The Abandoned Husband Dominates 271-280

Chapter 271: Biological Father Appears!

When he saw that Professor Gunn was calling, Jordan was a little surprised, but he quickly picked up.

“Professor Gunn.”

“Mr. Steele.”

Professor Gunn’s voice was obviously getting anxious and flustered!

“Mr. Steele, you’re really good at predicting things!” Professor Gunn exclaimed while breathing heavily.

Jordan asked, “What’s wrong?”

Professor Gunn said, “When I got off work just now, I was about to drive home, but as soon as I got into the car, I was taken away by a masked person who even asked about you and Hailey’s child!”

“What did you say?” Jordan asked.

Professor Gunn said, “I did as you instructed, Mr. Steele. At first, they were very tight-lipped and said they couldn’t just reveal others’ secrets. Later on, they even threatened me with a knife, so I said that the baby girl is your child and the boy isn’t.”

Jordan smiled. ‘Indeed, it’s just as I expected.’

As long as the baby shower attracted that man’s attention, the man would definitely try to find out clearly if the baby boy really belonged to him.

“Well done.” Jordan praised.

Still feeling a little panicky, Professor Gunn asked, “Mr. Steele, will he come back to confront me? I’m scared.”

Jordan smiled and said, “Don’t worry, just go home with peace of mind, Professor Gunn. He shouldn’t be able to create trouble for you again.”

After hanging up the phone, Jordan immediately instructed Pablo and Salvatore, “That guy has taken the bait. Inform your men to act according to plan and get ready to nab that guy!”

“Yes!”

Pablo and Salvatore were highly excited.

They had laid a big trap in Orlando to nab that man.

After ten o’clock tonight, all the cabs and Ubers in Orlando would be filled with Jordan’s subordinates.

As long as that man hails a cab or drives on the road tonight, he would be mobbed by Jordan’s men.

Moreover, Jordan guessed that the man would most likely go to Hailey’s place. Hence, he also sneaked into his mansion quietly after Hailey returned to Rose Garden Villa.

Even Hailey wasn’t aware.

At the same time, Pablo and the others had long arranged for his men to stay in Rose Garden Villa. The bodyguards and guards there were all his underlings.

Everything was prepared, and they were just waiting for the man to take the bait!

At 12 pm, Hailey turned off the bedroom lights on the third floor and started sleeping.

The entire villa plunged into darkness and silence.

For two hours in a row, there was no movement inside and outside the villa.

However, at 2 am, Hailey’s daughter, Leah, suddenly cried.

Ever since she became a mother, Hailey hadn’t slept well at night.

When she heard the sounds of crying, she turned on the bedside lamp, and a faint light began to shine into the bedroom on the third floor.

When she saw her daughter crying, she immediately took her daughter in her arms and cajoled her, “Lass, why are you crying in the middle of the night? Look at how soundly your brother is sleeping? You’re such a crybaby. God knows if it’s because you took after your father!”

Hailey looked at her daughter and subconsciously thought of her biological father.

“I wonder how that man is doing now…”

While she was thinking about it, Hailey suddenly felt a breeze blowing in.

The window was supposedly tightly shut. Why was there wind?

Hailey quickly looked out the window, only to get a great shock!

A figure suddenly broke the window and jumped in from outside!

“Ah!”

Hailey was so frightened that she screamed immediately.

However, the familiar scene happened again.

After the figure climbed in, he quickly ran towards Hailey and hugged her from behind.

He said, “Shh, don’t scream. It’s me.”

Hailey turned around to look and managed to see the man’s appearance using the light from the bedside lamp.

This man was her daughter’s biological father!

Although Hailey wasn’t afraid, she began to get even more agitated. “It’s you? Why are you here?”

The man hugged Hailey and couldn’t help but kiss her. “Honey, I haven’t seen you for a year. You’re still as gorgeous as ever. Did you miss me?”

Hailey humphed coldly and tried to break free from his embrace but to no avail because he was powerful.

“Hmph, trust you to have the cheek to ask that question. Do you know how terrible my plight is now that my ex-husband has taken revenge on me!?! The Camdens are about to go bankrupt now!”

The man had no sympathy for Hailey and caressed her delicate face as he said, “Haven’t I given you 150 million dollars? It doesn’t matter if your family goes bankrupt as long as you’re rich yourself.”

Hailey said, “Do you remember what you promised me? You said you’d give me another 150 million dollars if I gave birth to a baby boy.”

The man laughed and said, “Of course I remember. Did you really give birth to a son for me?”

Hailey pointed to the sleeping baby and said, “This is your son.”

The young man couldn’t stop staring at the little baby, and a blissful smile appeared on his face.

“Haha, not bad, he looks like me. My parents are definitely going to be pleased when they find out.”

The young man was about to reach out to carry the baby, but Hailey stopped him.

“Don’t touch my son. What do you want?”

The young man said, “Since he’s my son, of course, I’d have to take him away. I’m here today to take my son away.”

As soon as she heard that her and Jordan’s son was about to be taken away, she instinctively stopped him. “No, he’s my son, not yours. I won’t let you take my child away!”

The young man smiled confidently and asked, “Do you think you can stop me?”

Hailey knew that this man was proficient in martial arts, just like Jordan. Hence, ordinary men won’t even be able to beat him, let alone a weak woman like her.

Hailey said, “You can take your son away with you, but you have to give me 150 million dollars before you do.”

Hailey desperately needed money now that the Camdens were on the verge of bankruptcy. So she wouldn’t miss this opportunity to ask for money.

The young man said, “I will give you 150 million dollars, but I have to take my son back with me for a paternity test. Once it’s proven that he’s really my son, I’ll definitely give you the money. You know my family background well. A mere 150 million is nothing to me. I won’t go back on my word.”

After saying that, the young man got ready to leave with the baby in his arms.

“Hey!”

Hailey suddenly called out to the man.

Her eyes were glassed over, and she said coquettishly, “You’re really heartless. We haven’t met for a year, and I went through ten months of pregnancy to give birth to your child. Yet, you’re carrying him away without even looking at me.”

Seeing that Hailey was being coquettish, the man put the baby down and couldn’t help but inch closer to Hailey again. He closed his eyes and took a whiff of her scent. “Yeah, you smell great. It’s the Chanel No. 5 perfume that I’m familiar with.”

The man looked around again and said, “The furnishings here are, surprisingly the same as when I came here previously. Hah, I shall reminisce the blissful times we had a year ago!”

With that, the man pounced onto Hailey!

At this very moment, Jordan kicked open the bedroom door!

Chapter 272: Not A Simple Man!

Jordan had been lying in ambush in the villa and had been waiting for a long time!

After kicking the door open, Jordan immediately turned on the bedroom light. It got a clear glimpse of the man’s appearance.

Unlike what Hailey said, he wasn’t an average-looking man but a very handsome one who had a somewhat feminine charm.

He also had long hair and not a buzzcut.

Of course, it was possible that he had a buzzcut last year and had merely grown his hair out this year.

Jordan found the man somewhat familiar-looking for a moment, but he had really never met him before.

This person, too, could not be Jordan’s enemy.

“Jordan?”

When the man saw Jordan, he was obviously caught off guard and startled by Jordan’s sudden appearance, so he immediately got off the bed.

Jordan looked at the man with a cold gaze and exclaimed ruthlessly, “Punk, today is the day you will die!”

The young man was about the same age as Jordan, and Jordan could tell at a glance that he was a wealthy second-generation heir too. Since he had provoked Jordan, there was no reason for Jordan to let him off!

However, the young man was not alarmed, and he exclaimed smilingly, “Haha, I’m not interested in Hailey Camden anymore, goodbye!”

After saying that, the young man tried to reach out to carry Jordan and Hailey’s son.

“You must have a death wish!”

Jordan quickly took off the watch on his left wrist and darted towards the man in a whoosh!

If this man jumped straight to the window and left in the first second of seeing Jordan, he would still have a chance to get away since he could quickly climb into the third floor.

However, this man was so conceited that he wanted to carry the baby away right in front of Jordan. He was really overestimating himself!

