Book 2 : She Becomes Glamorous After the Engagement

Chapter 66

Chapter 808: The Big Sister of The Quinn School of Martial Arts?

When the voice rang out, Philip frowned and turned to look outside.

He’d initially thought that it must be a large group who had come, but in the end, he only saw Nora walk in leisurely with her three children.

Philip breathed a sigh of relief.

Instead, it was Iris who panicked when she saw them. She shouted, “Nora, why did you bring the children here? This has nothing to do with you guys, hurry and leave this place! I don’t want you to accidentally hurt yourselves!”

Nora’s gait was slow and lazy as if she had to use a lot of strength even just to walk. As she shuffled, she yawned.

It couldn’t be helped.

Philip and Iris had come to the cemetery early in the morning. She was usually still asleep at this hour. Although she’d received news that they would be coming over the day before, she couldn’t just go to bed at noon, right?

In the end, she waited until 8 PM before she went to sleep. After that, she’d woken up at 6 AM, resulting in a lack of sleep.

She was terribly sleepy. Pete handed her a piece of tissue and said, “Mommy, wipe your tears.”

Nora took the tissue and casually wiped her eyes. Then, another small hand reached towards her. When she looked down, she found that it was Xander’s. Seeing her lower her head, he looked at the tissue in her hand and said, “I’ll hold it for you.”

Only after Nora handed Xander the tissue that she’d wiped her tears with did she look ahead of her.

Just as she was about to say something, she couldn’t help but yawn again.

Pete and Xander: “…”

Cherry, who had long been accustomed to her behavior, decided to just speak in her stead.

“Grandma, don’t worry! Pete, Xander, and I won’t get hurt! If that fierce grandpa dares to hit us, then I will get Mommy to smash his butt into pieces!”

Iris: “…”

Philip: “…”

The corners of Philip’s lips spasmed a little and he glanced at Iris. When he saw her staring at him, he said, “You guys can go. I won’t do anything to children.”

Just like back then, even though Iris had rejected him and chosen to stay in the suburbs of New York because of Justin, he hadn’t taken any action against Justin.

Iris breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. She looked at Nora and said, “Nora, stop this and take the children away. Although Philip has said he won’t do anything to the children, it would be terrible if they got hurt.”

Nora nodded. She looked down at the three children and said, “You three, stand aside.”

“Okie-Dokie!”

“Okay.”

“Kay.”

After the three children respectively answered in their own ways, they looked at one another. In the end, they ran to a corner at the side where even if a fight broke out, it probably wouldn’t reach them.

After they took their positions there, Cherry shouted again, “Grandma, don’t be afraid! We’re here to take you home!”

Iris: “…”

Philip: “…”

The corners of Philip’s lips spasmed again. He looked at Nora and said, “Don’t waste your breath. Do you know how many of my men are waiting outside?”

As they were coming to America this time, in order to prevent Iris from playing tricks, as well as to prevent Justin’s men from saving Iris, Philip had brought almost a hundred mercenaries with him.

Upon hearing what he said, Nora rubbed her wrists and picked up her cell phone impatiently to check the time.

Then, she said, “Relax, it’s almost time.”

Philip: “?”

Nora was about to explain when Jason suddenly rushed in and shouted, “Boss, I don’t know why, but New York’s underworld forces are here! We have been surrounded!”

The underworld forces of New York?

By right, mercenary and the underworld were two different worlds, they shouldn’t have anything to do with each other. What were New York’s underworld forces doing here?

Even Philip was a little dumbfounded. He looked at Nora in astonishment and asked, “For you to be able to get the underworld forces to do your bidding, how much did you spend?”

At this moment, people from the Quinn School of Martial Arts also walked in. Behind them was a group of thugs, each with a baseball bat in their hands. They looked just like ruffians and they were led by a thick and muscular Jordan.

As it was still early, there wasn’t anyone around the area. Coupled with the fact that this was a cemetery, the surroundings were even quieter than usual.

