"Why is your Madam not here yet? It's been over a half hour."
Dick after having a "talk" with Sandra, could not wait any longer to fix this deal at the mall. So he could start controlling Sandra with it.
Her every action should be monitored, He had to find out about the man she was seeing and end him once and for all.
It's just that the legendary Madam he was waiting for is yet to come, making him feel disrespected by making him wait for this long.*Gulp*
Roger too was becoming anxious, This is free money, This stupid my come here ready to be slaughtered, Paying nearly double the price for losing business, He can't let this go.
The commission of this deal is in the millions for him, So he is worried about Madam Gayler not coming here soon.
"Ohh, So Mr. Dick's time is more important than mine? I am so sorry to waste your time, If you want as a punishment we can discard this deal. What do you think Mr. Dick, Do you like this apology of mine?"
Suddenly sarcastic words were heard by two of them. They quickly turn around just to see a mature beauty walking towards them.
For a moment Dick's heart skipped a beat. He knew that Madam Gayler though is a widowed mother but is quite a charming woman but he never expected to be this charming and seductive.
There was raw passion radiating from her body, Her every action was seductive, Even if she was simply walking her wide waist shaking side by side showing her vastness.
'*Gulp* How can this woman be this beautiful? She is even more-... No, she is not, Sandra is just too different and special, I can't compare this woman to Sandra.'
Dick was lost in thoughts, Which was reasonable as right now Isabella's charm is enhanced by the Netori halo of Alex, Currently, Isabella though being a widow, mother and woman still becomes a prime candidate for pursue by other men.
But ML's nature quickly comes in as Dick starts to become attracted to Isabella, The attractiveness he had to Isabella just vanished out of thin air and increased his obsessiveness for Sandra.
Still, Dick was speechless, He never thought that he will be tongue-tied by the beauty of a woman, This was impossible before but now it was happening.
"*Ahem* I am really sorry Madam Gayler, Please don't mind my words, See me as a junior and forgive me."
Dick was finally able to snap out of his trance and spoke to Isabella standing in front of him. He thought taken aback for a second there but now he wants more than ever to buy this mall.
His domineering ML side is leaking into his own, Now he is ready to pay whatever price he needs to get this mall, and His OCD of control is getting out of control.
"Well you are a junior, So I will give you an offer, 50 Billion UC and this mall is yours. Did we have a deal?"
Isabella did not mind his rudeness. Rather she was glad he was rude to her, After all, It will look bad slapping a smiling face. Now she can increase the price how high she wants without worrying at all.
Don't judge her though, She is a pure businesswoman right now, Seeing her self-interest first is the first step to being successful in the business.
She had her own network of information, So she knew why he wanted to buy the mall. Before she might be confused about it and just sell the mall thinking he was doing it on a fluke but not now.
After being with Alex, She knew how much love can push someone to do crazy things, So seeing an opportunity, She strikes it down to learn 10 billion UC extra.
"Wait?! The deal was about 40 Billion, We both know this place is a sinking boat, And only worth 25 Billion, So why now increase the price? Are you not afraid that I backed out from the deal?"
Dick was taken aback, He was already not in his right mind when talking to her now her saying this threw him off guard making him break an unspoken rule of saying too much.
In the deal the less you say the more likely you will strike a good deal but he broke that golden rule, So he by default goes on being a weak party in this deal, He too realised it but it's now too late to regret now.
"I am so sorry, Mr. Dick. You are right, this is a sinking ship. Each year it will lose its value. As a senior in the business, I can't scam my junior like this, So the deal is off. Tell your mother I asked about her."
Isabella doubles down on the Dicks claim as this mall is a sinking ship, She was not afraid to admit it as she knows profit was not the thing Dick was after, It was something else.
If before Dick just said a simple price like a 20-25 Billion UC, Isabella did not waste time with him and just sold the mall to him but he in arrogance offered 40 Billion, Which showed her and how much important this thing is to him and how far she can push his bottom line.
This is normally not supposed to happen, Normally Roger could not see the opportunity to earn more and just sell the mall to Dick for huge profits but thanks to Alex's interference, Things changed.
A woman who knew how to do business was put in front of ML, Who was just wetted his foot in this field, So of course she was easily able to exploit his weakness of his.
".....We can discuss about it."
Dick clenched his fists as he spoke in a weakened voice, The things he feared to happen, He should have given a low price to Roger but at that moment he wanted to prove to that gigolo and show his power to Sandra.
