearmongering!”

“That’s right! No one has ever dared to threaten us!” the others added angrily.

Seth shook his head, appearing exasperated. “It looks as though you’re not going to apologize… I’m pretty sure that my boss has made it very clear that this is the last chance that you’re going to get before he kicks you out of the country!”

“Hahaha!” the party from Triple Group laughed.

They stared at Seth as though he was a lunatic.

He’s telling us to get out of Erudia?

That simply won’t happen!

“Hahaha! Tell your boss to watch out for us! There’s no way he’ll be able to kick us out of Erudia!” Park Cheon-shin scoffed.

What’s there to fear, with Lee Jae-shik around?

I’ll get rid of Morris Group once and for all!

When the motorcade finally arrived at Bayfront Manor, the crowd erupted in a loud applause.

That’s the Chief Manager of the Triple Group Erudia Branch!

The net worth of Triple Group in South City was around a hundred billion, which was more than any corporation in South City.

Factoring in the extra hundred billion from the Yates, Triple Group was worth around two hundred billion in total.

In layman terms, Park Cheon-shin was the richest man in Quebec.

The Fletcher family held him in great respects, and was proud of the fact that he was going to become Lauren’s uncle-in-law.

We’re going to be rich!

Everyone’s going to respect us!

“May we welcome Mr. Lee Jae-shik, Master of Taekwondo and the chief instructor of the Keerean army!” someone shouted, as Lee Jae-shik stepped into the manor.

The excitement in the manor was at its peak, and tears were streaming down Lauren’s face, out of pure happiness.

Even someone as well-respected as Lee Jae-shik is here to attend my wedding…

You don’t deserve me, Levi Garrison!

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Even the noble ones like Glenn Rogers and Winston Gonzales stood up, to welcome Lee Jae-shik to the venue.

Someone like him was superior to all of them, even if he was not an Erudian.

They had to be as polite as possible.

Even the Garrisons started to grow worried.

If Levi had not been the God of War, people might actually trample over him to get to Lee Jae-shik.

The Fletchers have certainly found themselves a powerful ally!

Meanwhile, the Fletchers were elated to witness the standing ovation that was made for Lee Jae-shik.

In particular, Lauren was feeling proud of herself.

How much better could a wedding get?

I’m the luckiest woman in the world!

“You’re going to become part of the Triple Group family from today onwards, Lauren!” Lee Jae-shik praised. “Remember your status and try not to entangle yourself in trivial matters!”

His words were a confirmation of Lauren’s new title.

He had meant to remind her that as part of the nobility, she was not to interact with people from the lower ranks, as they were not worthy of her attention.

“As for the Fletchers, we’ll be more than happy to provide you with any assistance that you may require in the future!” Lee Jae-shik announced, turning over to the Fletchers.

Boom!

It was as though a meteorite made out of pure luck and prosperity had descended upon the Fletchers, almost making them pass out in happiness.

Jenson turned to Joseph and yelled, “Didn’t you say that we’ll never be worthy of your attention? Look at us now! Look at how much we’ve changed since then!”

The Fletchers finally received the sweet revenge that they had craved.

Who knew that we would be able to rise above you one day?

“Thank you for ditching me, Levi! If not for you, I wouldn’t have been able to find myself such an amazing husband to spend the rest of my life with!” Lauren cried, happy tears streaming down her face.

She turned to the Garrisons and continued, “Thank you too, for voiding the agreement and for setting me free of that nonsense! Thank you so much!”

…

The Garrisons glared at her.

‘Thank you’?

You’re merely insulting us!

“Where’s Levi?” Lauren asked.

She had long imagined him kneeling on the ground and begging for her to change her mind, while bawling his eyes out.

Soon, it was time for the wedding ceremony, and the guests took their seats to watch.

The Garrisons picked a corner and settled down, but the Fletchers forcibly pushed them to the front to humiliate them.

To make matters worse, Park Cheon-shin and Lee Jae-shik were right next to them.

“Five more minutes! Please stand by, Mr. Lee and Ms. Fletcher!” the emcee announced.

Lauren peered off into the distance, hoping to catch a glimpse of Levi, when he was to arrive.

He has to be here!

I must humiliate him!

He can’t just skip the wedding!

Suddenly, the butler ran over and proclaimed, “Ms. Fletcher, someone has arrived with a gift for you!”

“Huh? Just accept it then. Why are you panicking?” she asked, frowning.

“The person insists that you head over to receive it in person,” the butler replied.

“Alright then. Tell them to come in,” she agreed.

Soon, a private helicopter appeared in the skies above the lawn, attracting the attention of every guest.

Lauren’s jaw dropped open, out of shock.

What kind of gift requires a helicopter to deliver it?

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The six men in suits got off the helicopter; one of them was holding an exquisite gift box.

The others cautiously surrounded him as if they were afraid the box would fall.

Looking at how careful they were with the gift box, it seemed like it contained something priceless.

The crowd was puzzled.

What gift is it?

Everyone’s eyes zeroed in on these men.

