My beautiful boss

Chapter 123 Dog Eats Dog

"So, those bandits have been defeated. Thanks to me, of course. What do I get? Something shiny, I hope," Peter let out a grin as he walked towards Amelia. Amelia scoffed and rolled her eyes.

"Don't be an idiot." Peter laughed at her remark, only to be met with a side-eye glare. Pointing to those fierce men, Amelia asked,"Why were they after you?"

She asked quietly, more so to herself, as she began to really look at Peter. He never failed to surprise her, especially when it came to his physical strength.

Even though he had been ganged up, he was able to swiftly and bravely deal with the bandits by himself. She couldn't fathom it.

He used Tim to lure the bandits ahead of them, and that was when he snuck on them from behind, sliding the rifle strap loose and away from them, before ultimately using the same rifle to strike them on the back of their necks.

'It's not as easy as it sounds, ' Amelia thought to herself, as she tried to imagine how the attack would happen if she were in his place.

It wasn't possible, not in the slightest, to attack in that way without having Peter's brute strength and confidence in his skills.

The greatest thing about his attack was his calculated moves. They were efficient, yet heavy and strong.

Anyone without Peter's skills never would have defeated the fierce men. Anyone who wasn't Peter at this exact moment would have infuriated those men more.

'Just who the hell is this guy?

What's a man of this power doing in a place like Golden City?' she thought to herself.

Peter sprang up beside her, breaking away from her inner monologue. "Madam, you misunderstand. I'm nothing but a passerby," he explained,"I just chanced upon watching those idiots kill someone, so they tried to kill me too.

Some of them were Wolf King's men, and some of them were Diego's. You know Diego, right? He is Golden City's neighborhood Swiper." Peter tried to find the words to explain better. "Listen. I don't hurt people for no reason. You need to understand, I was the one they were attacking!"

Amelia scoffed,"Oh shut up. Don't play dumb with me. I saw you save Amaris the other day.

Such a romantic you are, having the balls to meddle with Wolf King just to please a woman. Is that because you're young and frivolous, or because you're mentally ill?"

Amelia's words struck sharp, and she looked at Peter with disdain.

'For your libido, ' Amelia thought to herself, 'you'd actually be willing enough to risk your life, '

"You really, really misunderstand, madam!" Peter began to defend himself. "What happened yesterday was just a coincidence. I only got involved, really. Amaris hijacked the taxi I was riding in. That was how I got involved!

It's not my fault. I'm unlucky. Bad things happen to me, all the damn time." But Peter knew he couldn't keep hiding everything. He knew Amelia wasn't going to have any of it. After all, she was nothing like Cassie. Poor, foolish, Cassie.

Peter didn't wait for her to say anything. "Are you jealous? If you are, you don't have to be. I swear to you. There's nothing between Amaris and me."

"You're so pious! I don't want to hear it. Let's go. We have to report this to the police," Amelia grunted and turned.

She tilted her head, remembering an afterthought. "Oh, right. I heard you trampled Gregorio. Was that true?"

"Gregorio?" Peter was stunned. "You know about Gregorio too? I'm under the impression that you're stalking me now," he smirked.

His teasing fell on deaf ears. He continued,"Are you friends with him? Because if you are, I wouldn't mind taking a little detour to meet him next time," Peter said calmly, trying extremely hard to hide his shock.

He had only trampled Gregorio that noon, thinking it was impossible for her to know about it so soon.

'How'd they even know each other?' he asked himself. Amelia was mysterious and secretive. How could Gregorio have attracted her attention? What was so damn special about Gregorio that he was enough to be mentioned by Amelia? Peter realized that he should be more cautious in the future. Just in case.

'Enemies everywhere. Great.'

"Am I friends with him?" Amelia quipped, breaking Peter out of his daydream. Amelia sneered at him. "You couldn't possibly imagine what Gregorio and I have been through. I was just about to tell you that you might have trampled him too lightly. Next time, you should cripple him and throw him out the Golden City!"