“You can’t even leave yourself, and you still want to take the baby with you!”

However, to Jordan’s surprise, when the watch flew over and was just about to touch the man’s face, the man quickly reached his arm out and blocked it!

“What?”

Jordan was surprised by how quickly the man had reacted!

Generally speaking, ordinary people would not be able to catch the things thrown by Jordan.

However, after throwing the watch, Jordan did not stay idle and instead caught up to attack!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The man took two punches and a kick from Jordan, whose attacks were so quick that the man could no longer carry the baby.

“Damn it!”

The man was furious.

However, Jordan was even more shocked by the man’s tolerance because he didn’t get knocked down by the punches and kicks he threw.

Jordan was almost fooled by the man’s somewhat effeminate appearance. Although he was somewhat feminine-looking, his body was very toned, and he was obviously skilled in martial arts.

Jordan did not dare to be careless and continued to kick him.

Bang!

The man was kicked to the window by Jordan, after which he jumped straight down from the window.

Jordan came to the window and saw the man land in an extremely standard and safe landing position. He then rolled on the ground before getting up.

His actions looked smooth and fluid. He was skilled and didn’t get injured at all.

The man was on the first floor, looking at Jordan on the third floor. He laughed and exclaimed, “Jordan, you’re pretty skilled, eh? Unfortunately, I’m in a hurry today. I’ll abuse you another day!”

After saying that, the man wanted to leave quickly.

However, he had just taken two steps when dozens of bright lights in the dark courtyard of the villa suddenly lit up!

They were none other than Pablo’s men!

“Hmph!”

Jordan humphed coldly in disdain. ‘This dude really thinks he can leave.’

If there were no people ambushed outside, Jordan would have leaped down together with him instead of calmly listening to him brag.

Jordan turned around, ready to go downstairs to clean up the mess.

He reckoned that Pablo’s people should have already caught the man by the time he got downstairs.

“Jordan, I’m so scared. Thank God you’re here…”

However, Hailey grabbed Jordan’s hand.

Jordan sneered, “Scared? I can’t tell that you are scared. You told me before that this person is not handsome or ugly and that he’s just an ordinary-looking guy.”

“Hah, he’s handsome enough to join America’s Next Top Model.”

Hailey bit her lip and said, “Well, I was just afraid you’d be jealous… And I really don’t think he’s handsome. I don’t like men who wear makeup and earrings. He’s not even one-tenth as handsome as you, Jordan!”

“Hmph, I won’t believe a single word you say.”

Jordan shook off Hailey’s hand and walked over.

Hailey was somewhat worried, too, so she came to the window to see what was going on outside.

The man with beautiful facial features was still smiling confidently despite being surrounded by dozens of people.

“Great, Jordan Steele, so you knew I would come and ambushed me here,” the man muttered to himself.

In the distance, Salvatore yelled at him, “Get on your knees immediately and stay still!”

The man laughed and gibed, “You want me to get on my knees? You small fries are not qualified!”

The man immediately took out a khaki green bottle from his pocket, pulled the ring, and quickly threw it at Salvatore and the others!

“Be careful, everyone!”

Salvatore shrieked, thinking that it was a grenade, but in fact, it was a smoke bomb.

Yellow smoke kept rising at the venue, spreading so quickly that it amazed them!

By the time Jordan came down, his subordinates were all in a mess and coughing incessantly.

Pablo managed to walk out of the smoke and accidentally bumped into Jordan.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Jordan!”

Jordan asked, “Where is he?”

Pablo said, “That punk has just released a smoke bomb, and he should have already escaped by now. But don’t worry, our subordinates are all outside the villa. He won’t be able to escape.”

“Okay.”

Jordan had long laid out the net. He just did not expect that it would be put to use.

He thought that he would have dealt with him in the bedroom.

Pablo reminded, “This guy carries smoke bombs with him, and there may be other weapons on him. This kid’s identity is not simple.”

Jordan said, “His skills are also not ordinary. He should have spent time in the army.”

“Order the people outside to block both ends of the road outside the villa.”

“Yes!”

At this moment, the man had successfully slipped out of the villa with a gleeful expression on his face. “Hah, Jordan Steele, you want to nab me? God knows where you were when I was playing hide-and-seek with the leopards in the desert! How dare you call me a punk? Bastard, I will teach you a hard lesson next time!”

Saying that the man saw a car driving by, he quickly reached out his hand to stop it.

After the car stopped, the man dragged the driver out.

“Hey, what are you doing? Where are you going? I can drive you there.” The driver said.

The beautiful man had incredible strength, and he threw the driver directly to the roadside. “You don’t need to drive. Go find your car in twenty minutes.”

The man drove the car away and quickly fled the scene.

He realized the road in front of him had been blocked by a row of cars after driving for less than a minute!

“Damn it! Even the road is blocked. Jordan Steele, you’ve got some nerve!”

The man quickly turned around and wanted to cross from the other end.

However, at this moment, more than a dozen cars came towards the man simultaneously, surrounding his car!

Now, there was no way he could escape!

Chapter 273: Checking The Identity!

Less than two minutes later, Jordan and Pablo were on their way here in a Cadillac SUV.

The young man stepped out of the car and looked at Jordan with the arrogant smile of a condescending wealthy man’s son on his face.

“Jordan, it seems that you have been premeditating for a long time to lure me over today. You were certain that I’d come to carry the baby away, right?”

Jordan looked at him and questioned, “Are you coming here by yourself, or should I get someone to bring you here?”

The young man smiled and said, “Surely you don’t really think that you can catch me like this, do you? I’m not one of those losers from wealthy families that you usually meet.”

“Your family is quite something. You’ve deployed so many people and so many cars just to catch me. Fortunately, I’m not that inferior either.”

The sound of a helicopter suddenly came over from a distance, and soon, a black helicopter appeared in the sky.

Jordan instantly felt that something was amiss.

The helicopter flew at a very low altitude, and soon, an arrow flew out from the helicopter.

This arrow accurately hit those cars that were blocking the young man.

Afterward, with a loud bang, the cars blocking the man were instantly turned into rubble!

“Crap!”

All the people at the scene were stunned.

The man laughed and gibed, “Jordan Steele, I’m leaving now, and you’ll never catch me. You’ll never know why I’m doing this. Haha, I want you to live in pain for the rest of your life, hahaha!”

The man got back inside the car and quickly drove away.

“Chase him!”

Salvatore yelled, but just as they were about to move, another arrow was fired in their direction.

It was followed by another loud bang, and sparks spluttered everywhere immediately.

“Mr. Jordan, their combat skills are incredible. Besides, they have a helicopter, and there’s no way we can beat them. What should we do?” Pablo asked.

Jordan clenched his fists. He would never allow someone to provoke him like this and get away with it!

Tyler got castrated because he slept with Hailey.

Cayden hooked up with Hailey, so he ended up becoming infertile.

This man, who had impregnated Hailey and fathered Hailey’s daughter, will only end up worse!

However, there was a helicopter helping that man keep close tabs on the situation, so there was no way they could do it.

Jordan suddenly thought of something. UFO!

It was the UFO shuttle that he had previously borrowed from Elon Musk to help Arnold.

Since Musk owed the Steeles a lot of money, Jordan hadn’t returned the aircraft yet.

Instead, he kept calling Jordan to ask for it back because the shuttle was also worth a lot of money and had an excellent camouflage function in addition to its superb flight abilities. It was more than just an imitation of the physical appearance of a UFO.

“Hmph, so what if you have a helicopter? I have a UFO!”

The UFO was hidden by Jordan in the underground warehouse of the Rose Garden Villa. Hence, he quickly returned to the villa and activated it.

“Mr. Jordan, let me do it!”

Pablo initiated.

Jordan said, “You don’t know how to control this aircraft. I can handle it on my own. Tell all the underlings in front to keep me informed of his position.”

Jordan soon flew the UFO-shaped aircraft in the sky above.

As a descendant of the Steeles, picking up skills like driving and flying a plane was mandatory so Jordan could quickly fly this aircraft.

