Binding System

Scarlett was currently standing in front of Ace with her back facing him. Her beautiful back was visible to his eyes because she was still naked.

'She has a beautiful back.'

Even though he had seen her back many times, it still amazed him.

'Sigh. It seems like I've really become a pervert now.'

He lately always had sex with Scarlett, so he saw himself as a pervert now.

'But she really has a sexy body.'

The longer he looked at her beautiful back, the more he wanted to hug her.

For this reason, he approached her slowly before finally embracing her from behind. He did not give her a warning and hugged her immediately because she was his lover.

Scarlett widened her eyes for a second when Ace suddenly embraced her.

However, her surprised face instantly turned into a soft smile. "What's wrong, Ace?"

"Nothing. I just want to embrace you." He gave an honest answer.

"We have to put on clothes immediately because I have a feeling that Layla will come soon." Even though she said something like this, she did not remove his hands from her body.

"I hope she is still sleeping." Ace knew his wish would most likely not come true because Layla was a morning person.

When she suddenly turned around and cupped his face, he thought she would tell him to wear clothes again, but he was wrong.

He was utterly wrong because she suddenly kissed him passionately. However, it was a short deep kiss because she broke the kiss shortly after that.

"Let's wear clothes now." she uttered, "We can lovey-dovey again later."

Ace stopped hugging her and put on his clothes.

And like what Scarlett had guessed, Layla came to his room right after they put on their clothes.

"Scarlett, it seems like you can't live without Ace anymore." Layla spoke abruptly. "You even came to his room again."

They were currently sitting on the couch. She was sitting on Scarlett's right side while Ace was on the opposite side of her.

"It rained heavily last night, so Ace wanted me to sleep with him." Scarlett lied to Layla again.

The corner of his lips twitched. "Scarlett, you should not lie to her again. Otherwise, I will slap your buttocks later."

"Hehe." Layla giggled happily. "Scarlett, you don't need to lie to me. After all I'm your friend."

"But I'm not lying. He even used my body to war-" Scarlett stopped her words halfway when she realized what she was about to say.

'I almost slipped my tongue.'

Even though Layla was her good friend, she should not tell Layla everything.

"Why did you stop your words halfway?" Layla inquired. "What do you want to say?"

Before Scarlett could answer Layla's question, someone knocked on the door. Ace and the others immediately rose to their feet to open the door.

They were surprised when a male employee said Allan was waiting for them in the waiting room.

After they stepped into the waiting room, the employee immediately left because he wanted to give them some privacy.

"Brother Allan, do you have something to say to me?" Ace asked curiously.

"Brother Ace, I have something important to say to you, so how about we go to my restaurant first?" Allan did not answer Ace's question immediately because he did not want anyone to hear their conversation.

Ace, Layla and Scarlett exchanged a glance.

'Something important?'

They immediately nodded their heads because they were also curious about it.

They went straight to the Wynn restaurant. The Wynn restaurant was big and had two floors.

They immediately headed to the second floor because the private dining room was on the second floor.

Like a five-star restaurant, the private dining room was huge and luxurious. The wooden dining table was placed in the middle of the room.

The round table was quite large, with eight chairs around it. There was also a purple couch on the right side of the room.

They put a sofa in the private dining room to be a place to relax since they could see the beautiful city from the private dining room.

Yes, there was a huge window behind the dining table!

All the private dining room had windows.

The Wynn family did this because, with this, they could see the beauty of Herora city, and the sunlight could also enter the private dining room.

The group of five immediately headed to the dining table and sat on the chairs.

As usual, Allan was sitting next to his bodyguard, while Ace, Layla and Scarlett were sitting on the opposite side of him.

"So, what is it, brother Allan?" Ace asked curiously.

"Several subordinates of the Hudson family came to my Wynn trading house a few minutes ago." Allan gave an honest answer. "They came to my family business because they wanted to know about your identity, brother Ace."

