2025-05-15 05:29:37The clerks exchanged subtle glances of annoyance but kept their expressions professional.
Within moments, the double doors of the courtroom swung open as the superior judge stormed in. “What’s the issue here?” he barked. Lucian crossed his arms, exuding arrogance. “Your incompetent staff is delaying me and my fiancée. I don’t have all day.” Annoyance flickered in the judge’s eyes, he opened his mouth to respond, then he took a closer look at the man standing before him. His breath hitched. His brows shot up in shock. The man standing before him was Lucian Grayson! Heir to the Grayson family. Newly appointed CEO of Astra Corp.Rumor had it he was about to strike a giant deal with the powerful local giant—Rhein Group!
His future?Practically unstoppable!The judge’s heart pounded as he turned on his staff, his voice booming. “Do you even know who this is?!” he roared. The clerks flinched. The room fell into complete silence. “Apologize! Now!” the judge barked. The clerks scrambled, bowing their heads, their voices hurried. “We deeply apologize, Sir. It was a mistake.” The judge himself took a step forward, forcing a sweet smile. “Mr. Grayson, please don't be offeneded. I didn’t know it were you. It was an honest mistake. Please forgive us. We will finalize the process immediately.” Lucian, now pleased and enjoying the reverent stares, smirked and flicked his wrist. Isabelle also held her head up high, as if she was the queen herself. “That’s more like it,” Lucian’s voice dripped with superiority. “Hurry up and finalize the divorce for my fiancé and her husband. Also, prepare our marriage license!” he ordered. “Right away,” the judge replied with a flattering smile before leaving. With the judge gone, Lucian brought his gaze to Adrian. “You see that, Lancaster?” “That’s the weight of my name. That’s what real power looks like... Something you will never be able to relate to in your miserable life.” Adrian didn't respond. Let them gloat while they still could. Soon enough, they would understand what true power felt like. But not now. Moments later, the divorce decree was finalized and handed over. Along with Lucian and Isabelles’ marriage license. Isabelle beamed, clutching the papers like a prized trophy. She turned to Lucian, her eyes shining with admiration. She wrapped her arms around him and pressed her body against his. “You’re amazing, darling,” she purred sweetly, enjoying her moment of glory. Around them, whispers filled the courtroom. “She is so lucky. Landing Lucian Grayson after leaving that washed-up businessman.” “What a catch. He’s rich, young, and powerful.” “Her poor ex-husband... He lost everything.” Pitying gazes flickered toward Adrian. Some were filled with scorn, others with mockery. Adrian, however, wasn’t affected in the slightest. A scheming, shallow slut like Isabelle wasn’t worth salvaging. As for Lucian, if he wanted to pick up someone’s leftovers, he was more than welcome to do so. Two vipers tangled in their own poison. Adrian's smirk deepened. He knew something they didn't. From the new skills he had acquired, he could already sense that Lucian had an interesting illness. And as for Isabelle? She wasn’t exactly clean either. A match made in hell. The two of them might even have a future of mutual betrayal. But since neither of them was a good person, let them rot together as long as they didn’t harm anyone decent. Adrian had no intention of wasting another second in this courtroom. He turned, gripping the divorce decree firmly, ready to walk out. But just as he stepped forward, two towering bodyguards blocked his path. Lucian let out a slow, taunting chuckle. “You think this is over?” he murmured, his words laced with venom. “You’re nothing more than a weak, toothless stray dog. But you still need to pay for offending me.” Adrian’s eyes darkened dangerously. Lucian chuckled darkly. “I would advice you to be smart, Lancaster. Clean up that pathetic sister of yours and deliver her to my mansion yourself. Be a good boy and maybe I will toss you a few coins and let you get a taste too.”“Is that so?”
Adrian's gaze turned ice-cold.Before Lucian could even react—SMACK!
