Elyette headed into the dining room, took a seat, and said, “I’m going on a business trip tomorrow. I’ll be away for about a week. You can take a break and go home.” Mrs. Scarlet’s face turned gloomy as she said, “I haven’t had a home to go back to since my parents passed away, Master Elyette.” Elyette was slightly taken aback. “Do you want to go on a holiday, then?” Mrs. Scarlet shook her head and said, “Don’t worry about me. I’m quite content just staying here at home.”
Elyette did not continue to pester her.
After dinner, he went into the study and did not emerge until about an hour later. As it began to turn dark outside, he pulled out his phone to check and see if Averie had contacted him.
She had not. His expression turned glum as he could not help but feel disappointed. He returned to the bedroom and placed his phone on the nightstand. He changed into a workout tank and shorts, then headed to the98 gym. He refused to admit that Eric’s words had got to him.
He had always worked out on a regular basis.
He refused to believe that he would not be able to get it up after a few years.
He once read the news of a seventy-year-old man who had gotten his middle-aged wife pregnant.
If a seventy-year-old geezer had no trouble in that department, then a man in his thirties like him should be able to perform just fine, right? It quickly turned pitch dark outside. As always, the mansion was eerily cold and silent.
Two guards were surveilling the security monitors in the surveillance room, keeping a watchful eye on any movements outside of the mansion walls.
The strange, middle-aged man better have only shown up by chance last night. Otherwise, the bodyguards would definitely not let him go if he came again today!
In all the years that the bodyguards had worked in the field, that was the first time they had come across someone as odd and as audacious as that.
At 8 p.m. that night, a dark silhouette slowly approached the Foster mansion.
The moment the dark figure appeared within the surveillance area, the bodyguards immediately confirmed that it was the same person who had offended Elyette the night before! One of the bodyguards picked up his walkie-talkie and reported to his colleagues, “The target has been spotted outside the mansion walls! He’s alone and doesn’t look to be armed!”
Once the other bodyguards heard the report, they immediately responded, “Roger that! We’re moving in!”
About five minutes later, the sound of kicks and punches as well as a man’s shrill howl of pain could be heard outside the mansion.
When Mrs. Scarlet heard the commotion, she hurried out to check on things. She saw two bodyguards beating up a man and asked, “What’s going on? Who’s this?” One of the bodyguards took a break from hitting the man and answered Mrs. Scarlet’s question., “This is the man from last night, Mrs. Scarlet!
He was acting suspicious and wandering by the mansion walls. Even if he doesn’t do anything bad, he still deserves a beating! Otherwise, he’ll be coming back every day and making the boss mad!” “Oh…” Mrs. Scarlet took a closer look at the middle-aged man who was curled up in a ball on the ground. “Do you still remember me, Mrs. Scarlet?” The middle-aged man lifted his head, brushed the hair off of his forehead, then gazed at Mrs. Scarlet with clear, bloodshot eyes. When the bodyguard heard the man speak to Mrs. Scarlet, he immediately stopped hitting him. “Does this person know Mrs. Scarlet?
If he does, why had he not said anything earlier?” thought the bodyguard.
“You are?” It was ‘dark out and Mrs. Scarlet could not immediately recogni the man.
“Perhaps you no longer remember me. I used to work with you at the old mansion back in the day.” Nathan got up to his feet with a smile.
Nathan had gained a lot of weight, so Mrs. Scarlet did not recogni him. To make matters worse, he did not reveal his name or previous position, making it difficult for her to identify him.
“Since you’re a former colleague from the old mansion, come inside. We’ll talk there!” Mrs. Scarlet invited Nathan into the mansion. “What was your name, by the way? Why did you come here?” Nathan’s face broke into a faint smile. “My name is Nathan White. I used to be a driver at the olded mansion.” Mrs. Scarlet found the name vaguely familiar.
She fro for a moment as she thought deeply. Moments later, she exclaimed, “I remember now! There used to be a driver at the old mansion named Nate! Is that you?” “That’s right! I’m Nate!” Nathan laughed a manic laugh and said, “You took really good care of yourself, Mrs. Scarlet. You don’t look much different from when you were younger!” “Nathan White! From what I remember, you were fired! You were a thief and even messed around with the nannies, which was why old Mr. Foster fired you!”