Ace touched his chin.

'Did they find out that I was the one who killed David and Cale?'

He believed he did not make a suspicious move since they arrived at Herora city, so he was curious as to why the subordinates of the Hudson family wanted to know his identity.

'Wait!'

He suddenly remembered Tom, Robert and Lucas.

'I think it's related to them.'

He suspected it was related to Tom, Robert and Lucas because several people knew he quarreled with them during the auction.

"Is it because of Tom, Lucas and Robert?" Ace decided to ask this question because he wanted to know whether his guess was correct or not.

"Yes. Tom, Robert and Lucas dead yesterday, so Darwin ordered his subordinates to investigate it because not only were they his strongest and trusted subordinates, but Tom also brought a lot of his money." Allan told Ace who they were.

He then continued, "That is why he wants to investigate everything and find the killer. And brother Ace, you are their biggest suspect because you quarreled with them during the auction."

"So, you decided to meet me because you wanted to warn me about the Hudson family, huh?" Allan's value rose in Ace's eyes because this meant, Allan really wanted to strengthen their friendship.

"Yes. By the way, brother Ace. Are you the one who killed them?" Allan asked curiously.

Instead of answering Allan's question, Ace inquired, "What do you think?"

"I think you are the killer." Allan responded instantly.

"Why do you think I'm the killer?" Ace did not admit it immediately and threw another question at Allan.

"My guess is…" Allan began telling Ace why he suspected Ace as the killer.

First, Tom and the others quarreled with Ace during the auction of the Lightning Move skill book, and last, Allan knew the personalities of the Hudson family's subordinates well.

He believed Tom and the others were furious when Ace won the bid.

Because they could not accept losing the bid, they tried to snatch the Lightning Move skill book from Ace after the auction was over.

But because they underestimated Ace, they ended up dying at Ace's hands during the process of trying to snatch the skill.

"How about it, brother Ace? Is my guess correct?" Allan inquired.

Before Ace could answer Allan's question, Scarlett uttered, "Your guess is right."

The corner of Ace's lips twitched.

'This bad lady! It seems like I have to punish her later.'

Actually, he wanted to deny it earlier, but he could not do that now because Scarlett had revealed the truth.

"I see." Allan was not surprised. "Then you guys have to be careful of the Hudson family from now on."

"Is the Hudson family really powerful?" Ace suddenly wanted to know about the Hudson family.

"Because Lucas, Tom and Robert are already dead, the Hudson family should not be as powerful as before." Allan told them that the Hudson family had many subordinates, and all of them were at Elite rank.

Even though Herora city was a big city, the strongest person was only at Master rank.

This was the reason why the Hudson family could become one of the most influential and powerful families because they previously had three awakeners at Master rank and many subordinates at Elite rank.

"Do you know how many subordinates the Hudson family has now?" Layla inquired.

"Forty subordinates." Allan gave an honest answer. "They have forty subordinates at Elite rank and all of them are experienced awakeners."

He told Ace that ten of them could give an awakener at Master rank a hard time.

Even though Ace and the others were at Master rank, but they did not have reinforcements, so from his point of view, it would be difficult for Ace to deal with the Hudson family.

Of course, he did not doubt Ace's strength because Ace was a Rheanix, someone who was loved by the heavens.

He only thought it would be challenging for Ace and the others to deal with the Hudson family because the head of the family was an awakener at the Master rank, and he also had a lot of fighting experience.

"Thank you for the warning and information, brother Allan." Ace never underestimated the Hudson family, but he was not afraid of them.

"Brother Ace, you can find me if you need help. I will help you for sure." This was a good opportunity to strengthen their friendship, so he would help Ace if he wanted to.

They chatted for about an hour before finally, Ace, Scarlett and Layla left.

Not long after leaving the Wynn restaurant, someone unexpected happened.

The trio was stopped by the Hudson family subordinates!

"Stop!" Zion uttered.