Jason said, “They are all people from the underworld. Although they didn’t bring firearms with them-probably to avoid accidentally hurting the children-because Ms. Iris had said that cemeteries are sacred ground and we shouldn’t bring firearms here, we didn’t bring any with us this time, either… Also, for some reason, they’re all skilled martial artists. That man named Jordan Hoffman offed Paul Quinlan, a boss from New York’s dark forces, some time ago and is now the new leader of the city’s dark forces. It is said that he owns a car racing club, so by right, he shouldn’t be short of money…”

Philip took a step forward and asked, “Mr. Hoffman, I also have some dealings with New York’s underworld forces. Is there some kind of misunderstanding between us?”

Jordan didn’t want to offend Philip, either, of course.

Although Philip was not from America, he nevertheless had a lot of influence globally.

He coughed and replied, “Sorry, Mr. Coleman, but I have no other choice. I owe the Quinn School of Martial Arts’ Big Sister a favor. Now that she has given the word, I can’t disobey her.”

Philip had no choice but to look at the people from the Quinn School of Martial Arts. He said, “I have no grievances or feuds with the Quinn School of Martial Arts. Why is Big Sister hostile toward me? Is it because the Hunt's offered you money? How much did they offer you? I can give you double the amount!”

His gaze landed on Lucas.

Lucas was known to outsiders as the Quinn School of Martial Arts’ manager. Philip didn’t want to become enemies with the Quinn School of Martial Arts, so he said, “Mr. Lucas, I wonder if that’s okay with you?”

Philip said, “We have also worked with each other before. Every time I’m in America, I pay the Quinn School of Martial Arts a visit. We can be said to have some ties with each other, so why become enemies?”

Upon hearing this, Lucas glanced at Nora, coughed, and said, “Um, Big Sister personally gave the order today, so I can’t call the shots here. Mr. Coleman, we don’t wish to become enemies with you, either. As long as you let Madam Iris go, we can still be friends.”

Big Sister again?

The Big Sister of the Quinn School of Martial Arts was well-known everywhere, but she was too mysterious and was nowhere to be seen. No one knew who she was.

A curious Philip stepped in front of Iris and asked, “Has Big Sister personally come today? May I know who it is? Can we talk this out properly?”

Upon hearing this, Nora yawned again and stepped forward. “What do you want to talk about?”

Chapter 809: Release Her!!

Nora was simply too sleepy and she kept yawning again and again.

She looked up at Philip and slowly asked, “What do you want to talk about?”

Her voice was a little hoarse and carried a bit of impatience from having just woken up.

Philip: “?”

His brows drew together tightly.

Jason said, “The one we want to talk to is Big Sister. Ms. Smith, you…”

But before he could finish, something suddenly dawned on him and he looked at Nora in disbelief. Then, he turned to Philip. “Boss…”

Philip lowered his gaze, his lips suddenly curling into a smile.

“I see, Ms. Smith is none other than the Big Sister of the Quinn School of Martial Arts! No offense, but do you really want to interfere in the affairs between me and Iris?”

His voice was clear and he spoke in an exceptionally relaxed manner. “There are some misunderstandings between Iris and me, so we are in the midst of a petty lovers’ argument right now. Considering how deeply in love Ms. Smith and Justin are, you should understand, right? You won’t want to split up a pair of lovers, right?”

Nora looked at Philip and said, “Women have become independent these days. Whether she wants to continue her relationship with you or not, and whether she wants to leave with you or not, is entirely up to my god-S… Aunt Iris to decide.”

Philip: “?”

Nora raised her eyebrows again. “Release her and I’ll let all of you leave safely. Otherwise, Mr. Coleman, you might as well stay here for the countdown on New Year’s Rve.”

Philip broke into a huge frown.

Next to him, Jason said, “Boss, we can let her go right now. We’ll just find a way to take her away again in the future.”

Philip took a deep breath and looked at Iris.

He’d thought that with the Smith's and the Hunts’ capabilities, they would not be able to keep him here in America.

Never had he ever imagined that the Quinn School of Martial Arts and New York’s underworld forces would also get involved. If he met them head-on, his hundred or so men would surely be goners.

Philip was a man who knew how to retreat when he should.

Yet if he were to let Iris go just like that… He didn’t want to!

At the side, the three children stood on their tippy-toes as they watched the show. Xander asked, “Will he let Grandma go?”

Cherry replied, “That fierce grandpa definitely will!”

Pete nodded. “Yeah, he won’t hurt Grandma.”