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CHAPTER 988
Clara slowly closed her eyes. Deep inside her chest, a profound, heavy exhaustion washed over her. She had tried so hard for fifteen years to put the bloodshed behind her, to be the peaceful mother Nancy deserved. But these men refused to let her leave the darkness.When she opened her eyes, her pupils burned with a terrifying, bloodshot red light that made the air in the room suddenly feel ten degrees colder."You are going to regret this," Clara whispered.Marcus's eyes widened in sudden, instinctual panic as he felt the sudden shift in atmospheric pressure. Realizing she was moving, he pulled the trigger!CLICK-BANG!Before the firing pin could even strike the bullet casing, Clara’s left hand flashed up like a whip!She slapped the side of Marcus’s pistol with blinding speed, knocking his hand away just as the gun discharged! The bullet fired harmlessly into the ceiling, showering plaster dust over them. In the same microsecond, Clara pivoted on her heel, sweeping her right leg low
CHAPTER 987
Clara let out a long, heavy sigh, her shoulders dropping slightly.Deep inside her chest, an overwhelming weight settled over her heart. This is it,' she thought to herself. 'This is exactly what I was trying to avoid the moment I held Nancy in my arms for the very first time.'Her past had finally caught up with her.She remembered Marcus now. They hadn't been close back in the old days—they had only crossed paths on a few high-risk assault missions back when Clara was still working for the syndicate. Back then, Marcus had been a low-tier enforcer, a brutal foot soldier eager to prove himself to the higher-ups.When Clara wiped out the syndicate's leadership, the entire underground empire had shattered into chaos. Men like Marcus were hunted, scattered, or forced into hiding.For fifteen years, the government’s secret Accord had kept Clara off the grid, scrubbing her name from international databases and giving her a quiet, normal life as a bank worker and a mother. But now that she
CHAPTER 986
Clara stepped closer to the trembling, bloody heap that was Jax, her eyes locking onto his swollen face with a terrifying intensity."So where did you say you got this phone?" Clara demanded, her voice low and dangerous.Jax flinched, curling into a ball on the blood-soaked carpet, raising his one good hand in a frantic, pathetic plea. "A beggar! I swear to God, my men got it from a homeless beggar on the corner of Wale Street! He sold it for twenty dollars! I don't know where he got it! I swear that's all I know!"Clara’s jaw tightened. In her overwhelming rage and grief over Nancy, her hyper-attuned instincts had been clouded by the noise of her own racing thoughts. But suddenly, the back of her neck prickled. The subtle air pressure in the ruined lounge shifted.She had felt a strange, lingering presence earlier when she walked into the building, but her anger had muted her senses. Now, her inner alarm blared like a foghorn.Before she could pivot or draw her weapon, a cold, heavy
CHAPTER 985
Clara froze. The burning rage in her chest suddenly cooled down, replaced by a cold, heavy knot of confusion."What do you mean?" Clara whispered."The text messages!" Jax wheezed, his voice weak and trembling. "The girl saved in her contacts as 'Alice'! She kept texting your daughter over and over! 'Give me your lunch money,' 'Let me borrow your jacket,' 'If you don't give it to me, I won't be your friend anymore!' She isn't her friend! She was a leech! She was using your daughter to get free things!"Clara stood completely still in the ruined hall.Jax’s words echoed in her ears, sharper and more painful than any bullet.Her grip on her own coat loosened. Her crimson eyes faded back to dark brown, then filled instantly with overwhelming agony.Alice.Nancy had talked about Alice every single day at the breakfast table. Alice is my best friend, Mom. Alice is so nice to me. Alice invited me to sit with her at lunch.Clara had been so busy working double shifts at the bank, so focused
CHAPTER 984
Jax dragged his broken, blood-soaked body across the floorboards, digging his fingernails into the wood as he pulled himself out of the ruined office. He moved like a dying animal, leaving a thick trail of blood behind him.He finally reached the end of the dark hallway, bursting into the main hall of the lounge. But instead of escape, he bumped straight into a pair of clean leather boots.Jax looked up through his one unswollen eye, gasping for air. Standing over him was Dorian. Dorian’s martial arts gi was barely wrinkled, his arms crossed casually over his chest as he looked down at the ruined gang leader.Jax’s face twisted in pure, pathetic desperation. He reached out with his one unbroken hand, grabbing the hem of Dorian’s trousers."P-Please..." Jax wheezed, blood bubble-popping on his lips as tears cut clean tracks through the dust on his face. "Save me... please! That monster... she’s going to kill me! I don't want to die like this!"Footsteps echoed from the dark hallway beh
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Jax lifted the phone to his mouth, sticking out his tongue and slowly licking the glass screen right over Nancy's face."She was so sweet," Jax whispered, grinning up at Clara.The last thread of Clara’s human restraint snapped.Her dark brown eyes instantly turned into bloodshot rage!Before Jax’s tongue could even retract back into his mouth, Clara’s left hand shot across the desk like a strike of lightning!GRAB!She seized Jax’s right wrist in an iron grip. Without missing a beat, she twisted his hand backward with effortless, terrifying power!CRACK-SNAP!Jax’s wrist bone snapped completely in half, splintering through his skin like a dry twig!"AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Jax shrieked, his eyes bulging out of his head as he screamed in pure agony! The pink smartphone slipped from his limp, ruined fingers, clattering harmlessly onto the soft carpet below."YOU SICK BASTARD!" Clara growled, her voice sounding like two tectonic plates grinding together underground!She didn't let go
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