Those who had driven or rode in a Tesla electric car would find many of the interior features of this aircraft somewhat similar.

The aircraft’s control, interface, and digital screen were largely similar to Tesla cars.

Jordan flew the “UFO” and soon locked onto the man.

The car was currently driving at most 100 km/h, which was incomparable to Jordan’s UFO-shaped aircraft.

With a whoosh, Jordan drove the UFO to the front of the young man’s car.

“Damn!”

The man jumped in shock and quickly slammed on the brakes!

Bang!

The car collided into Jordan’s aircraft, causing all the airbags to be released. The man also suffered a colossal collision impact in the car and passed out.

Twenty minutes later, in the underground warehouse of Rose Garden Villa.

Salvatore splashed a basin of cold water onto the young man’s face.

At this moment, the young man was tied to the chair, with all his movements restricted.

The man was driving at about 110 km/h or above, and he didn’t have a seatbelt on at the moment of collision with Jordan’s aircraft.

An ordinary person would have probably been conveyed to the hospital, but this man had a good tolerance.

The basin of water had already made him sober up.

After coming to, the first person he saw was Jordan.

Jordan was sitting across from him, smoking a cigarette and looking at him.

“Jordan…” The man called his name once again.

Jordan said, “Tell me, how did you know about me? What feud do you have with me?”

The man coughed and then laughed as he said, “Hah, I have nothing against you. I purely took a liking to your pretty wife, so I toyed with her. What’s the big deal?”

Smack!

Salvatore slapped the man on his face. “You’ve got a death wish!”

Jordan threw the cigarette onto the ground and said coldly, “Castrate him.”

“Yes!”

Salvatore immediately picked up his knife.

This time, the man stopped laughing and panicked immediately. “Jordan Steele! Are you sure you dare to touch me?! I’m one of the Howards from DC! How dare you touch me!?!”

Jordan wasn’t very familiar with these families in the country, so he looked at Pablo and asked, “Are they a big shot?”

Pablo replied, “Yes, the Howards are as famous as the Huxleys.”

“Oh, please!” The man sneered. “The Huxleys from New York are nothing. They’re not worthy of being compared to the Howards! I can easily crush those good-for-nothings, Cayden and Shane Huxley, to death!”

Jordan looked at the scion of the Howard family and said, “Do you think I won’t dare to touch you just because you are one of the Howards? Do you know who I am?”

The young man chuckled and exclaimed, “Of course I do! You’re Jordan Steele, the third-generation scion of the Steeles! There are seven descendants in your generation, and you’re the third in line! You have two older brothers and four younger sisters!”

Jordan was shocked to hear that the young man actually had a clear understanding of his siblings!

The man continued, “That’s not all. I also know that your grandfather’s name is Charleston Steele and that the rest of your family now live in Hampstead, England!”

Jordan was astonished again because the Steeles were a mysterious family that not many knew about. Not many people in the country even knew his grandfather’s real name, much less where their family lived.

However, this person surprisingly knew so much about Jordan’s family!

Jordan immediately called his grandfather.

“Grandpa, I found the biological father of Hailey’s daughter. He’s one of the Howards from DC, and he’s about the same age as me,” Jordan reported.

Charleston asked despondently, “He’s the third-generation scion of the Howard. If I remember correctly, there are two scions in the third generation. One is named Brad Howard, and the other is Alex Howard.”

“Grandpa, do we have a feud with their family? This kid knows everything about our family, including where you’re living now. I don’t think we should keep him alive.”

Jordan said coldly with a trace of murderous aura in his eyes!

To his surprise, Charleston hurriedly said, “Jordan, you’re not to do anything to him!”

Chapter 274: Sending You To Heaven!

“What?”

After hearing his grandfather’s words, Jordan said, “Why? Grandpa, this kid knows my identity, and he even slept with my wife. He obviously wants to humiliate the Steeles!”

“The Howards must have a grudge against us. Since he has landed in my hands today, I can’t spare him so easily!”

Charleston said, “Jordan, don’t be impulsive yet. The Howards don’t have any hatred against us, but if they do, I guess it might be because your brother, Jamie, caused some trouble in the states.”

“Don’t touch the Howards. If you really can’t stand this humiliation and feel the need to touch him, go back to England immediately after you kill him and never return to the US!”

Hearing his grandfather’s words, Jordan asked in shock, “What? I can never return again!?!”

Jordan did not expect the price to pay for harming this guy would be so much!

Jordan’s grandfather had never said those words before.

“Are the Howards… so powerful?” Jordan was in disbelief.

Charleston said, “The Howards have deep roots in the US, and since our family has now gradually withdrawn from the country, our power there can no longer be compared to the Howards.”

“The Howards are different from the Huxleys. The Huxleys can be dealt with money, but the Howards are different.”

“Moreover, when I made investments in New York City decades ago, I had a one-sided relationship with the head of the Howards, and he took the initiative to help me.”

“I can inform him about this matter and ask his grandson to apologize to you or give some other form of compensation.”

“If you think this is not enough and you have to kill him to vent your anger, listen to me and leave the US immediately.”

Jordan was silent because he could tell from his grandfather’s words that he was scrupulous towards the Howards!

“Okay, I got it.”

Jordan hung up right away.

At this moment, the young man from the Howard family laughed out loud and said, “Haha, how is it, Jordan? Charleston Steele should have told you about the power of my family, right?”

“Not to mention that Charleston Steele isn’t in the US now. Even when he was, he was only worthy to carry the shoes of the Howards!”

Smack!

Jordan slapped the man on his face!

“You… How dare you hit me?” The man didn’t dare to believe it.

“Hit you? I want to kill you!”

Jordan took a knife from Salvatore’s hand and aimed it at the man’s face.

“You… you’re out of your mind! Charleston…”

Smack!

Jordan slapped him again. “Alex Howard, you beast. You’re not worthy of calling my grandfather by his name!”

The man was furious, but there was nothing he could do. “My name is Brad Howard!”

Jordan was just making a blind guess, but it turned out that he was wrong.

Brad said, “Jordan Steele, I don’t believe you dare to kill me! I’m not from a small family like the Huxleys or the Camdens. If you kill me, you won’t be able to get away with it!”

Jordan slapped Brad’s face with the knife and said, “Why won’t I dare to? I know that your family is powerful in the US. At most, I will never come to the US again from now on.”

At this moment, Salvatore suddenly grabbed the knife from Jordan’s hand and said, “Master, let me do it! I’ll kill him! That way, you’ll be fine!”

*Spit*

Brad spat on Salvatore’s face and exclaimed, “My underlings have already informed my family that I came here today. As long as something happens to me here, Jordan Steele will be responsible. Jordan Steele, you can’t escape this time! All of you have to die with me!”

Jordan paused.

He could vent his hatred, kill this person, then flee to England and never return again.

But what about Salvatore, Pablo and the others?

If the Howards wanted to take revenge, none of them could escape.

They all had wives, children, and grandchildren.

Seeing that Jordan was hesitating, Pablo suddenly snatched it from Salvatore’s hand and stabbed Brad in the thigh!

“Ah! Pablo Dalton, you must be courting death! Don’t think I don’t know that your daughter is in Thailand while your son is in Singapore. If you dare to touch me, your daughter and son won’t be able to escape!”

Brad shouted.

Jordan panicked. Pablo was his most powerful subordinate that ordinary people couldn’t touch.

However, Brad surprisingly knew everything about Pablo, like the back of his hand, including the whereabouts of his children.

However, Pablo was not afraid at all. “Mr. Steele! I’ll take revenge for you. I’ll kill him while you go back to England immediately. I’ll stay here and fight the Howards to the end!”

Seeing this scene, even Salvatore was a little worried. “Mr. Dalton, your son, and daughter…”

Pablo said, “I owe my life to the Steeles. My children and everything I have was given to me by the Steeles. I’m not afraid!”

Seeing this scene, Jordan was also extremely moved.

He didn’t expect that Pablo would be so loyal.

He could tell that Jordan was hesitant and did not want to get them implicated, so he took the initiative and tried to stand up for Jordan.