“I know them! They’re from the internationally renowned Skywolf Security Company, which only escorts items worth hundreds of millions. They even escorted this item via helicopter. Looks like it’s at least five hundred million!” exclaimed Park Cheon-shin in shock when he noticed the wolf logo on the men’s clothes.

“Wow!”

Everyone gasped when they heard him.

A five hundred-million gift?

What kind of treasure is this?

Lauren was exhilarated yet nervous.

I’m not so influential that my friends and classmates would give me something so expensive, right?

The most expensive gift I received today is only a million.

Soon, the six men escorting the gift box approached Lauren.

“Ms. Fletcher, please open this!”

The man holding the gift box presented it to Lauren.

“Open it and see what’s inside,” urged the crowd.

With trembling hands, Lauren carefully lifted the top of the exquisitely designed box.

“Thud!”

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Holding their breath, they all fixed their eyes on the box.

There was a necklace lying in the box, with a huge dazzling sapphire encrusting it.

It sparkled so brightly that everyone could barely open their eyes.

“What?”

“My goodness!”

After taking a closer look at the necklace, her eyes bulged. Lauren was so shocked; she felt like she had been electrocuted.

The reason was that the gift was the famed Love of the World, which had recently been auctioned off overseas for eight hundred million.

The necklace, made ten centuries ago, symbolized the purity of love.

It was the greatest testimony of love!

“Ms. Fletcher, let me introduce to you: This is the legendary treasure——Love of the World. It was bought for eight hundred million by an esteemed guest during the auction. It is definitely authentic! Here are the certifications of authenticity from various international organizations.”

As he spoke, someone passed her a huge pile of certifications.

Lauren was so excited that tears streamed down her cheeks.

“Who is it?” asked Lauren emotionally.

“He doesn’t want to reveal his name. However, he’ll be coming to the wedding ceremony later. Here, he wishes in advance that you, Ms. Fletcher, will be blessed with love. This necklace represents his well-wishes for you.”

After passing her the gift, the men left instantly.

“Who could it be?”

This was the question lingering in everyone’s mind.

Lauren was even more curious.

Amongst her friends and family, who would give her such an expensive gift?

After thinking about it, she still could not identify anyone that fit the criterion.

Forget it.

Isn’t he going to appear later?

I’ll just wait for him.

The Fletchers were overjoyed for the ultra-luxurious gift that Lauren received.

“Looks like the rise of the Fletcher family is unstoppable, huh?”

“Never in my dreams would I expect someone to give an eight hundred-million gift at my daughter’s wedding.”

The Fletchers were all smiles.

“But who is this person? Is it someone with a crush on my daughter?” mumbled Isaac to himself.

“Perhaps. I can’t figure out who it is, either.”

Despite racking their brains, no one could figure out who had sent the gift.

At that moment, the Garrison family exchanged glances with one another and laughed.

“What are you laughing about? You look like you know the mystery sender!” grumbled Isaac furiously.

“Yeah, we know who sent it!” admitted Joseph.

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Before Isaac could say something, Jenson scoffed coldly, “Cut the crap! If the Garrisons know such a person, why would you fall to such a miserable state?”

The Fletchers decided to ignore the Garrisons.

To them, the Garrisons were like clowns.

We only invited the Garrison family to the wedding to humiliate them. They wouldn’t be here if not for that reason.

Naturally, they don’t have the right to speak here.

Everyone eagerly anticipated the arrival of the person who gave the Love of the World, especially the Fletchers.

Next, it was time for the guests to give their cash gifts for the wedding.

After the Fletcher family’s status rose, many of the cash gifts they received amounted to tens or hundreds of thousands.

An example was Glenn Rogers, who gifted a hundred thousand.

Park Cheon-shin even gave a cash gift of ten million, causing Jenson and the rest to laugh in delight.

They earned twenty to thirty million just by organizing a wedding.

Not to forget, there was even the eight hundred-million necklace, too.

They profited so much from today!

After everyone finished giving their gifts, Hailey, the supervisor of the North Hampton Bank headquarters, walked over.

“Ms. Stinson, why are you here?”

Many people present recognized Hailey.

The Fletcher family greeted her respectfully as they would be interacting a lot with the headquarters in the future.

“Are you here to attend my daughter’s wedding, too, Ms. Stinson?” asked Isaac with a smile.

Hailey shook her head. “Hello, Ms. Lauren. I’m here to pass a guest’s wedding gift to you. As it’s very expensive, I came here myself.”

“Huh?”

Lauren was shocked yet delighted.

How expensive must the gift be that warranted such a high-ranking supervisor from the headquarters to make an in-person visit?

“You’ve received the Love of the World, right?” asked Hailey with a smile.

“Huh? Yes, I’ve received it…”

Lauren was astounded, not expecting the person who gave her the necklace to give a cash gift, too.

“He already sent me a gift. Is he still giving me a cash gift?”

Lauren felt a little embarrassed.

“Of course. They’re separate matters, anyway.”

Hailey took out a cheque and read, “The person will be giving you a cash gift of 888888888!”

When Lauren saw the long string of numbers on the cheque, she almost fainted from the shock.

The cash gift is more than eight hundred eighty million?

What a grand spectacle!

What kind of person is he?