However, Cherry said, “That’s not necessarily true. But since Mommy is here, there definitely won’t be any problem!”

Pete and Xander: “…”

The three chatted happily. At this moment, a foreign mercenary not far from them suddenly rushed towards them! He stood right in front of the three children, looked at Nora, and threatened, “Let us go! Or else I will kill your children!”

Nora: “?”

Everyone raised their eyebrows and looked at Philip reproachfully.

Iris shouted, “No!”

She looked at Philip and said angrily, “Philip, is this the moral boundary that you claimed to have? Didn’t you say that you wouldn’t do anything to the children?!”

Philip didn’t expect this turn of events, either. He clenched his fists and sneered, “You think I ordered him to do that?”

Iris let out a cold laugh. She wanted to say something but the mercenary at the side had already spoken again.

“Mr. Coleman, this is the only way we can leave safely. Even if you let that lady go, this group of people is still free to do whatever they want to us!”

Even if they handed Iris over, it was still entirely up to Nora whether she wanted to let them go or not.

Philip hated things going out of his control the most. To be honest, the best solution at the moment was to threaten them into letting them go with Iris’ safety, but Philip couldn’t bring himself to do that.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the three children blocked by the man. He’d thought that the children would be very panicked and flustered, but unexpectedly, all three of them were very calm.

In particular, Cherry even gestured to themselves and then turned to Pete and Xander and said, “I think he may kidnap me! I’m a girl, so I’m the weakest among us!”

Philip lowered his gaze. For some reason, even though Cherry looked somewhat like Nora, he instead saw a semblance of Iris on Cherry’s face.

Even the look in his eyes had softened a little.

The tense atmosphere had calmed down significantly.

Philip expelled a breath of air and slowly said, “Let the…”

But before he could say the words “three of them go”, the mercenary reached out to grab Cherry.

Philip’s brows drew together.

Iris also took a step forward and shouted, “Let go of Cherry!”

Everyone wanted to snatch the child. Nora was the only one who remained where she was, calm and motionless. The next moment, the man who was about to grab Cherry suddenly screamed. He suddenly retracted the arm he’d stretched towards Cherry and took two steps back.

His arm was outstretched straight and there were a few needles stuck into it!

Additionally, a dagger had also been stabbed into it. His arm dripped with blood, forming an unbearable sight!

Pete had stabbed him with the dagger.

After practicing martial arts with Quinn for some time, he’d already picked up some skills.

Justin had custom-made the dagger for him after he and Xander were kidnapped, and it was exceptionally durable.

Xander was the one who had jabbed the man with needles.

Recently, he had been learning from Nora which parts of the body would hurt more when attacked and he remembered the two particular locations on the arm.

Additionally, he’d also specially asked Nora to custom-make a few needles for him. He carried them with him everywhere, euphemistically calling it his form of self-defense.

Cherry looked at Pete, and then at Xander. At last, she pouted and said, “Mommy, you and Daddy are too biased! Why don’t I have any self-defense skills?!”

Nora: “…”

Pete immediately explained, “When Daddy gave me the dagger, he told me that it was for me to protect you.”

Xander also pursed his lips and said, “When Mommy gave me the needles, I also said that I would protect you.”

With straight faces, the two of them said, “So, you don’t need any self-defense skills. The two of us are your self-defense skills.”

Nora: “…”

Those two boys with a sister complex!

After the man was repelled, Lucas, who was the nearest to him, rushed over to subdue him. The three children were also successfully protected.

Nora didn’t look at the three children. Instead, she looked at Philip and said domineeringly, “Let her go.”

Chapter 810: I’m Going To Look For Justin

Philip didn’t look at Iris but stepped aside instead.

When Iris walked out from behind Philip, she was still a little in disbelief. After being trapped by him for half a month, she had become used to it. She didn’t expect that she would really be freed.

She took two quick steps forward and came right up to Nora’s side.

Nora looked at her.

Iris knew what she meant. She shook her head.

Only then did Nora give a casual wave. With that, the people from the Quinn School of Martial Arts and Jordan’s men moved out of the way and allowed Philip to leave.

Philip, however, looked at Iris. “Iris, you can’t bear to let us fight, right? I know you are afraid that I would get hurt, so that means I have a place in your heart, right? So why can’t we be together?”