At this moment, Brad was also obviously a little scared.

However, Jordan said, “Put down the knife.”

“Mr. Steele…” Pablo looked at Jordan.

Jordan roared, “I said, put down the knife! Are you all going to defy me!?”

“Yes!” Pablo immediately withdrew the knife from Brad’s body.

Jordan looked at Brad and said, “I still haven’t figured out why this kid is targeting me. How I can kill him so easily?”

“Brad Howard, if you don’t want to suffer, just be honest. I know you definitely didn’t sleep with Hailey just because she’s pretty.”

Brad smiled and exclaimed, “Do you want to know why? I can tell you, but you have to kneel down for me. You are only worthy of kneeling down to listen!”

Pablo stabbed Brad in the thigh again!

“Ah! Pablo, you’re finished. I’ll chop your son and daughter up into pieces!” Brad screamed viciously.

After being stabbed twice by Pablo, Brad is still stubborn and arrogant.

‘It seems that dealing with him the hard way won’t work on him.’ Jordan secretly thought.

Then, Jordan suddenly said, “Untie the rope on him.”

“What? Untie him? Mr. Jordan, do you want to let him go?” Pablo was perplexed.

Brad laughed and said, “Your master knows what’s right. What are you waiting for? Untie the rope for me!”

Pablo had no choice but to untie Brad.

After regaining his freedom, Brad slowly got up. Although his legs were still bleeding, he completely ignored it. He was a tough guy.

Jordan walked over and called out, “Mr. Howard, my grandfather just said that your grandfather once helped him. This time, I plan to return the favor to your family on my grandfather’s account.”

“What kind of recreational activities do you usually like, Mr. Howard? Bungee jumping? Skiing? Or watching concerts? I’m planning to give you a ticket.”

Hearing Jordan’s words, Pablo and Salvatore were both stunned.

How could their boss talk to Brad in such a humble manner!?

Not only did he call him ‘Mr. Howard’, he even invited him out, offering to reimburse him for the ticket!

Brad guffawed and said, “Jordan Steele, the most all-rounded and outstanding third-generation scion of the Steeles, actually wants to ask me out for fun! Hahaha, I didn’t expect your family to end up like this one day!”

Brad patted Jordan’s shoulder and said, “Jordan, I’m not like you playboys who have fun and slack around every day. I don’t know what’s fun. How about you recommend something to me?”

Brad’s words were just what Jordan wanted to hear.

Jordan smiled and said, “How about you go to space to have some fun?”

Brad’s expression instantly changed. “To… space?”

Chapter 275: Space Travel!

Pablo and Salvatore were initially puzzled as to why Jordan was so polite to Brad.

In their hearts, Jordan was their master, who was always superior and overbearing.

He was the most domineering and mighty master in the world!

Although Jordan had been hurt by Hailey, he had never bowed down to a man or allowed himself to be humiliated.

They were relieved to hear that Jordan wanted to take Brad to space.

Indeed, Jordan was still the same Mr. Jordan that they were willing to work for for the rest of their lives!

“What do you mean?” Brad asked, a little bewildered.

Jordan continued pretending to be friendly and he said, “You know who Elon Musk is, right? It’s the guy who’s working with manned rockets.”

“Oh right, the UFO-shaped aircraft you just drove into was given to me by him.”

“As you know, his commercial space travel business has been successful but, so far, no one except astronauts has been willing to try it.”

“Mr. Howard, you’re so mighty and your martial arts skills are incredible. You must be very brave.”

“How about this? I’ll sign you up and pay the 150 million dollars for the ticket and let Musk take you to space for fun?”

Brad was completely dumbfounded. “You want to send me to space?”

“Hahaha.”

Pablo and Salvatore both laughed and said, “That’s right, Mr. Jordan is going to send you to heaven!”

Jordan held out his hand, signaling for them not to laugh. He then continued to speak to Brad in a “friendly” manner.

“How can you say that, Mr. Howard? That’s called space travel, which is going to be a future trend. Only wealthy people like you can afford to experience it, Mr. Howard. Ordinary people won’t be able to do it even if they want to.”

Brad obviously became a little more anxious but on the surface, he pretended not to care.

“Hah, space travel? Sure!”

“You’ve agreed, huh? I’ll call Musk now and have him prepare for it.”

As Jordan spoke, he immediately made a video call to Musk.

As soon as the video call started, Brad saw the business maniac, Musk.

“Hi, Jordan!”

Musk greeted Jordan happily.

Brad, on the other hand, was astonished. “Damn it, he really knows Musk!”

Although Brad relied on the Howards’s strong domestic roots, their international influence was not at all comparable to that of the Steeles.

They didn’t know the Gates family or the Musk family at all.

Jordan smiled and said, “Musk, I have a friend here who wants to join your space trip. I’ll pay the 150 million dollars for him.

After hearing this, Musk immediately got excited, “Oh, really? Let me see which hero is so bold.”

Jordan pointed his phone’s camera at Brad and said, “Mr. Howard, say hi to President Musk.”

Although Brad had been impolite to Jordan, it was obvious that there was hatred.

As the scion of a wealthy family in the capital, he was still very polite and cultured when facing an internationally renowned figure like Musk.

“Hello, Mr. Musk!” Brad said softly.

Musk was still smiling pretentiously as if he were possessed by an alien.”Wow, so you are this bold hero!”

“To tell you the truth, I have invited many rich people in the US to go to space to have some fun but none of them has dares to say yes. Even Jordan doesn’t dare to go to space!”

“You are the most daring one I’ve met! Welcome! I will send you to the sky without any problems!”

Despite praised by Musk, Brad was still extremely displeased.

“Damn it, I can’t believe that even Jordan doesn’t dare to go to space either!”

For most people ordinary people, space is strange and full of danger.

Unless they are space science fiction enthusiasts and people who don’t want to live on Earth, no one would be willing to go such and unfamiliar place.

Jordan said, “Musk, make the arrangements. It’d be best if we can send Mr. Howard up in the sky in the next two days.”

“What a coincidence. We are planning another manned flight the day after tomorrow, so bring this man to me quickly.”

“No problem, we’ll leave right now, see you tomorrow!”

Jordan hung up the video call and said to Pablo, “Get the private plane ready, we’ll set off to Texas immediately.”

“Yes!”

Jordan then smiled and said to Brad, “Let’s go, Mr. Howard.”

To his surprise, Brad flew into a rage. “What!?! Who said I’m going to America with you! I don’t want to go to space! If you want to go, you go yourself!”

After saying that, Brad was about to leave.

However, just before he reached the door, he was stopped by a few of Pablo’s men.

“What do you mean?”

Brad turned to look at Jordan. Although his reflexes were good, he had been stabbed twice.

Those smoke bombs and other weapons on his body were also removed long ago.

In a fight with bare hands and fists, he definitely can’t do anything to this group of people, including Jordan.

Jordan smiled and said, “Brad, you only have two choices now. You either tell me the reason or go on a trip to space. You choose.”

Salvatore, who was at the side, burst into laughter. “Brad Howard, do you think that Mr. Jordan has no way to deal with you even if we don’t dare to kill you? Mr. Jordan has a hundred ways to kill you! Haha!”

Brad was livid. He clenched his fiss but did not dare to make another move because he was alone and definitely couldn’t get past them.

After a while, Brad guffawed loudly and said, “Isn’t it just a trip to space? Fine, I’ll go! But I think it’s you who should go to space to calm down since your wife just gave birth but the baby doesn’t belong to you. Hahahaha.”

Jordan’s gaze was like a knife and he said coldly, “Go on. Once you get to space, the aliens will not understand your words.”

Brad suddenly got flustered. “You…”

“Let’s go!”

Jordan grabbed Brad and forcibly took him away.

Soon, Jordan and his men took a private plane straight to BOCA CHICA.

It was Musk’s company’s research and development base in Texas, a place that was incredibly unqiue and housed various versions of interstellar spaceships on Earth so far.

Jordan and Brad were both shocked by the spaceships and rockets here.

