Prosperous Marriage: Married to My Brother-in-law-Chapter 577: Passing by Without Meeting (5)_1
If Glades Horne were so easily defeated, there would be no Valence Group today.
He flipped through the profile of Adele Horne, one of Glades Horne's family members. When he read that she was unmarried and pregnant, a thought flashed through his mind about another woman, a passionate one he knew. If *she* were truly pregnant, it would also be out of wedlock.
"Adele Horne, pregnant without marriage?" Noah Reyes commented indifferently.
"Yes, Young Master. That Miss Horne is extremely willful and has a notorious reputation. It's said she was violated, perhaps even by several men, and it's still unclear who the father of the child is. The Horne family has taken revenge on quite a few people over this matter. The man most likely to be the child's father is still in prison. Relying on the Horne family's wealth, that woman is incredibly arrogant. She deserves it," the man reported, relaying all he knew.
"Such a woman, it's karma!"
Noah Reyes snorted coldly. This Adele Horne is nothing like the woman I'm thinking of. He was no longer interested in any information about Adele Horne, his gaze lingering only on Julia Bluen's profile for a while.
To hit a snake, you strike at its vital point. For Glades Horne, that soft spot is his beloved wife, Julia Bluen!
After reading all the materials on Glades Horne, Noah Reyes handed them to the man in grey and ordered, "Burn it."
"Yes, Young Master."
The man in grey took the materials, immediately found a stainless steel basin, set them on fire, and tossed them in. Moments later, the documents were reduced to ashes.
Noah Reyes stood at the window, watching the street scene outside for a while longer. Then, he turned and walked back to the sofa in the room, sitting down. One of his subordinates poured him a glass of red wine. He took the glass, casually sipped it a couple of times, then placed it back on the coffee table. Coolly, he instructed the man in grey, "Arrange for us to leave in half an hour. Ensure no information leaks."
"Yes, Young Master."
The man in grey responded immediately and respectfully, then cautiously asked, "Young Master, do you need a body double to stay here?"
"No need. This is a hotel, and I haven't been here long. Those restless types with too much time on their hands wouldn't bother coming all this way." Noah Reyes seemed to know his would-be assassins quite well.
Before I can take my place as the leader, I must eliminate those family members detrimental to me, one by one.
"Young Master, where will you go next?"
Noah Reyes didn't answer. Instead, he gave the man in grey a sharp look and coldly retorted, "Do I need to report to you, a Hall Master?"
The man in grey shuddered at the rebuke, answering in panicked haste, "No need, no need! I spoke out of turn, I spoke out of turn."
"Don't let it happen again. As Young Master, I still have the authority to dispose of anyone below the rank of Hall Master at will." Noah Reyes's tone returned to normal, but his words filled the man in grey with even greater dread.
Currently, Noah Reyes was the Young Master. Apart from the elders, whom he could not eliminate at will, he held the power of life and death over all other managerial personnel.
"Yes." The man in grey responded with trepidation.
Noah Reyes picked up his glass of red wine again and drank lazily. Realizing there were no more instructions, the man in grey quietly left the room.
「Twenty minutes later.」
Noah Reyes and his subordinates changed their clothes. They quickly transformed, now appearing like ordinary people one might see anywhere on the streets. Noah Reyes also donned sunglasses, his expression taking on a roguish, somewhat rakish air, resembling a scoundrelly young master.
He left the room first, his subordinates following him out one after another.
They quickly mingled with the other hotel guests and headed out of the hotel.
Glades Horne, having flown in, had just arrived at this very hotel. Accompanied by two bodyguards, he strode purposefully toward the entrance. At the hotel's main doorway, he brushed past Noah Reyes.
Glades Horne glanced at Noah Reyes, thinking he looked like an ordinary guest, not the Young Master of a mysterious organization. Noah Reyes was walking quickly, and by the time Glades Horne wanted to take a second look, he had already passed by.
Noah Reyes didn't even glance at Glades Horne as the two brushed past each other.
Glades Horne didn't know that this man—wearing sunglasses, dressed in plain clothes, and with that roguish, scoundrel-like air—was the very Noah Reyes he had rushed here in his private jet to meet.
Likewise, Noah Reyes was unaware that the tall East Asian man who had just brushed past him was the eldest son of the Horne family—the very adversary he had chosen. He certainly had no idea that Glades Horne was to become his future brother-in-law.