Iris lowered her eyes and sighed silently. “Philip, do you know what the biggest regret in my life is?”

Philip immediately answered, “That you didn’t leave with me back then!”

However, Iris merely smiled wryly. She really didn’t know where the man was getting all that confidence from. Word by word, she said, “My biggest regret is meeting you back then.”

Philip stumbled and he stood still. “What?”

Iris slowly said, “I said, my biggest regret is getting to know you. If I didn’t know you, maybe I would have been able to live in peace my whole life, right? I could happily get a divorce if I wanted to, and go wherever I wanted to, instead of being trapped by you in the suburbs of New York City for twenty years!”

Philip couldn’t believe it. “Iris, I don’t believe you. You must be trying to provoke me. Otherwise, why would you make Nora let me go so easily?”

Iris lowered her head. “I just don’t want to have anything to do with you anymore. I hope you can respect yourself and never approach me or disturb my life ever again!”

After saying that, Iris turned and left with Nora while Philip stood where he was.

“Iris! You’re lying! Everything you said is a lie!”

Philip shouted and rushed over to chase after her. However, he was stopped by Lucas and the others.

“Mr. Coleman, don’t force us to take action against you.” After Nora and Iris left, Lucas and the others also left one after another.

Only Philip and his men were left.

A shocked Philip stared in the direction that Iris had left. After standing there for some time, he finally looked at Jason and asked, “Tell me, Jason, have I really made a mistake?”

Jason sighed. “Boss, let’s go home.”

Philip shook his head. “Without her, where would my home be?”

Jason fell silent.

His boss’ love was simply too extreme. Probably no woman, no matter how strong or powerful she was, would be able to stand his love, let alone Iris.

Jason was about to say something when Philip suddenly turned around with a cold look on his face. He looked at the man who had tried to grab Cherry just now and suddenly demanded, “Who asked you to attack the child?”

Philip was not a good man.

But for Iris, he’d wanted to keep the last bit of his moral boundaries in front of her.

Upon being questioned by Philip, the man got a huge shock and he got down on his knees right away. “Boss, I was just trying to save you!”

Philip, however, lowered his eyes, turned, and strode away.

Jason, who was following him, heard him say, “There is no need for a man who can’t follow orders to return with us.”

Jason understood at once.

“Yes, sir.”

This meant that he was going to get rid of the man!

Jason followed closely behind Philip. “Boss, you can explain to Ms. Iris that you didn’t order the man to do that. This way, maybe she won’t blame you anymore.”

Philip chuckled. “Would she believe anything I say?”

Jason was taken aback.

Philip said, “She didn’t start getting angry at me because of this incident.”

—

Iris, who had returned home with Nora, was currently looking at the three precious children. With a sorrowful face, she looked at Nora and suddenly said, “Nora, if you have anything you want to do, then just go ahead and do it. I can look after the children.”

Now that Justin was gone, she didn’t want to trap Nora with the Hunt's.

If Justin was still alive, he probably wouldn’t want Nora to be alone for the rest of her life, either.

For her son’s sake, Iris had already been miserable all her life. She didn’t want Nora to be like her.

Upon hearing this, Nora immediately said, “Yeah, well, it just so happens that I’m about to go and look for Justin too. I’ll leave the Hunt Corporation to you for now!”

Iris was stunned by her words. She grabbed Nora’s shoulders and said, “Don’t be sad. It has already happened, you have to face reality.”

Nora: “?”

She was taken aback for a while. Then, she said, “I’m not sad!”

Iris, however, became nervous. “I understand, you may not be able to accept right away the fact that Justin is gone, but Nora, if you want to cry, then just cry. You don’t have to put up pretenses in front of me.”

She hugged Nora and continued comforting her. “Justin wouldn’t want you to be like this. He loves you so much, he would definitely want you to be happy. Don’t waste your own life, life is not just about romance. Besides, you can still find another man if you meet a suitable one in the future… I know it’s not appropriate of me to say such things now, but I’m really afraid that you would do something silly… No matter what, you have to stay strong. You still have your father and your children, okay?”

Nora: “??!”

Only then did she realize that she hadn’t yet told Iris that Justin wasn’t dead!