CHAPTER HUNDRED AND ELEVEN Just then, Elias’s phone rang, and even though he tried to ignore it, he couldn’t. He slowly took it out while still holding Aaron under siege.He saw that the call was from Charlotte, and without delay, he answered, placing the device close to his ear.“Hello? Elias? Where are you? When are you coming back?”“I have been worried sick about you.” Charlotte’s voice expressed the same worry from her words, but Elias took a while before he finally gave her a response.“I am back to Mog City, my dear. I will be joining you soon.”“Thank goodness!” Elena sighed heavily, loud enough for Elias to hear.“I will be waiting for you, Elias. See you soon.” She ended the call, and Elias took a deep breath.He pocketed the phone and shifted his gaze to Aaron.“Where were we?” He asked, but the man was too afraid to speak.He gulped down hard saliva, still gripped by apprehension.Elias gave him a piercing stare, and after a few seconds, he let him go, watching him drop

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN Lewis was confused, turning to Elias who shared the same bemused expression.The strange boy was approaching really fast, and in a matter of seconds, he was already standing in front of Lewis, his eyes on the lovely sneakers.“They are mine!” The boy pointed to the sneakers, and without any warning, he attempted to snatch them from Lewis.He grabbed them with tight grips, but when he tried to drag them away, straining with all his might, he realized that he was too weak for Lewis.He grunted loudly, his veins lining up and popping all over his muscles.“Let go, you pig!” He cussed, but Lewis refused to budge, holding effortlessly to the sneakers.Lewis turned to Elias, and the Grandmaster did the same, staring with wide eyes.“The boy is strong.” Elias huffed, watching the scenario with folded arms.He could tell that the strange boy was older than Lewis, but he seemed to have nothing impressive about him, except for the fancy outfit he was putting on, an

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN Cyril was taken aback by Elias’s words, but his desire to please Jimmy and his mother was still intact.“Very well.” He nodded, turning to the guards standing next to him.“Get those shoes, and if they try to stop you, beat them up.”The guards nodded, glad that they had gotten the order they had been waiting for.Gladly, they made their moves, cracking their knuckles as they marched toward Elias and Lewis, their eyes burning with contempt.Elias took a deep breath, and then he turned to the boy with a wry smile.“Don’t worry, boy. Stay behind me.” He said quietly, and Lewis obliged him at once.By the time Elias returned his gaze to the security guards, they were already standing in front of him, and soon they took stances, readying their fists to attack him.“It’s either you make this easy for yourself by handing the shoes over. Don’t force us to beat the hell out of you.” One of them threatened, cracking his knuckles again.He intended to intimidate El

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENSure enough, it was Charlotte.Clad in a lovely white dress, she held onto her blue purse, staring at her husband with wide eyes.“Elias? Is that you?” She asked, her voice barely above a whisper.Slowly, she began to walk down the door step, her eyes glaring with annoyance.Elias sighed heavily, and then he began to walk up to her.They both stopped very close to the water fountain, listening to the cascading sound of the water falling from the golden statue.“You left me all alone in this mansion.” Elena grunted, her eyes soaked with tears.Her cologne hung in the air, her golden earrings glittering under the effect of the sunlight.Elias took a deep breath, and then he tried to grab her. “My dear…”“Don’t touch me!” Elena staggered backward, glaring in annoyance.She rolled her eyes at him, holding onto her purse as though she was about to hit her husband with it.“I am sorry, Charlotte.” Elias said calmly, but Elena refused to budge.“There is no way

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND NINETEEN “Who is that fellow? I don’t think I have seen him before.” “Maybe he is one of the security guards.” A man dressed in a blue tuxedo suggested, staring at Elias while he walked in the same space as the pretty lady beside him.They were a couple, but not the usual couple that people were used to seeing. The man was much younger, and the lady was almost twice her age, even though her beauty and poise was an exception for her age at that moment. “Do you think we should ask him? I don’t think we should let him keep on walking to the building. What if he is a criminal?” The lady was very nervous and curious at the same time, and it was hard for her to ignore the thoughts that crept into her mind. “Let’s go, Jonah!” She dragged her partner, attempting to move him toward Elias.But the man refused to go with her, pulling her backward while she strained. “Let him be, Fiona.” The man insisted, making all her efforts very futile. “He is none of our business.