Chapter 3 Guardian Angel

In the hall.

After deleting the text from Luka, Farris called Salter, asking him to investigate Luka's assets. He also ordered him to send some men to accompany him to the Riverside Hotel.

Salter only took ten minutes to finish the task. He would not dare to slack off on Farris's orders, so he did everything in a pinch.

Half an hour later, Farris arrived at the Riverside Hotel with five bodyguards, all dressed in black. They were well-trained subordinates of the Leopard Family and they were strong enough to protect Farris.

In order to ensure his safety, Salter had arranged the best bodyguards for him.

"Sir, there's no need for you to be here. We can just go in and grab him,"

one of the bodyguards suggested.

"I know it's easy to teach him a lesson, but I want to make sure the lesson is learnt. Remember not to reveal my true identity to him."

Farris put on a clown mask, because he wanted to keep his identity a secret for the time being.

Moreover, he was afraid that his newfound wealth and power would affect his relationship with Sheila.

His own father had changed into a completely different man because of his greed for wealth and power, which had ultimately resulted in his mother's death.

Farris didn't want to make the same mistakes that his father did. He only wanted to protect his wife, and as long as he could do it anonymously, that was enough for him.

When they arrived at Room 666, Farris knocked on the door and waited for Luka to open it.

After a while, Luka opened the door.

He stepped out with a smile. But the moment he saw several burly men dressed in black suits, his smile disappeared instantly. With a horrified look in his eyes, he stammered in fear, "Who are you?"

"You can call me Mr. L!"

After saying that, Farris lifted his foot and kicked Luka, pushing him into the room.

The five bodyguards behind him followed him into the room to subdue him.

"I don't care who you are! I'm Luka Davis from the Sky Corp.! If you dare to offend me, I will make you suffer!" Luka struggled to appear fierce.

"I know who you are, man. In fact, I have been looking for you."

Farris slowly locked the door and walked up to him. He deliberately spoke in a different voice, so that Luka would not be able to recognize him.

"What the hell do you want from me?"

Luka broke into a cold sweat. Seeing that he was outnumbered, he was a little scared. If it weren't for the fact that he worked for the Sky Corp., he would have been terrified.

Farris pulled up a chair and sat on it with his legs crossed, like a king. He then took out a piece of paper, which had something written on it.

"Luka Davis, forty-two years old; a man who loves gambling, and having sex with other people's wives. On August 15th last year, you promised to promote Jett Plank and then seduced his wife, Rita Astley, in Jork Hotel.

On February 14th this year, you got Carlee Barton drunk in the Riverside Hotel and had sex with her. She was the wife of the CEO of the Ensfield Bank.

On March 18th, you promised to lend money to your brother for his medical treatment, and then, you made an appointment with your sister-in-law, Dorsey Carman. You forced her to have sex with you in the Phoenix Mountain where you met..."

Farris had a list of all the married women that Luka had slept with, including the dates, places, and names.

Frightened by what he saw, Luka felt a chill down his spine.

'How could he know about my secrets? Even if the police investigated me, they probably won't find a thing!' However, Farris was making him unprecedentedly scared.

"How do you know all that?" Luka had to ask him.

"It doesn't matter how I know. The most important matter right now is that if I give this list to the police, then you'll be behind bars."

Farris flicked the paper that was filled with incriminating evidence.

"What the hell do you even want from me? Just spill it already!" Luka said in a voice filled with panic and fear as he looked at him.

Farris sneered and showed him two fingers. "I want to play two little games with you."

"What kind of games?"

"Answer my question and then roll the dice. But you need to answer my questions first. If you say the wrong answer, then you will be punished. The first question, do you prefer to have sex with other people's wives or gambling?"

"Having sex with other people's wives!" Luka blurted out.

"Wrong answer!" The bodyguard, who was standing next to Luka, slapped him hard across his face.

He felt like crying, but he could not. According to him, he had answered the question truthfully, so he wondered how it could be wrong. But the next second, he changed his answer. "It's gambling!"

"You are wrong again!" The bodyguard slapped him again.

Luka covered his face and didn't dare to make a sound while the bodyguard thrashed him once again.

That was when he finally understood the rule of the game. No matter what his answer was, he was going to get beaten.

After answering several questions in a row, Luka was in so much pain, but he still had to play the second game.