Although Brad was from a good family background, he had limited horizons and didn’t know what top technology of this world is.

He was just as astounded to be there!

Jordan and Brad entered the R&D room to see Musk.

Musk happily shook hands with Jordan and hugged him.

Musk said, “We had a nice chat on the video call the other day, and I knew that you were now interested in space travel as well.

“Within 10 years, I will send at least 1,000 humans to Mars, and in another 20 years, this number will go up to 1 million!”

Afterwards, Musk took the initiative to shake Brad’s hand and asked, “Mr. Howard, are you willing to be the first human to go to Mars?

Brad swallowed his saliva nervously. “To… to mars?”

Chapter 276: Brad Breaks Down!

During the flight from Orlando to Texas, Brad held on hard and deliberately pretended that he was not afraid of going on a space trip.

“Why are we going to Mars again? How long will it take to go there and come back?” Brad asked.

Elon Musk smiled and explained, “It takes six months for us to go to Mars, and we’ll have to stay there for 26 months after we arrive.”

Brad began to curse his heart out loudly.

“What the hell are you going to do for 26 months on Mars? There are no women on Mars, and there is no need to fight a war! Don’t tell me you want to build a base there. I’ll be returning in a week!”

Musk laughed and said, “Mr. Howard, here’s the thing, we’re going to Mars when we’re the closest to it, but once we’re there, we would already be extremely far away from Earth.”

“Out of consideration for the economic cost, we have to wait until Mars is closest to Earth again before we can return. It will take 26 months for Mars to be closest to Earth again. So, we have to stay for 26 months.”

Jordan patted Brad’s shoulder and said, “Mr. Howard, it has only been slightly over two years. You’re still so young. What are you afraid of? Just take it as training.”

Brad tried to break free from Jordan, and he said, “I’m not going anymore! Quickly send me back!”

Jordan said hostilely, “Brad Howard, it seems that you haven’t gotten a clear idea of the situation yet! Now, you have to go there regardless of whether you want to or not!”

“Well, unless you explain why you did that!”

Brad was furious. He was not only battered with injuries, but he was also unarmed and surrounded by Jordan’s underlings.

His cell phone had been confiscated, so there was no way he could contact his family.

Even if his parents knew about it, they could do nothing because it was Musk’s territory!

In the state, the Howards could still fight Jordan. They wouldn’t be able to deal with him anywhere else!

Brad gritted his teeth and exclaimed, “Good! Let’s go to Mars then! The Howards are definitely not going to be afraid of you bastards!”

Brad often called Jordan a bastard, and his eyes would be full of murderous intent whenever he saw him.

Jordan knew that Brad definitely had a strong grudge against him.

However, he couldn’t recall when he had ever offended him.

“Bring him down!”

Jordan issued the orders, and Brad was taken away by two people. Since he was going to Mars, he was arranged to be in the same room as the astronauts.

One of the astronauts was a Canadian from Quebec who was fluent in English and French. Brad was also good at both languages, so they started chatting.

Brad asked, “Hey, is what Musk said about moving to Mars reliable? Will there be any danger if we go to Mars this time?”

While eating, the Canadian astronaut said, “Don’t worry, man, we will be very safe. I can guarantee that I’ll bring you back safely.”

Brad grinned and thought secretly, ‘Jordan Steele, I slept with your wife, and you chose to send me to Mars just because you don’t dare to kill me, but when the time comes, you won’t dare to touch me again!”

“I’ll treat it as a vacation then!”

Brad was elated as he felt that this outcome was better than getting killed, castrated, and insulted.

Those few people who had offended Jordan before, such as Tyler and Cayden, did not end well.

However, at this moment, the astronaut suddenly changed his voice. “However, the longer we stay on Mars, the more dangers we face.”

“Danger? What are the dangers!?” Brad hurriedly asked.

The astronaut explained, “We are flying in space, and due to the lack of exercise and weightlessness, there is a decrease in the quality and strength of the skeletal machine. When we return, the muscle strength will drop by 40%.”

“What?”

Brad froze. Although he had a beautiful face, what he had always been proud of was not his face but his strength!

He was a man who admired martial arts skills and strength and had always trained his muscles!

However, once he went to Mars and came back, all his years of hard work would have been for nothing!

The astronaut continued, “There will be serious brain degeneration because too much fluid will accumulate in the brain if we stay too long in space.”

Brad was once again shocked. ‘Will you become a retard after you return?’

‘That bastard Jordan!’

The astronaut continued, “Your kidney functions will also be weakened. If you have a girlfriend now, you should sleep with her a few more times before you leave for Mars because once you come back, you’ll become impotent.”

Brad was so furious that he was about to curse out loud!

In fact, Jordan also arranged this astronaut, who had deliberately asked the astronaut to say something terrifying to scare Brad.

“Indeed, I knew it. He will surely give me a hard time since I bullied his wife!”

Brad was convinced by those exaggerated words.

When the astronaut saw that Brad did not know anything about space, he exaggerated even further.

“In fact, these are not the most terrifying things. Do you know what the most terrifying thing is?”

“What is it!?” Brad stared at him with widened eyes.

The astronaut lamented, “There are many mysterious and unpredictable black holes in the universe! Once we are swept into a black hole, we will definitely die and be permanently trapped inside it!”

“Even if we don’t, time will fly by once we are near the black hole!”

“Do you know what the rapid passage of time means to us?”

Brad swallowed some saliva and asked, “What… does it mean?”

The astronaut said, “You’ve watched the film, Interstellar, which is produced by Christopher Nolan, right? The male protagonist went to space, and when his daughter returned, his daughter had become an elderly lady who was old enough to be his grandmother!”

“Similarly, by the time we come back, decades may have already passed on Earth even though we’ve stayed outside for two or three years!”

“In other words, your family would have already grown old or died by that time!”

“Hey, man, before you leave, give your loved ones a call. It might be the last call.”

Brad was utterly dumbfounded when he heard that.

“No, my grandfather is already in his seventies. By the time I return, I might not be able to see him or even my parents by the time I come back!”

“And my girlfriend… When I come back, she’ll be an old lady!”

“And my sister…”

“No, no, no, I can’t accept all this. I can’t go to Mars!”

Sometimes, death threats may not work for a tough guy like Brad, who had grown up in the army.

However, there are too many things in the world that are more frightening than death.

Brad could accept death but not returning to a world where all his loved ones are dead, and things have changed drastically!

“Jordan! Jordan! Come here!”

Brad desperately shouted Jordan’s name at the door.

Chapter 277: Secret Hidden Deep Within The Heart!

Brad was locked up in the room by Jordan, so he kept patting the door and yelling loudly.

Soon, Pablo, who was in charge of keeping an eye on Brad, walked over.

He called out, “Brad Howard, what are you yelling for!?! You’d better behave yourself and get ready to go to Mars!”

Brad screamed, “Screw you! I’m not going to Mars. Get Jordan to come over!”

Knowing that Brad was scared, he asked Jordan to come over.

Jordan came to Brad’s room, and when he saw how horrified Brad was, he asked, “Have you thought about it clearly? Do you want to go to Mars or give me an honest explanation for your actions?”

Brad had never given in to anyone in his life. Even when he was beaten up badly, he would never give in and admit defeat.

However, he was afraid this time. He was genuinely scared.

Brad said, “Don’t send me to Mars. I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you everything!”

Two minutes later, Jordan asked the astronauts, Pablo, and others to go outside, leaving only Jordan and Brad in the room.

“Tell me, why did you sleep with Hailey!?! You bastard!”

Jordan looked at Brad furiously.

If he didn’t want to know the answer, he would have crippled Brad!

However, Brad was still stubborn, and he said, “You’re the bastard! Jordan! If you hadn’t done such a terrible thing to my sister, why would I have slept with your wife!?”

Jordan was instantly stunned. “Who’s your sister? What terrible thing… have I done?”

Jordan had been taught by his grandfather to be a kindhearted person. He was confident that the things he had done were lawful and correct over the years.

