“Argh!” The desperate cry was ear-piercing. All the staff of HT real estate agency was shocked and stunned. In their eyes, Charlie was their boss and had always been above them and well respected. But now they are looking at him crying desperately in pain with a dagger sticking into his back. Everyone was shocked at the sudden turn of events.
At the same time, Jack’s expression turned into horror. During the entire event, Jack’s expression didn’t change much and was cold as ice.
“You, you want to kill me?“ Charlie was terrified and the excruciating pain on his back continually reminded him that death was approaching. Very few people could remain calm in the face of death. Even those who were normally high and mighty would definitely not be able to remain composed.
“Take a guess!” Jack laughed as he sat on the wheelchair and glared at Charlie, “In my eyes, you are but a worthless dog that is unworthy of me knowing your name. Take a guess… if I dare to kill you!”
Charlie was stunned. He unconsciously looked around at the sea of wreaths. The horror of death suddenly engulfed him and immediately turned his face pale.
“George instructed you to compete with my DT. I don’t mind that so long as your methods were above board.” Jack’s expression was cold and calm while his eyes radiated his fury, “But you resorted to unscrupulous methods and want to physically harm my men and even threaten my wife with wreaths. Are you tired of living?” Jack twisted the dagger as he said. As the blade dug and scraped Charlie’s flesh, Charlie hollered in agony and squealed like a pig being slaughtered.
Charlie ground his teeth and yelled in pain, “No, you can’t kill me. I’m George’s man, if you kill me, George will never let you off!” In his death throes, Charlie’s survival instincts kicked in but all he could muster was to depend on George. In his heart, only George could save him now.
But then.
“George? What the hell is George good for?” Jack scoffed and immediately stunned Charlie.
Slash! Jack slashed and the sound of flesh being sliced could be heard.
“Argh!!” Charlie’s body shuddered violently and his face winced horribly in pain.
Jack pulled out the dagger and the blood began to drip from the blade onto the ground. Charlie looked at the ground as his body trembled violently from the intense pain.
Jack exhaled softly and his breath was cold as the arctic wind.
“I’ll give you three days to leave this city. Otherwise the next time I wouldn’t just deliver wreaths but … a casket!”
Charlie’s face was pale as he curled up trembling in fear and pain as if he had been engulfed by a large wave.
He felt as if he was facing death. He was so terrified that he didn’t dare to say a word.
“Brent, let’s go!” Jack yelled at Brent as he threw down the dagger.
Three of them entered the Rolls Royce and then drove off.
“Tussles of business.” Lyndall stretched his back and finally relaxed his frown, “Return a call to Charlie. We’ll go over tomorrow night and reminisce on old times and nothing else.”
Willy wanted to say something but stopped himself. He finally nodded and turned to walk off.
Lyndall grinned as he saw Willy walking away and mumbled to himself, “It doesn’t matter if we meet Charlie or not. Perhaps on this trip, I can have the chance to meet Jack. If this could resolve our initial misunderstandings, then it is worth making an acquaintance with him. I had been in East Hill for far too long.”
At the HT real estate agency director’s office, Charlie didn’t move as he sat on the chair. His face was pale and he was fuming. It was as if a furious beast had been suppressed and forcibly contained. His viciousness could be felt by the nervous lady who was cleaning and dressing his wounds.
“Umph…” Charlie endured the pain and was distracted from his fury.
He stood up and slapped the lady, “Useless bitch, can’t you even do your job properly? Can’t you even bandage properly?” The woman was stunned and turned pale from fear as her lips quivered.
Then at this moment, Charlie’s phone rang but Charlie didn’t notice it due to his outburst. It was the lady who heard the phone and her eyes glimmered as she said nervously, “Boss, it’s the person whom you invited.”
The furious Charlie came to his senses and then started to grin. He quickly answered the call and then he hung up after several seconds. He smiled radiantly and laughed, “Great! It’s great that Lyndall is coming. That Jack’s days are numbered!”
The joyful Charlie grabbed the woman over, ground his teeth, and laughed, “Jack, aren’t you ruthless? I wonder if you have the balls to come to tomorrow night’s banquet!”
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