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Chapter 36.
The guards immediately straightened, their batons dropping to their sides.Tracy's eyes lit up with vindication. Finally—someone with real authority. Someone who would put Adam back in his place."Magnus!" She stepped forward, her voice dripping with entitled confidence. "Thank God you're here. This man attacked us, assaulted my parents, and my brother. Look at their faces! I want him arrested. I want him banned from this hotel. Luca will hear about this, and he'll—"Magnus didn't glance at her. He didn't acknowledge a single word she said.Instead, he walked straight past her outstretched hand, and stopped directly in front of Adam.Then, in full view of the guards, the Black family, and everyone watching, Magnus Chen—general manager of Crystal Hotel, bowed deeply from the waist."Mr. Cole." His voice trembled with genuine remorse. "Please accept my most profound apologies."Magnus continued, his voice rising as he addressed his subordinates. "You fools! All of you! This man is a d
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The security chief's face darkened. This nobody, this clearly insignificant man in his bargain clothes, dared to speak to him like that? Dared to act as though his name meant something?"I don't give a damn who you are!" the chief roared, his voice echoing through the garage. His grip tightened on the baton. "Luca himself could have you erased for breathing the same air as his woman. You think your name matters?"He stepped forward, baton raised."Anyone—anyone—who causes trouble at this hotel gets their hands and feet broken. That's the rule. That's the Alessandro family way."The Black family leaned forward, eager, hungry for the violence to come.Tracy's smile widened. Adam's expression didn't change. If anything, that terrible calm deepened.The chief's baton whistled through the air, aimed directly at Adam's thigh, a disabling blow meant to shatter bone.Adam moved. Not backward or away, but forward.His leg swept up in a blur—too fast to track, too precise to dodge. His foot co
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At that moment, the heavy thud of boots echoed through the garage.A team of security guards from Crystal Hotel rounded the corner—all retired soldiers by the look of them, strong and imposing. Each carried a baton at their side, their expressions professionally blank as they surveyed the scene.The head of security, a broad-shouldered man with a military haircut, approached quickly. His eyes swept over the Black family sprawled on the ground, then landed on Tracy. Recognition flickered."Miss Black?" He bowed his head respectfully. "What's happened here? Are you alright?"Tracy visited Crystal Hotel frequently with Luca. The guards knew her well, knew she was connected to the eldest son of the Max family and was not someone they wanted to offend.Seeing reinforcements arrive, the Black family's arrogance surged back.Tracy's eyes blazed with vindictive fire. She pointed at Adam, her voice rising to a dramatic pitch."This man attacked us! Assaulted my parents, my brother! Look at th
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Adam's eyes turned icy.Two hundred thousand dollars a year. That's what he had earned driving Uber, night and day, while Tracy spent and the Black family helped themselves. And in the end, it was as if he had fed it to dogs.Jaxson and Zara felt chills run down their spines under Adam's gaze. For the first time, they understood: even an honest, good man, when pushed to the edge, could become this terrifying. They had caught him completely off guard—never once considered that the doormat might one day stand up.But then they remembered. Tracy. Luca. The Max family. Their confidence returned like a wave crashing ashore.Jaxson struggled to his knees, spitting blood onto the concrete. His swollen face twisted into a sneer, though the effect was ruined by his missing teeth."You think you're something now?" he rasped. "Earning money to support the family was your duty! That money was meant for us anyway. What's two hundred thousand a year? Peanuts. Pocket change."Zara nodded vigorousl
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Tracy had never seen this version of Adam.The man who once obeyed her every word, who cowered before her anger, who apologized for existing—that man was gone. In his place stood someone else entirely. Someone who looked at her with contempt so pure it burned.Her face cycled through colors—pale, red, pale again. Her mouth opened, but no words emerged. For the first time in her life, Tracy Black was speechless.Jaxson saw his daughter's humiliation and erupted."You ungrateful bastard!" He shoved past John, his face purple with rage. "You couldn't earn enough to give my daughter the life she wanted! Couldn't give her children! And now you dare humiliate her? After everything she sacrificed for you?"His hand drew back, aimed at Adam's cheek.At the same moment, Zara lunged forward, her manicured nails extended like claws, her face twisted with fury.Adam's head turned sharply. His gaze caught them both, razor-sharp.Jaxson's hand descended.Adam raised his arm smoothly, catching Jax
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Then, to everyone's surprise, Adam suddenly laughed.The Black family stared.John's smug grin faltered. Zara's cold sneer froze on her face. Jaxson's menace curdled into confusion. Even Tracy, who knew every expression her husband had ever worn, found herself utterly baffled.Why is he laughing?Adam's laughter subsided, leaving behind a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes—eyes that had grown colder."Let me ask you something," he said, his voice calm. "That Luca you're all so proud of—the high and mighty young master of the Max family. The one who seems so omnipotent to you."He paused, letting the words hang."If one day," Adam continued softly, "that same Luca were to kneel before me and beg for mercy... would you still be able to keep those ugly expressions on your faces?"Silence.Then Tracy laughed.It was brittle with disbelief. She shook her head slowly, looking at Adam as though he'd grown a second head."You?" She gestured at him, from his simple clothes to his unremark
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