Seeing him sacrifice me just to save himself, I shook my head in disappointment and said calmly, “I’d apologize, if he dared accept it.”
The crowd gasped.
Are you insane? How dare you disrespect Mr. Fitzroy to his face?!”
“Who do you think you are, acting like he doesn’t even deserve your apology?”
↑ He’s a Slivershade tycoon! Saying something like that in public could get us all killed!”
“Mr. Carter, make her shut up!”
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Dominic was shaking with rage. He raised his hand to strike me.
“You bitch! Are you trying to get the entire Carter family killed?!”
But Patrick suddenly grabbed his wrist and, without warning, kicked him hard to the ground.
“I’ve had enough of you!” he snapped.
“Scum like you doesn’t deserve to be in the position you’re in!”
“You dare hit someone in public? You must be tired of living!”
brutal klek.
With every word, Patrick delivered another brutal
Within seconds, Dominic was coughing up blood on the floor.
He was too stunned to even beg, Blood filled his mouth, choking his voice down to a helpless whimper.
Seeing Patrick lose his temper so violently, all the previously self–righteous elites fell completely silent.
No one dared breathe too loudly for fear of being dragged into it.
Beatrice and the rest of the Carter family didn’t even dare make a sound. They stood frozen in place, their faces pale with fear.
The hall was deathly silent.
And in that silence, I finally spolo
“Don’t spill any more blood here.”
paused, then looked at the um holding my son’s ashes.
“My son didn’t like seeing such violent scenes.
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As soon as the words left my mouth, everyone around drew in a sharp breath, their faces filled with shock as they stared at me.
“Is she crazy? Just a housewife, and she dares to tell Mr. Fitzroy what to do?”
“She really doesn’t know her place!”
“Mr. Fitzroy hates being disrespected more than anything, Simone’s definitely done for now!”
Patrick was the kind of man who could decide someone’s life or death with just a single word.
In Slivershade, he was a terrifying presence–wherever he went, no matter who he faced, people treated him with fear and reverence.
Anyone who spoke to him would bow and scrape, showing utmost respect.
But 1–someone already scored and trampled by the rich–faced him with nothing but indifference.
Even the tone of my voice was full of command and icy arrogance.
Seeing me like this, Alice finally lost her patience.
She pointed at me and gritted her teeth.
“You shameless woman! How dare you speak to Mr. Fitzroy like that? Are you trying to get the Carter family killed?”
Then she barked an order at the Carter family members.
“Throw Simone out! I won’t let some poor, reckless woman with no sense of propriety ruin Carter