So he said the sky-high price for this broken mall. He knew there is no profit here, Heck he will be suffering losses if he buys this place even at the official price of 25 billion UC, But he was able to afford that loss, It was worth it.
Paying 15 Billion UC extra, So he can torture Sandra every day? That sounded like a deal but now the situation is different.
He could just pay 10 Billion UC extra but he knew this is not the end of This lion oping her mouth It just begging, If he agreed then he will sink into the rabbit hole.
So he wanted to discuss, Creating an illusion of a bottom line in front of them so she will hesitate to do something drastic. He hoped she would fall for this tick or he was to bleed quite a lot today.
He could not change his plan of buying this mall, He was sure of it. He has to do 24-hour constant monitoring of Sandra, So he is at least trying to save his losses.
"No!? Do you not want it? Why would you? After all, as you said this business is a sinking ship, I have to suffer losses in the millions just to keep this place running. Okay boy once again say hi to your mother, Have a nice day."
Unfortunately for Dick, Isabella is a veteran in this business field, She knew all tricks and such. Plus she already knew this was not the extent of Dick, In love, people lose their bottom line.
If she can she can even push him a little to spend 1-4 Billion UC extra If she played her cards right, But she decided not to as his mother is her old friend.
It's okay to practically scam him for 25 Billion UC but she can't do too much, She had to give his mother some face.
So Isabella just said it and turned around to leave.
"Wait!!! 50 Billion, I will pay 50 Billion UC not more than that, Do we have a deal?"
Dick panicked, He had to buy this mall, His whole being telling him that this is a way that he can conquer Sandra's body and mind, So seeing this opportunity slipping away, He was desperate to grab it.
He called out to Isabella, Who stopped walking with a smug smile on her lips, Then she quickly made her face friendly and turned around.
She made a profit of 25 Billion today. Not much but it's the first step towards being worthy enough for Alex. She was thinking about bringing him on a date at some expensive place, Totally forgetting about Nathan's matter.
Dick was relaxed seeing her stopping, He gave her the bottom line, So she will not do too much, Now he just wanted to complete this deal as soon as possible and make Sandra pay for his trouble.
Don't be surprised by his nature towards Sandra, Most ML related to this genre is like this in the initial stage, Even with forceful sexual reaction is not off the table, So this is a pretty common thing for ML.
"Madam Gaylee, Do we have a deal?"
Dick once again said stretching his hand towards Isabella to finalise this deal once and for all.
"Ohh, We do- "
"I want to buy this mall for 60 Billion UC."
Isabella though not going to shake his hand was ready to verbally agree to this deal but suddenly a voice came making her halt her action.
60 Billion!!!
Everyone present in the store was shocked by this announcement, Isabella too had a rare expression of surprise on her face.
She can understand why Dick was doing this and was ready to pay that much useless amount for this mall but she could not fathom why anyone else in their sane mind wanted to buy this place at this sky-high price.
For a moment she even questioned herself about, If there is a thing she did not know about this mall? Maybe below this might be oil deposits or something for them to bid this much price.
But drop that idea considering no one comes to her to give her freedom, So there is definitely no oil below this mall, Still, it is very suspicious that two people bidding this much price for this mall.
So she turned around to look at the speaker, But as she saw the person her heart skip a beat, A wide loving smile appeared on her face just to be faded away as she saw that person was standing with a beautiful woman with unreasonably big breasts.
For a moment her emotion fell in the chaos. There was too much going through her mind, So she black out for a second.
"Gigolo, Did you even know how many zeros there are in 60 billion UC? Stop joking around, This is not a place for someone like you."
Dick also in surprise and anger, turned around to see, Who dared to bid against him, Just to make his blood boil in anger as he saw Alex standing there with Liza, Laying his body towards the shoulders because of their height difference.
Seeing this, He could not hold back his anger. He was already anxious about Isabella increasing the price and now with the variable of Alex, There is a high chance she might use this excuse to do just that.
So, He spoke rudely, Trying to show the real worth of Alex. That way Isabella will not take Alex seriously.
Dick didn't know that if Isabella was not blanked out right now, He will bet his ass, He will be thrown out of this mall before he realises what happened.
"You are right, I don't know how many zeros are behind billions but that is because I don't care. Money is just a number not to take this seriously like you poor people, Aren't I right darling?"
