Chapter 0196

Drake stared at the call from Acela, not picking up right away, lost in thought.

His bond with ‘Acela’ was tangled and tough.

Back in his heyday, he had carved out a name for himself in Woolpackton, eventually rising to the top

of the underworld’s heavyweight division. After years of spilling blood and making enemies, he had too

many scores

to settle.

His wife was murdered by his adversaries 20 years ago. He sent his only daughter overseas with a

web of fake IDs, all to keep her safe from the life she led.

In Province Town, only Ghost Sword, close as a brother, knew the truth about Acela.

It was a bitter pill to swallow, but as his daughter grew up, she came to despise everything about him.

She

saw Drake as the worst kind of criminal, and she even blamed him for her mother’s death. Then, Drake

and

Acela were practically strangers, their father-daughter bond all but broken.

“Why on earth is Acela calling me out of the blue?”

Drake cradled his phone, lost in thought for a moment before he exhaled and picked up the call.

In Ol’ Mare, just a stone’s throw from Belmont Hills, at Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander was holding Acela’s

phone, a dial tone humming in his ear. A slight smirk played on his lips as he whispered, “Is this Mister

Hardy from

Woolpackton?”

The question hit Drake like a thunderclap in the quiet of his bamboo garden. His voice turned frigid.

“You have Acela’s phone? Who are you, and what’s your connection to her?”

“We just met by chance.”

bar tonight,

drink, but she’s

you could come

her. The

added with a hint of a smile, “Oh, and by

Alexander.

Alexander?!

his gaze flicking to Harry and the others nearby. He

spoke with a gravity that matched

Alex. I’ve heard your name’s been on

were hanging around, and I had a hunch you’d be keen to catch

Friends?

Alexander mulled it

“Sure!”

“Yaser, kick

safely.”

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he helped the still-groggy Acela out of the hotel,

tore

by, and the clock struck

the lady back to

Rectewald Mall, maids

bench among the bamboo, beckoned Alexander with

he spoke, Wilhelm, known as Ghost Sword strode from behind Alexander to Drake’s

you can breathe

“Thanks for bringing my girl home, Alex. Come

seat.”

on his feet. He stood before the pavilion and eyed Harry.

of the bamboo. With a slight arch of his brow, he said, “Mister Hardy, are

‘friends’ you mentioned? Sorry, they don’t

that, he spun on his heel and strode away, not bothering with

“How dare you!”

air around ‘Ghost Sword’ grew tense as he shifted

heartbeat, he was before Alexander, his sword gleaming like a

pressed

bad piece of steel” Alexander remarked, locking eyes with his opponent, his face

chance-put the sword away, or it’ll be

Hm?

distance away, Drake’s eyes sparkled with intrigue. Harry, Tommy, Mark, Raine,

actually challenging the Ghost Sword,

skills were a mystery

all remembered

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