“What did you say?! She’s my wife! You actually dared to touch her?!“[]
Marcus’s voice was like a freezing wind from hell as he grabbed the fat guy by the throat and slammed him against the wall, bones making a sickening crack.
“Beat him! Beat him until he tells me where Victoria is!“]
He roared at his men, his eyes rolling with violent bloodlust.[]
The Sterling family had already quietly liquidated all their domestic assets and fled overseas.]
He couldn’t find Victoria, so he could only track down the last person who’d had contact with her–that fat guy, a nouveau riche parasite who fed off the Black family while harboring his own ambitions.[]
“Marcus! Have you lost your fucking mind?!“[]
The fat guy’s face was beaten black and blue. Today was supposed to be his birthday–he’d invited so many friends from the underworld.[]
But Marcus wasn’t giving him any face at all. Even a clay figure has some temper, let alone a nouveau riche bastard like him.
“That night you literally said ‘she’s all yours, play her to death for all I care!‘ Now you’re acting all devoted?! That chick was a virgin! You’ve been married five years and never touched her?! What, can’t get it up?!“]
The fat guy’s roar was like a poisoned dagger stabbing straight into Marcus’s nerves.
He froze in disbelief, giving the fat guy a chance to punch him to the ground.[]
Marcus didn’t even try to get up, his mind buzzing with those words “virgin” and “play her to death for all I care.
ce.“]
His own order?!
“Bullshit! I told you to teach her a lesson! I didn’t tell you to…“]
He screamed out of control, all his elegant composure completely gone.[
Soon, the bodyguard who’d been on “duty” that night was dragged forward, pale as death.
“Mr. Black… your wife… that night this fat guy smashed her head, then you shot her… and after these guys had their way with her till dawn… by morning she was… dead… here’s the… death certificate…“[]
The bodyguard handed over a piece of paper, shaking like a leaf.[]
Marcus snatched it away.
Deceased: Victoria Sterling.
The cold printed letters burned through his retinas like a red–hot brand.
Marcus snatched it away.
Deceased: Victoria Sterling.
The cold printed letters burned through his retinas like a red–hot brand.
“Lake!” He tore the report to shreds like a dying, cornered beast. “Another one of her tricks! She can’t stand seeing me treat someone else well! You’re all working together to lie to me!”
Marcus Black, the uncrowned king of the city’s underworld, collapsed pathetically in the debris–strewn garden.
Chapter
In less than half a minute, news of “Marcus Black’s breakdown” and “Mrs. Black’s gruesome death” exploded across all social media platforms.
When Sophie stumbled to the Lawson estate, she found Marcus and Derek Lawson–the fat guy -tearing at each other like wild animals.
“You have no idea how sweet she sounded screaming! What a prize!” Derek’s face was covered in blood as he maliciously taunted.[]
“I’ll kill you!!” Marcus completely lost it.[]
Sophie tried to step forward and pull him back, but he backhanded her hard, sending her crashing to the ground.[]
She cried silently, tears streaming down her face.
Marcus’s breakdown and Sophie’s humiliation became the century’s most explosive scandal, trending for a solid week.[]
Marcus mobilized every dark connection he had, searching frantically for any trace of Victoria.[]
Marcus’s mother didn’t make things difficult for Sophie–she just coldly ordered her to disappear.]
“Sophie, wait for me… once I find Victoria, I’ll divorce her… I’ll marry you…” Marcus blocked Sophie’s path as she dragged her suitcase toward the estate gates, his tone humbler than ever before.[]
Sophie wrote in his palm through her tears, her hand trembling: “Marcus, that day she got hurt trying to protect me… she saved my life… how could I… how could I stay with you!“]
“No! That’s not what happened!” [
Marcus desperately argued, grasping at his last straw.
“That fat bastard was working for her! Just wait until I find her! Once I find her, I’ll deal with everything!“]
But Sophie still pushed his hand away and disappeared into the twilight.
News of their breakup exploded across the media once again.
Everyone praised Sophie for being clear–headed and principled while condemning Marcus as scum who didn’t deserve her.
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