Chapter 173: Confrontation

It was on Friday, the fourth Friday ever since Jaden began his journey as a bodyguard. The past few days had been quite boring for him. He did not receive any more missions from the system, and neither did Scarlet do anything big.

After the gangster hunt, she came to realize that Vincent and his group had managed to deal with the group that they had targeted previously. Completely different from her group that had been quite 'unlucky' to encounter a group of gangsters that seemed to be waiting for them.

Of course, Scarlet had already realized that there was something wrong. After all, the other party seemed to be waiting for them, and they were specifically targeting Jaden.

Just like Jaden, she suspected Lucas. After all, he was the most suspicious person. Not to mention that he was the one that had convinced her to participate in the competition, even though she was unwilling, then again, during the time the day were entering that building, he was the one that was leading the way.

She understood that there was some kind of enmity that existed between Lucas and Jaden. Even though she was not that interested with relationships, that did not imply that she was blind.

She understood that Lucas liked her, to the level of being obsessed with her. She had already known about the several incidents that Lucas was involved in, where he targeted those that had dared to propose or show that they were in love with her.

It was just that she always turned a blind eye to those things, and never talked about them. Still, she understood that the relationship between her and Jaden was something that had definitely made Lucas jealous.

At the same time, the guy seemed to be quite insecure about Jaden being close to her. So, he was looking for method to eliminate Jaden, but he was quite unlucky to target Jaden, considering that Jaden was not just anybody that could be dealt with.

Despite possessing suspicions about Lucas being involved in the issue, she did not pursue the matter. Instead, she simply informed Steven about it, and asked the old butler to investigate the matter.

She was a person who liked acting when she possessed enough confidence in dealing with something, though, there were times that she acted impulsively.

She wanted to know everything, to make sure that her suspicions were correct. It was only then that she was going to confront Lucas. She was much willing to simply confront Lucas, but what if in the end, he was not involved in anything related to the incidents that had happened recently.

Finally, today, she received information from Steven. Steven had been carrying out the investigation for the past few days, and he was able to easily get the information that he wanted.

And when Scarlet went through the information that was presented to her, she immediately gritted her teeth. Her suspicions were right. It was Lucas who was behind everything.

Of course, she understood that Lucas never intended to harm her. That was the reason why he had suggested that the two of them would get out, when Jaden would be fighting against second tiger.

But after spending time with Jaden, the relationship between her and Jaden was quite good. Of course, since that was the case, she no longer wanted Jaden to leave. In fact, if Jaden decided to leave today, she was the one that was going to be at the front line in persuading him not to leave.

So of course, she was not happy that there was somebody that was intending to harm Jaden. So, with anger in her heart, he planned to go and confront him.

So, she called Jaden over, and informed him about the issue. Jaden had already come to his own conclusion, but now, with the evidence in front of him, there was no need for him to make assumptions anymore.

It might be true that Lucas was kind of obsessed with Scarlet, but that was definitely not enough to target his life. For that reason, Jaden never planned to leave Lucas go just like that.

It could be said that Jaden was a petty person. If somebody wronged him, Jaden would definitely make sure to repay that debt. Of course, the same applied to those that did good to him. If they helped him, he would repay them later on, when they needed him, or he had the capability of doing that.

So, the moment that Scarlet suggested that they should deal with Lucas, he immediately agreed. So, Scarlet made a call, asking Lucas to meet her at a secluded place.

Even though Lucas was confused, he could not help but get a little exhilarated. His thoughts began making different assumptions of the reason why Scarlet wanted the two of them to meet alone.

During the previous few days, he had already been investigating about the matter related to the rumors being spread in the campus. In the end, he realized that it was just rumors that had been created within the class.

As for the matter of Jaden and Scarlet being in a relationship, and even being married, all of that was just nonsense. But of course, that did not change the fact that he still wanted to make sure that Jaden stayed as far as possible from Scarlet.

Even though it was just a rumor, there was still a possibility of that happening. After all, the good relationship between Jaden and Scarlet was not fake. He could not allow the relationship between the two of them to continue growing, otherwise, he might end up losing scarlet for real this time.

After they had come to an agreement, Jaden and Scarlet got inside Scarlet's Ferrari f8 spider, and Scarlet began driving towards the destination that they had agreed upon.

A little while later, they arrived in an abandoned factory. Jaden was not sure what kind of factory it was, but from the looks of it, it had been more than 10 years ever since it had been abandoned.

Since the factory was located in the outskirts of the city, it seemed that nobody had plans of developing this piece of land from being an abandoned factory, into something else.

Jaden did not care about that, and instead, he looked at Lucas in front of him. He was not a person to speak, and so, he wanted to deal with Lucas immediately, the moment that the two of them met.

But Scarlet had told him that she was going to do the talking first, before she could leave Lucas to him. So, Jaden had to be patient, and wait until Scarlet was done.

Lucas on the other hand was completely dumbfounded upon noticing that Jaden had come over. With confusion in his eyes, he looked at Scarlet and asked, "I thought that you said that you wanted us to meet here alone. Why is he here?"

Scarlet frowned upon hearing the question. With displeasure clear in her eyes, she responded, "I told you to come over and meet me alone, when did I say that I was coming to meet you alone? Additionally, Jaden is my bodyguard, and so, he has the right to accompany me anywhere that I go, except for the private places that only I can be in." seaʀᴄh thё nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Lucas was immediately displeased upon hearing that. It had only been a short time, but now, it seemed that the way that Scarlet viewed Jaden had changed completely.

Jaden's importance in Scarlet's heart had rose to a level that he had never expected. And now, more than ever, he wanted to eliminate Jaden.

Despite wanting to do so, other than the murderous look that he threw at Jaden, he did not comment on anything about this issue anymore. Instead, he asked, "So, what is the reason for calling me here?"

He was no longer looking forward to the reason why they had to meet her. If there were just the two of them, he would be happy about it. But with Jaden being here, it changed everything completely.

"I want us to talk about the incident that happened a few days ago. You are the one that organized for that group of gangster to wait for us there, right?" Scarlet immediately asked, without beating around the bush.

Lucas was immediately stunned upon hearing that. This was yet another completely unexpected event. How come Scarlet was suspecting him? Could it be that it was Jaden who had told her things that had led her to suspecting him?

In his mind right now, he did not even think that Scarlet might have investigated the issue, considering all the loopholes that had been revealed. So, he immediately blamed Jaden on making Scarlet suspect him.

At this moment, he thought that perhaps Jaden thought that he was close to Scarlet, and that was the reason why he was trying to form a rift between the two of them. That way, he would have even better chances at getting together with Scarlet.

"Who told you that? Is it this punk here?" Lucas asked after a moment of silence, while looking at Jaden with killing intent clear in his eyes.

"Do I need to be told to realize that there was something wrong? Everything pointed at the fact that the gangsters there already knew that we were coming over. Additionally, they were targeting Jaden.

In our group, other than you, there is nobody else that will do something to deal with Jaden. So, why don't you tell me why you want to kill Jaden?" Scarlet asked as she glared at Lucas.

Lucas was immediately rendered speechless upon hearing that. This was something that he had ignored all along. And now that Scarlet had mentioned it, he realized that the plan that he had made was not flawless at all.

Realizing that there was no way out, other than to confess that it was true that he was the one that had been involved with the gangsters, as he did not doubt that Scarlet had already investigated about the issue, he decided to use an excuse.

"You told me that you wanted to deal with Jaden. You asked me that if you failed to do that personally, I should help you with that. And that is just what I am doing." Lucas responded confidently.