The Hidden Ace: Empire Of Ash & Gold

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Silas was looking at the workers; they were shocked to see that he wasn't even scared to touch someone who was an heir in Sintril.

“I could have warned you to stop, but you wanted to show just how powerful your daddy’s money makes you.”

Silas cleaned his fists as he turned to walk away. The moment he turned, there were guards standing there with their stun guns ready to shoot.

“Stand down!”

One of them yelled. He was looking at Silas, and he was sure that nothing was going to keep the man back from hurting anyone else.

Silas rolled his eyes as he looked at the men in front of him. He had an empty gaze on his face.

“Why are all of you suddenly in the way?” He asked, his tone showed he was trying to keep it as civil as possible.

“When he was embarrassing me, you didn't see it?”

“We won't tell you again, stand down or….”

“Or nothing would happen!”

A voice came from the outside, and someone stepped into the building with a smile on his face.

“Took you long enough….” Silas had a smile on his face; he turned to look at the person coming. It was a tall man standing over six feet tall with beautiful blonde hair.

“I am sorry if I wasted your time, sir…”

The man smiled as he bowed his head to Silas. Everyone was in shock when they saw the man bowing to Silas like that.

All the workers were shocked; they didn't know why a man of that caliber would even think of bowing his head to Silas, who was to them a mere nobody who only followed Lauren for her wealth and name.

“Hey, isn't that the Legendary Dancing Dragon?”

“Yeah, that’s him.”

“Austin Krigg, a man so powerful he is known as one of the top elites in Sintril.”

“So why in the world is he bowing his head to that nobody?”

Silas slowly walked past the security guards holding the stun guns; he didn't even act like they were dangerous.

“Don’t bother yelling; these bastards won’t have the balls to pull any of their triggers. And if they did, then it would be the end of them.”

The security guards were surprised when they saw that Silas was not even scared of them or what they would do. He walked gracefully to Austin with a smile on his face.

“Shall we?” He said as he walked out of Forrest Corporation, not looking back.

“Right behind you!” Austin turned and started walking away with Silas.

Lauren and Hillary had heard the noise from the office; they walked out to see the commotion.

Lauren saw the security guards trying to help Keith stand up.

“Oh my God!” Hillary rushed to Keith’s side; she wasn't sure what had happened.

“Who did this to you?” She said as she helped Keith stand properly.

Keith winced once they touched him; it was an excruciating pain he felt.

“That bastard Silas, he was the one who did this to me.” He grunted as he looked at Lauren; she was still shocked to see him in that state.

“Silas?” She raised a brow; it wasn't even clear to her how her ex-husband would do such a thing.

“This isn't right. Are you sure that…”

“Lauren, I think he stole from you. There were two golden tickets that were given to the high-ranking families of the city. I only wanted to know how he got them, but then he snapped and attacked me.”

Keith grunted in pain; he was looking at Lauren and Hillary, trying to make sure that he got their sympathy.

Lauren was still shocked to see what Silas could do; she stood there trying to put her mind at ease.

“Lauren, don't tell me you are still thinking of what he did.” Hillary snapped her out of the train of thought.

Lauren turned to her mother, still confused about what she was meant to be doing.

“He did this to get back at you, and I know that those tickets must be something that was sent to you.” Hillary wasn't going to let her daughter forgive Silas. “He’s nothing but a brute; he needs to be dealt with!”

Lauren couldn't stand there and watch something like this; she was going to get to the bottom of things.

Pulling out her phone, she didn't want to waste time.

“You better have an explanation...”

At the back of the Porsche, Silas sat beside Austin, trying to get his head to calm down.

“Some women, they act like they know it all.” Austin was smiling; looking out the window, he could tell that Silas was a bit angry.

Silas was trying to put his mind on something else; he was pulled back when his phone began ringing violently.

‘What in the world?’

He looked at it and saw Lauren's ID; he didn't know what she had to say. He picked it up, and even before he could place the phone close to his ear,.

“Silas, how dare you?! Come back here and return what you stole!” Lauren's voice blared through the speaker. Her yelling caught Silas off guard; he didn't know what she was even yelling about.

“You took the tickets sent to us, and you took them. Not only that, you decided to beat up Keith just because he wanted to take it from you calmly ?”

Silas understood what was going on; his facial expression went sour when he heard what she had in mind.

“I didn't steal anything; I only wanted to—”

Lauren’s anger flared. “You’re trying to deny it? The entire Forrest Corporation saw you, and you still want to deny it?”

Her accusatory tone made Silas a bit cold. “So this is how low you think of me? Well, I shouldn't have expected more from a woman who saw me as a nobody.”

Lauren was silent for a while, almost like she was hesitating. “Look, Silas, I am sorry if I hurt your pride or anything, but what I want you to do is come back here and apologize to Keith and then hand over the tickets you took.”

Silas couldn't even help but scoff; he went from being cold to irritated. “Even now, you defend the bratty daddy's boy. Well, what was I expecting? You saw me as a nobody and nothing more.”

“Silas I am not playing—”

“Listen here, Ms. Forrest, I was trying to be polite with you in terms of our past relationship, but it seems that it won't work with you. So I would advise that you don't call this line again, and oh, do take your beloved bratty man-child to the hospital. They can fix his dislocated arm.”

Lauren was furious; she was about to lash out again. “Silas, this is not—”

Beep!

Her words were cut short when Silas ended the call; she stared at her phone in disbelief.

“I can’t believe that man hung up on me.” She muttered, looking at the phone.

“A brute, a big one, I tell you!” Hillary yelled from behind that they were waiting for the ambulance to show up. “It is a good thing you ended things with him when you did; he would have shown you his true colors now you are on top.”

Lauren was looking at the phone, disappointed that Silas could behave that way. She didn’t bother herself; putting her phone down, she turned to the door.

“So be it…”