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Chapter 169: Upcoming Turbulence

"You— Did someone send you to kill me?" Santa was a man who had many enemies. In fact, if this woman would tell him that someone sent her to kill him, he wouldn't be able to guess who would do that. Perhaps he would mention all of his enemies and would still miss the name of the one who sent this woman. 

"Aish… Santa… This is what happens if you sleep with a lot of married men."

"…" He frowned, wondering what was this woman was talking about.

"Alright, enough talking. I am only here to have a decent conversation."

"Then stop bullshiting about things and say what you want to say!" he hissed, his impatience clearly showing to try and hide his fear. 

"I heard that you are one of the four great lords in this city?"

He nodded and watched Lyca went back to the seat near his bed. 

"And I also heard… you are quite ambitious?"

"What does this have to do with anything else? If you want to kill me. Then do it!"

Lyca held the man's gaze before she sighed. "It seems that your fear has clouded your judgment. I would change that tone if I were you. After all, my patience is not as big as my boss."

"Boss— "

"I wanted to make you the mayor of this city."

A long silence followed his words as Santa stared at her, his face unfathomable. For some reason, this felt like the conversation that he had with Q before. 

"Well… do you want that?"

"You think you can just hand me the seat of the mayor? You think it would be that easy?"

"It is easy. We can kill everyone else in the council and— "

"Whoa… Whoa! Stop right there!" Santa finally moved. This time, he walked towards his bed. Sitting, Santa stared at the woman's nonchalant expression. "You wanted to kill the mayor? Are you perhaps one of… Q's people?"

Lyca's eyebrow lifted. "Hm? I guess the mayor's actions against my husband is public— "

"Whoa! Whoa! Stop right— "

"Can you stop saying whoa, whoa like a child?" she asked. Lyca didn't hide the irritation in her voice. Of course, she had already researched this man's famous personality beforehand. 

"So you are— Q's wife?"

"I am." She smiled and held her chin a little higher.

Santa frowned. "And you wanted to kill the mayor?"

"That's not your concern anymore. What I wanted to ask if you— Santa Rivers— would be willing to become the next mayor."

His lips pressed into a straight line. "Why are you asking me? What about Q?"

"He already had his hands full in trying to manage me. And I think he is too nice."

Santa opened his mouth. He wanted to ask her if she really just said that her husband is nice. Q had been chaos havoc within this city. Santa and he practically changed the status quo of the criminal organizations in this city. However, the woman's eyes made him shut his mouth. The woman's smile was enough to make him utter a small 'huh'. 

"So?"

"And what's the catch?"

'There is no catch, Mr. Rivers. This will be the start of your career. You have us behind your back while you… make our lives easier. It's a win-win." Lyca beamed.