He had never harmed anyone, except…

Brad humphed coldly and snapped, “Jordan Steele, aren’t you aware of what you’ve done? Don’t tell me that you’re a good person! I know very clearly all the sordid things you’ve done!”

Jordan’s breathing became rapid because he didn’t want to remember that incident!

After a long time, Jordan asked, “What is your sister’s name?”

Brad answered, “Lauren Howard!”

Jordan continued to ask, “Has she been to the Syrian battlefield?”

Brad gave an affirmative answer. “Yes!”

In an instant, Jordan lowered his head, becoming extremely emotional.

The memories that he had long hidden in the depths of his heart and didn’t want to remember for a long time resurfaced in his mind…

Four years ago, the Syrian battlefield.

*sounds of guns firing*

Dong-dong-dong-dong…

Jordan was resting with his teammates at the base during his battlefield training, but the sounds of gunshots suddenly filled the air!

The enemy suddenly invaded their base camp, and there were constant sounds of gunfire!

Jordan and his comrades retreated while retaliating.

In the end, the enemies were too aggressive, and they had even come prepared. As a result, the comrades who had retreated with Jordan were all killed.

Jordan, too, was surrounded by three men wearing a balaclava and aiming an AK-47 at Jordan!

Jordan was in danger!

At this moment, Jordan took out a jade pendant with the word “Steele” written on it, put down his weapon, and raised his hands in surrender.

He yelled in Arabic, “لاتطلقواالنار!لاتطلقواالنار!”

(Don’t shoot! Don’t shoot!)

Afraid that they wouldn’t understand, Jordan spoke Arabic, English, French, and other languages to ask them not to shoot to kill him.

In the end, he said in Arabic, “I’m a Steele!”

Charleston, of course, wouldn’t let his grandson just die in battle since he had sent him to such a dangerous place for training.

He greeted the bosses of each side of the war and gave all of them a lot of benefits.

He even told Jordan to take out his pendant to reveal his identity if he encountered any danger.

Jordan handed the jade pendant to the soldier who was covering his head and said, “Hand this over to your bosses, and you will be handsomely rewarded!”

Soon, the soldiers handed the pendant to their superiors.

However, after the superiors got the pendant, they did not release Jordan directly. Instead, they locked him up in a small dark room.

Of course, Jordan didn’t understand what was going on. He screamed incessantly, “Why are you locking me up?”

The person outside the door told him, “Someone is going to give you a gift, and you may leave after tasting it.”

Soon, a woman was thrown into the darkroom!

Jordan did not know what the woman looked like because there was no light in the room, so he could only recognize that she was relatively young from her crying.

Jordan did not understand why they did this to him, so he continued yelling, “Let me out. Why are you playing me out!?!”

The person outside the door smiled and said, “If you don’t accept this gift, neither of you will ever get out.”

Jordan was locked in the darkroom for six hours, and no matter how much he shouted, the person outside refused to open the door to let him out.

He tried to talk to the woman in the darkroom in Arabic and French, but she did not respond or say anything. All she did was cry.

In the end, Jordan only remembered that he was thirsty and parched, while the woman seemed to have cried to the point of exhaustion.

At that time, Jordan thought that the woman was probably a comfort woman whom many soldiers had slept with.

Hence, he did what they asked him to.

However, afterward, Jordan discovered that the woman was a virgin!

Moreover, when that woman was taken away, Jordan got a clear glimpse of her back. He knew that she was an elegant Asian woman with a superb figure!

After learning this, Jordan had always been guilty about her.

However, he still didn’t know the truth and why he would meet such a pretty and chaste woman there.

“Do you remember it now, bastard!?!” Brad glowered at Jordan.

Only at this time did Jordan understand why Brad hated him.

It turned out that the woman who was locked in the small black room with Jordan at the battlefield was Brad’s sister, Lauren Howard!

“Why would she go to the battlefield?” Jordan asked.

Brad humphed furiously and barked, “You’d better ask her that question yourself!”

Jordan thought about it and agreed with a nod. “Okay, I should apologize to her. Where is she now? I’ll go look for her.”

Although he had done something wrong, he ought to be brave enough to face his mistakes since he was a man.

Besides, Jordan also had no choice but to do as he was told at that time. Otherwise, both of them would have starved to death in the small dark room.

Brad said, “DC!”

Jordan knew that DC was where the Howards was based, so he agreed, “Alright, I’ll go to DC with you!”

The few of them immediately packed their things and prepared to leave.

When Musk saw Jordan and the others leaving, he desperately tried to make them stay. “Mr. Howard, are you not going to Mars anymore? If you don’t like Mars, we also have other destinations that you can choose from.”

Brad was so frightened that he fled immediately. “Mr. Musk, I don’t want to go anywhere in space! I just want to stay on Earth!”

Musk grabbed Brad’s hand and said, “Give me your contact number so that I can go and pick you up in case you change your mind again one day.”

Brad shirked Musk off. “There won’t be such a day!”

Chapter 278: Off To The Howards’!

Jordan and the rest didn’t stay in Texas long. After learning the truth, Jordan immediately planned to go to DC via private jet.

Jordan also called Victoria to report his situation to her.

 

“Victoria!”

“Jordan!”

Victoria’s voice was very soft, and she sounded like she had just woken up.

“I’m sorry, Victoria, I haven’t been able to call you the past few days or text you. I’m flying to DC now. There are so many troublesome things to do.”

 

“Let’s talk after you’re done handling those matters,” Victoria said gently.

“Yeah, okay, I’ll hang up now.”

After proposing to Victoria, Jordan should be enjoying the sweetest and happiest stage of his relationship.

However, these events occurred one after another.

 

Firstly, the paternity test results showed that Hailey’s twins weren’t fathered by him.

Now that he had finally found Leah’s father, Jordan realized that there was more to the story, which was surprisingly related to a mistake he had made four years before.

Jordan especially wanted to see Lauren Howard now to ask her about the situation and apologize to her.

After several hours of flying, Jordan and the others arrived in DC!

After the consecutive flights, Jordan and the others were exhausted.

Although he wanted to check into a hotel and get some sleep, Jordan nevertheless decided to meet Brad’s sister, Lauren, first!

 

“Where does your sister live?” Jordan asked.

“Come with me on your own. Don’t bring your subordinate,” Brad said.

Brad didn’t ask anyone to pick him up. Instead, he called for a cab, and Jordan got in it too.

Soon, the two of them arrived near the gate of a particular urban area where some old houses had very old stone brick and wooden door designs.

Jordan was surprised that Lauren was living here.

Pushing open the small red rustic wooden door, Jordan asked, “Aren’t the Howards very wealthy? Why is your sister living here?”

Of course, Jordan knew that property prices were high in DC, and houses here were not cheap either.

The average price should be above 600 thousand dollars for a home.

 

However, the Howards were incredibly wealthy and should be living in a multi-million-dollar home. An old house as such didn’t seem to match their family’s vibe.

Hearing this, Brad glared at Jordan resentfully and barked, “It’s all your fault! My sister has fallen out with my family, and she now lives in this house by herself.”

Jordan was baffled because he thought he had merely had something similar to a “one-night-stand” with Lauren, which wasn’t a big deal for open-minded or liberal women in modern-day society.

‘Did Lauren Howard develop depression after that incident? Why did she fall out with her family?’

Jordan knew that Brad didn’t want to mention this matter, so he decided to ask Lauren about it.

“I wonder what Lauren looks like. Is she pretty…”

Arriving at the house, Jordan became a little curious about her looks!

First of all, he reckoned that Lauren should be in her twenties, too, since Brad was only in his early twenties.

Secondly, Jordan guessed that Lauren should be quite pretty!

Reason being Brad was very good-looking himself and was almost considered pretty!

When Jordan saw Brad for the first time, he felt that he was really pretty!

He didn’t expect Brad to have a sister too, and he thought that it indeed didn’t let his family’s superior genes go to waste.

“Uh, is Lauren your biological sister from the same father and mother?”

 

Jordan asked Brad as he tagged along behind him.

He knew that major families like the Steeles and the Howards tend to have many children, but these children are usually half-siblings.

