Billionaire's match novel

---- Chapter 658 As for money, as long as Lacuna had funds, Noah would never be short of it. "An old friend," he said without elaborating. He took a cigarette case from his pocket, shook out one, and held it between his lips without lighting it. "t's just a small job-finding someone. I'll be back in three to five days." His tone was casual, as if it truly were nothing more than a trivial errand. Spence leaned back in his wide executive chair. He knew Noah well: the more lightly he spoke of something, the less simple it usually was.

Besides, for a 'small job" that required Noah himself to ask for leave, the background of the person involved was bound to be interesting, "Finding someone?" Spence said slowly, studying him. "You know, I've also taken on a job recently-looking for someone. That person... is named Ryan Douglas." Noah had just picked up a lighter from the desk. Hearing the familiar name, his hand slipped with a soft scrape. His expression, however, did not change.

He calmly lit the ---- cigarette, took a drag, and only then said, "Does Lacuna take on jobs like that now?" "It's a commission from an old friend of mine. But this one isn't simple-it involves major business tycoons in the country." Spence fixed his gaze on Noah. He stopped short of asking anything directly, but the probing intent was obvious. Noah's face remained impassive. "Is that so? Then you'd better be careful." With that, he returned the lighter and turned to leave. "Noah!" Spence suddenly called out to him in a deep voice. "I've always treated you like my own brother.

| know that lately you've been distant with me, but | hope you understand-I'm only doing this so our ideals can continue, so Lacuna can grow stronger." Noah paused for a moment. Then he lifted a hand in a brief wave and walked away without looking back. People change. Except for some stubborn ones-like him. Noah knew that his own principles and beliefs were rigid, even obsessive. But they were the very things Spence had instilled in him back when he had pulled him out of hell. ---- Noah's parents had been innocent victims caught up in the flames of war.

It was Spence who saved him, encouraged him to live, taught him his skills, and told him with his own mouth that darkness was not to be feared, nor were bloodstained hands. What was truly frightening... was having no faith Death existed to give meaning to life. Killing and war, at times, were also for the sake of protection. He was not a desperate fugitive with his life hanging by a thread. He was a blade that could help fragile souls trapped in the dark. When Spence took him along as a mercenary, the two of them wandered from place to place, often going hungry.

Yet, they never accepted just any job for money. They only wanted to help more people. The founding of Lacuna had been the same. In its earliest days, Lacuna took in the homeless, taught them skills so they could protect themselves and those they cared about. When they accepted missions, it was not merely for money or to serve the rich and powerful, but to protect the weak and bring hope to the comers of the world that light could not reach. ---- So when Lacuna grew strong and Spence left, Noah had followed him without hesitation.

But now, after returning and seeing Spence regain control, Noah found Spence unfamiliar Lacuna no longer took on ordinary people's requests, nor did it investigate whether its targets were justifiable. Everything revolved solely around profit. And the people taken in by Lacuna were no longer the homeless, but true desperadoes-men driven by fame and gain, who came only for money.