“Take me inside immediately,” Devan replied without turning to the man.
“W-well, sir.” Immediately he ran to his car, wanting to take Mr. X to Zervanos headquarters.
Previously he only asked Ateez to follow him to Zervanos headquarters, because he knew that Ateez’s residence was very close to that gangster’s headquarters. But all this surprising, he never expected that the gangster leader was the nephew of his subordinates.
From his current position, he could see the gate of a luxurious white house. He knew that the house was the headquarters of the Zervanos gangsters. Also, he never expected to have to deal with such a small gang of gangsters in this Country. This was also his first time dealing with people in person.
Several large cars and motorbikes lined up in front of the gate, several people in black clothes were also seen gathering to form small groups.
Entering the yard, quiet. There were only garden lights illuminating the path.
“Please, sir,” said a man, he opened Devan’s car door. Allow the man to get out of the car.
Devan was silent, the man turned to his side. Seeing Claire sleeping soundly, Devan didn’t have the heart to wake her up. On the other hand, he also didn’t want to leave Claire in the car alone, moreover, he didn’t know what wly going on in the house.
Good and bad thoughts mixed in his head, the only way he could do was to ascertain everything that happened here. With all his might, Devan tried to contain his anger.
Glancing at the watch on his wrist, it was already two in the morning.
With slow-motion, Devan opened his tuxedo, only a white shirt was left on his body, after which he then carefully wrapped Claire’s body.
“Wait for me here, honey. I’ll finish this quickly,” Devan muttered then kissed Claire’s hand.
Entered the mansion, there was no one around. The first thing that greeted him was a corridor, on the left and right of the corridor, there were neatly lined rooms. He kept walking until he entered a very large room.
And at the same time, Devan stopped his steps. Inside the room was filled with many people, judging by his age it seemed the men were only twenty years old and above. That didn’t surprise him, but everyone in the room was seen kneeling on the floor. Except for one person, he is Ateez. The man was seen scolding a man who was kneeling in front of him, it seemed Ateez had not noticed Devan’s arrival.
“U-Uncle…” the man in front of Ateez called his uncle when he saw Devan’s arrival.
“W-What? What else do you want to say? Huh? Didn’t I warn you before not to do anything with the Smith family?”
“You embarrass me, Edgar. As your Uncle, I am ashamed. Answer me, where is Mr. Aaron’s grandson? Where did you take him? Huh?” Ateez snapped, his voice very sharp.
“I-I don’t know, Uncle. I only received a request from someone, I also didn’t know that the child was the grandson of the Smith family,” replied Edgar, he had said the same thing since earlier, making Ateez continue to sigh harshly.
“Don’t you know how complicated this matter is? This has been your habit from the start. I warned you not to accept any work before checking it carefully, you never really listened to me as your uncle, Edgar.”
“Now, look at the consequences of what you and your friends have done. Do you know, you should not interfere in this matter. But what can I do, everything has happened. Just pray, Mr. X can grant you forgiveness.”
“Don’t expect defense from me, because I don’t dare to do it,” Ateez added, his eyes scanning all the men who were members of Zervanos.
“Are you guys just going to be quiet? You don’t want to tell me where the boy is?” Ateez snapped, he had already asked seven times.
“You, answer my question,” he added, pointing to a young man who was right next to Edgar.
“I-I don’t know, sir. We handed the child over to the man, we also swapped cars with him.”
“Do you know who that man is?” Ateez asked.
The young man shakes his head slowly.
“It turns out that you guys haven’t changed a bit,” Ateez sighed harshly.
Indeed, since Zervanos first formed, they tend to act openly. They are also free and do not belong to any party. Sometimes, they accept a job from someone without knowing that person’s identity. Only one thing that matters most of them is money, money, and money. As long as it makes a lot of money, then they will do anything.
Devan saw and heard all of that just standing still on the spot. Didn’t mean to make a sound at all.
“Un-Uncle…” said Edgar again.
“W-we’re sorry, we promise we won’t cause you any more trouble,” he added.
“No. I confiscated this house, and all the assets that you and your friends used Confiscated. You never listen to what I have to say, Zervanos should disperse,” Ateez snapped again. He was really angry. Ever since Mr. X contacted him and told him about this, it felt like he wanted to destroy anything he came across.
“Uncle, don’t do that. Please, don’t confiscate this house,” wailed Edgar, prostrating and pleading in front of his Uncle.
“Haven’t you guys already earned a lot of money? Use the money to make a new headquarters and stay away from this city. I don’t want something like this to happen again.”
“No, Uncle. I refuse, I will give you all that money, and I promise to help you find the child.”
“Edgar …” scolded one of his friends when he heard the man’s words.
“I don’t need your money.”
“We promise, Uncle. We’ll obey everything you say, we won’t act recklessly anymore, we, we’ll move even more vigilantly. Please don’t confiscate this house, don’t kick us out from this city. We already feel comfortable in this city,” replied Edgar, that man still in a state of prostration. Tonight, his pride as the leader of Zervanos was completely crushed in front of his friends.
Seeing his nephew prostrate like that, Ateez heaved a rough sigh. On the one hand, he felt sorry for his nephew, but on the other hand, he couldn’t let Edgar continue to act as he pleased.
Indeed, since childhood, Edgar lived with him.. Ever since his parents died, he has considered Edgar as his son.