The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 176

"I just wanted to know if you'd been somewhere in the past three days where you smelled something unusual," Felix told the woman.

Snakefruits had a particularly strong fragrance, but regular people wouldn't be able to tell where the smell was coming from. Also, the snakefruit scent would only last a maximum of three days on a person before disappearing. That was why Felix structured his question like that.

The woman frowned as she thought for a long time. Her eyes lit up as she replied, "Now that you mention it, I went hiking with a friend the other day and smelled a really nice scent somewhere in the hills. But we somehow just couldn't pinpoint its exact location." Felix's smile widened. It was just as he had suspected.

"Can you please tell me where it is? I can give you the money first if you're worried they might be fake. You can check the authenticity."

There were ways for people to verify the authenticity of banknotes online nowadays. So, Felix just closed the case back up and passed it to her.

After hesitating for a moment, the woman removed the chain lock on her door and quickly took the case from him. Then, she shut the door behind her.

A few minutes later, the door finally reopened. However, this time, Felix was directly invited into the room. After all, it was quite suspicious for him to continue standing in the doorway like that.

"It was on a deserted hill in the north of Avesburgh. I can tell you my exact route.'

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After the woman was done explaining to Felix, she suddenly got curious and asked, "Aren't you worried that I might be lying to you?" "Nope."

So what if she really lied? Kane would send his men after her anyway. They naturally had other ways to deal with her if she dared to lie.

Felix left. He had just reached the corner of the corridor when a young man suddenly stopped him. His name was Sam Clarkson.

"What's your relationship with Nora Pearson?" Sam asked.

Nora Pearson? Felix had no idea who he was talking about.

"I don't know anyone by that name," Felix replied.

Sam got anxious and exclaimed coldly, "You brat, you'd better spit out the truth! You don't know her? If you don't know her, then why did you just come out of her room?" 1/2

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Oh, so that woman's name was Nora Pearson. Felix was dumbfounded. How much of a coincidence could it be that he would run into her boyfriend or husband on the way out?

"I don't have any inappropriate relationships with her. As for what I was doing there, you can ask her about it."

Things were bound to get messy if Felix were to explain it. The misunderstanding would be easily resolved if the man would just meet Nora

Seeing that Felix was about to leave, Sam suddenly punched him, but Felix caught his fist in mid-air.

"If you don't want to spend a couple of days in the hospital, then get out of my way!"

Sam was the one at fault since he started it first. So, Felix just shoved him aside and left. Sam glared at Felix's disappearing figure, his expression turning darker and darker. "Fuck! This isn't over! You'd be dead meat by now if only I'd brought my bodyguards with me today! Just wait and see!"

Then, Sam stormed toward room 1302. Whatever happened after Felix saw Nora was no longer his business.

By that time, Felix had just entered the elevator. There was a masked man in it, and the birthmark on his forehead was particularly noticeable.

Felix picked up a strong blood scent from him. There was only one explanation for this, and that was this man had just killed someone. Otherwise, he wouldn't have smelled like

this.

He didn't want to poke his nose into business that didn't concern him. If he did, he might get the Phoenix Legion involved, which was the last thing he wanted to do. He didn't want to see either Xena or Belle at this point.

The elevator doors opened on the sixth floor, revealing a woman behind them. Felix frowned at once. The woman about to enter the elevator was none other than Xena.

A split second later, something else unimaginable happened. Xena grabbed Felix's arm and dragged him out of the elevator. She said, "I'm sorry, honey, but please don't get mad at me."