Farris took out a dice and a piece of paper and placed them in front of him.

As soon as Luka glanced at the paper, he began to sweat profusely. All his assets, his bank deposits, and everything he possessed was written on it.

He was indeed curious about the mysterious man in front of him. Who was he? How could he even know how much assets he had?

"Let's roll the dice and see who lands on a bigger number. If you win, I'll let you go. But if you lose, then I'll take away some of your assets before I slap you. I will be very generous and let you roll first, though."

With that, Farris handed the dice to him.

Luka gulped and prayed that he would be blessed with a bigger number before he rolled the dice.

It landed on five!

Farris picked up the dice and rolled it. It landed on one, the smallest number!

When Luka saw that, he finally smiled.

However, his happiness did not last more than a second. Farris suddenly reached out and turned the dice over. Now six was on top!

"I won. So I'll be taking your villa." Farris chuckled as he looked at him playfully.

"That's cheating! How can you break your promise so easily?" Luka retorted, feeling deceived.

But the moment he finished his words, the bodyguard next to him thrashed him again.

It was such a hard slap that Luka lost two of his teeth.

"Go on."

Farris was having fun and continued to throw the dice. He "won" more than ten times in a row, because he was using a trick.

In the end, Luka couldn't even sit up straight and was on the floor, motionless. His face was swollen beyond recognition.

"Luka, you should remember that I'm not a man to be trifled with."

Farris then stood up and left with his bodyguards, without even looking at the man who was on the floor.

The bodyguards and Farris went their separate ways after they exited the hotel.

Farris took off his mask. Switching between his identities made him feel excited.

By the time he got home, Sheila was done with her shower. When she saw Farris, she asked with a curious look in her eyes, "Honey, where were you at this odd hour?"

"Nowhere. I just went to buy some milk. I wanted to heat up some milk for you to help you feel warm." Farris then put the milk on the table.

In front of his enemies, he was a demon, but to Sheila, he was always the man who loved her.

He would probably be looked down upon by his mother-in-law and the rest of the Jacksons, but as long as he could be with the woman he loved, their insults did nothing to him.

"You are so kind." Leaning against his chest, Sheila blushed and they embraced each other warmly.

Meanwhile, it took a long time before Luka finally regained his consciousness. Recalling what he had just experienced, fear lingered in his heart.

He felt like he had gotten rid of the demon at last.

Just when he was about to sit up, he noticed numerous notifications popping up on his phone. He quickly opened his phone to check the messages.

"Mr. Davis, our bank has frozen your account because of your poor credit..."

"Mr. Davis, your villa has been sealed..."

"Mr. Davis, your car..."

Luka almost fainted after seeing those messages. All his credit cards were also frozen and he couldn't withdraw a penny.

Even his luxury cars and villas were taken away, leaving him with nothing.

That was when he remembered the list of his assets that the mystery man was holding up in front of him. 'He must be the one who has taken away all my assets!'

Although he resented that man, he did not dare to take revenge on him. He knew that he could not afford to offend a demon like him, so he had no choice but to admit defeat.

He walked to the mirror and looked at his swollen face. He was too embarrassed to go to work, so he decided to ask for leave from Jewel Leach, the vice president of the Sky Corp..

He dialed Jewel's number. "Miss Leach, I accidentally fell down and got hurt, so I need a few days' leave..."

"No, Luka, the new CEO is coming to inspect the company tomorrow. If you can't come to work tomorrow, then don't bother setting foot in the company ever again!"

"But I..." Luka wanted to explain, but Jewel had already hung up on him.

The new president was going to take office tomorrow. Even though he was injured, he had to go to work to show his dedication.

'That's right! I need to go to work tomorrow. As long as I am able to please the new CEO, I'll be able to earn back what I lost tonight!'

The next day, Luka walked into the company with bruises all over his face. When his colleagues saw him, they could not help but point their fingers at him and laugh.

Feeling ashamed, he hurried to his office. Although he had not been able to take revenge on that mystery man, he wanted to at least get his revenge on Farris and Sheila. He wanted to use the influence of the Sky Corp. to oppress Sheila's company.

Luka took out his phone and called his friends, but he could not get through to any of them.

"Shit! Is something wrong with my phone?" He was so furious that he almost wanted to smash his phone on the ground.