CHAPTER 10
Author: Yaseen works
last update2025-03-25 13:37:00

CRACK!

Another blow landed hard across James's already swollen cheek, sending him staggering to the side.

Katherine barely had time to breathe before—

THWACK!

Her head snapped in the opposite direction, her vision blurring from the impact.

The once-pristine atmosphere of the 7 star Restaurant's grand hall now echoed with the sharp sounds of punishment. Crystal chandeliers cast unforgiving light on their humiliation as the assembled business elite watched in terrified silence.

James, once standing tall with arrogance, had been reduced to a trembling mess. My reputation, my career, everything I've built—gone in an instant, he thought, panic rising in his chest.

"Is this all the fight you have?" Chairman Hargrove sneered, adjusting his immaculate cufflinks. "Pathetic."

Katherine's makeup streaked down her face, tears mixing with blood. The expensive silk blouse she'd chosen so carefully that morning was now stained and rumpled.

"P-Please... Chairman Hargrove..." James begged, his voice
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