“Shut it, woman. Just answer his questions and be done with it.” Olivia’s face darkened immediately, and she sneered. “You’re going for violence now, I see.”
Albert quickly apologized, ‘No, of course not.” He then chided River, “Stand down!” Hurriedly, River shouted, ‘But Sir-”
Olivia stood up and looked at them coldly. “I’ve lost the necklace, and I am not keen on repeating myself too many times. Do not disturb me again, or I will call the cops.” With that said, she turned to leave.
Albert quickly caught up to her and apologetically said, “Please wait a minute, Miss Maxwell. I am very sorry about his behavior. Don’t worry; I will make it up to you.”
She looked at him coldly. “Save it. I don’t care how you deal with your men. And now, I’m telling you we cannot be friends. That is all.”
She went around and tried to leave, but River grabbed her. “Hold it right there! Do you think you can come and go as you please?”
Angered, Olivia looked at him darkly with narrowed eyes. Then, she grabbed his arm and spun around like a top, tossing him over her shoulder and slamming him against the ground.
The man was dumbfounded. He couldn’t believe that he had just been thrown over the shoulder, by a woman no less. If it weren’t for the pain coming from his hips and back, he would’ve thought he was hallucinating. This pipsqueak can fight?! I can’t believe she just flipped me over her shoulder. This is mortifying! If this finds its way back home, I can no longer show my face in Eurosia. I can no longer protect Sir!
Albert was shocked as well. She can fight? Hmm, on second thought, this is not surprising at all. There’s no way Eugene’s girlfriend is just some useless woman. “I apologize for what happened, Miss Maxwell.”
Olivia looked at him coldly. “Enough with the tricks. I won’t fall for it.” Then, she looked at the ashamed and mortified River lying on the ground. Smugly, she said, “I can come and go as I please. Try and stop me.” With that, she held her head up high and strutted out the door.
River clutched his stomach and got back up. He was too ashamed to face Albert, and he sheepishly said, “Sir.”
Albert was red with fury, and he kicked River down once more. Gritting his teeth, Albert scolded, “How dare you take that tone with her!”
River thought that was a bit unfair to him, so he said, “Sir, she obviously wasn’t going to give the necklace, We do not have much time left. You cannot take this slowly.”
Albert pointed at him. “And going the fast lane worked about as well as I expected. You just ruined what little goodwill we had.”
“Fine, then we’ll go all in. Now that we know where they live, we can hold her loved ones hostage, and she’ll give us the necklace.”
Albert was furious. “Shut it! I would’ve dealt with her ages ago if she were easy prey. And even if we can get a chip to bargain with her, do you think Eugene won’t come after us?”
River wasn’t as confident as before but still protested, “But Eugene’s main forces are back in Criecia. There’s no way he can do anything to us in Mastar.”
