
Within two days the Mallory family continued to be in the spotlight, and this afternoon was exactly two days after Bryan agreed a bet with Gerry, the Mallory family declared their retreat from the business world.
“Under yourself? Why didn't he say that the Mallory family had already gone through bankruptcy and destruction? Undur themselves, the word is too subtle for the reality he experienced,” said Bryan still staring at the phone screen.
Seeing and hearing the news of the Mallory family, Bryan suddenly smiled meaningfully as he set his eyes on Gerry who was beside him. As for Gerry who Bryan looked at, he knew what that view meant.
“Iya-iya I lost, and as a real man I will do like our bet, after all I did want to do that a long time ago.” Gerry was not at all disappointed even though he lost the bet. What was at stake was something he had long wanted to do, so why be disappointed if he had to do what he really wanted to do?
“You should get married soon, and my Mansion is always open for you.” Win or lose a bet, Bryan has absolutely no objection if Gerry and Gladis stay at his Mansion.
Gerry is thrilled to hear Bryan allow himself and Gladis to stay at his Mansion, he feels Bryan's Mansion is the safest place for Gladis to live alone after the death of his father and mother in an accident.
Besides being safe, Gladis will also not be lonely because in the Bryan Mansion there are Nayla and Eve who have a very good relationship with him.
Amidst the chatter they were having in Bryan's study, Nicky, a secretary to Bryan, knocks on the door of the room and asks for permission to enter. As soon as Bryan lets her in, Nicky tells Bryan that there is a man who wants to meet him. The man was named Antonio, and that was all Nicky knew about the man's identity.
Unlike Nicky, who has little information about Antonio, Gerry quickly and precisely managed to guess the complete identity of the man named Antonio.
“He's the most powerful man in the underworld, and he also has business power in several cities including this city,” Gerry told Bryan who Antonio really is.
Nicky, who was in the room, became frightened after learning of Antonio's identity, and he was honest with his two superiors that he no longer had the courage to meet the man. Previously, he had also been very uncomfortable with the way Antonio looked at his body.
“Nicky, you stay here, stand behind me! Gerry, take them to my room!” Bryan tells Nicky to stand behind him, while Gerry goes out to meet Antonio.
Although Antonio was the ruler of the underworld and it was clear he could not come alone, there was not the slightest trace of fear on Gerry's face when he had to meet the man.
In just a few seconds Gerry had reached Nicky's room where Antonio was in the room. Outside the room were four men of great height, and their existence confirmed Gerry's assumption that Antonio had not come alone.
Gerry ignored the four men standing guard at the door, but just as he wanted to open the door, two of them tried to stop him. Without saying a word, Gerry just hit the two to the point of falling and losing half of his consciousness.
“Because you guys didn't let me in, get your boss out because my boss is already waiting for him in his study!” gerry said firmly and clearly invisible fear on his face.
Shortly after Gerry spoke, Nicky's office door opened and Antonio appeared with a flat-faced expression filled with intimidation aimed at Gerry.
Antonio's intimidation can be felt by Gerry, but instead of fear he still looks very calm, even on his lips still looks cynical smile that he aimed at Antonio and his men.
Staring at the flat-faced Antonio, Gerry opened his voice, “Bosku does not have much time, if you want to meet him, you should not stay too long in this place!” Gerry turned around and immediately walked towards Bryan's room as soon as he finished speaking.
With a frown on his forehead, Antonio looked at Gerry full of anger because only this time he was humiliated. But he still looked calm, and with the radiance of a cold aura coming out of his body, he walked not far behind Gerry with four of his men escorted, where two of them walk like drunk people.
Arriving at Bryan's office, Gerry immediately took a stand behind Bryan, next to Nicky. While Antonio was entering Bryan's study with two of his men, he immediately directed a sharp eye to Bryan.
Staring at Bryan, Antonio suddenly felt a chill on his back and his heart was beating very fast. What he felt at this moment was the reaction of his body when he sensed danger.
‘I just saw it and this body has reacted with fear. This boy, he is not an ordinary figure,’ Antonio said in his heart and he began to increase his vigilance.
“There is no need to be aware of me because I have never done anything bad to a guest before I know the intent of his arrival,” Bryan said kindly as he showed a smile on his face.
