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CHAPTER 167 PART 1
"No!" Jessica's voice cut through the tension like a gunshot, sharp and absolute. Her eyes blazed with fury as she stared at her father in disbelief. "No, Dad! You can't do this! You can't just decide my future like I'm some chess piece to be moved around your board!"Raymond's head turned slowly toward his daughter, his expression hardening into something carved from granite. "Jessica. This is not a discussion. The arrangement stands.""Like hell it does!" Jessica's hands clenched into fists, her whole body trembling with rage and betrayal. "After everything Donald just did? After everything we just told you? You're still going to force me to marry him?""The arrangement benefits both families," Raymond said coldly, as if reciting a business contract. "It solidifies our alliance with the Wesleys. It strengthens our position in Duskfort's power structure. Your personal feelings on the matter are irrelevant.""Irrelevant?" Jessica's voice cracked with emotion. "My personal feelings abo
CHAPTER 166 PART 2
"Or maybe we should talk about the time you showed up at my gym," Jessica continued relentlessly, her voice growing stronger with each revelation. "You watched me work out for an hour, Donald. Just standing there, staring. When I confronted you, you said you were 'admiring your investment.' Your investment! Like I was a stock portfolio or a piece of art you'd purchased!""That's taken out of context—" Donald tried."Or how about last week?" Jessica's voice rose to a near-shout. "When you cornered me in the parking garage of Dad's office building? When you told me that once we were married, you'd 'teach me my place' and 'break that stubborn spirit'? When you grabbed my face and said—and I quote—'You'll learn to love me, or at least to fear me enough to obey'?"The limousine fell into shocked silence. Even Garrick looked stunned by the litany of his son's transgressions.Josh's voice was deadly quiet when he spoke. "I'll kill you. I swear to God, Donald, I'll—""Josh, no," Jessica put a
CHAPTER 166 PART 1
Donald Wesley sat frozen in his seat, his mouth opening and closing like a fish gasping for air on dry land. The swelling on his face had gotten worse over the past few minutes, one eye nearly swollen shut, his lips puffy and split. But the physical damage was nothing compared to the psychological blow of having all his dirty secrets dragged into the light."I... that's not how it..." he stammered weakly, but the words died in his throat under the collective weight of everyone's stares.Jessica leaned forward, her eyes blazing with fury that had been building for weeks—months, really. Now that the dam had broken, everything came flooding out."You want to know the whole truth?" she said, her voice sharp enough to cut glass. "Fine. Let's start from the beginning. The day after I came back to Duskfort—literally the day after—Donald showed up at my apartment. Uninvited. Unannounced. He somehow got past building security and knocked on my door at eleven o'clock at night."Raymond's eyes d
CHAPTER 165 PART 2
Jessica's voice cut through the verbal assault like a whip crack. She'd been silent until now, but the fury in her eyes was unmistakable as she glared at Donald and then at her father. "None of this was Josh's fault! He was trying to protect me!"Raymond slowly released Josh's collar, his attention shifting to his daughter. "Explain."Jessica's hands clenched into fists in her lap, her voice shaking with emotion. "Donald has been harassing me for weeks. Ever since I got back to Duskfort. Calling me, texting me, showing up at places he knew I'd be. Acting like I was his property just because our families have some stupid arrangement that I never agreed to.""That's not—" Donald started to protest."Tonight wasn't the first time he put his hands on me!" Jessica continued, speaking over him. "He's been trying to corner me at social events, touching me when I've explicitly told him not to, making it clear that he thinks he owns me. And Josh—" her voice cracked slightly, "—Josh was trying
CHAPTER 165 PART 1
The confession hung in the air like a guillotine blade waiting to drop. Josh felt the weight of three pairs of eyes boring into him—his father's, Garrick's, and Donald's—each gaze carrying its own brand of hostility and judgment."Your... martial arts instructor?" Garrick repeated slowly, as if testing the words on his tongue to see if they made any more sense the second time. "You're telling me that the man who just single-handedly destroyed fifty trained guards and orchestrated an international takedown of your father's criminal empire is your martial arts teacher?"Josh nodded miserably, unable to meet anyone's eyes. His hands twisted together in his lap, knuckles white with tension. "Yes, sir.""Explain," Raymond commanded, his voice deadly quiet. That tone—the one that promised violence if the answer wasn't satisfactory—made Josh's blood run cold. "And I suggest you don't leave out a single detail."Josh took a shaky breath, feeling Jessica's hand squeeze his arm in support. "It.
CHAPTER 164 PART 2
"He's not—" Josh started to protest."Not what? Not dangerous? Not a threat?" Garrick's lip curled into a sneer. "Oh, he's dangerous alright. But the two of you are too busy making puppy-dog eyes at him to see the bigger picture. You're both useless, disloyal little worms who should have been taught better discipline years ago.""That's enough," Raymond said, his voice suddenly cutting through the argument like a blade through silk. It wasn't loud, but it carried an authority that made everyone pause.Garrick turned to him, eyebrows raised. "Oh? Finally found your spine again, did you?""I said that's enough." Raymond's eyes locked onto Garrick's, and there was something cold and calculating in them—something that reminded everyone present why Raymond Romano had survived and thrived in one of the world's most dangerous professions. "You want to know why I begged? You want to know why I got down on my knees and groveled?""Because you're weak—" Garrick began."Because I'm smart," Raymo
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