novelxo Chapter 9
Chapter 9 You Must Help Me!
“What!” Yves thought he had misheard.
A blush appeared on Valentina’s face, entirely different from her earlier dominance when facing Patrick. At this moment, she looked like a young and gentle woman. She lowered her head and said, “I… I mean, let’s get married!”
Upon confirmation, Yves leaned against the counter’s wall, staring at Valentina in astonishment. After a long pause, he swallowed his saliva and said, “Isn’t this too hasty?”
Valentina raised her head. Her big, watery eyes fixed on Yves as she said, “Didn’t you just say that as long as it doesn’t violate morality, you’ll agree to any request from me?”
Yves nodded and said, “Yes… But this is a marriage…”
“Then let me ask you!” Valentina looked at Yves and asked, “Is marriage against morality?”
Yves shook his head.
“Do you think you’ll feel disadvantaged by marrying me?” Valentina asked again.
Once again, Yves shook his head and said, “You’re beautiful, have a great figure, and it seems like you come from a good family. I’m just a rural guy, so I definitely won’t feel disadvantaged.” Valentina smiled slyly and said, “So, there is no problem with my request, right? You just said you’ll agree to any of my requests. You won’t go back on your word, will you?”
As Yves looked at Valentina’s perfect figure and almost flawless face, he felt like he was in a dream.
He thought about how he had been tricked into a broken engagement by the Lewis family, and now, a beautiful woman was standing in front of him, asking to marry him.
Yves took a deep breath, then nodded and said, “Alright, I promise you. When?”
A hint of joy flickered in Valentina’s eyes, and she hurriedly said, “I’ve brought some documents needed. Have you brought yours? Let’s go to the city hall to get the marriage license!”
“That is too fast!” Yves was stunned.
He did bring some documents with him. It was because the reason why he had come here was to fulfill his engagement.
“Do you want to change your mind?” Valentina asked.
“Then let’s go!” Yves said.
An hour later, in front of the city hall in Haven City, Yves and Valentina walked out in a somewhat dazed state.
In his hand was the marriage license of him and Valentina.
As they reached the entrance, a flush of redness spread across Valentina’s attractive face again. However, Yves began to feel that something was amiss. He looked at Valentina and frowned, asking, “You went through so much trouble just to find me. Don’t tell me your real purpose is to marry me?”
“Yes!” Valentina didn’t hide her real intentions from him.
“Why?” Yves asked,
“Well… you’ll find out later,” Valentina said with a cheerful smile.
Yves frowned and was about to ask more questions when his phone rang in his pocket.
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He picked up the phone, and the caller ID displayed a single word, “Dad!”
This phone belonged to Valentina, so Yves handed it to her.
When Valentina saw the incoming call display, she frowned and said, “Excuse me, I need to answer this call.”
After saying this, she walked away with her phone.
The burly man with the beard followed her closely.
Yves knew that this guy had some martial arts skills and had internal energy in his body. However, he wasn’t considered an immortal cultivator but a martial arts practitioner.
Yves glanced at them from afar, noticing Valentina seemed slightly angry.
However, he didn’t make a deliberate effort to eavesdrop on Valentina’s conversation, even though he could do so with his auditory sense.
He wasn’t a person who liked to force others. If Valentina wanted to share with him, she would do so eventually.
After Valentina had taken a phone call that lasted more than twenty minutes, she walked towards Yves. Her mood seemed somewhat low, but when she reached Yves, she still managed to show a smile and handed the phone to him, saying, “If someone calls, just don’t answer it.”
“Okay!” Yves nodded.
“I wanted to tell you something,” Valentina smiled bitterly and said, “But I have an urgent matter to attend to now. I’ll come find you once I’m done.”
As she spoke, she glanced at the man next to her.
The burly man with the beard understood her unspoken messages, fumbled in his pocket, took out a key, and handed it to Yves.
Then, Valentina said, “This is the key to my house. The address is Building 6, Emerald Garden. You can go back first. When I’m done, I’ll come over and find you.”
Yves accepted the key from the burly man.
“If there is nothing else, I’ll leave now!” Valentina said to Yves.
Yves nodded and said, “Go and do your work first!”
Valentina got into her Maybach.
Once her car was out of sight, a faint smile appeared on Yves’s lips, and he said, “Looks like she is Valentina from the Simmons family in Avalon City. If I remember correctly, it should be Jacob’s family. She seems to be pretending to marry me, but I wonder what her true intentions are.” As he spoke, he smiled and shook his head, “Now that my vision has fully recovered, it is time to deal with my matters.”
He stood by the roadside, considering whether to flag down a taxi. However, after checking his pockets, he decided to take the public bus instead.
Yves had come to Haven City with two purposes. The first purpose was to fulfill his engagement, and the other was to seek revenge.
When he had lost his sight years ago, a woman had saved him, and at that time, she had
mentioned “Mason Lopez from Haven City” to another person before him.
Yves’s visit to Haven City this time was to uncover why this person had targeted him. He even felt that his missing grandfather might have some relationship with this person.
Over the past few days, he had collected some information.
Before being blinded, he saw what that person looked like.
In Haven City, there was also a Lopez family. They were considered deeply rooted in Haven City and had a heritage of several hundred years.
The Lopez family might not be considered to be among the wealthiest in Haven City, but they had a long history. They had opened a martial arts school, and the business was doing well. Many wealthy individuals had come there to learn a few moves from him.
Due to their long heritage, the Lopez family had significant influence both in legal and illegal domains, making most people hesitant to provoke them.
Yves had initially planned to go and ask if there was someone named Mason in this Lopez family. The address of the Lopez Mansion was easy to obtain, and he had already gotten it. After a half–hour bus ride, he arrived near the Lopez Mansion.
The Lopez Mansion was located in the center of Haven City.
Just as Yves was about to walk over, his expression changed slightly. He saw a car stopping at the entrance of the Lopez Mansion in the distance.
He was highly familiar with this car. It was the one Patrick had driven in the morning.
When the car door opened, he saw a man with his face covered in bandages exiting the car. Judging from his body shape, it was unmistakably Patrick.
At the entrance, a muscular man in a vest was welcoming him. Upon seeing the muscular man, Patrick cried in a pleading tone, “Uncle… you must help me!”
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