Chapter 249: Compensation
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The bodyguards that protected Preston were all experts that the Taylors had spent a lot of money to hire. Zane definitely wouldn’t be able to take the punch. He would at least be severely injured, and in the worst-case scenario, he would die!
Feeling the gust of wind blown up by the swing of his fist on his face, Zane couldn’t help but close his eyes while thinking to himself in agony that he might die today!
Suddenly, a phantom-like figure appeared beside Zane. Before the bodyguard’s fist could strike Zane, the bodyguard was sent flying by a sudden kick!
Whoosh!
The bodyguard was instantly smashed through the glass door of the Ocean Bathhouse and landed far away in the middle of the road. He even almost got run over by a passing car.
Everyone watched with their eyes wide open, dumbfounded and unable to react.
They jolted back to their senses in horror only after hearing the screech of the tires of the car that had come to an abrupt stop and the curses of the driver who had slammed hard on the brakes.
The distance between the spot on the road where the bodyguard was lying and the lobby of the Ocean Bathhouse was at least more than ten meters!
Furthermore, his body had also been smashed through a thick layer of tempered glass. How strong must the impact have been?!
Everyone couldn’t help but look at the bodyguard lying motionlessly in the middle of the road. It was unclear if he was alive or not.
What kind of person would be able to kick so powerfully?!
Soon, the crowd noticed that there was another young man behind Lucas sizing Preston up with a sinister smile.
The person who attacked just now must be this young man, who’s clearly the other man’s subordinate!
He must be a supreme expert. Otherwise, there’s no way he could have kicked my burly bodyguard and sent him flying by more than ten meters!
Preston’s facial muscles began to twitch, and he was so furious that he started clenching his teeth. It was not only because that young man had kicked his bodyguard more than ten meters away and knocked him unconscious, greatly embarrassing him. But it was because that young man was glaring at him hostilely as if he was about to kick him too.
Outrageous, detestable!
The young man beside Lucas was obviously Jordan.
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In fact, Jordan had been helping Lucas gather various information for the past few days, so he naturally knew that Lucas had just acquired the Ocean Bathhouse, which used to belong to the Taylors, as well as the dirty business that went on on the top floor. He deliberately came over to see what was going on, but he happened to walk in on the Taylors causing a stir.
“Lucas, do you want me to get rid of this punk who’s here to cause trouble?” Jordan asked with a cheeky grin.
With a trace of anger on his face, Preston thought, Punk? I’m the esteemed future successor of the Taylors. When have I ever been addressed that way?
But he didn’t dare to flare up for the time being because he hadn’t gotten a clear idea of Lucas’s background yet, but such a powerful figure had already appeared.
Preston came here today with only two bodyguards, one of whom was already crippled and immobile on the road while the other was no match for Jordan. If he flared up, he would be the one to suffer!
“Hmph, it seems that you’re determined to go against the Taylors. I don’t know who you are, but don’t forget that we’re in Orange County, and this is our turf. You’re being too arrogant! You won’t end up well!” Preston said fiercely before glaring at his bodyguard and then turning around to leave. “Let’s go!”
“Hold it!” Lucas suddenly called out to Preston, who was about to leave.
“Your subordinate injured mine and even smashed my glass door. You should compensate me for it, right?” Lucas said slowly.
Preston turned around and glared at him in exasperation, almost driven to his grave in anger by Lucas.
“Get your facts right. Your subordinate was the one who injured my bodyguard and smashed the glass door. I’m being kind enough by not pursuing this matter. How dare you ask me for compensation?!” Preston hollered in infuriation.
At this moment, even Joe was shocked, not to mention the other employees of the Ocean Bathhouse.
He had long known that Lucas was definitely not an ordinary person and that he was exceptionally audacious. But Jordan had knocked Preston’s bodyguard unconscious, and Lucas even demanded that Preston compensate him. It was Joe’s first time witnessing something like this!
Lucas snorted coldly. “First of all, you’re the one who barged onto my turf. I didn’t invite you here. Second, you people are the ones who hit us first. Even if your bodyguard is injured, it’s because of his incompetence. You can’t blame it on anyone else. Third, the glass door was shattered by your bodyguard’s body. Are you blind?
“The compensation will be eight hundred thousand dollars. I will let you go once you’ve paid it.”
What?! Preston naturally refused. He had temporarily let go of Zane only because he realized that the situation was amiss. But if he really paid the compensation before leaving, wouldn’t he be really humiliated?
“One-point-five million,” Lucas said coldly.
“You!” Preston was even more enraged because Lucas actually had the guts to double the compensation! It was a huge insult to him!
“Three million.” There was no fluctuation of emotions in Lucas’s gaze as he continued to speak indifferently.
“…” Preston curbed his urge to curse and hurl vulgarities.
At this moment, he could tell that the young man who appeared out of nowhere was specifically trying to go against the Taylors!
If he opposed, Lucas would double the compensation amount unreasonably without mercy.
It just so happened that he didn’t bring too many subordinates with him and couldn’t do anything to Lucas. If he didn’t pay the compensation, he wouldn’t be allowed to leave. It seemed that he had to take the loss today!
“Okay, I’ll transfer the money to your account now!” Preston said through gritted teeth with a gloomy gaze, as if he wanted to devour Lucas.
As the successor of the Taylors, he had never suffered such a tremendous loss before. I must investigate the background of this arrogant young man. I will never let him off!
“Hah, wouldn’t everything be fine if you had agreed sooner? You just had to make me raise the compensation from eight hundred thousand to three million before you’d comply. The Taylors must have too much money to spare,” Lucas gibed with a smirk.
Preston felt an urge to vomit blood.
After he clenched his teeth and transferred three million dollars out of his account, his face turned sullen, and he immediately dashed out of the door, as he couldn’t stay here a second longer.
The bodyguard behind him hurriedly followed Preston and continued to protect him while calling the chauffeur to come over and carry the seriously injured bodyguard lying motionlessly on the road.
As soon as Preston got inside his car, he immediately took out his phone and dialed a number with a menacing expression. “Find out who exactly the new owner of the Ocean Bathhouse is. I want a clear report! Where did Calvin Pearce go? He actually had the audacity to sell the Taylors’ property! I don’t care what method you use. You must bring Calvin Pearce to me!”