EXILED HEIR IS GOD OF WAR

6.

Meanwhile, Jake was already frantic in the villa.

"Those idiots—how can they mess up something so simple!" he muttered under his breath. Fortunately, Nora had already left due to matters at the company; otherwise, she'd be shocked to see Jake like this.

Wasn’t he supposed to be her gentle and refined younger brother? How could he look so twisted and malicious?

Jake’s mind raced, desperately trying to find a way to fix everything. Suddenly, as his eyes swept over the decor of the house, an idea struck him.

"That's it—I can fake a scene where Kai comes back and assaults me. Nora always trusts me unconditionally, so no matter how Kai tries to defend himself, it'll be useless!"

"Plus, I can steal the valuables from the house—Nora will end up believing it was all Kai’s doing anyway!"

Jake let out a wicked grin, thoroughly pleased with his plan.

Looking at the mirror, he was satisfied to see the wound that Kai had inflicted on him and wincing, he rushed to the phone, pretending to be wronged as he called Nora.

“What’s the matter, Jake, you don’t call me at a time like this.” Nora said as soon as she picked the call, immediately sensing that something was wrong.

Jake winced again, breathing heavily into the phone and getting Nora worried and worked up. She had left the villa early to handle an emergency at the Benson’s family company.

“What’s going on? Are you okay? Did something happen?” She bombarded Jake with questions and he smiled wickedly when he saw that he was getting the reaction he had hoped for out of her.

“I— it’s— it’s Kai, he came and—” He faked a cough, holding his chest and wheezing as if he was in real pain and hearing that caused Nora to be all the more infuriated.

“What did he do to you? Did he hurt you?” She asked, showing concern for her biological brother with hatred brimming inside her for Kai.

“Yes but that’s not what is important,” Jake said quickly, “he ran off with all your valuables, sister, I’m so sorry.” He cried, acting as though he was the victim.

“I am so sorry, I tried to stop him, I really tried to stop but he hit a vase on my head and—” His voice trailed off as he sobbed profusely, desperate to make Nora believe his lies.

“WHAT?!” Nora yelled, Jake didn’t even have to act so much, she would believe any word he said and he knew that. He smiled when he noticed how angry she was being.

“I’ll be right at the villa!” She said as she rushed out of the office urgently and drove like a mad woman back to the villa.

Jake dropped the call, satisfied with his acting and a villainous aura took over him as he proceeded to take more things before continuing with his acting.

“She’s so gullible,” he said, laughing at Nora’s instant belief in his words and he walked back to the living room to lay on the floor, “let’s see how you get out of this, Kai.” He sneered before putting up his act again.

She got inside and her bag fell to the ground, her mouth opening when she saw Kai’s situation. He had blood all over him, a busted lip and a black eye.

There was also blood seeping out of his head and Nora rushed to his side, kneeling beside him and lifting his head on her lap.

Jake, in a desperate attempt to make Nora believe everything by the time she came back, had hit a vase on his own head. The pain he felt was real but it was worth it to make Kai the bad guy.

“You’re bleeding so much!” Nora said. She was shaking as she rushed to the kitchen to get water, “I can’t believe that wretched fool!” She yelled.

She rushed around to get him first aid and wasted no time cleaning the blood on his body and patching him up with bandages and plasters.

Her hatred for Kai only got stronger and with the way anger burned in her heart for him, she knew that she could tear him apart with her bare hands if she saw him.

“I’m so sorry, Nora, I really tried to stop him and make sure he didn’t run off with those things but—” He sobbed, putting up an act like he was in utter regret and pain.

“That’s okay, Jake, none of this is your fault,” Nora immediately said as she consoled her brother, her teeth gritted, “It’s that stupid boy’s fault and I’ll make sure that he doesn’t get away with it!” She was livid.

Her brows furrowed in a frown because the more she saw Jake like that, the more breathless with rage she became.

“I AM CALLING THE POLICE ON THAT BASTARD!” She yelled, seething with anger and humiliation but Jake immediately stopped her before she could get to the phone.

He knew that if the police got involved, there would be too many suspicions and the entire thing could be traced back to him since he was the main culprit.

He couldn’t possibly let that happen, he had to do something about it and without hesitation, he spoke up, “you can’t call the police!”

Nora raised an eyebrow, not understanding why Jake had stopped her from calling the police on Kai.

“Why?” She asked, still obviously angry, “he did all these horrible things to you and you’re stopping me from calling the cops?” She added.

“Yes,” Jake answered, “if you call the police then the Benson family’s scandals would be exposed to the public, we don’t want that to happen.” He finished.

Nora hesitated for a bit as she thought that Jake was right and his point was valid. She didn’t want to resort to extreme measures against Kai, but his behavior was too much and he should be punished.

“You’re right,” she muttered, “I’ll handle it differently.” The Benson family had connections with some mafia groups, and Nora made up her mind to have them bring Kai back and punish him properly.