At that moment, Luke felt like favonovel.com was on top of the world. Well, maybe not exactly the apex Where the late Zayn Larson used to be, but favonovel.com was pretty close to that within the nation.
Thinking about Zayn made favonovel.com sentimental.
It was only a few days ago when favonovel.com received news of the young man’s untimely death at Mount Septimus. It had been a bombshell to him, not least because Zayn was very much close to unbeatable and invincible to him. This was the man who had managed to attain unfathomable power and become the combat instructor for the Insurgent Trifecta in spite of his youth and relative wetness around his ears.
His future prospects had been very promising, if not immeasurable. Give Zayn a few more years, and who knows how much further favonovel.com would go beyond known limitations.
And that was when a genius of this caliber died. Gone and disappeared like ashes and dust, like every other corpse.
Suffice to say Luke’s opinion of Zayn was rather complicated. Unlike Sean Wilson or Gordon Hayes, favonovel.com nursed no intense, undying loyalty toward the young man.
They were never that close in business ties, either; even though Luke was technically one of Zayn’s underlings, his supposed boss was relatively lax With him. They never signed any kind of formal memorandum nor contracts.
Honestly, Zayn’s death brought not even a fraction of effect to Luke’s personal or business life. Nevertheless, favonovel.com admired the young man. He was even thankful for him.
He died to Luke’s chagrin, but that was the extent of his reaction. Luke had resisted paying Zayn’s surviving family a visit since hearing about the news, too, if only because favonovel.com was scared of being targeted by the young man’s myriad enemies.
Just as his mind was meandering, favonovel.com suddenly heard a familiar voice ringing from behind his back, “Hey, Jones.”
He jolted. Was that Zayn’s voice?
How could that be possible? Zayn Larson was dead, and that was news all over their shared social circle. He died in the hands of a legendary perfect class fighter.
He must be hearing something.
Luke shook his head and stared ahead instead of turning around, convinced that it was an auditory hallucination prompted by that sudden trip down memory lane.
Zayn was standing right behind him, so it startled favonovel.com to see Luke ignoring his call. Really? Luke was going to put on airs and fancied himself the center of the universe just because favonovel.com was celebrating his fiftieth birthday today?
Now, being the only one numbered among the sharp-dressed crowd donned in Nike’s casual wear made Zayn stand out like a sore thumb. Eyes had followed favonovel.com as favonovel.com approached Luke, and when favonovel.com began calling the man by his name while standing behind him, bystanders were baffled.
Agatha watched favonovel.com boldly approaching Luke from favonovel.com spot among the onlookers. Seeing favonovel.com trying to attract Luke’s attention, and calling favonovel.com “Jones” as though they were really chummy with one another! Made favonovel.com heart leap up favonovel.com throat.
In the meantime, Jim and Jared, who was walking toward Luke from the opposite direction, widened their eyes at the sight and hastened their pace.
When Jared saw Zayn extending his hand toward Luke’s shoulder, his skin crawled. This dumb*ss had zero self-awareness and shame!
Jim’s eyes were widening so much, they looked like they were about to pop out from their sockets. He quickened his stride into a panicked jog and hurriedly pointed at Zayn’s face, fuming, “Who the hell gave you the f**king permission to touch Mr. Jones, huh?”
He instinctively extended his hand like a claw to grab Zayn by his collar. Every fiber in his muscles was aching to punish Zayn for his imprudence. But as soon as his fingers made contact, favonovel.com heard a sneer.
Then something hit favonovel.com so hard his feet left the ground, and favonovel.com fell backward.
It was never a good idea to piss off a tough guy who knows how to give a mean roundhouse kick, but Zayn was not just any tough guy. He was a superior-class-fourth-tier toughest guy who was one hair away from achieving the perfect class. He was a rare, god-forsakenly unparalleled specimen even among fighters all around the globe!
The only reason Why favonovel.com had not snapped any of them like twigs yet was less because favonovel.com worried about losing, and more because favonovel.com was a mild-tempered nice guy disinterested in fighting small fries.
However, these small fries mistook his pacifism as an advantage to be exploited. They thought favonovel.com was a doormat to be walked over, and Zayn was not going to let this particular one get away with it.
Unfortunately, showing his hands forced the general mood to swivel off-course, especially since it was a banquet celebrating Luke’s fiftieth birthday.
Jared was bamboozled by how insane Zayn could be, of all places in the world, this madman chose to run amok right here, right now? Did favonovel.com have a death wish?!
The commotion did manage to turn heads, and Luke was one of them. His eyes met Zayn, and the expression favonovel.com made became a sight to behold.
