The Traps of the Black Swan

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Holding his cheek, Brodie Powell quivered to meet Seungri's gaze.

Being a gate-dog of Seungri Harmon won't just get him a lot of money, he has to sell his conscience, bear Seungri's wrath and endure Seungri's behavior, irrespective of his age, job, social position, and his pride. Yet he didn't have the guts to talk back or fight for himself.

Does he like this kind of life? No, but he had come too far and there is no turning back even if he regrets it. He can end this only by giving up his life for Seungri or surrender under the law. Anyway, he wasn't ready to do both.

He doesn't want to surrender himself under the law so it left him the only choice of endurance and bear Seungri's wrath.

He knew meeting Seungri without permission and especially entering his office in uniform would rile him up. But he had expected Seungri to hear him out.

Seungri glared at the Chief controlling himself from doing anything to him. Since Jennie targeted the four officers, he was expecting her to aim at Chief Powell soon. He couldn't believe the halfwitted chief straight reached him at Harmon Industries in the broad daylight when she was waiting like an eagle to kill the poisonous snakes with their mistake.

According to the evidence and proofs which she was using, Seungri analyzed she wasn't digging out old dirt but catching them red-handed and using it against them. He was deciding to be careful till he got her to his hands but Chief Powell's appearance brought more and new trouble.

Seungri bellowed, "Why the f**king hell are you here? Did you lose your goddamn brain to appear here?" His tone carried extreme disappointment with fury.

Chief Powell gently pressed his painful jaw and before he started to speak, "T-that... g-girl... Vance Hays's fiancée is a-alive."

'Vance's fiancée.' Seungri frowned for hearing him still call Jennie as Vance Hays's fiancée. He didn't bother correcting him and asked in a grave tone, "How do you know?" He wanted to know if Ava took action on him already.

Chief Powell hesitated but he narrated everything that happened on Saturday and why he ran away without helping or calling him. He was expecting Seungri to get angry but the latter started laughing... scornfully.

Once the eerie laughter ended, Seungri's slender long fingers wrapped around the neck of the man and pressed him against the floor. "Do you know why she left you unscathed?" He asked through his teeth. the chief was wriggling on the floor to catch a breath.

Seungri was beyond control so chief's painful groans were of no use. He applied more pressure instead and answered his own question, "She wanted you to tell me she is bloody alive and coming at me."

Seungri suddenly lifted his hand letting his lungs blow up to catch some air but Seungri's brown designer leather shoes kicked him at the waist causing him to roll away on the floor coughing his lungs out.

Seungri continued to roar at him, "What did you do? You gave her another outstanding chance and came here. Now she will pull my name down with you all. She isn't destroying my business but me, my image, my pride."

He raised his leg to stomp his stomach but a sudden pull from behind caused him to stumble back. Like an arrow left the bow, he immediately directed his rage to the person who stopped him.

Dylan's face turned dark witnessing Seungri divert his anger. He raised his forearm and easily blocked Seungri's arm. He controlled from sounding annoyed but worrisome carrying in his composition, "The reporters are downstairs, they are aware Chief is here to meet you."

As Seungri analyzed, Jennie is right on his deduction and ready to act however he might react. Commonly businessmen use the situation in their favor saying he reported those officers and chief was thanking him. If Seungri does that, he is certain Jennie is ready with some more video to make it viral and prove Chief Powell isn't clean. That will also smear the dirt on Seungri. So Seungri didn't have that choice.