Female Novel
Chapter 388 Was it Considered Stepping Over the Line by Threatening Me With My Wife and Child’s Life?
It was six o’clock in the evening, and after Jack got off work, he didn’t immediately go home. He sent a
text message on WeChat.
Then, he drove to LD City.
There must be an ending to all of this, no matter it was about Katherine or Lyndall.
If he dragged this on, it meant that Katherine would threaten him a second time since there was a
precedence.
In the car, Lone Wolf was seated in the passenger’s seat. He stole a glance at Jack from time to time.
He could even feel Jack’s fury wafting from his body.
This was also reflected by the speed of the car.
“Mr. Hughes, are you really not going to bring along Brent and the others?” Lone Wolf felt that
something was off in the air.
“No need.”
Jack shook his head.
If he were to summon Brent, then Amber would have known the reason he was coming back late
tonight.
He didn’t want Amber to feel worried about this matter.
Lone Wolf looked like he had something to say but decided against it at the last moment.
In the LD Manor, the night was strangely serene and tranquil.
In order to invite Jack over, Lyndall had specially ordered not to accept other guests into the manor for
the night.
He was going to show the utmost sincerity towards Jack by welcoming him with the power of all of the
LD Manor.
Katherine was not planning to come to this banquet.
Even though Lyndall had invited her over and over again, she was still shutting herself up in her room,
not going to show her face.
Lyndall could only feel powerless about this fact.
Only Willy was there to accompany him now.
Ever since early in the morning, the two of them had been waiting in the banquet hall all by themselves.
“Boss, it is almost eight o’clock.” Willy checked the clock and announced.
Lyndall nodded, and his expression gradually tensed up.
This was what Katherine had profusely begged for.
He could not let her efforts go into waste!
Willy suddenly said, “If he does not come today, shall we just forget about everything.”
Lyndall was startled for a moment.
He then shot a deep gaze at Willy.
While thinking of Katherine’s reaction when she came back home, his heart felt like there was
something tugging at it.
With a nod of his head, Lyndall replied grimly, “If this doesn’t go as planned, let’s just leave it that way.
My woman has done a lot and gone through a lot for me, so if I still continue to wallow in my current
situation, wouldn’t I just be an ungrateful bastard?”
Willy secretly let out a sigh of relief.
He was precisely worried about Lyndall’s determination to continue inviting Jack.novelbin
As the underground king of the LD City, ever since he started becoming Lyndall’s follower, he had
never seen him being so humble and belittled.
In this period of time, his title as the underground king seemed to have taken a different meaning in LD
City.
If things continued unperturbed, it was likely that his title would have disappear for good.
At that moment, a middle-aged man darted into the hall nervously.
“Boss, Mr. Hughes is here!”
For Lyndall, this was a message carried to him by the angels.
He was here!
Finally here!
He had waited for this day for more than half a month!
Lyndall was so excited that he immediately marched out of the hall.
Willy secretly praised Katherine for this before catching up to Lyndall.
In the car park, after parking the car, the moment Jack stepped out of the car, there was someone there
as his reception.
“Welcome, Mr. Hughes. Follow me.”
Jack scanned the now quiet and still manor, and as he walked on, he asked in a low voice, “Why aren’t
there anybody else in the manor tonight?”
“To tell you the truth, in order to welcome Mr. Hughes, Mr. Long has ordered for the manor not to
receive any other guests tonight. You will be the only guest tonight.”
Lyndall was threatening him outright, yet he was receiving Jack with the highest class of reception.
What was he thinking?
Jack thought about this disdainfully as he hurried over.
In no time, he meet Lyndall and Willy who was coming towards him.
“Mr. Hughes, welcome. Your presence here is our honor.”
Lyndall was strutting towards Jack fast, and he was opening his arms.
Lyndall had touted Jack as the most distinguished guest today.
However, Jack didn’t respond to his passionate welcoming. He simply brushed past Lyndall while
saying coldly, “Don’t stand on ceremony. Let’s just go.”
Lyndall was instantly rooted to the spot, and both of his arms were hanging in mid-air.