Alex's voice was a little high-pitched, Which was normally annoying for people to use but when it came to him, It did not sound annoying but just different but perfect.
He looked straight into Dick's eyes as uttered these shameless words, He was perfectly acting like the sugar boy of Liza as he
Right now, He hugged Liza's shoulder sideways and planted a kiss on her cheeks before he asked her.
"huh ho, Hum..."
Liza did not know what just happened. It happened too quickly, But she felt it. That soft warm touch on her cheeks. There was still a residue of warmth remaining there. Her mind did not know how to react to these stimuli.
So she is like a chicken just nodding to him without knowing what he said before.
Just moments ago, They were standing in the corner trying to choose an expansion storage drive for him but the next moment, He said Xiao Bai and Grace to stay there while dragging her here by her wrist.
She did not even get to know what he was trying to do, But now she doesn't care. That kiss is an answer to all questions and reasons to do whatever she wants to do.
"A big word for someone like you, So how much money can this short woman have? She looks malnourished herself."
Dick was disgusted by the actions of Alex. How can a man act like this in front of a woman? It's a disgrace to the whole of manhood, and their struggle to be empowerment.
He never liked men like this who sell their bodies for some profit, So Alex doing this just took his disgust to the next level, Second to the level of disgust and hate he had toward the man who was railing his wife some time ago.
"Huh? Did your eyes not work right? From which angle she looks malnourished buddy, It's just that most of her nourishment is concentrated on certain places."
Alex can agree on many things but Liza being malnourished is not one of them. How does one look at her and say an atrocious thing like that?
He felt it was his duty to correct Dick as he did. By the way, don't feel weird out of Alex talking about the boobs of his woman with Dick.
It's normal here man to share things like that, Also Dick is pretty much neutered by his ML halo, So it's like talking about this thing with Eunuch.
"Huh? Well, you do deserve to be with a short girl, Now go away, This is not your place."
Dick was tongue-tied, There was no counter in his mind against the argument of Alex, So he just wanted this man to go away right now.
Though he still did not see Alex as any threat to him but just a simple possibility of variables and making him paranoid, He decided after dealing with that damned man, He will deal with Alex.
"You are right, But this is also not your place to say, Madam Gayler, We want to buy this mall at 60 billion in cash right now, Do we have a deal?"
Well, Alex stopped messing with Dick. He was not a fan of arguing with Dick but he did it to stall the time. That way Isabella being a smart woman understands his intention and did not ruin this plan.
Now that he gave her enough time to react to the situation, Isabella might get a hunch about what he wanted to do, So he passed the topic back to her as he wanted to move things forward.
He wanted face-slap Dick so tight that he would remember the rest of his life.
"....So you two are...Brothers and sisters?"
Isabella does come back to her senses a little while ago but she still does not dare to talk to Alex fearing he is mad at her, So her doing that will just provoke his anger.
But now that he talked to her, She wanted to say something to him about how sorry she was for her son's behaviour. It's just that this is what she wanted to ask but when he spoke it came out a totally different thing.
"Aunty, Which brother and sister do you know to act this intimate with one another? We obviously are lovvv....rrr Friends, We are very close old friends. They share and care for one another."
Liza is too back online, Just to hear this mature woman in front of her asking about if Alex and she were brother and sister.
She hated that idea, If Alex was her brother then is there any chance for her to ever be together with him? Even Alex might gross out by that Idea, So she quickly disputed that point.
She directly wanted to say that they are lovers but she had yet to ask him out. Her saying this might just scare him away from her, So mid-way lover turns into a friend.
She thought she was smooth and handled this with ease. Well, sometimes women can be delusional.
'Ohh, I know one who is wayy too intimate than this.'
Isabella thoughts in her mind remembering how Alex and Amara are "loving" each other, But right now she finds another concerning matter at hand.
"A-Aunty!? I am not Aunty, I want to be referred to as a Madam or Miss Kiddo."
Isabella's face turned red in shame the moment she heard Liza calling her Aunty. She had even forgotten about the 50 billion UC business she had to deal with Dick. This is more important than that.
After all, How can she allow someone to disrespect her? Not only this woman disrespected her but she is definitely her rival in love, Plus she did it in front of Alex.
She can't allow that, So she countered Liza by giving her, Her own medicine.
"Kiddo? This kiddo is bigger than 3 people of your size combined."