Although Bryan looked friendly and even smiled at him, Antonio actually felt that it all looked scary to him. During his time as the most powerful figure in the underworld, only this time did he meet figures like Bryan and Gerry.
Hugo, who in the past was his nemesis, did not even see what he currently saw in the figure of Bryan and Gerry. The calmness, friendly demeanor, and smile on Bryan's face were frightening, and he felt he had to be careful when talking to such a person.
Hearing that was difficult for Bryan to hold back his smile. Not a happy smile, but a cynical smile underestimating what Antonio's goal is coming to his company.
"I have absolutely no lack of capital and I also don't want to have a good relationship with you!” Firmly Bryan refused all offers Antonio even he refused to have a good relationship with him.
Antonio's emotions instantly exploded after hearing Bryan's reply. “Did you reject me for having a relationship with loser Hugo?”
“Tell Hugo as a loser while you use sneaky ways to beat him. Actually, who is the real loser we already know!” this time it was Gerry's turn to speak.
“To get absolute victory all the way I deserve to do, and yes I am the loser but the loser has won and no one can win!” said Antonio.
Bryan did not speak, he got up from his seat and opened the door of his study. “Come out and leave my company fine, or I'm forcibly evicted!”
Antonio gritted his teeth angrily then he spoke in a loud voice, “Dare to refuse cooperation with me even expel me, you will I make regret!” Finished speaking full of threatening tones, Antonio and his four men left Bryan's study.
"We'll see who's going to regret it,” Bryan said, then he told Gerry to follow Antonio because he was a little worried about Hugo that he knew, that person was currently in the special room of the security guard who was on the first floor. While Nicky, Bryan tells him to go back to his study.
Meanwhile on the first floor of Bryan's company, Hugo who had just bought a drink from the company's cafeteria and wanted to return to the room where he was overseeing the company's security, stopped his footsteps from the woman he knew, the woman he used to love so much, and the woman who had ruined his life.
But all of that is his past. Now that he had risen and had a new life that was much better than his past life, and the figure of the woman before him was not a figure he needed to assume his existence.
“I did not expect to meet you in this company, and from your appearance it seems like you have enough influence in this place!” said the woman standing right in front of Hugo.
Hugo smiled at the words of the woman before him. “I got a better job than what I did in the past, and you better get out of the way because your existence has disrupted my work!” Hugo's right hand stretched out, then violently he put away the woman before him.
Two steps left the woman speechless on the spot after her harsh treatment, the corner of Hugo's lips raised to form a sinister smile as she watched Antonio's figure move his feet rapidly towards her.
“If the pet is in this place, surely the master is also there.” Hugo spoke in a voice as usual, and what he said was clearly heard by the woman who was only two steps behind him.
Following Hugo's gaze, the woman behind him looked at Antonio and his four men, looking at them, as soon as he realized who Hugo meant as a pet.
"You, how dare you think of me as a pet! Just wait, once Antonio comes, you will definitely make me regret!” the woman shouted behind Hugo, but the man was indifferent and ignored her.
If her past feelings for the woman were still there, perhaps she would currently kneel down to ask the woman back to her side no matter how dirty the woman was at the moment.
Yet all his feelings in the past had disappeared, and the woman behind him only looked like dirt in his eyes.
Meanwhile, Antonio who saw Hugo's whereabouts not far from his woman, he smiled sinisterly as he stepped closer to him. “Old friend, it's been a long time we didn't meet and it seems like you still hope to get her back, but unfortunately she has been mine, even I was always made satisfied with her service in bed.”
Arriving in front of Hugo, Antonio tried to heat up the man by saying whatever he had always done with the woman behind Hugo. But Hugo's expression still looked flat, not caring about his words.
Feeling that you have heard enough of Antonio's unimportant remarks, Hugo opens his voice, “I don't care at all about what you do, and who still hopes to get it? In this world a lot of women, and I can get a woman who is much better than him.”
Hugo's words sounded so calm, and there was not the slightest lie from his words. Antonio who heard it, somehow he can feel the sensation of danger from the figure of Hugo, like what he felt when dealing with Bryan and Gerry.
‘What happened to him, why did he suddenly become a very different figure?’ antonio said in his heart, and soon he left Hugo with the woman who came with him and his four men.
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Seriate.