“Oh wow. Look at this creep. Someone call the cops and arrest him!”

“He looks decent enough on the outside, but his mind is totally filthy. What a lowlife.”

With the crowd backing her up, Megan grew even more arrogant.

“I seriously think you just stole something valuable from our hotel lobby.

“Security! Search his suitcase. Now!”

Just as I was about to object, two security guards rushed forward.

“You don’t have the right to—”

They tore my suitcase roughly. The zipper broke apart.

Megan took over herself. She dug through the suitcase wildly with both hands.

Soon, my clothes, documents, and materials were scattered everywhere.

Malice flashed across her eyes. She picked up a black square box from the suitcase.

She smashed it hard onto the floor.

The box shattered.

The core sample of the new environmentally friendly material inside broke into several pieces. It was completely ruined.

Still not satisfied, she grabbed a stack of contracts from the floor.

She tore them into shreds in a few quick motions. Pieces of paper floated all over the floor.

After she was done, she dusted off her hands and looked at me arrogantly.

“Consider this a little lesson. Maybe it’ll teach you to remember your place.”

I stood there without stopping her.

I simply spoke coldly with an indifferent expression, “Do you have any idea how much the things you just destroyed are worth?

“Those things could have saved a company on the verge of going under.

“You’re in serious trouble this time.”

Megan acted as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world. She bent over laughing.

“Save a company? You’re just some broke nobody working a dead-end job. You really know how to talk yourself up.

“Now get lost. Just looking at you makes me sick.”

I lowered my gaze and looked at the shattered pieces and torn paper shreds on the floor.

I felt nothing. I just let out a cold laugh.

I picked up my phone. Just then, Victor messaged me.

[Mr. Ludwig, Mr. Zorn is losing his patience because he can’t find the person in charge. I gave him your number.]

Before I could reply, an unknown number started calling me frantically.

I took the call.

The line erupted with an enraged shout.

“So you’re the person replacing Victor? Don’t you know what time we agreed on?! Where are you right now?

“Do you have any idea how important this deal is? If you mess it up, you couldn’t pay for it even with your life.

“Mr. Ludwig and I go way back. He’s my good friend. How dare you show up late? I’ll have him fire you!”

I looked down at the broken samples and torn contract on the floor.

Then, I replied calmly, “I’m sorry, Mr. Zorn.

“It looks like this deal isn’t going to happen.”

Albert went completely silent.

After a couple of seconds, he screamed again.

“What did you just say?! You’re looking for a fight. Tell me where you are right now. I’m coming to find you

“I’m not letting this go today.”

I said plainly, “I’m right at the entrance of the Grandview Hotel.”

Albert hung up harshly.

I put away my phone and waited quietly.

Within a minute, he pushed the door open and stormed out furiously.

He immediately spotted Megan standing at the entrance. He frowned and asked, “Did you see the representative from Grandview Group? A guy. He said he’s at the entrance.”

Megan’s eyes lit up right away. She threw herself into his arms, crying.

She pointed at me and said, “Honey! This broke loser called corporate to complain about me. I told him to get lost, but he won’t leave. You need to teach him a good lesson for me.”

Albert instantly lost his temper. He glared at me hatefully.

“Who do you think you are? How dare you bully my fiancee? You’re asking to get killed!”

I did not look at him. I turned to look at the front desk clerk beside me and asked, “Are you sure that he’s Mr. Ludwig from Grandview Group?”

The front desk clerk looked smug and said confidently, “Of course, I’m sure! For the past year, he and Megan have personally told me to save the presidential suite for his friends every single time. There’s no way I’d mistake him.

“Plus, every single employee in this hotel knows who he is. What are you even doubting?”

I let out a cold laugh and looked back at Albert.

“From what I know, Mr. Ludwig from Grandview Group is still single. He doesn’t even have a girlfriend.”

Albert’s expression darkened. He stepped forward and punched me in the face.

“You’re looking for a fight, aren’t you? I am Mr. Ludwig! Some lowlife like you doesn’t deserve to know anything about my private life.

“I’m going to teach you a real lesson right now.”

Megan chimed in.

“That’s right! Make him find out what happens when he crosses me, the future owner of Grandview Group.”

Albert raised his fist and swung it at my face again.

My gaze turned cold.

I no longer hold back. I raised my hand and caught his wrist firmly before twisting it hard.

A faint cracking sound was heard.

Albert screamed in pain.

I pushed him, and he stumbled backward and crashed into Megan. The two of them fell to the floor together.

Albert went from embarrassed to furious. He got up and lunged at me again.

The security guards also stepped forward and fought me.

I fought back with a few well-executed strikes.

Albert was beaten black and blue. He could not fight back at all.

The scene descended into complete chaos.

Just then, a police car stopped at the hotel entrance, and several police officers quickly walked over.

“Everyone, stop! What’s going on here?”

I stopped fighting and shook out my wrists.

“Officer, we were in a mutual fight. Take us to the station.”

In the end, Albert, Megan, the security guards, the front desk clerk, and I were all taken into the police car.

Inside the interrogation room, Megan cried and insisted that I had started the fight.

The front desk clerk and the security guards all gave their testimonies. They dumped all the blame onto me.

Albert held his swollen face and angrily accused me of attempted murder.

The police officer frowned and looked at me.

Just as he was about to speak, I spoke first.

“No need to investigate. I confess.

“Just detain me.”

Everyone in the room was stunned.

The police officer was also surprised. “Are you sure?”

“I’m sure.” I nodded.

The police officer stood up and prepared to take me to the holding cell.

I deliberately turned off my phone in front of Albert and his group. Then, I handed it over to the officer for safekeeping.

Albert glared at me with a smug look.

“You had it coming!”

Megan rolled her eyes at me and smirked triumphantly.

I looked at them and smiled silently. I raised my wrist and checked the time.

It was four in the evening.

There were still three hours until Albert’s press conference.

My detention period was three days.

The contract could be reprinted.

The samples could be remade.

But without my approval, none of it would matter.

Albert’s press conference would be a complete joke.

I was already starting to look forward to how he was going to clean up his own mess later.