King of War's Dominance

Chapter 2

His wife’s words hurt him deeply.

But as a man, his pride was above everything.

So he had no choice but to follow her wishes.

"Alright," Thom said softly, his voice almost like a calming whisper, but it felt more like the calm before a storm.

"If that is your choice, go ahead. But make sure of one thing..." He took a few steps closer until the distance between them was only an arm’s length. "Do not let yourself regret the day all of this comes back to you."

Rachel laughed loudly, full of arrogance and mockery.

HAHAH—

"Regret? Thom, do you think I will REGRET leaving a poor soldier like you? Someone whose own child does not even know him?"

She flicked her hand as if brushing dust off her dress. "You have nothing that could make me regret anything!"

A deep, heavy voice full of authority suddenly came from the stairs. "I agree with Rachel."

Slow footsteps were heard going down the marble steps.

Edmund Had, Rachel’s father, appeared in his expensive black suit, his silver hair neatly combed, and the cunning in his eyes hidden for years behind the dignity of the Had family.

He looked at Thom the way someone looks at a servant who made a terrible mistake.

"Rachel will not regret anything," Edmund said as he walked closer. "Because from the beginning, your marriage was a mistake."

Rachel smiled proudly beside her father.

Thom tightened his jaw, but he did not speak. He only waited.

Edmund stopped exactly one meter in front of Thom, looking at his son-in-law from head to toe.

"You know, Thom. From the start I hoped my daughter would marry one of the two sons of the Lanster family."

Edmund’s sharp eyes stabbed forward like an arrow aimed straight at Thom’s chest. "Not you, the illegitimate son!”

Thom did not move. Not a single muscle reacted. But his eyes turned dark and burning, like embers forced to stay silent.

"I am disappointed," Edmund continued. "Rachel fell in love with you back then. That was the foolishness of her youth, and I hoped it would end quickly."

He patted his daughter’s shoulder. "Luckily, God still loves her. At least now she understands her mistake."

Rachel lifted her chin proudly, her face glowing with the insult her father had just spoken.

Edmund added with a victorious tone, "Now, my daughter is in a relationship with Frank, the rightful heir of the Lanster family."

He gave a crooked smile. "The relationship that should have happened from the start."

Rachel flicked her hand. "Enough, Father. We do not have much time to talk to him," she said while glancing at Thom like he was a burden.

"Remember, today we are invited to the Lanster family banquet," Rachel added.

Hearing that, Edmund straightened his shoulders. A proud smile bloomed on his face.

"Ah, right," he said in satisfaction. "You are absolutely right, Rachel. The Lanster family banquet… a high class event."

"We must get ready. I will order a taxi now," he said.

Edmund was already imagining the attention of the guests, the social status, and the big advantages that would come because his daughter would be proposed to by Frank Lanster one day. At least, that was what they believed.

Rachel then turned to Thom. Her eyes were cold, without a drop of mercy.

"Oh yes, before I leave..." She pulled a large suitcase from behind her bedroom door.

It was a suitcase filled with all of Thom’s things that she had packed on purpose.

"You cannot sleep in my room anymore," Rachel said flatly. "I do not want to share my bed with you. Move to the back room!”

She let out a small snort. "That room fits you."

She shoved the suitcase toward Thom, throwing it in front of him!

Thom stared at the suitcase that had fallen at his feet, then slowly lifted his face.

His voice sounded calm, but there was a faint tremble between his breaths.

"Rachel, why don't we just sleep in one room?"

Rachel turned around with a shocked expression, as if she had just heard something disgusting.

"Oh my God, Thom... you still hope to sleep with me?"

She let out a short, mocking laugh, as if Thom was the saddest joke she had ever heard.

"I don't really want to sleep with you anymore!"

"Remember, our marriage is only valid on paper starting today!" she continued.

"This is not about wanting to sleep with you," Thom said.

"Then what?" Rachel asked, still mocking.