Male Charm Storage
Waiting for the time of death

Jared arrived at the Jade Mansion just in time. Shortly after his arrival, Richard's men arrive there to find Gloria's whereabouts.

Unfortunately, they were all unable to enter the Mansion as the Mansion was heavily guarded by more people accompanied by illegal weapons.

Those people are none other than Owen's former men who used to work for him when he was still in charge of the throne.

Over the course of the past few months, Owen slowly returned to contact his faithful people. He also formed their joint secretly in order to protect his family from enemy clan attacks.

Not without reason Owen contacted his old people, in addition to being loyal and trustworthy, they also have special martial skills that Owen had chosen selectively.

"Jared, they're here to find Gloria, right?" asked Oxela who was looking from behind the window on the second floor of the Mansion.

"I think so, Miss." replied Jared calmly.

"Are you sure all the guards will be able to deal with them?" Oxela hesitated, however she worried about Gloria's safety and all of them in the Mansion. Not to mention the very small baby.

"Calm down, Miss! If one of them can pass through the gates of the Mansion, then they must be prepared to lose their lives." Jared is relaxing. All over the balcony of the house, there were already snipers with long rifles to spy on the movements. One step the enemy stepped on the front yard, so they did not hesitate to pass a bullet.

"Well! I haven't seen a shot game like this in a long time" Oxela said with a slanted smile. He was not too surprised, weapons war he often witnessed since childhood. Moreover, seeing the brother who practiced shooting, this was not a scary thing for him. He was not so afraid, only worried if their defense was broken by the enemy.

In contrast to Gloria who was certainly more anxious than Oxela. When he saw that Owen had a firearm, he was trembling. Especially at this time. He knew it was his current position that led Richard's men to visit Oxela's residence.

"Calm down, Madam! Everything will be resolved. All the guards here have been carefully prepared, because we already know they will attack this Mansion," said Jared who saw Gloria's paled face.

"Don't I go? I'm afraid that if I'm here, it will endanger you. Especially in this house there's Briel, I don't want to disturb the comfort of your baby, Oxela...." Gloria felt sorry for all this because of her escape from the Yacht the other day.

"Where are you going, Gloria? This is the safest place for you right now" Oxela assured Gloria.

"So, I'm not excited to save myself anymore." Gloria felt it was okay for her to give up on Richard, because Owen had been declared dead by her own sister.

Now, he had no hope of living well. Moreover, he also did not know the whereabouts of Jeff and the news of his son. He felt like he had fallen again to the lowest trough of his life. Desperate and do not have a definite purpose at this time. He lost the race and the pedestal of life that could make him get back up and excited.

"Gloria, don't give up. If my brother was here, he would be sad to see you like this. You have to live, even if you don't have my brother anymore. You still have us. We're your family!" Oxela hugged Gloria's body which shook from the sobbing.

That's when Jared couldn't stand it and threw away his face. He wanted to tell the truth about Owen, but he had no power. He felt that Owen would explain further to Gloria. After all, Jared did not want to ruin the plan that his boss had prepared.

"It looks like they've given up" said Jared peeking out of the window. There was no more commotion down there, a sign that Richard's men had retreated, but that doesn't mean they'll let their guard down. All guard will always be on standby from this moment on.

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"Sir, at this time I will inject the medicine for you again." Profs. Jamie said as he looked at Markus who was now stiffened with almost his entire body wrapped in gauze. Markus was like a preserved mummy, but in reality the old man was still alive. His heart is still beating.

Profs. Jamie immediately injected the drug into Mark's body parts. Mark who was unable to speak anymore, could not issue a word protest because his body was increasingly gnawed from the inside.

There's no progress at all. Because what was injected into him was not a cure, but a medicine to kill him slowly. Markus was made the object for prof's malpractice. Jamie.

The professor felt lucky that he did not need to find a mouse, and again could help Owen, his brother's friend, James.

Jamie's? James's? Yes, they are brothers but not known by the public especially Markus, because Jamie has removed the surname from his real name. That he did because he did not want to deride his family name. He felt he could stand alone and again he often conducted illegal trials, he was afraid that if the experiment failed it would tarnish the good name of his family and the Hospital owned by his sister.

Jamie is not at all afraid of the death threats that Mark makes to her if she turns out to be a traitor. Maybe he doesn't have a gun like Mark, but he has a drug that can kill the old man first.

"How is he doing, Prof? Do we need to take him to the hospital?" ask Richard.

"No! No! The hospital will not cure him. It will only make things worse" said Prof. Jamie reassured with his thoughts.

"I want my father to heal quickly" Richard said with a faint smile. "However, my father gave me this power."

Profs. Jamie nodded briefly. He tried to do many things to see Mark's next health condition. And again, he wanted to act to convince Richard that he had worked for Mark's recovery.

Profs. Jamie opened Mark's eyelids and highlighted them with a small flashlight.

"It should have reacted to Mr. Mark's body. But, why does his body seem to not accept the intake of drugs that I have given?" said Prof. Jamie later.

"meaning?"

"The formula I gave her didn't respond to her body."

Though the formula works actively to paralyze all the nerves of Mark's body. It's just, Prof. Jamie lied to Richard. Alibi only.

"Will my father be any longer old?" richard asked to know.

"See, but his pulse is getting weaker." This time Prof. Jamie is honest.

"Dad, are you going to be home soon?" asked Richard holding the hand of the father who was also still wrapped in gauze. "If so, go away. Because I'm waiting for your death" Richard continued to make Prof. Jamie was surprised to think that Richard loved Mark.

"Don't be surprised, Prof! You must understand that I have obtained my father's throne. Can you inject medicine for him so he'll be home soon?" richard made Jamie flinch.

Jamie felt Richard was fickle. Does this guy have a double personality?

"Why keep quiet, Prof? Are you very loyal to my father?" chuckle Richard.

"I don't think you're serious about your statement, Mr. Richard."

"Of course I'm serious. I'm sick of waiting for him to be healthy again. He'd rather just die!" richard added with emphasis his words.

Unexpectedly, Mark's heart detection device actually sounded fast, indicating that the owner of the body can hear and even respond to Richard's speech with a fast-moving heartbeat in the visible curve.

"I'll check it out!" Profs. Jamie's inching, wanting to pump Mark's heart right away. Of course he did not really want to do it, because he also wanted Mark to die quickly. He just wanted to see how Richard reacted to this action.

"Don't!" prevent Richard. "Let him die. If he comes back alive, he'll be tormented!" continued.

Profs. Jamie's speechless. According to his estimation, Richard would prevent him from helping the old man.

"So, what should I do?" Profs. Jamie acted accordingly and did not move again.

"Let him die. Just leave it alone, there is no need for action. We wait for the time of his death!"

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