Chapter 317 - Fate

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

It was only right for Garrett Taylor to take responsibility as the village head, but what about the rest of the villagers? Hadn’t they spread the rumors too? In fact, they had been even crueler than the old man.

William Duggars wouldn’t even let the village head off, so there was no way he was going to let the others off.

The villagers lowered their heads, not daring to say anything. ‘If we kneel down to Gloria Kennedy today, we’ll lose all dignity in front of her in the future.’ 

They were naturally reluctant to do so.

“What are you doing? Didn’t you hear me?”

Yet, there was nothing they could do after the eldest of the village had already commanded them to do so. One by one, they fell onto their knees.

“Don’t think that you can bully Gloria Kennedy after I leave just because you feel miserable. From now on, I’m taking Gloria Kennedy’s family under my wings. If any of you dare to do anything to that family, you can wait to die.”

Not a single person dared to take his words lightly. Even though they had been planning on taking their revenge earlier, those thoughts immediately dissipated after hearing the warning.

“Mr. Sullivan, will this do?” William Duggars turned to Hunter Sullivan.

He was in no place to make a decision—only Hunter Sullivan was. The latter called the shots here.

Hunter Sullivan glanced at the other, smiling. “Young man, I remember that you were only a bodyguard when I first met you. Others started following you when your boss died, and you got smug. I never thought that you would get so lucky and meet a benefactor.”

William Duggars was confused by this.

Finn Taylor stretched his arm out—there were a few crumpled pieces of paper in his hand. “Take one.”

William Duggars still didn’t understand what was going on. In fact, he didn’t even know who Finn Taylor was. But seeing that Hunter Sullivan didn’t say anything, he reached out for a piece of paper.

He saw a string of numbers written on it: “1,000,000,000.”

Finn Taylor nodded. “I’ll make sure that all three of you will be worth more than one billion dollars within a year.”

William Duggars was dumbfounded. ‘What’s going on? Isn’t Hunter Sullivan the one in charge here? Why does it sound like this young man is bragging? Who is he?’

Hunter Sullivan patted him on the shoulder. “Tell me more about your birthday and astrology sign when you’re free. I’ll get an astrologist to analyze it to see how lucky you are.”

He couldn’t help but sigh. ‘I made great sacrifices to become a billionaire, yet William Duggars won’t even have to do much to get into the same position. The latter was a bodyguard in the past, and all his fellow bodyguards were killed one after another. That was how he had become the top bodyguard up until the day his boss was assassinated. With nobody to inherit his boss’s assets and the latter’s men waiting to be paid, William Duggars was eventually voted to become their boss. This was how he lived a carefree life on someone else’s accounts for the past few years, and now, he’s going to become a billionaire!’

“M-Mr. Sullivan, could you introduce us?” William Duggars wasn’t a fool. It was clear to him that Finn Taylor was more influential than Hunter Sullivan.

“It’s better if you don’t know anything. I’m warning you to keep your mouth shut about what happened today. You’ll be digging your own grave if you say anything about what you saw today.”

William Duggars naturally understood the dangers of getting involved with such big shots. “Of course, I understand. I won’t say a word about it.”

The other two men beside him immediately made an oath too.

“Diane, bring your mom home. We still have something left to do.”

Diane Taylor didn’t know what her employer was up to, but she didn’t pursue the matter. There was no need for a woman like her to know too much.

Once the mother-daughter duo left, Finn Taylor walked up and grabbed hold of Hilda Acre’s neck. Exerting a little force, he broke the woman’s neck and ended her life.

“I’m close to this family. If anyone still has any grievances and tries to do something funny again, you’ll end up just like her. Do you understand?” Finn Taylor knew that he had to beat it into these villagers so that they would never dare to take their revenge in this lifetime.

“Y-yes.” To be honest, they were all terrified. Not a single one of them dared to meet Finn Taylor’s eyes.

“Scram!” Finn Taylor spat out. He didn’t want to see them again.

Needless to say, the villagers quickly scrambled off.

As for Hilda Acre, her husband dragged her away.

Ignoring all of them, Finn Taylor headed for Diane Taylor’s house.

For some reason, William Duggars felt chills run down his spine as he watched the other walk away. ‘He’s a strong man—one that shouldn’t be trifled with. People like this hide their anger well, but once they explode, all hell breaks loose. I must follow him and never betray him!’

Hunter Sullivan walked up to the outsiders. “Were you the ones who helped Gloria Kennedy?”

The men looked frightened. “W-we were just trying to be helpful. We didn’t think that we would bring such trouble upon Madam Kennedy.”

“Don’t worry about it.” Hunter Sullivan casually whipped out a bank card and handed it to the men. “Here’s 150,000 dollars as a token of appreciation from Mr. Sullivan.”

The men held the card. Although it was merely a card, it felt weighty.

“What would you like us to do?”

“Stay here in this village and protect Gloria Kennedy. Make sure she doesn’t get bullied again.”

The men glanced at each other, dumbfounded. ‘Gloria Kennedy seems just like any other ordinary woman. Why does she know such powerful men?’

“Don’t tell Gloria Kennedy about this. Just take it.”

The men gave it some thought. ‘Gloria Kennedy is a good woman. We can’t let her get bullied. Since we’ll help her out anyway, we might as well take the money.’

They quickly thanked Hunter Sullivan, who waved them off.

Of course, Gloria Kennedy didn’t matter. However, she had given birth to a good daughter.

Hunter Sullivan had met Diane Taylor before, and even he felt that she had done a good job taking care of Finn Taylor. Besides, they were both Taylors.

He had seen Master Peregrine address the young girl as his sister. Perhaps this was fate.

Finn Taylor walked into the house to see the young girl talking to her mom.

Seeing Finn Taylor enter, Gloria Kennedy immediately got up. “I’ll go get some tea.”

Her daughter hurriedly stopped her. “Don’t give him tea made from those awful tea leaves. It’ll upset his stomach. We don’t even have a proper chair at home.. The best I can do is to put some clothes over the stool so that it’ll be more comfortable.”