Chapter 599 Say the Truth
"Okay. Now that the business transaction is done, I have something else that we need to take care of." Jack stated as he rested his back on the couch. At the same time as he was speaking, he finally looked towards the direction of Alicia.
Wade was not surprised that there was nothing else that they could transact in. But the moment that Jack talked about taking care of something else, while at the same time looking at Alicia, he could not help but frown slightly.
In normal situations, if a young man from a prominent family and with great abilities looked at his daughter, he was surely going to think about the possibility of the two of them being together.
At the end of the day, Jack and Alicia were both of the same age, and even if one of them was older, it was definitely not by more than a year. And other than that, there was the reaction that Alicia was having the moment that Jack came over.
From what Alicia had said before, it seemed that she had believed that he was the one who had brought Jack over. This clearly told him that she was looking for Jack.
And due to the fact that there was no hatred in her eyes as she looked at Jack, but instead, there was excitement in her eyes as she looked at him. That clearly told him that she was feeling positive towards him.
But right now, looking at Jack, although he was not showing it by a big margin, but he could still tell that Jack was definitely not as happy as Alicia was, when he saw her.
Additionally, there was some kind of coldness in his eyes as he looked at her, clearly indicating that there was something that Alicia had done to him, and that was the reason why he was looking at her coldly.
Alicia on the other hand who had finally gained Jack's focus was excited. But then, she realized that there was something wrong. Looking into his eyes directly, she could tell that it was the same gaze that she had received during the time that she was in the normal world.
At that time, due to the fact that she had revealed everything that she had been doing, trying to control Celine, Jack was completely angry at her. So, he wanted to attack her at that time. Had it not been for the fact that James was present at that time, she was sure that she would have been attacked by Jack as he was completely angry at her.
But right now, after all this time, Alicia thought that the anger that Jack possessed towards her had calmed down. But from the looks of it, it seemed that it was not as she had expected.
At this moment, Alicia finally began thinking that Jack being here at this point was definitely not a good thing. She had not revealed to her mother about what she had actually done during the time that she was in the normal world.
As for James, since he did not want Alicia to get into trouble, he also did not give much information about what Alicia had done during the time that she was in the normal world. He had just said that she had mistakenly attacked Jack's girlfriend, and that was the reason why Jack hated her.
And right now, if Jack revealed what she had done, with the fact that her father was currently trying to form a good relationship with Jack, she was definitely going to be in deep trouble. She was dotted on by both of her parents, but still, in case there was something that she did wrong, they would not let her go easily.
Ruth on the other hand already possessed and understanding of what Jack was talking about. So, she was quite more composed as compared to Wade and the others.
Sylvia who had been silent all this while suddenly got a bad feeling about this. It was not long ago that she had received information from her aunt that her niece had just caused trouble, and she was hoping that the trouble was not going to affect the family.
Could the trouble that her aunt was talking about be Jack? Could it be that Alicia had gone ahead and provoked Jack? But then again, how is it possible that the two of them had met in the first place? According to what she knew, it was difficult for Alicia to be able to get out of the Devin stronghold.
And since it was Jack's first time to be in this stronghold, that implied that they would have not met in this stronghold before. But, what was the probability that during the time that Alicia had gone out of the stronghold, she had ended up meeting up with Jack, and provoked him?
Well if that was the case, she hoped that nothing was going to happen. Otherwise, with Jack's personality, she was sure that the Storm family was going to suffer in case it tried to stop him from taking his revenge on Alicia.
"May I know what it is that you are talking about?" Wade who was in the dark together with Ezekiel, looked at Jack and asked. He was confused. Although he could have asked Alicia directly, but still, he decided to know from Jack himself.
"Why don't you ask her to give you the details of what she had done during the time that she was out of the stronghold domain?" Jack shrugged as he responded.
Wade on the other hand was confused. The frown that was on his face deepened after hearing that what Jack was talking about was an issue that had occurred outside of the stronghold domain.
First of all, he was confused about Jack being out of the stronghold domain. Other than that, this was the first time that he was receiving information that Alicia had actually gone out of the stronghold domain.
This kind of information was hidden from him by Ruth. Had it not been for the fact that Ruth had actively decided to make sure that Wade did not receive information about Alicia going out of the stronghold, Wade would have definitely received the information.
"Did you go out of the stronghold?" Wade asked as he looked at Alicia. He was not even talking about going out of the stronghold domain, but instead, just going out of the Devin Stronghold.
Alicia could not look into her father's eyes at this moment. She understood that her father was not a person that liked trouble. That was the exact reason why he had instructed that she was not allowed to leave the stronghold.
This was simply because the Storm family possessed an enemy. And other than that, Alicia herself possessed a special ability. So, there would definitely be a person that would want to eliminate her, because she was going to be quite some trouble in the future after she reached the superhuman level.
When he saw that Alicia was not responding, still having a frown on his face, Wade turned his gaze and looked at Ruth, waiting for an explanation from her. Of course he did not believe that Alicia was capable of getting out of the stronghold without her permission.
"She insisted on going out. The issue here was about the engagement that she has with David. She was causing trouble, claiming that she did not want to get married to him. So, I decided to give her a chance to go out and look for a person that she thought that was better than David." Ruth responded honestly.
Of course she felt slightly guilty at the fact that she had hidden this piece of information from her husband. But nevertheless, she did not regret the decision that she had made. At the end of the day, Alicia was her only daughter, and only child.
So, although at that time she believed that Alicia was not capable of finding any person that was going to agree to the marriage, and matched the standards of the Storm family, she still hoped that her daughter was going to accept the reality.
But in the end, Alicia had gotten a person that was actually capable of marrying her. That person was way above the standards of the Storm family, the standards that they had set for a son-in-law.
But the only problem here was the fact that instead of getting that person to agree to marry her, Alicia had done something that caused that person to hate her instead. And right now, he was here, wanting to seek revenge.
"What about her going out of the stronghold domain? Was that also part of the plan?" Wade asked again.
"The plan was to allow her to go out. But still, other than James, there was another person that was protecting her. So, in any case, no matter what happened, there was nothing that was going to have her hurt. She's my daughter at the end of the day." Ruth stated.
But what she said completely surprised both Jack and Alicia. Alicia had not expected that other than James who had accompanied her all along, there was another person that was protecting her from the shadows.
As for Jack, he was mostly surprised due to the fact that the system did not inform him about the presence of a person that was that strong, strong enough to ensure that Alicia was safe. At the end of the day, a stage three superhuman was not enough to guarantee the safety of Alicia, considering that she came from a big stronghold.
Wade took a deep breath after hearing what Ruth had said. And after thinking about it, the person who would want to have Alicia hurt the least was definitely Ruth.
"Alicia, tell me right now what it is that you did wrong. I don't want to hear any lies coming from you. In case you give out even a single lie, I'm going to make sure that I punish you thoroughly." Wade stated with a stern expression on his face as he looked at Alicia.
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