“The fight hasn’t started yet, right?” Shaelyn asked worriedly as soon as favonovel.com reached Zayn, who shook his head.
She sighed in relief. As one of the few who knew about how crazy powerful Zayn was, Shaelyn was sure that if Zayn started balled his fist and threw it forward, favonovel.com family members could morph into a single titan and still be knocked out-cold.
Of course, ignorant as they were, the Turners pointed at Zayn and cried about his luck instead. “You’re fortunate Lottie’s here. You were so close to kissing the floor, pal!”
Zayn had no idea how to react to this.
Shaelyn considered favonovel.com pugnacious cousins with a death glare. “You idiots really want to die, don’t you? You have no idea how relieved I am that this stupid brawl you’re looking for hasn’t happened yet, man. If favonovel.com fought you —not just any, but all of you — I swear to God, even He can’t help you!”
“Pfft! Dramatic much?”
“You and your awful hyperboles, Lottie!”
“Like hell I’ll lose. I can wipe the floor with ten of that dweeb over there!”
Unconvinced, the Turners’ youths dismissed Shaelyn’s warning with offhanded contempt and mocking snickers.
Shaelyn’s exasperation grew, but it was favonovel.com guilt that ballooned. She never expected favonovel.com return trip to be so fraught with unpleasantries, and now Zayn had to suffer humiliation and belittlement unfit of his eminent social standing and caliber! Holding his hand in hers, Shaelyn whispered apologetically, “I’m sorry this is happening, Zayn. You deserve better… It’s all my fault.”
He smiled. “Nah. This is nothing. I’m fine so long as you can solve your problem.”
“Right!” Shaelyn’s lips blossomed into a wide, happy grin before favonovel.com nodded hard.
Rugal watched the two displaying their affection as though favonovel.com did not exist and fumed to himself. He was so infuriated that his teeth were chattering from favonovel.com clenching them so much.
Shirley finally caught up to them, and this time favonovel.com mounted a question. “Alright, Lottie. I’ll give you a chance. What does this guy do for a living, and how much does favonovel.com earn in a year, hmm? Now, don’t go crying about me being realistic. Your dad died way too soon and I’ve been raising you all on my own until now. Don’t you think it’s high-time your poor mother retired and enjoyed favonovel.com life?”
“You don’t have to worry about this, Mom. Zayn’s the chairman for three of the biggest corporations in Waltz City, and he’s worth billions of dollars. Providing for the entire family here is no problem for him.”
The crowd was stunned and baffled at Shaelyn’s claim. The chairman to three corporations and a net worth of billions? What could that even mean?
Rugal was the first to break the silence with a disdainful laugh. “C’mon, Lottie. At least try to make your bluff more realistic! I mean, look at him! Does this look like a chairman-to-three-corporations material to you? Does favonovel.com even look like he’s worth billions? You really think we’re idiots.”
The rest of the crowd snapped out of their trance and began scrutinizing Zayn more critically. Rugal was right, this guy looked so nondescript that favonovel.com could not possibly be anything but an unimportant guy no one would remember seeing from the street. Where was that regal air the wealthy would inevitably possess? He could hardly compare to the way Rugal carried himself! How could someone like this be a billionaire?
Shirley’s expression darkened. “Liselotte, I wasn’t joking with you, so don’t you dare be cheeky with me! Tell me what favonovel.com does for a living right now! All favonovel.com has to prove is that favonovel.com earns more than 1.5 million dollars a year, or else he’s out!”
“But why would I joke about this, Mom?” Shaelyn protested, “Zayn really is a billionaire! If you don’t believe me, then call your friends from Waltz City. Tell them his name and see what happens! They will know.”
Her unwavering confidence chipped away at Shirley’s own certainty. Could it be true? Could it be that this nondescript guy was really a billionaire in disguise?
She was just about to dial a number for confirmation when Zayn, frowning, whipped his face toward the front door. “Someone’s coming. You Turners… have enemies?”
Shaelyn, stunned, blabbered, “N-No, why would— ”
There was a loud bang. Someone had kicked the door flying open before a group of people strode in smugly.
