The Protector (The Return Of The God of War) novel Chapter 622

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“Zoey turned you down, Jacky! She even let her bodyguard beat them up!” Leslie replied.

“How dare she?” Jacky roared, his eyes glinting murderously.

“No one should have the guts to turn me down! Whoever turns me down is already a dead person in my book!” Jacky said furiously.

At that very moment, Derek returned with his subordinates.

They all sported black eyes, split lips and a multitude of bruises and injuries.

Derek instantly collapsed in a bow in front of Jacky and cried out, “You have to help us!”

“Tell me everything that happened!” Jacky’s face was as dark as coal.

“We went to invite Zoey over on your behalf, but she was incredibly disrespectful! When I brought up your name, she even swore at you! We were about to use force when her bodyguard beat us all up!” Derek took some liberties with his storytelling.

Jacky couldn’t care less about how true the story was.

From that, he understood Zoey had turned him down and beat his subordinates up.

This was a clear slap to his face!

“You’re all garbage! You can’t even bring one person to me! What do I keep you all around for?” Jacky roared in anger.

He hadn’t thought that he’d need to personally step out for something like this.

Leslie was terrified.

Jacky changed the topic. “Still, there’s no one on earth that I can’t invite!”

He looked at Leslie. “Go and tell Zoey Lopez that she has to come bow before me before tonight ends. If not, they’ll all end up like Brock Green!”

“Understood!”

Soon enough, Leslie arrived at the Black family manor.

By now, everyone knew Leslie was one of the puppets of the mysterious force that had taken over South City.

They were terrified at the mere sight of him.

“What are you here for, Mr. Davies?” Bailey asked respectfully.

“Bring Zoey Lopez out right now!” Leslie commanded in a cold voice.

Very quickly, Zoey walked out of the house with Sylas by her side.

“Zoey, this is your last warning! Jacky demanded for you to go and kneel before him by tonight, or else all of you will suffer the same fate as Brock Green!”

After that, Leslie left.

“Who’s Jacky? In fact, what happened to Brock?” Zoey asked, confused.

“Zoey, you’re in big trouble!”

After Meredith and the others told Zoey what was going on, her expression changed to one of terror.

She hadn’t known that her mysterious inviter was such a terrifying person.

The Blacks were all incredibly worried.

They had purposely invited Sylas to be Zoey’s bodyguard so they could prevent her from getting in danger.

They hadn’t expected her to really cause trouble!

“What should we do?” Bailey asked.

Zoey said firmly, “I’m not going. I don’t even know him! Why would I go?”

Sylas nodded. “That’s right. I’m on Ms. Lopez’s side. With me here, no one can hurt her, anyway.”

Bailey instantly rebutted, “It’s no longer about whether you go. You have to go! Jacky is much too strong. He killed people as strong as Brock and the Grandmaster! If you don’t go, we’ll all be in big trouble.”

Russell asked, “If she goes, won’t she be in danger?”

“No, of course not. Jacky purposely invited her. If he really wanted to harm her, he wouldn’t have sent someone over to invite her. He would have just snatched and killed her,” Pamela mused.

They all saw sense in that.

Meredith said, “Zoey, you should go! Do it for the sake of the family. Don’t worry, nothing will happen to you!”

“Grandma, I-” Zoey was finally wavering.

“She’s not going!” A voice suddenly rang out.

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Levi had arrived.

He scoffed coldly, “If he wants to invite her, then he should come to beg for himself!”

They became outraged at his comment.

“What are you saying, Levi?”

“You better not let Jacky hear you! If not, you’ll die a really painful death!”

“What are you even here for? You and Zoey are already divorced. You have no right to boss her around!”

The Black family members glared at Levi, their gaze full of hatred.

Levi smirked, “I have no right? Have you forgotten that we’re still business partners? Since this has to do with Zoey’s safety, of course I have to butt in!”

When she saw Levi, Zoey became much more at ease.

However, Meredith glared at Sylas. “Didn’t I tell you not to let Levi near Zoey? Get rid of him! While you’re at it, you can really prove yourself to us.”

Meredith just wanted to use Sylas to teach Levi a lesson.

She wanted him to stay far away from her granddaughter.

“Grandma, I’ll go, alright? Don’t bother Levi.”

Zoey finally agreed.

