Female Novel
Chapter 159
Terrence had a bitter smile on his face as he nodded and greeted, “Yes, it’s been a while.”
Even he has come. The news of Olivia dating someone has a far greater impact than I thought!
The elderly man took a seat on the couch and Terrence personally served him a cup of tea.
The elderly man took a sip and complimented, “Excellent. This is exquisite tea. You sure know how toenjoy yourself, Old Mr. Pearson. Hahaha!”
Terrence quickly demurred, “Not at all. This is just ordinary tea. If you like it, Taylor, I’ll have someonesend some over to your place.”
The elderly man was Taylor Saunder, the head of the Saunders.
Taylor and Terrence were in-laws as Taylor’s daughter, Yuna Saunder, married Terrence’s second son,Declan Pearson. Yuna was Yukine’s mother.
Taylor waved his hand and said, “I didn’t come here for tea. Let’s not beat around the bush. How doyou plan on dealing with Olivia’s situation?”
Terrence had a pained smile. Naturally, he knew why Taylor was here. All of Irieson knew that Oliviawas dating someone. It went without saying that the Saunders, as one of the Six Greatest Families,would have heard about it too.
“Since you’re here, Taylor, I’m sure you must have some thoughts about the matter. Let me hear whatyou think first.”
Taylor nodded and said, “I think we can’t keep that Thomas Clifford guy around! Unlike the otherfamilies, I didn’t come over to question you without doing my due diligence first. I looked into thesituation. Although things haven’t gone too far between that man and Olivia, they are indeed a bit too
close for comfort. They’re certainly closer than friends would be. If he sticks around, sooner or later,something major will happen!”
His tone gradually hardened. As the head of such a prominent family, other people’s lives wereinconsequential. Why would Thomas be of any importance in comparison to the interest of the family?He could kill dozens of people without even blinking, let alone just one person.
“I want him dead too, Taylor. Ever since he showed up, we Pearsons have not had any peace…”
Just the thought of Thomas now was enough to make Terrence grind his teeth. Not only did Thomastake Olivia away, but he even turned Gavin into a disabled man and left Norman, the chairman ofPearson Group heavily injured! Terrence wanted nothing more than to rip Thomas apart, drink hisblood, and eat his flesh! But… he couldn’t actually do any of that…
“Why haven’t you done anything then?”
Taylor was confused. Since Terrence wanted Thomas dead, why was Thomas still alive and kickingnow? It didn’t make sense!
“Thomas Clifford is extremely powerful. I exchanged blows with him once and he knocked me downwith just a single blow…”novelbin
“What?” Taylor’s eyes widened at once. Terrence was knocked down with just a single blow?
Although Terrence was getting up in the years now, he hadn’t lost his martial arts abilities. In his youth,he was one of the top martial arts experts in Irieson. How could a young brat possibly knock him down?How is that possible?
Terrence noticed Taylor’s shock and continued, “It’s true, Taylor. It’s not just me. That Clifford felloweven struck down Blake Hinds with a single blow, and he even killed Drake Hinds, Blake’s most
beloved nephew, right in front of Blake!”
At the mention of this, Terrence was reminded of the four men from the Pearsons’ hidden forces. Eachone of them had been extremely valuable to the family. A lot of time and money had been spent ontraining them. However, after heading out to assassinate Thomas, they were never heard from againwhile Thomas was alive and well. That was enough to prove that Thomas had killed them!
How silly of me! If Thomas Clifford can defeat Blake in a single blow, what could those four guys do tohim?
“W-What?”
Taylor gasped. After all, Blake was a martial arts expert through and through and was unanimouslyconsidered the best fighter in Irieson. Thomas Clifford defeated too? And with just a single blow!
He also heard about Drake’s death, but he didn’t know it was Thomas’ doing. Thomas Clifford isinconceivably arrogant!
However, how strong is he that he’s able to defeat Blake with a single blow? Who in Irieson canpossibly stand against him? Taylor was too stunned to dwell on that question.
“The biggest problem is that Thomas’ background is shrouded in mystery. You know who Rafael Mazeris, right?”
“Of course,” Taylor replied. “He’s the head of Keyshire Property and one of the most important men inIrieson!”
“That’s right, and let me tell you what I saw at the hospital that day. All Thomas Clifford did was make acall and Rafael Mazer immediately had a contract brought over to the hospital. He handed KeyshireProperty over on a silver platter! Rafael Mazer already comes from an immensely powerful
background, but even he takes orders from Thomas Clifford. Think about it, Taylor…” “That’s right, and let me tell you what I saw at the hospital that day. All Thomas Clifford did was make acall and Rafael Mazer immediately had a contract brought over to the hospital. He handed KeyshireProperty over on a silver platter! Rafael Mazer already comes from an immensely powerfulbackground, but even he takes orders from Thomas Clifford. Think about it, Taylor…”
“Goodness me!”
Taylor felt his entire worldview crumbling around him. Even his breathing grew harder. He was well andtruly scared of Thomas now.
Terrence let out a helpless sigh. He hadn’t even mentioned the fact that Rafael also handed over alarge sum of cash, though he figured it wasn’t worth mentioning since even Keyshire Property itself wasgifted away.
“It’s impossible for us to bring Olivia back by force. We can only try to get her to return by choice. I’vecontacted Declan. Now that Norman’s at home recuperating and can’t move around, Declan’s the onlyone who can try to talk to Olivia.”
Taylor nodded. “That’s the only thing we can do now.”
Initially, Taylor thought he would be able to lend a hand in this matter. He didn’t mind using theSaunders’ hidden forces either. After all, they were related by marriage and he couldn’t just stand byand watch when the Pearsons had a crisis on their hands.
He never thought Thomas would not only be an expert fighter himself but would come from amysterious yet powerful background. That was not someone the Saunders could afford to offend! Ifwhat he heard from Terrence today had been nothing but the truth, then even if the Saunders joinedhands with their allies, the Zanes, it could still be insufficient for them to deal with Thomas!
Just then, a middle-aged man walked into the house. It was Terrence’s second son Declan.
He was based in Capitalis, but he got a call from his father last night. Terrence filled him in oneverything. The Pearsons were currently in a precarious position and at risk of being targeted by theother five families. Terrence had no choice but to summon Declan back from Capitalis in the hopes thatDeclan could reason with Olivia. After all, when Olivia was young, Declan had doted on her quite a bit.Terrence hoped that Olivia would take that into account and return to the family voluntarily.