Female Novel
Chapter 329
After having dinner, Adam returned to his bedroom early to rest, leaving only Thomas and Chloe sittingin the living room as they watched TV.
Suddenly, Thomas remembered that he had turned his phone off to avoid outside distractions when hewent into retreat to tone up his body. It was time to turn it back on, so he quickly powered it on.
Shortly after, his phone started ringing. Thomas checked it and found that it was an unknown numberwith the area code belonging to Capitalis.
“Hello?” Thomas answered the call.
“Thomas!” Olivia’s voice came from the other end of the line. “You finally turned on your phone!”
The young woman had been attempting to reach Thomas using Gwen’s phone repeatedly since wakingup. However, it kept showing that he was unreachable.
“Are you doing alright, Olivia?”
“I’m okay. The Travises have been taking good care of me. They even made me the medicineaccording to the prescription you asked Mr. Hofstead’s friend to deliver the other day.” Olivia’s voicebecame teary as she continued, “Are you done dealing with your business, Thomas? Gunnar Flynn,that b*stard, brought me to Capitalis. If you don’t have anything important, can you come and pick meup? I’m really scared.”
Thomas’ heart ached upon hearing her sob as if it had been pricked by a needle.
“Alright, don’t cry anymore. Stay there and don’t go anywhere. I’ll come and pick you up tomorrow.”
“Alright, I’ll be waiting. Don’t forget,” Olivia said, urging him with a pitiful voice.
She felt extremely helpless right then. Thomas was the only person she could trust in this massiveworld, and only by his side could she feel some sense of security.
“Don’t worry, I won’t forget!”
Thomas’ expression turned malicious after ending the call.
Capitalis! Gunnar Flynn! Leah Wilkerson! He grumbled inwardly, keeping track of the debts.
“Are you heading out again, Thomas?” Chloe, who was beside him, caught bits of the conversation andguessed that Thomas was making a trip to Capitalis.
“Yeah.”
“Oh!” Chloe’s originally happy face immediately turned gloomy, and that ominous feeling returned evenmore intensely. She couldn’t ignore the notion that something significant was about to happen.
In the wee hours of the morning, Thomas woke up and quickly freshened up. He made his way to theliving room quietly, put on his shoes, and prepared to leave.
He had already arranged with John and Samuel the night before to catch the earliest flight to Capitalis,and half an hour ago, John texted him, letting him know that he and Samuel were waiting for him at theentrance of the apartment complex.
Snap! The lights of the living room suddenly turned on, and Thomas turned around in confusion to findChloe standing there in silence, looking at him worriedly.
“Rest well, Chloe. I’m going out for some business. I’ll come back soon.”
Thomas was puzzled. He thought he had been stealthy enough; how was he still able to wake theyoung woman up?
Little did he know Chloe spent the whole night awake, keeping her ears perked to the sounds outside.
Without saying anything, Chloe took a few steps forward and embraced Thomas, holding him tightly.“Will you come back after leaving this time, Thomas?”
“Silly girl, of course I’ll come back. Why would you ask that?” said Thomas, stumped by the inexplicablequestion.
Chloe, still in Thomas’ embrace, shook her head as tears began to fall. “I don’t know. I keep having thisfeeling that something bad will happen. It’s like once you leave, you’ll never come back, just like mybrother who left many years ago and never returned…”
Thomas’ lips twitched, and memories of the most unpleasant past returned to his head. Unconsciously,his eyes reddened.
“You’ve let your imagination run wild, you silly girl. I’m off. I’ll be back before you know it.”
“Will you really come back?”
“Of course. This is my home!” said Thomas with a smile as he placed his hands on Chloe’s shouldersand pushed her to where he could see her.
“Thomas, do you think my brother will come back too?”
Huff! Thomas let out a long sigh, not saying anything, and turned to leave.
He wanted to tell her that Zachary would also come back, but he couldn’t bring himself to lie when hesaw Chloe’s doe-like eyes, let alone tell her the truth. In the end, he chose to run away.
Meanwhile, Chloe fell into deep thought as she looked at Thomas’ retreating figure.
Inside the Travis Family’s estate in Capitalis, a platform had been set up. It was the agreed-upon dayfor the match, and the Travis Family had everything prepared, waiting for everyone to arrive.
Of course, that also included the chosen representative to battle against the Flynn Family. However,the Travis Family only selected one person for the battle, believing one fighter was enough to takedown three of the Flynn Family’s men.
The Travises were that self-assured!
At exactly 9.00AM, the Flynns and Wilkersons arrived, and Colby informed his grandfather of it in theliving room. “Grandfather, I’ve taken a look. It seems that they’ve brought some skilled individuals.”novelbin
“Skilled individuals?” Kyrie sneered disdainfully. “More like a bunch of trash. Well, anybody who comesis a guest of ours. Go and receive them.”
With that, the elder went upstairs, retreating to his bedroom. He was repulsed by Leah, having the urgeto puke every time he saw the old witch.
He had met many shameless people in his lifetime, but never had he seen anyone as shameless asLeah.
Though frustrated and unwilling to interact with the Flynns and Wilkersons, Colby turned to receivethem.
Gwen had told him extensively about the two families’ shameless acts, and he thought they had lostmore than just their dignity as prestigious families. They were complete disgraces! His grandfatherdidn’t want to intervene, and his father wasn’t home, so he had to step forward no matter what. Hecouldn’t let others say the Travises lacked basic hospitality, could he?
That said, Colby didn’t invite the Flynns and Wilkersons into the mansion but instead led them to thespectator seats by the ring before leaving.
“Wait, Mr. Travis!” Leah called out to Colby, who responded, “Yes, Madam Wilkerson?”
“Can I see my Olivia? She’s my granddaughter, after all. I miss her quite badly, having not seen her fora few days.”
Colby nearly threw up his breakfast after hearing Leah’s words.
“Yeah, Mr. Travis. I want to see my fiancée as well,” Gunnar added. He had been so preoccupied withOlivia’s bombshell of a body the past couple of days that it was all he could think of whenever he hadtime.
“Your fiancée?” Colby questioned, pointing at Gunnar. “It’s still up in the air whether you can take heraway. How are you so sure that she’s your fiancée?!”