I’m Someone Else

Chapter 40

Crack! Crack!

He clenched his fists tightly to the point a horrifying cracking sound rang. As Blake didn’t have children of his own, he had always treated his nephew lovingly. It would not be a stretch to say that he had seen his nephew as his own son. Hence, when he came face to face with the young man who had dared cause the death of his nephew, he couldn’t just stand still and do nothing. He wanted that man dead. “Looks like you still haven’t learned your lesson. Alright, then he dies as well!”

At that, the paring knife in Thomas’ hand moved.

In a flash, Blake appeared beside Thomas as his fist came swinging like a ferocious beast right at the latter’s face. He wanted to avenge his beloved nephew. He wanted to shred the man who was the cause of his nephew’s death to pieces. Unfortunately, his fist didn’t connect.

“Not a step closer!” With a roar from Thomas, Blake flew backward before falling to the ground, no longer able to get up.

Gulp. Norman froze and couldn’t help but gulp. He wondered just how powerful Thomas was to be able to knock Blake out with a single punch. It was so terrifying that he could only describe it as something that went against common sense.

Not only Blake had been practicing martial arts since his childhood, he was also a reputable person in Irieson. He was known as the Guardian of the Hind Family. So, how can this be so one-sided? How is he so strong at such a young age? However, with what had happened before his eyes, Norman had no other choice but to believe it.

Thomas’ words were emotionless. “If you don’t let Olivia go, I’ll end the Hind Family. I’ve already ended one of yours. I have no problem adding two more to that count.”

It was then Jake, who had been held at knifepoint the whole time, was truly terrified. Not only had his trump card fallen, but Blake was knocked out in one hit. Hence, he couldn’t help but be afraid, as he realized what Thomas had said to him before this wasn’t a bluff. Just where did the Pearson Family find such a monster? What relations do they have with him?

Blake didn’t dare put on airs anymore after realizing the situation they were in. He knew that they were in a situation that might end with the destruction of the Hind Family if they didn’t obediently release Olivia according to Thomas’ wish. Trembling, he got up and dialed a number on his phone to have his men bring Olivia over.

Keeping a firm hold on Jake with one hand and a paring knife to the man’s neck with the other, Thomas waited in silence. He wanted to see how Olivia was doing first before coming to a decision about what to do with these people. Should she suffer any kind of injuries, then matters would not end with just having her back.

Trembling, Jake didn’t dare take any deep breaths as he stared at Thomas. He was afraid his life would instantly come to an end if the latter made any careless error in holding the knife. Compared to how he treated Thomas with contempt previously, it was like looking at two separate people with the way he was acting now.

Twenty minutes later, they heard a car stopping outside the villa. Next, eight large men entered. Thomas recognized the one leading these men, as it was the same person who had shot at Olivia before. In the leader’s hand was a pale Olivia all tied up. Looking at the residual tears at the corners of her eyes, it was clear to see that she was scared witless with today’s events.

When she noticed Thomas and Norman, Olivia began to struggle violently. However, the leader of the men hadn’t the intention of letting her go as he was only ordered to bring the woman over and wasn’t given instructions to release her.

Norman only remained silent with his eyes on Thomas. He understood the person who had saved his daughter was Thomas Clifford. If it weren’t for the latter, he alone might not be able to save his daughter.

Although the conflict between the Pearson Family and the Hind Family had long reached a critical point, both families only argued and never took actions that directly went against one another. It was beyond Norman’s expectations that the Hind Family would be brazen enough to kidnap his daughter to achieve their own goals. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“Release her…” Blake reluctantly gave the order. He felt as though he had aged by ten years with what he was going through, as this was the first time he had ever felt so helpless in his life.

Only after Blake’s instructions did they untie Olivia’s rope and release her.

“Dad!”

Panicked, Olivia jumped into her father’s arms. She couldn’t understand just who she’d offended. All she remembered was when she had just gotten home and was getting ready to have her meal, someone broke in and knocked her out. Upon regaining consciousness, she only knew that she was in an unfamiliar place, so she cried for help. However, what she received was two slaps on her face. Even now, the pain of those slaps was still lingering on her face.

“I’ve already released Olivia, so shouldn’t you get your hands off my brother?”

Thomas did intend to release his captive, but he wouldn’t let Jake go so easily, so he knocked the man unconscious using the knife handle to vent his anger and the frustration he accumulated when Jake acted haughty and arrogant toward him. He wanted to teach him a lesson.

Looking at that, Blake could only shake his head. Nonetheless, he knew that being knocked unconscious was the better option when the other option was death. Now that the situation had

escalated, even if Thomas had gone back on his word and slit his brother’s throat, there was nothing he could do. After all, even he couldn’t win against Thomas.

“Who was the one who hit your face?” Thomas asked Olivia.

“Him!” Olivia pointed at the person Thomas identified as the leader of the group.

“You, come here!” Thomas beckoned to the man.

The man’s lips twitched before he walked over to Thomas. Just as he was about to speak, he was tackled cleanly and pinned to the coffee table by Thomas. As it all happened in the blink of an eye, there wasn’t any resistance from the man.

What Thomas didn’t know was that Blake frowned slightly at what just happened. The rest of the men wanted to come forward but were stopped by Blake instead, so they could only hold their anger back and only viciously glared at Thomas.

“Which hand did he slap you with?” Thomas looked at Olivia.

“The right!” She didn’t know what Thomas was planning, but she knew he would never hurt her.

“Put your right hand on the table.”

“Who the hell are you? F*ck! Let go of me! Or I’ll shoot you!” the man bellowed.

“Wow. Looks like we have a tough guy here, huh?” Then, Thomas held the man’s right hand and pressed it on the table. Before the man could even react, a streak of light flashed before his eyes and he found his right hand had been sliced clean from the wrist.

“Gaaah!” The man let out a miserable, blood-curdling cry.

Without so much as a glance, Thomas simply tossed the paring knife on top of the man’s chopped hand. Tough guys should be able to take this much.