Liza is not easy to back down like a woman, So when she feels the hostility from Isabella in her words, She also fires back with too much firepower.
Women here are most insecure about their breast size, Where she had the biggest advantage, So her move is hitting below the neck.
Isabella is obviously affected by her words, Before she used to think she was above average for a woman, But now she feels very insecure.
'Relax Isabella, It's not about the size but how you use it.'
Isabella could only comfort herself by telling herself this as she looked at Liza ready to argue even more.
"Two of you stop it, Madam Miller, I offered 60 Billion for this mall, This man here offered 50 Billion, So the choice is yours who do you want to sell this mall to."
Alex had to interfere in this catfight, If he did not know how long this woman can argue, Now he just has to wait for the replay of Isabella hoping she gets his point.
"Wait!? We already agreed on the deal, This is the word given to me by Madam Miller."
Before Isabella or Liza could answer Wlex, Dick stepped in to stop things from escalating further, He was 90 percent sure that Alex was just messing around trying to exact revenge for his insult.
No woman will spend that much money for a giggle like him. God knows how many women he slept with before? At best he is a good-looking piece of meat, Which can be used but not brought.
So he was not afraid of losing this deal against Alex, He was more concerned about the price increase, Which Isabella certainly did seeing an opportunity.
That's why he spoke in a hurry, Reminding her that she did give him a word for a deal.
"Since when have I given you my word? We were still discussing the deal, remember? You gave me an ultimatum, Which I have yet to announce my decision upon."
Isabella does not allow Dick to play with words and just ruthlessly destroys the argument Dick trying to create to prevent her from changing her mind.
Which is too late. The moment Alex mentioned taking this mall, This mall was his. If this can even decrease his anger a little, She was ready to give it to him in the hope of his forgiveness.
So not to mention she did not give her word, Even if she did, She did not bait eyes to go back from her words to give this place to Alex.
"Yeah, You hear that poor boy? The deal is done yet, My darling you will pay for this mall in full, right?"
Alex had to intervene fearing Isabella said too much in emotion pouring cold water all over his plan.
He stopped her speaking as he shifted the topic towards Dick, He stuck Liza closer to his body till her big weapons squeezed by his body, As he looked at Dick provokingly, Acting as a bitch character in the novel, Who others can't wait to get face slapped.
He pointed his slender finger at Dick and laughed at the high pitch but sadly it did not have the expected effect as his charm and Halo Of Perfection just make it unique and special, So he was only able to attract Dicks hate not anyone else.
This is sad as he at least one time wanted to experience what it feels like to be the protagonist, Who first gets taunted and then able to slap others in the face.
But pity, He is too smart and handsome for that to happen to him.
"Yes, I will pay, It's just 60 Billion, I have around 100 in this card, So you can rest assured, We will get this mall today."
Liza was lost in her paradise. She never thought it would be this easy to get close to Alex, One of her biggest advantages is her huge supply of money. She had lots of it and did not know where to spend it.
If she knew this before that, to get close to Alex, She just needed to bring him to a mall, Which has a game store. She brought all the malls in the capital just for him.
Sadly, she did not know this before but it is still not too late. Now that she knows she has a chance to win his heart and get him away from an unloving person like Alia.
Not that she decided it, She just reached into her purse and pulled out a bunch of cards, In which she randomly picked one and showed it to Isabella wanting to have it over to finalise the deal before putting others back.
Isabella did not reach out to take the card, Not only because she will never allow her love rival to buy something from her, Which love of her life wanted? That literally will be greening herself.
But also because her eyes landed on a shiny mat of black card, Which did not have any printing on it other than the name of a person and some important details.
Other than that there was just a golden symbol of the sword and shield on the right-top corner of the card, Which seems it was engraved with an actual gold seeing how luxurious its looks.
Isabella could not be any more unfamiliar with that card or a logo, Her family also has this card but it's a treasure of her family, Always kept safe in the treasury and can only be used on when it's a matter of life and death of family.
Why you may ask? Simple, As any supernatural here is also a bank that has and represents immense power and status for their customers.
This bank's name is Sword and Shield, Yeah very generic name without any creativity but that is for a reason.
After all this bank is opened by the same psychopath-crazy scientists, Who created body strengthening serum, Those people do not give a shit about the name they were all about what product they make, And they do make some busted products.
Like this bank, Although it might not be their intention but logo of the bank now represents protection and power, Which these banks give to their customers.
