The Ex and Her Riches

While he was feeling frustrated over that thought, the burly man behind him hit his head.

Xander yelped in pain, his head spinning. There was something sticky flowing down the side of his head.

The world spun around him, and he felt as if he was momentarily cast into hell.

Did he break my skull? What the h*ll is this?

“Help! I’m getting killed! Someone save me!” he shouted toward the outside of the cell, but no one answered him.

Even the other men locked up with him were quietly sitting at the side, watching him get beat up by the burly man. They had no intention of helping him out.

Xander was thin and weak, so he would not be able to withstand many punches from the big man.

While he was being made into a human punching bag by the big man, he shouted, “I hate Cedrick! He has always bullied me since young! I’m going to kill him one day and make him pay the price for what he did to me!”

At that, the big man stopped assaulting him. Taking in Xander’s fear, he scoffed in disdain. “You can’t even beat me in a fight. What makes you think you can kill Cedrick?”

Xander finally had a break from the beating. Every bruised spot was screaming in agony, but Xander wiped the blood coming out of his nose with his sleeve before gritting out, “You’re right. I can’t win him in a fight, but I have the brains. My father is Yael Jenson. Once I’m out of here, I’m going to make Cedrick pay!”

The big man was starting to believe him. “Is your father a powerful man? Can he really win against Cedrick?”

Xander was spouting nonsense, but to avoid getting beaten again, he was voluntarily lying through his teeth.

“Of course! My dad’s way more powerful than Cedrick. If my grandfather hadn’t helped Cedrick out, my father would have been the head of the household! But my grandfather is old now. Once he dies, Cedrick won’t have anyone backing him up anymore. He’ll be an easy target for me and my father. That’s why Cedrick’s in such a rush to get rid of me. I won’t let him get his way!”

As he looked at the big man with an appeasing smile, he continued, “Has Cedrick hurt many of of your friends? Don’t worry. Once I’m out of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, I’ll definitely take revenge on him on behalf of you!”

The big man then began studying Xander. Though Xander had a bloodied face, even the way he was pushing his glasses seemed to set him apart from the average person.

“My name is Raoul Wagler. If you can really help me take revenge on Cedrick and get him off his pedestal, you’ll be my savior. From now on, you’ll have my protection in Salinsburgh’s underworld.”

misfortune in being locked up in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s cell would somehow

you, Mr. Raoul. I won’t go back on my words. Cedrick’s time is up once I’m

shoulder. “Remember what you’ve said. I’ll make sure that you’re safe here for the following days. No one in this cell will dare to lay a finger on you, but

At that, Xander froze.

of his situation, but it seemed

possibly spend time with ruffians like Raoul? Furthermore, the big man was emotionally unstable. Who knew when Raoul would burn bridges in

scorn of Raoul, he kept his feelings off his face and agreed to

man’s protection, Xander was soon living like a king in the

use the toilet, and he was first to drink and eat what the officers brought to them. He could even pick a dry and cleaner spot in the

half an afternoon had passed since then, but Xander was already getting

not have his phone with him. The men could do nothing else but stare at

it before.” Pointing

that, Raoul immediately shot a look at the others. The two men that Xander had picked were immediately lifted

as they pleaded, “Sirs, please let me go! This is disgusting! I can never do

others. Furthermore, no one would know what happened here after he left the place, so he scoffed and said, “You’ll get used to it soon. Either do as I say, or you get beaten up

and the others dragged them to an empty

men pointed a finger and yelled at Xander, “You’re a black sheep of your family! You’re a shame to the Jenson family! No wonder Mr. Cedrick sent

head to Raoul and said, “Cripple him, Mr. Raoul! Let’s see if he still

annoyed by Xander ordering him around, for the sake of Xander exacting revenge for him, he kept

that reliable. If he’s really capable of killing Cedrick, he wouldn’t have been sent

retorted, “Accidents happen. Cedrick even sent my elder brother in here despite my brother’s capability in martial arts and status in the underworld, so what makes you think it’s strange for me, someone who relies on nothing but my brains, to slip up

Raoul’s

was also unreliable and was dumb enough to

corner then suddenly spoke up. “Mr. Xander, what is the name

name

cell quietly repeated that

in Salinsburgh had only heard of the devil Cedrick; they had never heard