Back at the banquet, the atmosphere had finally started to settle. Guests returned to their conversations in lower voices. At that moment Marcus eyes caught the rooftop of the next building, and could saw some shadows. He frowned, he was about to get concentrated when someone called him from behind. “Marcus.” He turned. Julia was walking toward him. Dressed in a fitted outfit that made heads turn without her even trying. Talking of beauty,Julia would supparsed Natalie. Jordan walked slightly behind her like someone trying too hard to stay relevant in a space that didn’t belong to him. Jordan had already apologized earlier for what happened with Julia and had managed to bring her here with him. Julia, wanting to attend the event but didn't have invitation, used that opportunity and came along. Julia smiled as she reached Marcus and shook his hand. Marcus returned the handshake. Jordan stood slightly behind, fuming quietly. Julia had refused to hold his hand when they enter

Julia stepped forward before the guards could move any closer.“This will be nothing but harassment,” she said firmly. “If you have clear evidence, then you can check him. Otherwise you have no right to touch him.”The guards exchanged looks. One of them nodded slowly. “She is right. Without evidence, searching him would be pure harassment.”A few people in the crowd murmured in agreement.Jordan frowned, irritated. “Him being a poor, out-of-place man doesn’t tell you enough that he is the one?”Julia turned to him sharply. “Why are you so stupid? accusing someone base on thier status??”Her eyes suddenly lifted toward the ceiling. She pointed. “The CCTV. Yes. Let’s check the CCTV. It will show everything.”At that moment, Jordan gulped. He hadn’t thought it through. He hadn’t expected anyone to suggest the cameras.But before his unease could grow, one of the guards cleared his throat.“Actually, we were instructed to turn it off for the event,” he said. “So guests can have privacy.

Marcus stepped forward slowly. Marcus, Suspected something was wrong when Jordan insisted the ring was with him. so he touched his pocket and felt it, he immediately understood that jordan was setting him up, so he outplayed him. That moment when he wanted to beat him. he had planned to slip the ring back in his pocket but his bodyguard had chimed in, and well, he became the collateral.Marcus slipped the Ring back to his pocket, in a very swift way, that he didn’t even know, that was how he changed the table. Marcus voice calm but sharp enough to cut through the noise.“Now go on your knees,” he said. “And make your apology.”Jordan scoffed like the idea was ridiculous. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and straightened his suit.“You think I will do that?” Jordan said loudly. “Me. Jordan Fisher.”He looked around the hall like he needed witnesses for his pride.“In fact,” he continued, voice rising, “my father will be accompanying Mr Edward Langston here. And you want

Marcus recovered first.The assassin tried to dive for the fallen pistol but Marcus drove his foot into the man’s ribs and sent him rolling across the concrete. The gun skidded farther into the shadows.Marcus didn’t give him space to breathe. He grabbed the man by the collar and slammed him hard against the wall. The impact echoed in the narrow yard.The assassin swung a fist. Marcus ducked and answered with a brutal punch to his stomach. Air rushed out of the man as he doubled over. Marcus drove his knee into his face and the crack of impact rang out.The man staggered backward, disoriented.Marcus advanced like a storm.He punched him across the jaw. Then again. And again. Each hit snapping the assassin’s head to the side. Blood sprayed from his mouth. He tried to block but Marcus was too fast, too angry, too relentless.The assassin attempted another desperate lunge toward where the gun had fallen. Marcus caught him from behind, hooked his arm around his neck, and dragged him back

Julia’s brows pulled together. “What are you saying? Romance? What!”Jordan laughed and stepped further into the office. “You want to deny it? We just caught you two holding hands on campus premises!”Julia scoffed. “He was checking my wound. We are friends. That’s all. There isn't any romance in this”Jordan shrugged. “Then let’s publish this and see what people think.”Even though the institution strictly prohibited any sexual or romantic relationship between an instructor and a student, it did not forbid normal human interaction. They could talk. They could help each other. They could even be friends. There was no rule against that. But Julia knew Jordan too well. His father was one of the biggest sponsors of the school. He could twist this story into whatever he wanted and the administration would believe him without question. It would not just cost her this job. She would be blacklisted from the entire academic circle and never be allowed to teach again.She swallowed and forced