He was left speechless, mouth open. Amelia shook her head at him, and proceeded to walk toward the police station. Peter followed.

When they returned, it took a little over an hour to finish the report, but finally, they were done.

The police eventually agreed to be on the lookout for Wolf King and Diego.

Wolf King and Diego were very angry.

Even though Wolf King was known for his self-restraint and cool head, he couldn't control his temper. He went into such a rage that he flipped the table in front of him, breaking the expensive vases on it.

He had to bring all his valiant men from the northwest, leaving their families. But they were killed or arrested. How could he suppress his anger then?

His heart broke when he heard of Tim's death.

Tim was his best man, groomed to be his successor. He was more valiant than other men.

No one could compare to him. Not when it came to his honesty, loyalty, and virtue.

"You bastard! You dare interfere between Amaris and me? I'll send you to your damn grave!

How dare you offend me? I'll uproot you and your men. I don't care who you are, I'll make you rot in hell, do you hear me?" Wolf King brooded, thinking how Diego ruined his plans.

He thought Amaris had asked Diego for help and Diego promised to cooperate with her for profit.

As for Peter, he never really crossed his mind. Even if someone told him the truth, he knew in himself that he wouldn't believe it.

Peter was just some measly security director of an insignificant group. How could he be so competent? Even if Peter could have the audacity to stand up to his valiant generals, he was nothing compared to Tim.

Wolf King turned to his trusty fellow. "Caden, hit the Purple Leaf Tea House tonight. I'll warn Diego. Maybe I'm just a new comer here, but I can deal with the pesky bandits like him."

Caden nodded and turned away from him.

"Yes sir!" he said vigilantly, as he always did. This was not the first time that he had done such things.

"Remember to be careful. You don't have to kill him. Just scare him. Tim lost his life because he defied me. Do not condemn yourself to follow after him,"

Wolf King warned him cautiously, eyes squinting at Caden.

"Yes sir!" he repeated. Caden responded with a bow, and then went to execute the command.

Although he appeared to be calm, he was overjoyed on the inside.

When Tim was alive, Caden could never compete with him. Tim was too influential and strong, which was always in favor from Wolf King. So much so that he was groomed to succeed him.

Caden could do nothing but bear it. After all, only very few thought that Tim was inferior to anyone.

But alas, Tim was dead. Gone were his worries, and he didn't even have to kill him himself.

Tim was dead, and Caden was next in line. The future looked bright.

At the Purple Leaf Tea House

Diego was livid with good reason. He sent for Peter, but he finally received the news that a group of his men had been completely annihilated.

The men he sent were men he knew and trained personally. They were loyal to him, especially in the trying years of the past.

The death of his men brutally destroyed his charging force.

"You'll regret this, Wolf King," Diego grumbled to himself. He was burnt out. "Even if I don't have the men to attack you, I will not allow you to belittle me.

How dare you kill my loyal men? I will get my revenge. Even if I have to risk my life, I'll rip you apart and give my men justice!"

Diego said angrily. He called the rest of his men.

Even if Wolf King was influential and powerful, he wasn't in the northwest region.

Golden City was out of Wolf King's influence, and Diego aimed to take advantage of this. Wolf King's men in Golden City were few, and he knew that he had to be careful to prevent any more losses. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

Of course, it was Diego. He never backed out of a challenge.

Peter was oblivious to the fact that Wolf King and Diego were about to have a dog-eat-dog strife. If he knew that, he would surely have danced from excitement.

By the time he had come to the Amaris Manor, Amaris was gone. He was about to take out his mobile phone and call her, but when he checked, his phone was out of power.

Peter struggled to find a charging port. He would have to call Amaris at a later date. Now that Wolf King had launched a fierce attack on him, he was afraid that Amaris might run into trouble.

But he was too late. Amaris had come to Silverland Group.