2026-09-29 08:00:43The van drove at breakneck speed along the highway.
Inside its sumptuous interior, Iris kept looking me up and down several times now. I had to admit that she was making me nervous.“Why are you looking at me like that, Iris?”I finally broke the awkward silence.“Oh, nothing. I’m just thinking and wondering about how mysterious you are.”“I’m just a normal guy.” I chuckled. “The same William Floyd you’ve alw
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Chapter 071
No wonder the customers looked a bit odd earlier. They were part of an ambush that Olivia had set!It was very fortunate that I had come with Cory today. Otherwise, he could have gone missing just like this!Cory clearly had not expected Olivia to set a trap. "What do you mean by this, Olivia?" he demanded coldly."Didn't I tell you already?" Olivia replied with a vicious snarl. "If God doesn't want to send you to hell, I'll make sure to do that job instead! You're not leaving this place alive!"As soon as she finished that statement, the others in the café swarmed and encircled us."Are you truly set on this course of action, Olivia?" Cory stood up, lowering his voice."I was never set on anything. You forced me to do this!" Olivia gritted her teeth. "Get him!" She beckoned to the men behind her."Yes, ma'am!" the men affirmed in unison. They got ready to lay their hands on Cory."Hold on!"Cory raised his right hand. "I'm the pre
Chapter 070
As I was getting to know the gathered businesspeople, Cory called his driver to come and pick us up.Ross, Vince, Eleanor, and the others saw us safely to the vehicle and waved goodbye to us as we left."Would you mind telling us about Olivia now, Mr. Alden?" I fielded the question after we drove a fair distance away.Cory cracked a bitter smile. "Olivia and I went to the same university," he said slowly. "She was my girlfriend at that time. We were planning to get married, but my family arranged another marriage for us…"That was enough for me to piece together the rest of the story. "And then you listened to your parents, I suppose? You ended up marrying someone you didn't love, spurning Olivia in the process. That's why she's back for revenge.""Yes," Cory said with a nod. "She came to me later, demanding that I get divorced from Ruth. By then, Tessa had already been born, and…"He trailed off after reaching this point.I understoo
Chapter 069
"Master, why… why do you know the Netherfrost School's secret spell?"Nestor looked at me with candid amazement."Wanna learn them?" I replied with a nonchalant shrug. "I can teach it to you if you want.""No! I will not allow you to teach him anything!" Trenton wailed from his position on the floor. "The secrets of the Netherfrost School cannot be divulged to outsiders!""I learned these spells myself fair and square," I chuckled. "Who's going to stop me from teaching them, huh?"Having been helped by his student to his feet, Trenton glared at me indignantly. "Don't you think you're going too far? If you steal Nether Frost without permission, my peers will surely hunt you down. Teaching the spell to others would only bring harm to them in the long run!""I haven't stolen anything. In fact, I learned it from you – and you saw me doing it." I shook my head slowly. "If this Netherfrost School of yours stays out of my way, that's all well and
Chapter 068
"Careful, teacher!""Mr. Floyd!"I could hear the panicked cries of Cory and Nestor by my ear. However, they had nothing they needed to worry about.The golden mist and black droplet in my mind simultaneously stirred to life.The mist roiled down from my head all through my body, then expelled itself through my pores. I was covered in an aureate shell that seemed able to protect me from anything.Certainly, dispelling the cold blast was nothing at all for its abilities despite its proximity.The black droplet, on the contrary, tore out from my mouth like a hungry beast. It swallowed the incoming spell whole, draining the cold into my body and converting it into part of itself.Their jobs done, the mist and the droplet both returned to the safety of my mind. The temperature in the living room had also gone back to normal."You… you ate my Sealing Cold whole?"Trenton stared at me in disbelief.The other guests were astonished,
Chapter 067
"The Netherine Sorcerer, huh? What a coincidence. I just taught his son a lesson, and now I've found his student. I'd like to have a good and proper chat with him after all this."I narrowed my eyes thoughtfully after hearing Dennis' story.Cory, on the other hand, focused on the mentioned woman far more. "Do you know what that woman's name is?""I'm afraid not." Dennis shook his head."You know what she looks like, at least? You've seen her in person yourself?"Cory pressed further."I have, yes," affirmed Dennis. "She was in her early thirties, blonde, lovely features, teardrop face. Had a defined nose… rosy mouth… amazing curves? I don't know – I thought she was really hot. A sort of mature beauty, you know?""None of those are defining characteristics! You haven't told me anything useful.""Defining characteristics…" Dennis became pensive. "Aha!" he yelped. "She had a mole at the corner of her mouth. A beauty mar
Chapter 066
A dress went missing?Nestor and I traded a knowing look at this piece of unexpected news.If the dress had disappeared after the nanny's grocery trip… There is obviously a problem with that nanny!"How long has it been since she left?" Cory asked with furrowed brows.Mrs. Alden thought about it for a moment. "About half an hour or so.""That long? I don't think we're going to catch up to her, then. We can only wait for her to come home."A hint of disappointment flickered across Cory's face. He invited Nestor and me to rest inside for a drink while we waited.After we sat down, he formally introduced the middle-aged woman to us: as I had expected, she was Mrs. Ruth Alden.Mrs. Alden became intensely distressed upon hearing the possibility that the lost dress could be used to harm her daughter again. She seemed to feel like it was her own fault. Though Cory did not join in her fretting, his own troubled visage gave everything away.
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