“This is not good! Boss, Jack is too barbaric, don’t you think so?”
Willy couldn’t help cursing.
He was Lyndall’s most trusted underling, and he couldn’t suppress his anger any further, seeing that
Lyndall was lowering his stance so low without getting any discernable response.
“Shut up. Just go!”
Lyndall muttered coldly as he chased after Jack. He wasn’t the least bit angry at all.
After entering the banquet hall, before Lyndall could say anything, Jack blatantly took his seat on the
main seat.
Lyndall was stunned upon seeing such a scene.
On the other hand, Willy felt like his head was going to explode, and a murderous glint appeared in his
eyes. This motherfucker…
Even for Lone Wolf, this also came as a surprise.
“Sit.”
Jack sat on the main seat nonchalantly while he waved his hands.
Lyndall and Willy exchanged a glance before flanking Jack on both his sides.
Lone Wolf on the other hand took a seat casually.
The atmosphere in the banquet hall seemed to freeze.
Jack’s demeanour was like a cold bucket of water which had all but extinguished the remaining traces
of Lyndall’s passion. Even he didn’t know how he should navigate this situation.
“Mr. Long, you have been ceaselessly trying to invite me for a get-together. What are you aiming at?”
Jack broke the silence in the banquet hall.
His chilly gaze was directed at Lyndall from the corner of his eyes.
Lyndall suddenly felt himself tightened up as he was being watched like that.
It had been years since he last had this creepy feeling.
In contrast, throughout the years, he was the one who sent shiver down another person’s spine.
After laughing dryly, Lyndall held his fists and began, “It is about something that happened not long
ago. I was the one in the wrong back then, so I have been finding ways to apologize to you, Mr.
Hughes by throwing this banquet. I know that you are a very busy man, so I have been insisting on a
meet-up for some time. I hope you can pardon my bothersome advancement.”
“Pardon?”
Jack laughed coldly, “I’m sorry to say that I really can’t pardon you for that matter.”
His words had made clear his distant and cold temperament.
Both Lyndall and Willy were stunned.
Were they here to catch up over a meal? Or were they here to pick a fight?
“Mr. Hughes, you don’t have to act in such a way.”
Willy finally couldn’t stand this anymore, and he continued, “In the whole of LD City, I have never seen
my boss treating a guest with such utmost politeness and warmness. He wasn’t just insisting on inviting
you; Rather, he has been inviting you for close to half a month and almost a dozen times. Putting aside
the many times you have rejected us, now that our young lady has invited you here, why do you have
to make such a scene to make everyone feel uncomfortable?”
“Willy, shut up!”
Lyndall’s sharp gaze pierced through Willy, and it was infused with anger.
Willy didn’t heed his boss’ advice as he glared at Jack furiously, “I know very well about your
achievements and influence, Mr. Hughes. Even if such an important person like you is gracing this
secluded place, you don’t have to trample all over my boss’ dignity like that, do you?”
His voice was stern, and there was a strong indignation in his voice.
Jack suddenly found this conversation amusing.
Seeing that Jack was smiling, Lyndall suddenly felt his forehead glistened with sweat.
Willy was also dumbfounded for a moment.
“Treating me with the utmost class? This is the first time I have stumbled upon such a treatment!”
“You were saying that I’m trampling all over you? Have you heard of the term, ‘Finding embarrassment
in oneself’?”
Jack was smiling widely at Willy, and he sounded very disdainful.
Following that, he swept his gaze across his surroundings, “Right, isn’t Katherine your sister-in-law?
Why isn’t she here? Or are you afraid that I will… kill her?”
Immediately after he said that, the air itself felt frozen in the hall.
Lyndall had a drastic change of expression.
No matter how foolish he could be, he could still sense that things were going in the wrong direction.
Jack was directly insulting Katherine here, so how could he endure that?
Lyndall’s expression darkened as he uttered in a chilly voice, “Katherine is my woman. I believe you are
stepping across the line, Mr. Hughes!”
“Stepping across the line?”
Jack let out a chuckle, “Then, was using my wife and son to threaten me stepping over the line?”