Only then did Meredith relax.

“Okay. Go, quickly. Sylas, follow her. If anything happens, let me know!”

After they walked outside, Levi called out, “You’re not going.”

Sylas looked at Levi before saying, “Ms. Lopez, I might hate his guts, but he’s right. You can’t go.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to you two,” Zoey said with a nod.

The three of them booked a hotel room to stay in for the night.

Back at the Davies family, Jacky and the others were still working.

“Jacky, I’ve already told her to come! Even if she doesn’t want to come, the Black family will still force her to come. In fact, they just called to say that she’s on her way!” Leslie reported with a smile.

Jacky nodded, satisfied. “Looks like the Black family knows their stuff.”

Leslie and some others chuckled. “You really broke records with what you did last night! Now, the entire South City is scared of you!”

“Is that so? Now we wait.”

Jacky closed his eyes to rest them for a bit.

At 10 p.m., the doors remained closed.

It stayed the same at 11 p.m..

At midnight, Jacky’s eyes shot open.

“Where is she?” he asked coldly.

“She has yet to arrive,” Leslie reported, bowing his head.

He had set up some people on watch nearby, but they hadn’t spotted Zoey at all.

“Would you like me to ask the Black family?” Leslie asked cautiously.

“There’s no need. She’s not coming,” Jacky said with a chuckle.

Leslie, Derek and the others waited with bated breath around him.

Despite his chuckle, he was actually furious.

This was already two huge slaps to the face.

He couldn’t just take that lying down.

“She clearly doesn’t give a sh*t about me. Oh, well, I still refuse to believe that I can’t force her to come!” Jacky said with a sinister smile.

“I’ll slowly force you out of your little hiding spot!”

Jacky continued chuckling darkly to himself.

Clearly, he already had a plan.

Besides, his master wasn’t here yet, so he could take his time.

Nothing happened the whole night.

The Black family were under the impression that Zoey had really gone to Jacky.

The next day, she arrived at her office and spotted a gift box on her desk.

“Who is this from?” Zoey asked.

“I don’t know, Ms. Lopez. It’s been here since just now,” her secretary replied, just as confused.

“Open it and check,” Zoey said.

The secretary seemed a little nervous, not daring to open it up.

“I’ll do it!”

Sylas stepped forward and opened the box.

“Oh!”

The moment the box opened, Zoey and Sylas immediately went pale in terror.

Thump.

The secretary, who was in no way as brave as the others, collapsed on the ground in a dead faint.

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The reason behind that was simple. The box contained ten fingers that had been chopped off, and they were still oozing blood at the time.

If Zoey wasn’t mentally strong, she would’ve passed out right then and there.

Sylas, on the other hand, remained calm.

“I’ll go deal with this. Don’t worry,” promised Sylas before she took the box away and took the secretary to the infirmary.

“Ms. Lopez, this is obviously their doing!” claimed Sylas with a grim expression on.

She had thought that her job as a security guard would be simple, never would she expected to encounter something that serious on her first day.

That was fine for her, though, because it would’ve been too boring otherwise.

“Ms. Lopez, should I go deal with the perpetrator?” asked Sylas.

Sylas was a warrior, so she was fearless.

“No, you can’t go!”

The phone in the office rang at that moment, and Zoey went to pick it up.

The unfamiliar voice of a man came through, “Is this Ms. Zoey Lopez?”

“Yes, and who are you?” asked Zoey.

“Ms. Lopez is so forgetful. I sent an invitation twice yesterday, and you’ve already forgotten about me. I am Jacky Lawson. Remember that.”

“You!” growled Zoey as an icy expression settled on her face.

“By the way, Ms. Lopez, have you received my gift? Do you like it?” asked Jacky before he chuckled aloud.

“Are you threatening me? Well, too bad, because I am not afraid!” replied Zoey coolly.

“Ms. Lopez is so imposing. You are the first person who ever dared reject my request, and I admire that. However, I will be giving you a gift every day from now on. Please look forward to it.”

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Jacky hung up immediately after.

Zoey sighed a long breath of relief.

She was eerily pale at the time, and she’d be lying if she said that she wasn’t afraid.

A gift every day? I got bloody fingers today, so what’s next? An arm? A leg? Or maybe even a human head?

