A Man Like None Other

Chapter 496 

“Ah-” the visibly shaken Tessa squealed in panic. “Help, Jared. Save me…”

She could only turn to Jared at this moment, for she knew his strength well!

“Let her go!” Jared said steadily.

“Hardly in a position for heroics when you can scarcely save your own hide. Wouldn’t you agree, kiddo?” said the scoffing Isaiah as he regarded Jared.

Ignoring him, Jared turned to Jayden instead. “Give me half of this vein mine, and I’ll save your daughter, as well as rid you of the Fergusons!”

The snootiness and casualness of his inflection made it sound as though eliminating the Fergusons was a triviality unworthy even of mention.

Stunned, Jayden looked at him, seemingly at a loss.

“Do you even know what you are saying here, brat? Rid him of the Fergusons? Aren’t you worried about being made to chew on your own words?” Isaiah howled at Jared in displeasure.

follow through on that, for he was buoyed further by Bruce’s presence and had

to a decision

between a rock and

were to accede to Jared’s request and should the latter prove to be more bluster than he was worth by getting himself killed, all the Snyder family would have to contend with

could not live with himself seeing Tessa sullied at the

Do not pin your hopes on other people’s good conscience!”

understood her father’s reservations, she had seen Jared catch a bullet in mid-flight with her own very eyes. That was not something any

Dominic who, by this point, could not

looked to Tessa and finally replied between gritted teeth, “If you could save my daughter, Mr. Chance, I’d be willing to give up

of it is

turned to regard Isaiah. “Let Ms. Snyder go, and

do you expect to kill me?” The latter

straight-up hit the deck. With Tessa swept

wrapped around his neck and eyes fixated upon him, her

remarkable display