Brad said, “Yes, we share the same set of parents, and we also have two half-siblings from another mother.”

“Okay.”

Jordan was relieved to know that Brad and Lauren belonged to the same mother because Lauren was probably quite pretty.

Of course, Jordan didn’t harbor any designs on Lauren because he loved Victoria very much now.

However, he liked pretty women and would rather have slept with a good-looking one.

When he arrived in the courtyard, a girl who resembled a maid walked over and greeted, “Mr. Brad, you’re here.”

“Where’s my sister?” Brad asked.

The girl replied, “Miss Lauren has gone to see Mr. Howard.”

Jordan smiled. ‘This family is pretty interesting.’

Brad was stunned for a moment. “She went to my father’s place? What is she there for?”

From Brad’s tone of voice, he could tell that Lauren rarely visited her father.

The girl replied, “I heard that Mr. Howard has arranged a blind date for her.”

Brad was enraged. “My sister never likes to go on any blind dates! She must have been tricked again!”

After saying that, Brad turned around and left.

“Hey, where are you going?” Jordan asked.

He was slightly disappointed about not getting to see Lauren.

Brad turned his head to look at Jordan. “To my father’s place. If you want to see my sister, you can come with me.”

However, Jordan didn’t agree immediately and instead hesitated a little.

Brad’s father, who was also the second generation heir of the Howards, was now in his prime and was the core strength of the family.

It wasn’t that easy to get married into the Howards.

Moreover, Jordan had done something wrong to the Howards…

“What’s wrong? Are you scared? Are you afraid that we’ll hang you up and beat you into a pulp?”

Brad laughed when he saw that Jordan didn’t dare to follow him.

In the past two days, Jordan had been saying that he would send Brad to Heaven and cause his manliness to vanish.

Brad was really pleased to see that Jordan was afraid.

Jordan sneered, “Brad, what I did with your sister, and what you did with Hailey are separate issues. Once I settle the matter between your sister and me, I can still beat you up into a pulp in front of the Howards!”

He was not afraid of the Howards!

When had the Steeles ever been afraid of anyone!?!

Brad didn’t expect Jordan to be so tyrannical even on his turf in DC, but he admired him for taking it like a man.

“I’m just afraid that the matter between you and my sister won’t be resolved that easily!”

Brad stopped talking and instead made a phone call to call for an Audi, a rather ordinary Audi A8. It was hard to tell that a big shot was riding in that car.

There were hidden forces and whales everywhere in DC.

Brad personally drove Jordan to a villa area called One Mansion.

The location was extremely superior and the villa was designed in a royal garden style, surrounded by green hills and streams. The price of the villa was incalculable!

The car stopped at the entrance of a classic and luxurious villa.

“Jordan, if you don’t dare to go in, it’s not too late to change your mind,” Brad said.

Jordan opened the car door and got out. “There’s no place in this world that I don’t dare to go!”

Chapter 279: Clarice Howard!

Although Jordan was young, he had trained in various places all over the world for years and had been through plenty!

Although the Howards were a wealthy family in DC, Jordan’s current status wasn’t poor either!

He was the CEO of J Corporation and was lauded as the wealthiest person in the country!

Jordan closed the car door and said to Brad, “I am the richest man in the US. I’m afraid your family will have to look up to me when they see me!”

Brad too, got out of the car, closed the door, and guffawed loudly.

“You’re really hilarious. Jordan Steele, your lousy takeout company is only worth a paltry amount of money in the country. Trust you to call yourself the richest man. You’re just enjoying the bootlicking from Ryan Dunn, who’s praising you and sucking up to you. You’re not even on the list of richest people!”

“Besides, even if you are on the list of richest people, we won’t recognize you or even acknowledge you because we don’t ever read such lists or buy any business magazines.”

“My grandfather doesn’t even let me use Twitter and Instagram. Even if I do, it’s only for us to read news, and we’ll never post or share anything.”

“Jordan Steele, you grew up abroad, and you don’t even understand the situation here.”

“It’s always a good thing to keep a low profile. Do you think the people on the Forbes list of richest people are really the richest in the US or the world? Bullshit! My family doesn’t even bother being on such lists. Otherwise, they’d be top on the list for the past few decades!”

Jordan knew quite a bit about the situation in the country, and it was indeed as Brad said.

Not to mention the Howards, even the Steeles could easily become the top on the list of the world’s richest. They simply didn’t bother to compete.

Previously, he had given himself the title of the country’s wealthiest, only to make Hailey jealous.

Jordan said calmly, “It’s even better if they don’t know me.”

Jordan didn’t want to have any dealings with Brad’s parents. He just wanted to meet Lauren and apologize to her.

It would be better if he didn’t get recognized by the rest of the Howards. Jordan liked to keep a low profile anyway.

Hence, Jordan followed Brad in.

As soon as they entered, a servant bowed and greeted with a smile, “You’re here, Mr. Brad.”

“Yes.”

Brad walked quickly towards the villa hall like the wealthy scion he was.

Looking over from afar, he noticed that there were lots of people in the hall.

A very elegant and dignified middle-aged woman was talking to a maid-like girl.

“What? She won’t come out? Chris has especially come here to see her. How can she refuse to even take a look at him? Continue asking her to come out!”

Hearing the voice of the dignified middle-aged woman, Brad stepped into the hall.

“Dad! Mom!”

Brad exclaimed at the two middle-aged people inside.

The middle-aged woman who spoke was Brad’s mother.

On the other hand, Brad’s father was the chubby middle-aged man sitting in the middle.

Apart from the two of them, there was also a man and a woman.

The man seated in the guest’s seat was about 30 years old, and he was tall and muscular. He had a somewhat menacing and austere expression on his average-looking face, which would make one shudder.

His sitting posture was extremely elaborate, and it was actually a standard military sitting posture. Moreover, he kept a straight face and didn’t smile at all.

Jordan was not interested in this man. Instead, the one who caught his attention was the woman!

That woman was about the same age as Jordan, and she was sitting cross-legged on the chair. She was dressed in expensive clothes, and she exuded the aura of a noble lady.

‘Is she Brad’s sister, Lauren?’

Jordan was a little agitated because he was eager to know if this woman was the same woman he had a one-night-stand within the darkroom that night!

However, if it was, Jordan would be slightly disappointed!

She had the temperament of a wealthy heiress, and she was rather good-looking. However, she still fell short of Jordan’s expectations.

After all, Brad was incredibly good-looking, so Jordan thought that his sister must be gorgeous too. He didn’t expect that she would be less pretty than Brad.

‘Could it be that their parents’ excellent genes were all inherited by Brad and not his sister?’

Brad greeted his parents, and when he saw the middle-aged man who was seated in a military posture, he said, “Why are you here again?”

Brad’s mother hurriedly said, “How can you be so rude to General Hank’s son? He is several years older than you. You have to be polite to him!”

On the other hand, Brad had a look of disdain on his face.

At this moment, Brad’s father stared at Jordan as he had been since he entered. He asked, “Brad, who is this?”

Brad said casually, “Oh, the new chauffeur I just hired.”

Brad’s mother asked, “Why did you bring the chauffeur in? We’re talking about something important here. ask him to go outside for now.”

Brad glanced at Jordan and said with a smile, “It’s alright, let’s continue talking. Don’t be afraid, I’m his life savior, and he’s very loyal to me. He won’t dare to spout any nonsense about our family.”

Jordan secretly thought, ‘Damn it, when did he ever save my life?’

‘I spared you from death. I should be your benefactor!’

However, Jordan didn’t want to have any dealings with the Howards as the third scion of the Steeles for the time being.

Since they didn’t recognize him, he decided to face them using the identity as a driver for the time being.

At this moment, Brad’s father asked, “Brad, I heard from your pilot that you got into an accident in Orlando, right? Did your leg get injured during that accident?”

Brad waved his hand and said, “Oh, it’s not a big deal, just a trivial matter.”

At this moment, the middle-aged man seated in a military posture suddenly exclaimed, “Brad, we’ll also be a family in the future. Tell me who hurt you, and I’ll bring my subordinates to destroy him!”

