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Right then, someone knocked on the door.
Harvey answered flatly, “Come in.”
A man wearing a suit walked in.
He noticed the stainless steel cup on the floor and teased, “Oh dear. Who pissed our dear Mr. Hoffman off?”
Seeing the guest, Harvey immediately stood up and became very respectful.
The man who walked in was non-other than Wilson Wood, the municipal secretary, and a position higher than that
of his own.
As they say, it was all about the ranks. And so whenever Harvey Hoffman saw Wilson Wood, he would always have
to be very respectful and courteous, lest he accidentally got on his bad side.
However, the two were mere acquaintances and had never spoken more than ten sentences to each other. So
Wilson’s sudden appearance got Harvey really curious.
He cleared his thoughts and gave Wilson a smile. “Mr. Wood, what a surprise. Please have a seat.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Look at me, not even able to hold a cup properly in my old age. I’ll get my secretary in to clean it up right away.”
Wilson only grinned in response.
Harvey had his secretary come in to clean up his mess, then prepare two cups of tea for them. He personally
served a cup to Wilson. “Mr. Wood, please have a cup of tea.”
Wilson took a sip, then quipped airily. “Mr. Hoffman, all the troubles here are pissing of the boss.”
“The boss?” A chill ran down Harvey’s spine. “Mr. Wood, did I mishear you? Did you say...the boss?”
“You heard correct. I just said, ‘the boss.’“
Harvey’s expression immediately turned grave, and he hurriedly ran to shut all the windows.
He never expected him and Wilson to have the same boss, or that they belonged to the same line.
Harvey’s position was too low, so he didn’t have the clearance to know much about those in the line. Previously, he
had only known that there were Hades and Logan Hugh in this particular line.
And now it turned out, Wilson Wood was part of this line too!
This is great! With another power player involved, let’s see how Zeke Williams can get away from us!
Harvey hurriedly spoke up, “Mr. Wood, please help me tell the boss to not be angry. I’ll be sure to find a way to kill
Zeke.”
The scorn was evident in Wilson’s eyes. “Do you think you can kill Zeke alone? I think you are overestimating
yourself.”
“That man is the ultimate pot-stirrer.”
“He caused so much chaos in the Rivermouth underground scene, and now the boss has lost all control over it.”
“And because of him, Logan Hugh is now in jail and doesn’t have long to live.”
“Even the Necromancer Assassin Organization is keeping their distance from the boss.”
“All of this is a clearly a provocation towards the boss. And he’s very angry.”
“The Rivermouth situation has gotten totally out of control, and you’re incapable of cleaning it up.”
Harvey spoke up carefully. “Then... What are the boss’ wishes, Mr. Wood?”
Wilson answered, “The boss will send people over from Eastend to take care of the mess and regain control of the
underworld forces and the Assassin Organization.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“As for you, the most important thing to do now is to keep your hold on Reagan Pharmaceutical.”
“That company holds a lot of the boss’ secrets. It must never fall into the hands of Zeke Williams.”
Harvey nodded immediately. “Don’t worry, Mr. Wood. I can’t make promises about anything else but holding on to
one pharmaceutical company is still easily doable.”
“Good. Don’t let us down,” answered Wilson.
“You can come to me any time if you need any help.”
Harvey was thrilled. He had been waiting to hear just that. “Thank you for your help, Mr. Wood.”
Wilson soon left, leaving Harvey alone in his office.
He looked out his window and a wicked smile broke across his face.
Let’s see if you can still get away from me this time, Zeke!
You made such a ruckus in Rivermouth, and now the boss has got his eye on you.
He’s sending people from Eastend to take care of you, and now even the municipal secretary of Oakheart City is in
my corner. With people coming at you from all corners, I really doubt you’ll be able to get away again even if you
were powerful!
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