I Become Villain With Counter-Attack System In The Novel-Chapter 21. Despicable Max

"That's good to hear. What hospital is she in again? I will send someone to look after her."

Max was glad to hear her mother is stable and has a happy smile on his beautiful face.

He was delighted because, as long as her mother is in the hospital, this woman can't just quit and run away.

It's not something he can afford now, as this Erza is very good.

Not just in figure and looks but also her managing and handling the business, she has a natural talent.

It is because of this woman, Rickie was able to go around picking women left and right without caring about his new business as it was being managed by Erza.

She single-handedly not only turned his start-up into a unicorn but also managed it all alone, letting him reap the benefits of having backers for support and money. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Oh yeah, his company, because being the self-centered protagonist, how could he give her any share in the company? 100% belonged to him, heck, there was not even a salary given to her, as being Rickie's woman was enough.

Her needs and wants would be taken care of by him....if he remembers them.

So, of course, Max wants to get this dedicated worker heroine, as he too wants to enjoy the benefits of the protagonist.

Hence why he is trying to butter her up, and what's a better way to do that than to show care for the most important person in her life?

'She should be pleased, right?'

Max, looking at the stunned state of Erza, couldn't help but think to himself, being glad that he thought this through.

'I knew it. This man is despicable.'

Erza here however tensed up as an horrid look appeared in her scarlet, deep eyes.

She was sure that this guy was evil from the beginning; as no one pays twice the salary without any ulterior motives, he was just maintaining the facade of being a gentleman.

And now he finally decided to act on it. Maybe he was desperate, seeing his company was about to go bankrupt, and decided to cash in on his "investment".

'....But what can I do?... nothing.' Erza, however, realized the dreadful fact.

If this pervert decided to do something to her, there is nothing she can do.

Not only is he blackmailing her using her mother, but even if he were not, an ant like her couldn't disobey a behemoth like Winchester.

If she were alone, she could have run away or just self-delete to save herself, but she can't, her mother's responsibility is on her shoulders, she can't be too selfish.

Her doing anything like that is just going to piss off this pervert and take out his anger on her mother, which she would never allow.

Her mother alone raised her all these years, sacrificing her youth and life, doing hard manual labour to put food in front of her, now it's her time to pay it back.

So if he really wanted to force her...all she can do is grit her teeth, close her eyes and pray her torment ends soon, letting him taint her body.

Because if she had to choose between her purity and dignity or her mother, her choice would always be her mother.

"Thank you for magnanimous heart Ma-*ahem*...sir, but there is no need, she is in the ICU. There is hospital staff there to take care of her. We should focus here on trying to save the company."

Erza politely rejected his offer as she tried to change the subject.

She knows if she continues this conversation, she would lose her innocence right here in the room.

Though she allows it but at least not right now, she still needs to be fully mentally prepare herself or she may react in a way that she will regret later.

She also really did not want this company to go bankrupt as this job is the reason for her being able to afford all the medical expenses of her mother, if there is no job, there is no money to keep up with payments.

And there is also the gratitude, though this guy has evil intentions towards her, but that did not change the fact that when she needed the most, he was the one who helped her.

So for now all she has in her mind is to save the company, then she would give what he wanted and get over with it.

"....If you think so but don't hesitate to ask for help, okay?"

Max got a little disappointed that she rejected the offer, he wanted to insist further but didn't and dropped the idea as doing so would just be going to push her further away.

Anyway, It's not like he needs her permission, he could just send a few men to monitor her mother in the dark as there is no saying what the protagonist would do after today's event.

"Okay, I would." Erza politely replied to him but there is no way in hell she would do it.

Her doing so would just make her own him more, which she did not want, she still wants to keep the last shred of dignity of herself till the end.

"Don't forget it,...Erza, Do we got the invitation from the Kingswell family for today's auction?"

Max again did not force her, ignorant to the turmoil happening in her heart, rather he put the focus on the main point.

According to the plot, the legendary item is going to appear in that auction because of course it is as the protagonist was present in it.

Though Rickie will not be able to attend now, it may not change that plot that much, as that thing appeared twice before in auction but nobody bid for it as it looked unremarkable.

Because that's the common routine, one of the reasons why he hates Xiao Bai novels.

"Sir, there was but your elder sister intercepted it and took it away."

Ezra sighs in relief seeing he did not force it, making her heart calm down a little.

So when he asked her the question, she answered him in a quite cheerful tone.

Their company did receive the invitation even though they do not meet the criteria all because his last name is Winchester.

The invitation was supposed to arrive a week ago but his elder sister took it away midway, for who knows what.

"*Sigh* Not her again."

Max shook his head as he sighed deeply, he knew this was his sister's way of getting his attention.

He was not going back home and also did not call them, so in her eyes this is the best thing she can do to make him talk to her.

Well she could have just called but In her eyes going behind his back, taking away the invitation in order to make him go to her is easier than just picking up the phone and calling him.

*Calling*

Max however did not take the risk with such an important thing, So take a second a before, he pulled out his phone and dialed a number.

*Picked*

"....."

Call got picked up by the other side but they did not say anything while keeping silent.

"Hey, Come to the Kingswell auction now, don't forget to bring the extra invitation with you, I will meet you there."

Max did not care about it, he just ordered the other party to do what he wants before ending the call.

"Let's go."

After that's, Max just stood up and walked out of his office heading downstairs, Erza too followed behind him hurriedly.

...

"Where is he? He should have been here half an hour ago."

(A/N : Sorry I was having a migraine, hence the delay.

Like always thank you for reading and have a good day 😁 .)