If you want to buy anything warrior-related things, Such as medicines, weapons and such, You need to be a simple customer of this bank, As your level increases additional perks of it are also open to them.
First of all is of course protection, If you have their top-level card then other than A-Rank and S-Rank, No one else can kill the user, Or if you pay the price, They could also not harm you, Which is even applicable to A-Rank warriors.
That was the shield part, Sword part as anyone can guess, Can heir bank's special mercenary to put a bounty on the person you want dead, If you have enough leverage you can even get an S-Rank, But that's yet to be proven.
Other than that, The exclusivity only to this card, priority on auctions and discount on things are normal, Only thing is that you need to be invited to get this black card by the organisation behind the bank.
The qualification you need is not known, No matter how much money the other party is, It's not guaranteed that they will receive this card, So it's a matter of chance to get it.
That's why it is a treasured possession of any big family who has it in Berlin city, But what did she just do now?
The mighty card in her eyes, Which she store as a most precious thing in her possession, is now treated as an ordinary card by the woman in front of her.
The threat level of Liza, Which was not so high because of her short stature, Now risen tremendously, Men do prefer little tall women but they always want mighty rich and successful women.
She knows Alex is also from a rich family, Mad Amara being an S-Rank in his family, Should mean they definitely have this black card. After all even those psychopaths could not ignore the status S-Rank represents.
But that was an even more scary thing for Isabella, This means this woman and Alex have similar status backgrounds, Didn't that make them perfect for each other?
She had no problem if Liza, Also join in the group of ladies of Alex but the problem is a fear of her taking him away and not allowing Isabella to accept Liza as she kinda did with Amara.
"No thanks, If he wants, I can jus- "
"Madam Gayler, This is 10 billion more than what this man is offering, So why hesitate? The choice is obvious, Just sell it to us."
Isabella is ready to deny Liza and just hand over this mall to Alex. She will not allow Liza to get plus points in Alex's eyes, not when it was at the expense of losing her value in Alex's eyes.
But before she did that, Alex had to once again interfere by cutting her mid-sentence diverting the topic back on the line and preventing any mishaps.
Isabella here feels like crying. Each time Alex called her Madam Gayler it's like someone stabbing her in the chest. It's painful to hear.
She wanted to argue, ask him aloud, Why he was so angry at her? What did she do? All it is by her son, She did nothing.
But stopped herself, She can't blame him. She knew Nathan's attitude toward Alex, it was her duty to correct that, Which she failed to do, So she is solely responsible for the consequences of it.
It's just now she kinda hates the wayward behaviour of Nathan, She decided to teach him thoroughly on how a man should act in society but before that, She wanted him to apology Alex for the discomfort he caused him.
"70 Billion, I will pay 70 Billion UC, Sell it to me now."
Dick who was practically ignored by all other than Alex decided to speak as he saw a card in Liza's hand.
He was not paying attention to Liza When she pulled out her cards, So he did not see a Black card of her and even if he did, He could not able to know what meaning that card holds.
He does not become the head of the family yet, So this core secrete is yet to learn by him, If it was his mother here then that will be a different story.
Right now all he saw was that Liaz like an idiot in his eyes was ready to pay that huge amount for no good man, He finally panicked and bid 70 Billion, 20 Billion more than what he made his bottom line.
This is how Ml reacts. They can do anything to get what they want, Which is quite an easy thing to exploit.
"80 Billion."
Alex did not hesitate as he increased the price and made clear that he too wanted this mall badly, So ML like a good boy fall into his trap, Gears in his mind were running as he waited to see how Dick will react.
"9-90 Billion, I bid 90 Billion UC for this mall."
Dick was taken aback hearing the amount spoken by Alex, No one can be this crazy to spend this much amount of money on a losing business, But Alex did.
This pissed him so much that, The rational part of Dick's brain stopped working. Now all he wants is to win the deal no matter what. He was ready to go by any means necessary just to get this mall.
He was not thinking about the pros and cons, All he was thinking about was how he would make Sandra pay later for the trouble he was having here.
"100, Billion UC, This is my final bid, There is only that much money in my card."
Just as Dick spoke 90 Billion without a delay he spoke and increased a bid by 10 billion more but just to be safe he also said making it look like by mistake in arrogance that he only has this much.
After all, He can't stretch him too much. God forbid if this man's brain comes online, He will lose the opportunity to face-slap him.
