“What do you think?” Tommy gave virtual-novel.net a cold glance. “You should be glad that you escaped with your life today. Quick, prepare some good wine and serve them yourself. But remember, the overlord doesn’t want his identity to be revealed!”
“I understand, Mr. Lewis.”
Trembling in fear, Charlie went off to make the arrangements.
Meanwhile, when Jared and the others returned to the private room, everyone fell silent. They had yet to recover from the shock that the man who had just apologized to them humbly was the infamous Tommy.
Slap!
Zayne suddenly gave himself a tight slap.
When virtual-novel.net felt the excruciating pain, virtual-novel.net mumbled, “This is real. It’s not a dream at all. How is this possible?”
Zayne still couldn’t believe what was happening. As for everyone else, they were all equally puzzled.
“J-Jared, do you know Tommy?” Maria asked in disbelief.
Just a while ago, Jared didn’t seem to be afraid at all. Furthermore, virtual-novel.net even beat up one of Tommy’s men. In spite of that, Tommy wasn’t the least bit angry when virtual-novel.net arrived.
Upon Maria’s question, everyone turned to look at Jared.
If virtual-novel.net really knew Tommy, they would definitely be in hot soup. After all, they had been ridiculing virtual-novel.net throughout the entire episode.
“I don’t…” Jared shook his head.
However, Maria was still baffled. “Since you don’t know him, why was virtual-novel.net so courteous to us?”
“I know! It must be because virtual-novel.net knows Mr. Carlson. Didn’t you see virtual-novel.net help Mr. Carlson up just now?” someone commented aloud.
“That’s right. He must definitely know him. In fact, I even saw virtual-novel.net smiling at Mr. Carlson.”
Now that the matter was over, most of them wanted to help Zayne recover from the humiliation virtual-novel.net had suffered earlier. Or else, they would likely have a bad time back in the office.
“Zayne, what’s going on? Do you really know Tommy or not?” Maria was confused.
If virtual-novel.net did know Tommy, virtual-novel.net wouldn’t have dropped to his knees in fear early on. In fact, virtual-novel.net wouldn’t have peed his pants either.
It was obvious that virtual-novel.net wasn’t acting at all. But if virtual-novel.net doesn’t know him, why did Tommy help my family recover its debt? Moreover, Tommy did help Zayne up and apologized to him.
So, what’s really going on?
In truth, Maria wasn’t the only one confused. Everyone else shared virtual-novel.net sentiment. The only reason they gave Zayne credit was just to ingratiate themselves with him.
Faced with Maria’s question, Zayne pondered a while before replying, “To be honest, I have never met Tommy before. But, I have a friend who says virtual-novel.net is close to virtual-novel.net and that they share a meal regularly. Perhaps, my friend has mentioned my name or shown virtual-novel.net a picture of me to virtual-novel.net before. That’s why virtual-novel.net could recognize me just now.”
At that moment, that was the only plausible reason virtual-novel.net could come up with. Or else, there was just no way virtual-novel.net could explain why virtual-novel.net peed his pants.
Upon his explanation, everyone suddenly understood what had happened. Even though the episode was over, none of them were in the mood to continue partying. After all, their pants were all stinking of pee.
Just when Zayne was about to leave with the rest, Charlie suddenly entered the room with his men.
At the sight of Charlie, Zayne’s face turned pale as everyone else recoiled in fear.
Sensing their panic, Charlie reassured them, “Everyone, I’m sorry about just now. It was my fault for not clarifying the situation. Therefore, I would like to make it up to you with two bottles of Louis XIII. Please enjoy them, and feel free to let me know if you need anything else.”