The moment they entered the mansion, Victoria came to receive him. The timing was too perfect. He guessed that Sofia must have texted her mom and told her to be ready. He couldn’t help but be a little scared by how fast-thinking they were. They already had so much wealth, and they could sit idly without doing anything, but, no, they were always in search of doubling and tripling their wealth at any cost. No wonder they say, the more money you have, the more they try to look busy and good. “It’s a pleasure meeting you, Mr. Charles,” Victoria shook hands with him and liked the firmness in his grip. “Please take a seat.” Charles sat comfortably on the couch. In fact, he put one leg on the other, which slightly discomforted Victoria. However, her handshake had rattled him a lot more. The maids brought snacks and drinks. Charles, however, didn’t touch the food until Victoria insisted. “So, Mr. Charles, I heard you are a professional gambler,” Victoria sounded curious, and she had this

When Sofia made her way over, Charles hated that he had to smile and get up from his chair to receive her. In doing so, he brought out an amused smile on her face. “For someone who makes a living by playing poker, you’re really such a gentleman,” she voiced her mind in a soft, tickling tone. “You must have been a knight in your past life.” “I’ll take that as a compliment,” he slightly tilted his head toward her, “though I don’t believe in past lives or future lives for that matter.” “Oh, so you’re one of those types who only believes what he sees.” “Not really. I see what I see, and I believe what I believe.” “Haha. Funny,” Sofia looked around and noticed a particular woman who could rival her in terms of body proportions. Moreover, this woman’s attire all seemed to be made of special editions. She wanted to test him, and so she said, “Do you see her? The one in the shiny blue dress?” “Mm?” Charles took a look. “Yeah. What about her?” “She’s Elizabeth Sterling,” Sofia whispered.

Four masked men snuck into Charles’ room. He was in a deep sleep. They checked everywhere in the room for hard cash or anything that looked valuable. From suits and watches to rings and lockets, they packed everything in their bags. They didn’t expect Charles would be so rich. “We’ve hit a jackpot! Haha, these items should easily fetch us a few million dollars.” “Yeah, but he might be having a lot more in his bank account. What if we force him to transfer his money?” another one said, taking out a hidden knife. “We can kill him afterward.” Greed flashed in their eyes. “Let’s do it.” They nodded to each other and surrounded the bed. Charles slowly sat up by himself, startling them. “You should have taken what you wanted and left silently, and I would have ignored you,” he said, yawning, but then his gaze sharpened as they attacked him. One of the thieves, the one with the knife, stabbed at Charle’s throat, but his wrist was caught midway. With a vicious pull, Charles brought that

After a long working day, Carlos came home and fell on the air mattress. “Ah, this is heaven.” He kept rolling around. Sofia barged into the room, growling, “You thieving son of a bitch! Where is it?” Carlos was so tired, but his body automatically reacted and jumped out of the bed. “Where is what?” BAM! A punch to the nose and the teeth. He was forced to step back, and another punch landed in the teeth. He fell back on the bed. She put her foot on Carlos’ crotch and pressed it down firmly, making him cringe in pain, “Where is my necklace?” “What necklace?” Carlos was shocked and horrified. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, Sofia.” “I kept my necklace in my purse when you were there in my room, but it’s missing now!” she howled at him. Blood trickled from his nose. Carlos gritted his teeth, trying to bear the pain in the crotch as she kept pressing her high-heel sandals on his private part. “I didn’t take your necklace. I swear.” “It’s 250,000 dollars! You think a simp

It cost 30,000 dollars to acquire a fake passport and a few more Ids to bolster Charles' identity as a professional of multiple fields. He was told it was all part of the special service. However, Charles wasn’t a fool. He could tell Blackbear was being nice to him to lure him into deepening his relationship with them, and then they would make him fall into drugs and what not. Having seen things back in college, and having been the only son-in-law of a billionaire family, he was aware of things that generally happen in the shadows and would never be brought to light in the same way they actually happened. For instance, Gregory had done a lot of shit right in front of Charles’ eyes, such as abusing his workers and viewing them lower than bugs just because he paid them salaries. Of course, Charles was an exception because he shined like a diamond while he was still a bachelor. Then again, he was treated like crap after he became a son-in-law, whom they viewed as their property. They tr