“Blackmail?” Jagoan quickly said as the accusation hung in the air. He retorted, “I was just passing by, not looking for trouble. Then out of nowhere, this girl plows into my car. Demanding compensation is only fair. Labeling it extortion is unjust. Don’t think you can intimidate me just because you have numbers on your side!”

The mobster swiftly drew a pistol from his waist, aiming it at Jagoan’s head. His voice was cold and unwavering, “Leave now! One more word and I’ll pull the trigger!”

“Fool!” Jagoan spat, his anger boiling over. “You really think you can shoot me out here?”

In the nick of time, Jordan swung open the passenger door of the Chevrolet, brandishing his phone. He shouted, “Mr. Jagoan, I’ve called the police!”

“Good!” Jagoan nodded, a smirk playing on his lips. He fixed a steely gaze on the mobster and challenged, “You planning to shoot me? Well, come on, take your shot!”

He gestured at his own forehead, taunting, “If you’ve got the guts, do it!”

Julia, wide-eyed and horrified, shouted, “Robert! Lower that gun!”

To Julia, even though the sum the stranger demanded was exorbitant, she recognized her culpability in the accident. It was only right to offer compensation. It was completely unjust for her father’s henchman to wield a firearm.

Seeing Jagoan’s unyielding stance, the mobster found himself at a loss.

He didn’t actually want to pull the trigger.

He just wanted to assert his mafia affiliation, to make this audacious oriental man grasp the gravity of the situation and leave.

But who would have anticipated this level of defiance?

Usually, he wouldn’t hesitate to fire.

Yet today was different.

at the

shooting here would undoubtedly draw massive

If someone died, there’d be no covering it up. Not only would he

the young miss, bearing witness. How could he

arriving! Don’t stir up trouble. The boss

fretting. “What do we do now? He’s demanding a hundred thousand dollars and I can’t

glance at Julia, whispering, “The young miss is still here. What’s our

desperate to get away? Handle it properly and the boss will see this accident as fortuitous. If not for this, she’d have driven off and

reality, a grin of realization dawning on him. “Then I’ll notify

produced a walkie-talkie and relayed, “Tell the boss the young miss had an accident at the

panic-stricken, implored Jagoan, “Sir, you want a hundred thousand dollars, right?

and the whispering figure. It dawned on him that the girl standing before him was none other than the

luck. He

I want cash and I’m staying put.

me away from here. I’ll give you two hundred

remained resolute.

darting back to the manor. But Jagoan

the midst of their standoff, a portly figure in a suit barreled towards them, trailed by a retinue. Spotting him, Julia’s hopes sank. The lead figure was none other than her father,

his daughter, Julia, would have a fender-bender at the manor gate. It was especially vexing as she had just torn her dress. He had intended to fetch a needle and thread to mend it when he received word

her father, Julia started to flee, but Jagoan caught her. He warned her gravely, “Miss, if you run

was feeling guilty towards Jagoan. Now,

approaching father and pleaded, “That’s my father. He’ll give you the money. Please, let me

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