When Zoey thought about that, her breathing became uneven, and she was so terrified that all the color drained from her face.

It seemed that she had gotten herself into a heap of trouble.

“Sylas, should I just go to him? We can’t let this go on.”

Zoey was already starting to raise her white flag.

She was worried about making a bigger mess if she persisted.

“Ms. Lopez, something terrible happened,” said an employee suddenly as he rushed in nervously.

“What’s wrong?” asked Zoey.

“Someone just discovered Barry from the sanitization department on the washroom floor. All ten of his fingers were chopped off…”

“What?”

Boom!

Zoey’s mind went blank, and even Sylas looked affected.

So the “gift” I just received…

Seems like they had already looked into everyone close to me, and they might target anyone.

Barry of the sanitization department is the victim of the day. My secretary might be the next victim, and members of the Black family might be targeted as well.

Zoey was devastated when she thought about that possibility.

She felt out of breath.

That was when Meredith called her suddenly.

“Zoey, did you not go to the Davies family residence yesterday?” asked Meredith anxiously.

“No, I didn’t, grandma,” replied Zoey honestly.

“Ah, you’ve made a huge mess this time, young lady. A handful of the Black family’s maids went missing today, and we still can’t reach them,” informed Meredith, who sounded worried.

“You know what? Find a way and go clean up the mess you’ve made, or we might be the ones who go missing next!” urged Meredith.

Boom!

Zoey was on the verge of breaking down.

That was just the first day, and her family might be the ones getting hurt in the following days.

What do I do?

Two streams of tears rolled down Zoey’s cheeks silently.

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“Ms. Lopez, I will go deal with them right away,” growled Sylas angrily.

Zoey shook her head and replied, “That won’t do. They are operating from the shadows while we are wide open.”

Sylas was stumped.

She could deal with anything if it were all laid out in plain sight, but she was not good at dealing with schemes and hidden traps.

“Then what should we do?” asked Sylas, who felt a headache coming.

That was only their first day!

Zoey calmed her employees down and sent the injured to the hospital, but she was getting more and more worried.

An invisible threat was looming over her head, and she was in a position where she couldn’t do anything even though she knew that she was in danger…

“I should’ve listened to grandma last night and drop by the Davies family residence,” murmured Zoey, who was starting to regret her decision.

She didn’t realize that rejecting a simple invitation would bring about a problem that big.

Even Sylas couldn’t help but bite her lip a little.

I shouldn’t have acted so impulsively and caused such a mess.

At the Davies family’s residence.

“The Black family is in a mess now, Jacky, and the people at Oriental Star Group are terrified as well,” informed Derek with a smile.

Jacky grinned evilly. “That’s what I was aiming for. Zoey Lopez rejected my offer, in return, I shall make her live in fear for the rest of her life!”

Leslie laughed aloud and said, “Hah, rejecting Jacky Lawson. That woman doesn’t know what’s good for her.”

Jacky laughed as well. “Honestly though, I am curious about the kind of woman who dares to go against me.”

“I have a photo of her, Jacky. Here,” said Derek as he showed Jacky a few photos of Zoey.

“Huh?”

Jacky’s eyes glowed when he saw Zoey’s photos.

He grinned as he examined the photo closely, and it seemed like he was extremely excited about it.

Jacky’s reaction surprised even the two fighting experts standing beside him. One of the fighters wore a black mask while the other wore a white mask.

Master has never been lustful, nor has he ever been attracted by any women. Why is he acting strange this time? Did he see someone exotic?

“She is stunning,” murmured Jacky.

Ever since Jacky was a kid, his master had been telling him that women and gambling were things that he cannot get close to. His master claimed that they would affect his future and that Jacky was destined to be great.

That was why Jacky had always been strict with his private life, and he had only ever been with a few women.

He would only be with those who truly captivated him and would ignore the rest.

It was obvious that Zoey had captivated Jacky.

He instantly changed his plan and decided that he wouldn’t keep threatening or scaring Zoey.

Instead, he would make her become his!

One look at Jacky’s expression, and Leslie knew just what the former was thinking.

Leslie immediately said, “Don’t worry, Jacky. I will have that woman delivered to your bed tonight.”

Jacky shifted his gaze to Leslie and glared, “I have lost faith in you two, so you will not carry out this mission!”