"110 Billion, Buddy, Is a mere 100 Billion is your limit? What a poor guy, Don't show off in front of me if you don't have money for it."
Dick heard Alex's words and was excited that he did not have any more money, So he in the excitement offered his own obviously stupid deal, And taunted Alex.
'Is he that stupid? His IQ is more than mine though.'
Alex wanted facepalm here hearing the offer of Dick, He clearly heard him saying he did not have more than 100 Billion but Dick still other than just paying an extra million to win the deal spoke in flow and offered an extra 10 billion.
"Th-That- We don't have money on us right now, That's why you get this deal but don't think as you win, I will be back , That time more prepared."
"But I do- "
"Let's go, Darling, Buy me something else."
Alex acted arrogant, Said the classic line of any low-grade villain and dragged Liza back, Who wanted to say she does have more money, But he did not give her a chance to do it.
Before leaving though he sneakily looked at Isabella, Who had now gotten a rough idea of what he was trying to do until now.
"So Mr Dick, You sign here and pay in full, So this mall can come under you till the end of the day."
When Alex was gone, Roger quickly handed over just changed documents in Isabella's hand, Which she handed over to Dick giving him a pen to sign and make this deal official.
Even Isabella was shocked by how stupid Dick is. Before she used to think this guy has the potential to stand and fight with her in the business field but now she changed her mind.
It does not matter how talented Dick is, If he can't control his emotions to maintain his sanity, He is nothing but a liability, A 110 Billion UC costing liability for the Wilson family.
"Okay, All cash will be wired to you in 3 batches of 2 50 Billion and 1 10 Billion till the end of the day."
Dick still has not regained his sanity, He even now thinks he wins as he defeated Alex and won this deal, So he just took a pen from Isabella and signed the documents without reading at all, He just checked the price before he signed.
Which is a taboo in the field. A big amount of a deal like this should need accountants and lawyers present at the place to consult, But Dick in his confidence came here just to flex his money and power in front of Sandra.
So he did not bring anyone with him, And now made this horrendous stupid deal.
"I trust the words of Mr Dick, It's nice to do business with you but now I have to go, Roger should handle your any query and needs you might have, Goodbye."
Isabella was happy that she earned this much money for this liability of hers, This mall was giving headaches for her quite some time, She was even ready to sell at the loss to cut ties with this field.
She never thought that not only was she able to get more than the market price for this but also earn more than 3 times of profit.
She wanted to share this with the man who made this possible and hand it over the money rightfully his in her eyes.
So she did not waste any time. After seeing Dick sign the papers, Which means this deal is not fixed, and He can't go back, She decides to leave in the direction Alex left.
She did not even wait for Dick to Reply back, She rushed out of the store.
"Don't mind out Madam, Mr Dick, As you can understand her schedule is very busy."
Roger said to Dick as he saw the frown on Dick's safe, Obviously not liking the way Isabella left him there just like that.
"It's fine, I know a woman like her should be busy. Let's finish this. Tell me on which account I should deposit the money."
Dick was dissatisfied because of Isabella's action, Not because she did not show him respect but because she did not give him any special attention.
From childhood to now, There was not even one woman who did not try to court him. Women saw him almost turn into a dog and start wagging their tails around him, Which he always used to be disgusted by.
The reason he becomes interested in Sandra is because she did not react like that. She is the first woman who did not give any attention to him, And pretty much ignored his presence.
And now there is a second woman, He never knew he would be ignored by any other woman other than Sandra.
He did not know why he was feeling this but he felt he just lost something, The charm he was so proud of became useless against Isabella, He did not want to have any relationship with her.
No, He was sure he only wants torture Sandra and no one else but that did not mean he can be ignored by other women, His pride did not allow that to happen, He did not get why since meeting that gigolo things are going south?
He did not think Alex had any hand in this but simply wanted someone to blame and Alex was a good target to bully in his eyes.
"Mr Dick, You can just send 100 Billion to the official company account, While the other 10 Billion in Madam Isabella's account, So you will officially get full control of this mall at the end of the day."
Roger though still thinks Dick was angry did not bother to cater to him, The thing he wanted to happen, Now he cares less about what Dick thinks or feels.
He just wants to guide him in the simple process of sending money to their official account before he can go to the accountant to receive a commission for this deal.
"Okay, I will send it now, Just process it fast."
Dick pulls out her official smartphone as he sends money to said accounts. He did not need to get their account numbers as each famous big company and family account details are saved in that smartphone.