‘How domineering, eh?’

‘This man speaks so arrogantly!’

Brad could have joined forces with this man to deal with Jordan, but he didn’t want to talk to him about it at all. Instead, he felt extremely disgusted.

“Chris Hank, who’s going to be family with you? Has my sister agreed? This is just wishful thinking on your part.”

At the mention of Brad’s sister, Jordan couldn’t help but look at the woman sitting next to Chris again.

The woman, whom Brad suspected was Brad’s sister, also looked at Jordan!

She suddenly said, “Brad, where did you get such a lecherous chauffeur from? Have you never seen a woman before? How many times have you stared at my face since you entered the door? You don’t have any manners at all!”

There were many rules here, and even when one wanted to look at someone else, they ought not to gawk straight at them. There were lots of etiquettes involved too.

Jordan wasn’t accustomed to such rules.

He only knew that he thought the woman was Lauren Howard, and so his purpose was to apologize to her.

‘Who else should I look at then?’

However, her harsh words made Jordan really disappointed!

Jordan still remembered that woman’s soft voice in the small dark room four years ago…

Even after a one-night stand with Jordan, she didn’t scold him at all.

At this moment, Brad suddenly laughed and said, “Clarice Howard, you should be glad that a man was staring at you. Haven’t you always been jealous of my sister’s beauty all these years?”

Jordan was startled to find that this woman was not Brad’s biological sister, Lauren Howard, but Clarice!

She was Brad’s half-sister!

Chapter 280: Why Is It You?!

Jordan heaved a long sigh of relief as he was glad that she wasn’t Lauren.

He didn’t want anything to do with a woman like her who was obviously a spoiled brat.

Jordan apologized to Clarice, “I’m sorry, I thought you were his sister.”

Hearing Brad’s “chauffeur” say that Clarice became even more jealous.

All along, people in the upper-class circle of DC would only ever pay attention to Lauren and never Clarice.

Now, even someone she thought was just a lowly chauffeur actually took a double-take at her only because he mistook her for Lauren.

How could she tolerate that!?!

Clarice was furious, but she couldn’t lose her temper either.

Hence, she gibed smilingly, “Hah, it’s true that I’m not as pretty as Lauren, but so what if Lauren is pretty? What has she ever done for our family?”

“Four years ago, we arranged a marriage alliance for her, but she refused to agree and even ran away. What happened in the end?”

“She was pregnant when she returned, and she didn’t even know who the baby’s father was. Well, that’s fine, everyone makes mistakes when they’re young, and she could have just gotten an abortion.”

“However, she went against Daddy’s wishes and insisted on giving birth to that illegitimate child!”

“Not only did she keep the baby, but she also insisted that she would never get married again in this lifetime and decided to spend the rest of her life with just that child. She refuses to go on a blind date with anyone or even see anyone.”

“She now has a 3-year-old daughter, and which person from a similar family background as us would be willing to marry her? Chris is the only one who’s so devoted to her.”

“But today, she refuses to meet Chris now that he’s here to see you. She won’t even show him basic courtesy. How rude of her!”

Clarice began to list out all of Lauren’s sins.

Jordan was once again shocked to hear Clarice’s words.

‘Lauren Howard is pregnant? Could it be my child?’

Jordan did not know if the “illegitimate child” resulted from the intimate encounter he had with Lauren back then.

“Three years old… I have a three-year-old daughter?”

Jordan was rather riled up. He initially only planned to apologize to Lauren after meeting her today.

He didn’t expect to learn that he had a three-year-old daughter!

At this moment, Brad’s parents seemed to be extremely sullen.

Brad’s mother exclaimed, “Chris, don’t worry, I’ll go upstairs now and drag her down if I must!”

However, Brad suddenly stopped his mother. Hey, Mom, don’t end up arguing with Lauren later. Let the chauffeur go.”

“Your chauffeur?”

Everyone looked at Jordan.

Jordan was a little surprised too.

When Chris looked at Jordan, there was apparent animosity and hostility in his eyes.

Reason being Jordan had just said to Clarice that he had been staring at her only because he thought she was Lauren.

As Lauren’s future “fiancé”, he would not allow any other man to dare to covet the woman he adored so much.

Clarice laughed and asked, “Him? He can bring Lauren down? Cut it out. Even if you try to convince her yourself, you might not be able to get your sister to come downstairs.”

Brad laughed and said, “That’s why I said that I’ll get my chauffeur to carry her downstairs forcefully if she refuses. Mom can’t pull her down either.”

All the Howards knew Lauren’s temper well and were aware that they wouldn’t be able to persuade Lauren to come downstairs no matter what they said. In the end, they would still have to resort to forceful means to drag her downstairs.

Hence, Brad’s mother did not object anymore and instead said, “Okay, let this young chap go.”

‘Lauren Howard… I’m finally going to meet you.’

Jordan was rather glad because he had long wanted to see Lauren in the flesh.

On the way back to DC from Texas, Jordan had wanted to look at Lauren’s photos, but unfortunately, Brad refused to show them to her.

Now, he would personally take a look at Lauren and the three-year-old girl who could possibly be his daughter.

However, just as Jordan was about to start moving, Chris, seated in a military stance, suddenly got up and blocked Jordan!

Chris was nearly 1.9 meters tall, and there was a scar on his face too. From the look in his eyes, Jordan could tell that he wasn’t a kind soul!

“What’s the matter?” Jordan asked.

Although Jordan was shorter than Chris and was assuming the identity of a chauffeur now, his aura wasn’t any less domineering than Chris at the moment.

Chris said coldly, “If Miss Lauren refuses to come downstairs on her own, you’re not allowed to drag her down by force, let alone carry her. If you dare to lay a hand on her, I’ll make sure you won’t be able to hold the steering wheel again in the future.”

Clarice, who was seated at the side, laughed and said, “Hey, Chris, aren’t you making it difficult for Brad’s chauffeur?”

“He definitely can’t persuade Lauren. Since he can’t drag her, how can he possibly convince her to come downstairs?”

Chris said coldly, “That’s his business. If he can’t even get that done, he doesn’t deserve to be a chauffeur.”

Jordan could tell that Chris was trying to use this matter to dismiss Jordan as a chauffeur.

Reason being he could tell that Jordan was interested in Lauren, so Chris couldn’t keep him around the Howards.

“Sure.”

Jordan stared at Chris for a long time before agreeing.

There was also a murderous aura in his gaze!

However, he didn’t start a conflict with Chris.

Having been a live-in son-in-law of the Camdens for three years, he had long since suffered lots of humiliation, insults, and taunts, which long trained his patience. He could now hold himself back from losing his temper.

Now, he didn’t need to argue with Chris because his purpose was to see Lauren and her daughter.

Jordan slowly walked up the stairs while Brad smiled and reminded, “She’s in the first room on the left of the second floor.”

Looking at Jordan’s back, Brad’s heart was filled with emotions, and he exclaimed, “Lauren, I know you’re going to be upset, but I’ve brought him here!”

Jordan slowly walked up to the second floor, where the style of the villa here was very different from the style of his own villa in Orlando and New York City.

The villa did not have luxurious decor, but it was exquisite and had a strong heritage.

Arriving on the second floor, he saw that the door on the far left was closed. Hence, Jordan knocked on the red wooden door.

“Miss Lauren, are you inside?”

A soft voice soon came from inside, “Tell my mother that I won’t see him.”

When Jordan heard the soft and feeble voice, he suddenly got deja vu as he felt that he seemed to have heard it before somewhere.

“Could it be that we have met before?”

However, on second thought, he realized, ‘Duh, of course, we have met before, and I’ve heard her voice several times before that night…’

Jordan stopped letting his imagination run wild and instead opened the red wooden door to enter.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a familiar scene.

A gorgeous woman whose long hair was draped across her shoulder and who was as pretty as Hailey was now teasing a three-year-old girl.

The two of them were grinning brightly like beautiful angels and fairies.

“It’s you?”

“It’s you?”

Jordan and Lauren chorused in unison as they looked at each other, completely dumbfounded!