Mrs. Scarlet was emotional, and her face was flushed. “How could I have invited such a despicable man into the house?” she thought. Just as she was about to ask the bodyguards to kick Nathan out, Elyette had heard the commotion and walked over from the stairs.
“What’s going on?” Elyette was wearing a tracksuit when he approached Mrs. Scarlet.
When his eyes landed on Nathan’s face, he found the answer to his98 question.
“Who are you?” Elyette asked coldly as he stared straight at Nathan. “Who did you come here for?”
“I came here to see you!” Nathan flashed a huge grin at Elyette. Elyette clenched his fists when he saw the hideous grin on Nathan’s face.
This middle-aged man came across as sleazy and menacing. Elyette’s instincts told him that he was bad news.
“Master Elyette! He used to be a driver at the old mansion. Your father fired him for bad conduct!” said Mrs. Scarlet immediately. “Just get the guards to kick him out! You don’t need to waste your time on him!:
“You’re just a nanny, Mrs. Scarlet. Why are you acting as if you’re the head of the Foster family?” laughed Nathan as he made himself comfortable on the couch.
Elyette’s patience with Nathan hit its limit.
He moved Mrs. Scarlet behind him, then stormed over to Nathan, yanked him off the couch, and socked him in the face!
“Who gave you permission to run your mouth in my home?!” Elyette snapped, then raised his fist once again. “Go ahead and hit me! You better kill me!” Nathan’s bloodshot eyes were bulging out of their sockets. He spat the blood out of his mouth, then hissed through gritted teeth, “You little punk! You’re not even going to ask me what I came to see you for?!”
Elyette’s fist was still clenched tightly and hanging in the midair. In the end, he restrained himself and lowered it down. Just as Nathan let out a heavy sigh of relief and was about to take a seat on the couch, Elyette kicked him to the floor! “The last person who acted this insolent in front of me has been dead for years, ” Elyette said in a chilling voice.
Nathan had been a scoundrel his entire life and had never been afraid of anything.
However, now that he was faced with Elyette’s savage, malicious expression, he felt fear for the first time in his lie!
He knew that if he continued to provoke Elyette, he would be beaten to death right there and then.
He immediately swallowed the words that he had wanted to say.
He had a lapse in judgment! He had mistakenly underestimated Elyette’s temper! He should not have recklessly shown up here like this.
All he wanted right now was to be able to walk out of there alive.
“Mrs. Scarlet! My ribs are broken! Hurry and call 911!” Nathan did not dare speak to Elyette, so he howled at Mrs. Scarlet instead.
Mrs. Scarlet saw Nathan lying on the ground with his bloody face and twitching body and got so scared that she began to search for her phone to call 911. “Don’t go soft on this b*st*rd, Mrs. Scarlet!” Elyette roared loudly.
Mrs. Scarlet immediately snapped out of her daze. “Get the bodyguards to throw him out, Master Elyette! I won’t ever let him step foot in the mansion again!”
Elyette shot a signaling look at the bodyguard. The bodyguard quickly approached Nathan and dragged him outside by the arm. As Elyette watched Nathan’s pitiful face as he was being dragged out, he ordered the bodyguard cold bloodedly, “Throw him out further away!”
Moments later, the living room returned to its earlier calm.
Mrs. Scarlet carried a bucket of water from the bathroom and began to clean up the blood on the floor with a rag.
She apologized to Elyette as she cleaned. “I was being unprofessional , Master Elyette. When he said he used to work with me at the old mansion, I invited him into the mansion. It’s my fault that I didn’t recogni him righted away—”. Elyette’s mood had yet to calm down. “Did he say what he came here for?” “He didn’t,” responded Mrs. Scarlet.
“I bet he came for money, either from me or from you. He’s a scoundrel with no dignity or shame.” “It doesn’t look like he’s afraid to die either,” Elyette said in a deep voice. “A scoundrel like him doesn’t even know what it means to be afraid. Otherwise, he would not act this recklessly. If he ever comes by again, we should get the bodyguards to beat him up. I don’t believe he truly isn’t afraid to die.”
Elyette strode over to the bathroom.
He felt like his hands were dirtied after punching Nathan earlier.
After Mrs. Scarlet cleaned up the blood, she disinfected the floor, then used an air freshener to get the stench out of the living room.
While she did all of this, moments from the past replayed in her mind.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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