chapter 11
Author: Bolu Boski
last update2026-07-06 21:16:34

The gravel crunched under Victor Croft’s expensive Italian leather shoes as he stepped out of the lead SUV, but he didn’t look at the two bleeding thugs on the ground.

He didn’t even look at his son, who was currently being dragged away by the Moretti guys. Victor’s dead, cold eyes were locked entirely on Julian.

This wasn’t some spoiled trust-fund kid who threw a tantrum when he didn’t get his way.

Victor Croft was a self-made billionaire who had built his empire in the nineties by crushing un
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