After doing that, He sat on the sofa near the store trying to search for Sandra but could not find her, So he gave up thinking she should be busy doing work.
....
Isabella rushed after Alex in a hurry. She was both fearful and excited to meet with him, She at first was angry with him hanging out with other women while ignoring her calls and texts.
But after she saw him with Liza, That anger was gone, replaced with a fear, Fear of losing him to that woman.
So she was in a hurry. She just wanted to know where he went. Her mind was going through things where he could be, It was not that long since he left, Which means he should not have gone too far.
"Ahh!! Who- Mumm"
"Sheesh!!~ It's me."
As she looked around searching for that figure, someone suddenly grabbed her hand and dragged her into the empty store. As there are many empty stores, She was not lying when she said this mall is going out of business.
Isabella pushed onto the wall, While her mouth was blocked by a soft but wide hand, She wanted to resist, counterattack using her B-Rank warrior strength but stopped dead in her tracks, All her power was gone in an instant.
She saw the face of a man, She was searching for this desperately, Standing in front of her with his beauty.
She even had an illusion that he would become even more beautiful, A proper perfect art made by the almighty himself, But she rejected that idea, After all, how can an already perfect thing be perfect anymore?
"You Madam Gayler, I have a complaint. Your son is giving me quite trouble today, So as his mother, How are you going to compensate me for my physical and mental trauma?"
Alex slowly let go of his hand on her mouth as he reached near her ear and whispered into her ear, His warm lips grazed on her pink earlobe.
*Shiver*
His warm hot breath hit her body making her shudder, Isabella's leg became soft as her body started to become hot, As a blush spared over her face.
"*Gulp* What do you want me to do?"
Isabella gulped as she tremblingly asked him with desire and expectation in her voice.
"Ohh, Nothing big of a deal, It's simple, easy to do, That thing you might have already done it before."
Alex picked up a loose hair sticking on her face and spoke to her while putting it back behind her ears.
Isabella burning in desire and ecstasy, His simple touch was inflaming the fire of lust inside her.
It's a weird thing, She was never this horney nor was she that much interested in sex before( but since morning, She could not forget about it, It's always there back in her mind hoping to run into him and experience that tsunami of pleasure once again.
And now it seems like it was going to happen, Both of them alone in this abandoned store without any surveillance, The position there is also nothing but ideal for the deed.
There is also a known fact about Alex's strong libido. After all, she knew that nothing comes for free in this world.
So she and the other woman made up their mind that this horny Alex is a by-product of him possessing SS-Rank superpower.
Thanks to Peach-Blossom's eyes, They also brain-feed themselves to give reasons behind that his skill is fire related. Women mostly have cold physiques, So that's why they can't control themselves.
This also solves their inferiority complex as this explains why Alex chooses Alia, Though they don't know she also has an SS-Rank superpower but her having ice-related superpower is well known in hidden society.
"T-Tell me, I-I can d-do it."
Isabella's voice cracked as she struggled to make up her words, She was waiting, waiting for that addictive storm of pleasure and lust to ransack her, She could not wait to experience that once again.
She could feel Alex coming close to her, His naughty hands once again upto no good, Which made her newly bought panties soiled by her own juices.
"Okay, So go to that game store and use your right as a mall owner to force you to fire two of their employees."
Alex suddenly let her go and created some distance between them as he said to her in the most calmest innocent voice of his as if it was not him, Who was using her mounds as a stress ball before.
Isabella reasonably was confused and annoyed by his action, She did not know after doing all that why did he stop?
She felt like a pot of boiling water, Which was intended to be used to cook pasta but left as it is because there was a change in plans.
It's a worse feeling. She got a Blue Vulva from him.
"W-Why?!!"
She could not help but to ask him, She did not even hear what he said before, All her kind was occupied by thinking about why he did not go with it.
Did he really get angry with her, That was not acting before? Is he not seeing her as beautiful or as attractive anymore? Or is that just a time thing they did in his room? There was now even a doubt that he slept with her just to sleep with his sister.
She knew these were baseless accusations. She was just overthinking about it but she could not help it. She was feeling very insecure about her looks and charms. She might burst out crying if not for her strong will, Which held back the tears in her gem-like eyes.
"What why? Your son said that he will kill me and that he and I are mortal enemies. Even though I saved his life from the S-Rank, I don't want to be the reason that spoils the pure relationship between mother and her son.