“I…”

Leslie and Derek both have their heads down.

“Spread the news in the underworld. Anyone who can deliver Zoey Lopez over to me tonight will receive ten territories and two underground gambling centers,” ordered Jacky.

“Understood.”

The entire underworld of South City stirred upon receiving that news.

Ten territories and two underground gambling centers?

For people of underworld, the offer was simply too alluring.

Whoever gets their hands on the reward would be turned into a major player in the underworld of South City, and they would be entitled to receive Jacky’s protection.

That was the kind of privilege that would tempt others to kill even the Grandmaster and Brock Green.

The entire underworld was plunged into chaos.

Over thousands of people were persuaded, and everyone wanted to personally hand Zoey over to Jacky.

Naturally, Zoey was unaware of the fact that every criminal in South City had their eyes on her.

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The building where Zoey’s office was located, in particular, had a lot of random strangers showing up.

Everything about Zoey was learned and shared in real-time.

Over a thousand men had their eyes on her.

Leslie couldn’t help but admire Jacky’s strategy.

Jacky got the entire underworld to work for him, so neither he nor his subordinate needed to show up.

That kept Jacky’s identity a secret.

He’s good, really good.

“I’ve also learned that Zoey is still a virgin, even though she has been married for over six years. Her husband never slept with her,” shared Derek.

Jacky tapped on Derek’s shoulder in appreciation after hearing that. “Good, that is great news. I wouldn’t have minded if she is married, but it’s even better if she’s a virgin. Tonight is destined to be a beautiful night. Derek, go get the room ready,” said Jacky.

Leslie immediately chimed in, “Jacky, I promise that you will have a great time tonight.”

“Hahaha…”

The men all laughed aloud.

Night fell soon after, and the entire city fell into darkness.

Zoey and Sylas realized that the parking lot was empty when they walked out of the elevator. A chill ambushed them and made them shiver.

Sylas had her guard up as she scanned her surroundings. She sensed that something was off.

“Ms. Lopez, please get in the car before me,” instructed Sylas sternly.

Her instinct told her that they were not alone.

Zoey got into the car obediently and urged, “Sylas, hurry and get into the car too. Let’s leave as quickly as possible.”

“It’s too late for that,” replied Sylas.

She had just finished speaking when shadows jumped out of every corner of the parking lot.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A number of cars stopped simultaneously, and a handful of men got out of each car.

There were at least a few hundred men, and they surrounded the two women.

“What is going on?” blurted Zoey, who was scared witless.

She had never seen anything like that before, so she fished out her phone to ask for help.

However, she soon realized that her phone couldn’t receive any signals.

A fierce-looking hooligan rushed over at that moment.

Sylas stood her ground, like a mountain of cold steel.

“F*ck off! We only want Zoey Lopez, and bystanders can leave,” barked the leader cruelly.

“You will have to get through me to get to Ms. Lopez,” scoffed Sylas, whose eyes shone with determination.

“Attack!”

Over hundreds of men rushed over, and they seemed as overwhelming as a tsunami.

Sylas growled and faced them head on.

Sylas was a female warrior who had fought on the battlefield, after all, so she was ridiculously powerful.

Her skilled battle techniques shone through as soon as she started fighting.

She was so good that she knocked over a dozen men down with a single hit.

Sylas was ruthless, and she showed no mercy, so the experts from the underworld couldn’t even get close to her.

A few minutes later, Sylas knocked over fifty men down.

Seeing that got the others to fear her a little.

“Boys, we will be rewarded with ten territories and two gambling centers if we capture Zoey Lopez! Attack now. She is but a woman, and she can’t keep up no matter how strong she is.”

Someone had shouted from the crowd and that inspired the men to push forward as if they had been drugged with a serum that gave them courage.

Sylas was the obstacle in their quest to getting rich, and everyone wanted to destroy her.

Even though Sylas was strong, there were simply too many against her.

With hundreds of men attacking simultaneously, she was slowly but surely pushed back.

Bang!

Someone finally landed a kick on Sylas.

Sylas forced herself to stand up, despite having over a dozen cuts on her.

“Kill her!”

A few men had a dagger with them, and they rushed over.

Sylas’ life was on the line…

Zoey wanted to get out of the car and save Sylas, but she didn’t even have the time to do so. All she could do was watch.