"Okay. Lawrence's men will come over to join us too. We'll leave after that."

"Sure." Janus nodded and left.

Nicole looked at Jared. "I didn't know you had troops. Who exactly is Janus?"

Nicole had never asked him about this before, but since she did, Jared decided not to hide it from her. "He's my mercenary."

Nicole frowned as she did not expect Jared to have a mercenary in his payroll.

Jared noticed her confusion, so he calmly explained, "It's difficult to work abroad. Before I had Janus, goods belonging to the Johnston Group and JJ Johnston were always getting stolen in shady areas. We had no other choice but to hire my distant cousin to be our mercenary..."

Hearing that, Nicole finally understood perfectly what was going on.

The JJ Johnston Group was involved in many industries, so it was not surprising that their goods had been illegally targeted by certain entities. To ensure the safety of the goods and staff in international waters, some countries would form their band of troops, business associations, and mercenaries.

"I see."

Johnston was a rare last name, so Janus definitely belonged to Jared's father's side of the family.

smiled as he

"Mr. Johnston, they're

ended the call and looked at Nicole, starting to get worried. "You

be ignited in order for them to retrieve

to see the Braves being taken back with

gaze and knew that she would follow him even if he

need to stick with me. Got it?" he

his utmost to Nicole,

situation is. I'll just have a look. I

concern. "Sure.

their way downstairs, where a bulletproof jeep was parked,

when he saw them coming down. He opened the door for them once they were near and helped them into

and explained, "Ten of the cars belong to us, the other seven

Lawrence to send so many of his men

just being courteous, so he was not expecting

pleasant surprise." A smile grew across

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