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CHAPTER 43
Author: R. AUSTINNITE
last update2025-06-23 13:17:03

Sean looked at her, calm and unreadable. He didn’t flinch. He didn’t speak. He simply stared, taking in the fury in her eyes, the sharpness of her tone, the distance in her voice.

Then he turned his head away.

So that was it. He had thought—maybe foolishly—that she was trying to stop him because she cared. Because she was worried about what might happen to him. But no. She was only worried about herself.

He let out a small, humorless chuckle and finally spoke, his voice flat but cutting.

“Slapping someone out of the blue,” he said slowly, “whom you claim you have no relationship with… happens to be assault.”

Rosalind froze.

Sean turned his gaze back to her, eyes cool. “But don’t worry,” he added. “I won’t press charges. I know what fear does to people.”

He glanced at Ace, still groaning on the floor, then back at Rosalind. “I just didn’t expect yours to be so… loud.”

“You!”

Hearing that was enough to make Chloe snap.

She stormed forward. “You better apologize to Mr. Carlisle right now
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