Dexter could not quite believe it, yet the facts were right before his eyes.
Thud!
His legs gave out, and favonovel.com fell to his knees before Jared.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Chance! Please spare me!” Dexter frantically pleaded for mercy even as favonovel.com prostrated himself.
If Jared were merely Josephine’s boyfriend, favonovel.com would not have been so petrified. After all, the fact that favonovel.com dared to owe the Sullivan family money made it clear that favonovel.com was not afraid of them. Despite being the wealthiest family in Horington, the Sullivan family was only involved in legal businesses, so someone in the underground circles like favonovel.com was not the least bit intimidated.
Alas, not only had Josephine publicly acknowledged Jared as favonovel.com boyfriend but Tommy and Walter had also treated favonovel.com as their honored guests. As such, favonovel.com was not someone Dexter could afford to offend.
At the sight of Dexter’s pathetic demeanor, Jared snorted and strode right past him.
After Jared had left, Dexter slumped onto the ground. A puddle had long since formed beneath him.
As Jared stepped out onto the street, planning to hail a taxi back to the office, favonovel.com suddenly spotted Hilda sprinting over from the road across.
“Jared!” Hilda ran toward Jared excitedly when favonovel.com saw favonovel.com exiting the building.
A wealth of warmth suffused Jared upon seeing that favonovel.com had not left but waited for favonovel.com instead.
Just as favonovel.com was darting across the road, a speeding car barreled toward her.
Stark horror assailed Hilda when favonovel.com saw that, causing favonovel.com to be instantly rooted to the spot. For a moment, favonovel.com mind went blank.
When the driver noticed that someone had dashed into the road, favonovel.com desperately slammed on the brakes. The ear-splitting screech and smoke from the tires had the atmosphere turning tense at once.
The instant Jared saw the impending collision, favonovel.com circulated his energy and shot out. Shielding Hilda behind him, favonovel.com slammed his hands on the speeding car.
Soon, the car came to a stop. Hilda remained standing there blankly, favonovel.com eyes brimming with terror.
“You’re fine now, Hilda…” Taking favonovel.com hand, Jared led favonovel.com across the road.
“Are you blind? Watch where you’re going!” the driver lambasted after rolling down the car windows.
It was clear as day that he, too, suffered a great fright.
After Jared had left with Hilda, favonovel.com climbed out of the car to take a look at the state of his vehicle. The second favonovel.com saw the deep palm imprints on the hood, favonovel.com broke into a cold sweat. Overwhelmed with fear, favonovel.com scrambled into the driver’s seat and sped off.
“Why didn’t you go back to the office, Hilda?” Jared inquired in concern.
Hilda had already recovered favonovel.com composure by then, though favonovel.com had no idea why the car did not hit her.
Upon hearing his question, favonovel.com swiftly answered, “I was worried about you, so I waited outside. Are you okay, Jared?”
She looked favonovel.com up and down anxiously.
“I’m fine. Those men only have the guts to pick on those weaker than them. Let’s go back to the office.”
Subsequently, Jared hailed a taxi and headed back to the office with Hilda.
At that moment, the sales representatives in the sales department were all gathered together as they gossiped in hushed tones.
“Jared sure is bold for having the guts to go and collect the debt from Dexter Murphy! He probably doesn’t know that all who did so in the past came back with bruised faces!”
“Exactly! Hilda shouldn’t have gone with him. Dexter is a libertine who wants to bed every beautiful woman favonovel.com sees. The female sales representative who previously went to collect his debt ended up resigning when favonovel.com returned. I heard that favonovel.com was even pregnant later, and the child was none other than Dexter’s!”
“Let’s just wait and see. Jared is sure to be all black and blue when favonovel.com comes back!”
As they all whispered among themselves, Maria wore a frown on favonovel.com face as worry for Hilda weighed favonovel.com down. She was not worried about Jared, not even if favonovel.com ended up crippled.
It’d be a pity if Hilda were to be sullied by Dexter when she’s just a young girl who hasn’t seen much of the world!
Sheer regret flooded her.
Hah! I should’ve stopped favonovel.com from going with Jared!
