He turned to look at Gwen.
“Can you clean up this place while I go get us some food?”
Gwen paused for a while before shaking her head.
“I’ll go.”
They were in Sea City, a place where she grew up.Stefan was just a foreigner who just came to the city, so she should be the one going out to get food.
“It’s not safe for you,”
Stefan gently refused her proposition.
“Don’t worry, I’m an adult.I won’t get lost.”
Then, he turned and strode off.
Gwen furrowed her eyebrows and looked out the window as Stefan hailed a taxi by the side of the road.She felt inexplicably moved.She might not know Stefan very well nor know what he looked like, but he could give her a sense of security that no one else could.She has not felt like this for a very long time ever since Luke died.She stared dazedly in the direction where Stefan left before finally taking a deep breath, headed to the bathroom to look for a rag and a bucket of water, and started cleaning the villa.She had long divorced Ben by the time she got with Luke.
Even he did not know about this villa, so Luke’s former subordinates would surely not know about it as well.
This was why it was their safe haven for the time being.
She might have to stay here with Stefan for a long time.
At that thought, Gwen started cleaning the place up even more fervently.
Stefan went to the city to buy food that Gwen used to like.
To stay inconspicuous, once he came out of the restaurant, he did not take the main road.
He went past two narrow alleys, planning to hail a taxi at the end of the alley.
However, he never expected to bump into someone familiar once he stepped out of the alley.
“You better be honest!”
“How much do you have on you? Hand it out!”
“If I were you, I would’ve left Sea City a long time ago.Luke has been long dead and you have no one backing you, yet you’re still in Sea City.Are you staying because you think your other brothers are living terribly, so you want to compensate them?”
“You’ll have to be as honest as how arrogant you were back then when Luke was alive!”
“Kurt Will, don’t blame us brothers for being ruthless! If you want to blame someone, blame Luke Jones for dying too early!”
A familiar name and uneasy cries rang out in the alley.
Stefan furrowed his brows.He would never forget the name Kurt Will.
Kurt was one of Luke’s loyal men.He had always been his bodyguard, protecting him.He was one of the first in the gang to know about Luke’s wish to sacrifice himself for Gwen and was the first one to support his sacrifice for the one he loved.
Kurt had always been a quiet, loyal man.
Luke had also once predicted that after he left, Kurt would be bullied, which was why he gave Kurt some money before his surgery and told him to leave Sea City and Merchant City to start a new life.
Why, then, was Kurt here? At that thought, Stefan hesitated for a while before rushing over to where the commotion was.
The reality was much crueler and more violent than what he predicted.
When Stefan got into the alley, he noticed about six thugs with iron bats, forcing Kurt into a corner and extorting him for money.
The bloodied Kurt was in a delivery man’s uniform, his clothes already torn.
One of his arms swayed loosely in front of him, seemingly broken.
A few banknotes were by his feet.He clearly took them out to appease the men.
What Stefan saw infuriated him to no end.
Kurt was once one of his greatest men, aman who had never lost a single fight.
How did he end up this way? How could others get to him so easily?
“who are you?”
At that moment, the thugs cornering Kurt noticed Stefan.
They kicked Kurt brutally before striding over to him.
“What, are you trying to stand up for this loser? I’m warning you.If you know any better, you’d f*ck off! This has nothing to do with you! Even his previous boss, Luke Jones, can’t protect him! Stop being nosy, unless you think you’re better than Luke Jones!”
The other thugs grew rowdy when they heard what one of them said.
“That’s not right; Luke Jones is a dead man.Anybody on the street would be stronger than him.”
“Yes! Hahahaha!”
“We used to be bullied by Luke.Now, we can finally seek revenge and bully his men!”
Despite their taunts, however, they realized that Stefan remained standing.
They could not help but frown and walked closer toward him.
“Did you not understand what we said? Do you want us to use force?”
When they were closer, Stefan could finally see their faces clearly.He smiled.He has never seen them before.
How times have changed.
Lowly men who did not even have a chance to meet him in the past were bullying one of his brothers at that moment.
“Leave…”
When Kurt saw how the thugs were about to attack Stefan, he furrowed his eyebrows and said feebly, “I’m used to them beating me up.I don’t know you, so don’t get yourself into trouble for me.”
Stefan felt a little sorry for Kurt, seeing him in this state.
Back then, he only cared for Gwen.His only concern was to have the love of his life live her best life yet had neglected his brothers in the process.
If he were still alive, Kurt, the man who was always loyal to him, would not have been attacked so badly.
At that thought, Stefan took a deep breath and smiled at Kurt.
“Who said we don’t know each other?”
Then, he clenched his fists and glared at the thugs fearlessly.
“I’m here just to let you know one thing.
“Whether in the past or the future, Kurt Will is under my wing.If you want to bully him in the future, you’ll have to go through me!”
Then, he swung his fist at the thugs.
The leader of the thugs never thought that Stefan would be so courageous.
They were caught off guard and stumbled a few steps backward, almost falling.
After a while, the thug got a hold of his footing.He looked up and glared at Stefan.
“How dare you hit me?!” Stefan snickered.
“Not only do I dare to hit you, but I’ll kick you, too.”
Then, he sent a kick at the leader, sending him stumbling backward and falling to the ground.
When the surrounding thugs saw their leaders being beaten up, they glared at Stefan viciously.
“You must have a death wish!”
Then, they attacked.
Kurt, who had no more strength, leaned against the wall feebly, looking at the outnumbered fight going on worriedly.He could not help at all.He could merely watch and occasionally alert Stefan of incoming attacks.
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.