I’m Someone Else
Chapter 15

Chapter 15

“Ahem!”

Thomas cleared his throat, which snapped Olivia out of her reverie. She rattled off an address.

He nodded and started driving.

“Oh, right!” She was struck with a thought and quickly added, “There’s no rush. Feel free to take yourtime.”

A slight hint of a smirk danced across Thomas’ lips.

Olivia must have been terrified of the way he drove the last time.

Well, it wasn’t surprising. He was probably the only driver in this world who would end up making hisemployer puke on his first day on the job. It was a bit extreme.

Soon, they arrived at Unicus Hall, which was an auction house.

There was a sea of luxury cars parked out front. Thomas gave them all a cursory glance. Even thecheapest model among them would cost at least six figures. It proved that all the attendees were someof Irieson’s richest and most influential people.

Olivia glanced at Thomas and decided on a whim to ask, “Why don’t you come in with me, Thomas?”

“Me? Go in with you?” Thomas was taken aback.

He was just a driver. Would it be alright for him to follow Olivia into a place like this?

“Yeah. This is a charity auction. You can come along and gain some experience. What’s the matter?You don’t want to?”

“It’s not that!”

Thomas shook his head at once. Why would an employee refuse their superior in this manner? It wasakin to handing in their resignation letter.

Thus, the two of them stepped into Unicus Hall one after the other. The reception was in full swing.Handsome young gentlemen and beautiful young ladies filled the area, along with older, moreestablished members of the upper echelon of society. Thomas knew that those present would havemore than a few million to their name. Furthermore, money was the least of all requirements to get intoa place like this. No matter how much a person had, they still wouldn’t be able to get in without somekind of influential or prestigious status to back them up.

“The Morton Family owns this place.” Olivia glanced at Thomas and began to explain, “The Mortonsare one of the oldest and most prestigious families here in Irieson. They’re involved in numerousindustries, including entertainment, food and beverage, finance, and medicine. Unicus Hall was startedby their most promising young heir, Sean Morton. He built it up from scratch himself. A charity auctionis held here every six months and all the proceeds are donated to children in need in rural areas.”

Thomas nodded. It appeared that not all of the wealthy elites turned a blind eye to the plight of others.At the very least, young men like Sean Morton still had a generous side to them.

Hang on. Sean Morton? Why does that name sound so familiar? I’ve heard it somewhere.

Meanwhile, Thomas didn’t know that someone had zeroed in on him!

There was a young man in a wheelchair tucked away in a corner of the hall who exclaimed, “That’shim, Dad! He’s the b*stard who broke my legs at Twilight Bar the other day!”

That young man was Harvey Patton!

And the man beside him who looked to be hitting sixty soon was one of Irieson’s most infamouspeople, Joe Patton!

Joe cast an icy stare at Thomas. “Harvey, are you sure that young man is the one who broke yourlegs?”

“Of course! I’d recognize him anywhere!”

Over the last few days, all Harvey could think about was taking his revenge on Thomas, butunfortunately for him, Thomas seemed to have vanished into thin air. There was no trace of himanywhere, and even Chloe had disappeared as well. Harvey got someone to look up Chloe’s addressfor him, but when they showed up, the house had been vacated already.

Harvey was fuming. He was convinced that Thomas and Chloe must’ve fled Irieson by now, and he hadno way of making them pay for what they did to him!

He never would’ve thought that he would run into Thomas at the auction house today.

The sight of his enemy made his blood boil. “Dad, you must avenge me! Rip him to pieces!”

“We can’t act rashly, Harvey. We’re in Unicus Hall right now. Don’t cause a scene here. But don’t worry.I’ll take revenge on your behalf!”

At the same time, a handsome young man walked onto the stage and waved to get everyone’sattention. The crowd instantly fell silent and shifted their gazes to him.

Thomas lowered his head and snorted. No wonder the name Sean Morton felt so familiar! It’s him!

Sean was smiling jovially as he said, “Thank you, everyone, for honoring me with your presence hereat our auction today. I won’t give a long speech, but on behalf of all the children in need in rural areas, Iwant to thank you for your contribution today! Let the charity auction begin!”

“Wait a minute!”

Before the crowd could break out into applause, they were interrupted by Joe’s loud hollering.

Joe put his hands together and greeted Sean before saying, “Mr. Morton, one of the people here todaydoesn’t have the right to be here!”

Joe was certain that Thomas and Sean would not be acquainted in any way. Thus, as long as he spokeup, Sean would surely go along with him out of respect for him.

“Oh? What do you mean?”

Although Sean was a little annoyed at someone interrupting the auction, everyone invited was a guest,so he couldn’t deny them the right to speak. After all, everyone else was watching…

Joe continued calmly, “Everyone here today is someone of influence and prestige in Irieson, but thisdoesn’t include the person I’m talking about. This person’s sister is just a bar girl at one of the localbars, and he is nothing more than a violent thug. He was the one who broke my son Harvey’s legs!”

The crowd was stunned by Joe’s words.

“Goodness me! Someone broke the young Mr. Patton’s legs?”

“Does he have a death wish?”

“His sister is a bar girl? That means their family must be dirt poor, right? How could he show up here?”

Joe pushed the wheelchair forward until they were right in front of Thomas. “What makes you think youcan come in here?”

Unicus Hall had rules in place that were said to be set by Sean himself. No one was allowed to get intoa fight inside the walls of Unicus Hall, so as long as Thomas was chased out of the place, Joe wascertain that it would be a piece of cake for him to exterminate a little rat like Thomas!

Thomas glanced at Joe and the wheelchair-bound Harvey. His blood started to boil.

He couldn’t care less about being called a violent thug, but how dare they call Chloe a bar girl right infront of everyone? It was blatant slander! Chloe was far more important to Thomas than himself. Onone hand, Chloe wasn’t a bar girl. She was just a server working at a bar. However, even if she were abar girl, Thomas still wouldn’t allow anyone to humiliate her in public like that.

Before Thomas could say anything, Olivia chimed in, “Mr. Patton, I’m the one who brought Thomas inhere. Why wouldn’t he be allowed to come in?”

Joe had noted Thomas and Olivia’s proximity early on, but it didn’t stop him from being determined totake revenge on his son’s behalf. Although Pearson Group was a fairly influential conglomerate, hewasn’t afraid of them. Furthermore, it was just Olivia here. He might’ve been warier if her father,Norman Pearson, was here today.

Olivia Pearson? Hah! Who’s scared of her?!