Kurt nodded, then picked the woman up with the sheets wrapped around her.
“I’m sorry, but we can’t allow you to take her away.”
A few men finally plucked up the courage to stand up to Stefan.”
We’re under orders to protect her, and if we don’t keep a good eye on her and that old geezer, Tyson will kill us!”
The rest of the men snapped to their senses when they heard this.
Even if this woman was not Gwen, Tyson ordered them to escort her to her prison cell where she would be kept with Andy. If they allowed her to be taken away, Tyson would be furious!
At the thought of this, the men began surrounding Stefan and Kurt.
Kurt furrowed his brow and whispered, “Boss…”
He knew that although he and Stefan possessed weapons, they were still no match for a room full of men. They were clearly overpowered, and no amount of weapons could help them.
The only way to get out of here alive was to leave the woman. That way, these men would not get punished for failing their task, and they could continue searching for Gwen.
At the thought of this, Kurt sighed. “Boss, why don’t we…”
Stefan did not want to leave her here.
He was more than familiar with Tyson’s character.
Tyson was always known for his malice and ruthlessness, even when he served him.
If they left this woman behind, she would not only fall victim to these lecherous men, but she would not get out of this alive as well.
If Tyson arrived and realized she was not Gwen…
Although Stefan did not know who this woman was, she still managed to help Gwen buy some time to escape. She helped Gwen, and he could not repay her with cruelty.
At the thought of this, Stefan sneered and replied, “Kurt, do you think you and I can’t even protect a woman?”
Kurt frowned. “No, that’s not what I meant. I…”
Before he could even finish, Stefan kicked away a man who lunged toward them out of nowhere and gazed at the crowd, smirking. “1 know you’re all afraid of Tyson, but I wonder if you’re as scared of me?”
With that, he tossed his knife aside and reached up to pull his mask off.
“Scared of you? In your-” one of the men scoffed and was about to retort when he saw Stefan’s face.
“Boss…Boss?”
“Luke?”
Gasps and cries of surprise echoed through the room.
The men who fought back against Stefan all got to their knees.
Who would have imagined that the masked attacker would turn out to be Luke, who allegedly died over six months ago?
“Boss…you…you’re alive?” a man whimpered.
“As alive as can be.”
Stefan chuckled. “None of you recognize my wife, but at least you still recognize me.”
With that, he glanced coldly at all the stunned faces gaping at him. “I’m alive, alright. You’re all terrified of Tyson, but you’ve all forgotten who’s the real boss, haven’t you?”
Everyone fell silent when they heard this.
They were all terrified of Tyson because he was a ruthless man who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted.
Luke, however, was different. Back when he was in charge, he treated everybody with respect, even the lowly ones.
If they were to choose…they would no doubt choose to serve Luke!
“Boss.”
All of a sudden, a man who had been silent all this while stood up and strode over to Luke, then bowed. “Ever since you left, we were all forced to serve Tyson. If you’re willing to come back, I’m sure all of us will change alliances.
None of us want to live like worms for the rest of our lives.”
With that, he lifted his head to stare earnestly at Luke. “Are you willing to come back?”
Luke smiled. “Live like worms? Are you talking about the way you treated this lady just because Tyson ordered you to? If I hadn’t shown up just in time, you all would’ve continued abusing her, thinking she was Gwen, right?
“Even before knowing my identity, none of you even showed me, Kurt, nor this woman any mercy. Yet now after knowing I’m Luke, you claim you were forced to live like worms?”
With that, he chuckled and glanced at the men before him.”
Worms, indeed.”
Everyone paled. They all knew what Luke was trying to say.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Kurt tried to salvage the situation for fear that these men would change their minds and attack them. “I know all of you are good people, just forced to do bad things by Tyson, but from Boss’ point of view, he can’t accept the fact that you all tried to take advantage of his woman like that…
“You should all be ashamed of yourselves! Let this be a lesson. Think this over before you even consider coming back to us!”
Everyone nodded.
“As for Boss being alive, none of you are allowed to tell Tyson, understand? Not if you all want to get out of Tyson’s tyranny and join us once more,”
Kurt added.
Everyone agreed.
After that, Kurt finally left with Stefan and the woman.
As soon as they walked out of the hotel, a message appeared on the screen of the phone Stefan had stolen from Diablo.
It was Gwen.
“My phone ran out of battery. I just saw that you had called me. Do I know you?”
Stefan’s furrowed brow finally relaxed when he saw this.
He dialed Gwen’s number.
Gwen picked up almost immediately. “Hello?”
“Where are you?”
Stefan did not realize until this moment that his voice was shaking.
He was so worried about her!
Gwen’s voice sounded a little nasally as though she had just woken up. “Are you Stefan? Where are you guys?”
“Gwen,”
Stefan repeated. “Where are you now? Give me your address.”
Gwen told Stefan her address with a puzzled look on her face. “What’s wrong?”
“Wait for me. I’ll be there soon.”
With that, Stefan hung up and sprinted back to the car.
Kurt paused then followed suit, still carrying the woman in his arms. He flung the car door open before Stefan could even start the engine. “Boss, you were drinking just now. I think it’d be better if I drove.”
Stefan furrowed his brow, suddenly remembering that he had drunk a few cans of beer with Diablo when he tried to find out where they kept ‘Gwen’.
He was so anxious about finding Gwen as soon as possible that he forgot about this.
At the thought of this, Stefan sighed and got out of the car, then slid into the front passenger seat.
Kurt opened the door and placed the woman into the backseat. “Hold on tight. I’ll be driving very fast.”
With that, he plopped into the driver’s seat and started the car, stepping on the gas so abruptly that the woman in the backseat slid right out of the seat!
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.