So we should walk our separate ways because this is the best thing for both of us, If we are together I am not sure I can manage it next time Nathan tried to mess with S-Rank Warrior, There is also a chance of my sister stepping in I if he tried to kill me, Again I could not stop my enraged sister.
If we are not together there will be no bad blood between us. When I see Nathan I can just ignore him and walk a different way, So this is the only way, Isabella.
I like you this is why I don't want to put you in a position where you have to choose one of us, So just forget about me, I too try to forget about you as a sweet memory."
Alex first hesitated showing unwillingness on his face before replacing it with a firm look as he looked at Isabella and said it with pain in his eyes.
He too looks like he might cry but holds back his tears pretending to put up a strong front but on his mind, he had an evil smirk.
From the beginning he was preparing for a counter against the protagonists. He looks like running around like a headless chicken but that was not the case at all. His most toxic trait is that his mind will never stop thinking at all.
So all this time he was running here which seems like he was doing it without an end goal, He was cooking perfect plan in his head, He could not be like a villain in the novels to attack the protagonist with half ass plan because he was not sure if he can handle when their luck kick in to save them.
That's why he was laying low doing what seems like a meaningless thing but each action of his had a clear idea of what he wanted to do.
Now there are only a few pieces that need to be put in place, So he can be sure that at least one of his headaches can put him in eternal sleep. Now the only question was which one's luck was stronger than the other to survive what he had in mind for them.
".....W-We can work things out, You don't Nathan as o do, He will definitely understand me, us. Just give us a chance, I am sure I can resolve his misunderstanding about you, He just needs a little time, Please give me a chance."
Isabella was panicked hearing Alex's words, She was here thinking about how to ease his anger but she never thought he was not angry at all, It was worse, He wanted to end their just-born relationship.
For the first time in her life, Isabella felt that her son was quite annoying. If he just acts like a normal high-class man, This never have happened.
Now that she was second-guessing about if he was the right candidate for being head of the family or as said by her daughter he is unworthy to lead a family like theirs, After all, the head of a family should always control their emotions all the time.
Nathan is not like a cool-headed person, He is very easy to provoke, So Isabella was not sure if she was making a mistake by pushing her daughter down for her son.
But that was a concern of later. Right now she was in full panic mode, All her mind was thinking about how to salvage this, How she can stop Alex from leaving her, and Going away from her forever.
She tried to think of anything she can use or say to just make him stay or at least give her a chance, One chance is enough, She was sure that Nathan will forget the enmity in his mind for Alex once he found out she and Alex are together.
After all, He was asking her many times before about her plans of finding a man for herself. If he knew she found one, He will. Nothing but happiness.
So all she wanted was a chance to show Alex a good side of Nathan, So he would not feel bad or afraid of breaking their mother-son relationship at all.
'This White Lotus heart is a problem.'
Alex did not respond to her but thought about it, He was of course wary of Isabella's white lotus heart as he did not know how she would react when he would go full-on offence on Nathan.
Even ignoring the fact that she is his woman now and part of his harem, He is still going to have a hard time winning against her, As her heroine halo and lick is still intact and not affected by his actions at all.
This is also a reason why he was going slow and making sure his women were in control. As one wrong step and that will be game over for him, Heroine will not kill or harm him but they will leave an opening that can be exploited by the protagonists.
"Okay, I give you a chance, Say to your son that you found a man, Don't say my name yet, We have to go slowly, If we want to save this hopeless situation, But for now use your still power as an owner of this mall to force game store fire two of their employees."
Alex decided it was still not time yet to turn Isabella against Nathan, There was still affection in her heart for him, Which is reasonable, So he decided to destroy that first.
It sounds wrong or even cruel to do this but who made him a villain? He might not go around killing a bunch of innocents but he does worse than that, He attacks their minds.
"Okay, Say the names and I will make sure they are fired right at this moment."
Isabella was ecstatic hearing he had given her a chance not knowing the true reaction of what would happen if she told her son Nathan to have a boyfriend at all.
So in joy, she asked him, A very bright smile like a moon after coming out from clouds was adoring her lips. For a moment Alex felt bad for letting her go through but he said it was for the greater good and stopped thinking about it.
"Sandra and her supervisor."
Alex said the name of the people he wanted her to fire but Isabella's eyes became wide open in surprise as she stared at Alex in horror.