Chapter 397 - Pick Up (1/2)

Michael continued gaming till past midnight as he continued his journey inside the game.

So when he woke up the next day, it was already quite late in the morning and his phone continued ringing which irritated him as he wondered who was calling him like crazy.

”Dammit, who the f*ck is it?” Michael cursed as he picked up his phone from the small drawer beside him.

But when he saw the name of the person calling, his anger was quickly doused and he immediately answered the call, ”It's Michael, do you have any good news for me, Antoine?”

Antoine: [Hahaha! Of course! The thing you asked for, it's done!]

Hearing the good news, Michael suddenly felt that today is going to be a great and he couldn't help but put a smile and said, ”That's good, it seems I wasn't wrong that I approached your help for this”

Antoine: [Of course, but…]

”But what?” Michael said when he heard the hesitation on the man's voice.

Antoine: [My people did manage to prevent the plans of the people from the IRS, but I sure hell know that this isn't the end. I know what that old geezer is capable of, he would surely approach the matter from a different angle]

Michael just smiled and said, ”I'll take care of it, I'll owe you for this one then, see ya!”

Without even waiting for Antoine to answer, he immediately hung up the call and slowly got up from his bed.

He quickly headed to his bathroom and took a shower, before making his way down and made a simple sandwich for breakfast. Then he brushed his teeth, took his car keys and made his way to the veterinary clinic where Amanda and Eunice took the pups to be taken care of.

In fact, just before he had woken up, Michael's phone was already full of messages urging him to go to the clinic to take the pups, and there's also Greg, who was pestering him with messages to introduce him to Randy and the others.

He just ignored him though, because he would need to consult Randy and the others first if they wanted to be associated with someone from the military.

While on the road, his phone that's on the holder by the dashboard suddenly rang, and Michael quickly connected the call to the bluetooth speaker of the car.

”Morning babe! What's up!?”

Amanda: [What's up my ass! Where are you!? The clinic called to inform me that you didn't show up, didn't I tell you last night to wake up early?]

”Eh…must be because I played a lot last night, and went to bed late. Soooo….yeah~” Michael said while scratching his cheek.

Amanda: [I shouldn't have entrusted you with this task. Do you know that I'm paying extra for every exceeding hour that the pups stay there?]

Hearing what she said, Michael couldn't help but laugh and replied, ”Geez~! You are so stingy babe! I thought you loved those puppies!?”

Amanda: [Shut up, every penny counts! So hurry up and go get Terry and Cruz! Then head over to the cafe and let's have a meal]

”Yes, yes~ I'm hanging up babe! I'll see you later, yeah?” Michael said while looking at the busy road in front of him.

Amanda: [Uhmm~ take care on the road then!]

Then she ended the call, as silence once again resumed inside the car.

Even with the AC on, Michael still couldn't help but sweat while he was talking to Amanda earlier. So he wiped it off while saying, ”God~! Women really are such scary creatures when they are angry. Hmmm~ if other people were to hear what I just said, I'm afraid that they would assume that I'm a simp or some kind of beta male, and that's what truly scary”

Almost an hour later, Michael arrived near his destination and parked his car at the clinic's parking lot.