2025-03-14 16:42:36The room buzzed with high tension.
Astrid stormed forward, her heels clicking against the marble floor. Her eyes burned with rage as she pointed at Kai.
"I really underestimated you! You actually had the guts to show up and cause a scene at my wedding!"
"You think you can just come and go as you please?!"
"Oh? How do you think I got in?" Kai sneered.
"Well said, Kai. Letting you in was me showing you respect, but now it seems like you don’t deserve it."
"Let me remind you," Kai cleared his throat.
"You’re the one who cheated, your mom's the thief, and your brother’s the one on drugs."
"You talk about face, but it looks like you need it more than I do."
The room went silent for three seconds before whispers erupted.
"Is that true?"
"Is Reginald’s new wife really like this?"
"Enough!" Reginald finally stepped up. "This guy's nothing but a thug and a liar. Don’t listen to him!"
"Right, he's just a freeloading loser, willing to do anything for money," Sage added. "All the bruises on me and my mom? He did it!"
The guests gasped, realizing they’d been fooled by Kai.
"This bastard! He’s not what he seems! We’ve all been played!"
"The bride’s family was too kind. This kind of person shouldn’t even be at the wedding!"
"Yeah, if it were me, I’d beat him up to vent!"
"Not enough—should break his hand so he can't hurt anyone again!"
"Yeah, break his arm!"
"Alright, alright," Reginald said, a smug, wicked grin spreading across his face.
"Breaking his hand’s too cruel. Today’s my big day, just a little blood will do."
"How about this?" He turned to Kai, his gaze cold and malicious.
"You slap yourself three times with the hand you used to hit others, and we’ll call it even. What do you say?"
The guests erupted into laughter.
“That’s a fair deal!”
“Come on, let’s see it! Show some respect!”
Astrid folded her arms, smirking. “You heard him. What’s it going to be, Kai?”
Abigail, standing nearby, clenched her fists. She couldn’t stay silent.
“This is ridiculous!” she snapped. “Kai didn’t even mean to cause trouble! You’re all treating him like...”
"Darling, he’s playing you," Astrid sighed dramatically. "He's just a shameless bastard. If you don’t show him who’s boss, he’ll never know his place."
"This is all on you," Kai sneered, shooting a challenging look at Abigail and Reginald.
Then, with unnerving calm, he reached into his pocket, pulled out his phone and dialed a number.
"Cancel Reginald Thompson wedding."
The moment the words left his mouth, the atmosphere in the room froze—no sound, no breath—only Kai's declaration to cancel the wedding echoed through the silence.
The next second, someone, no one knew who, snapped out of it and burst into uncontrollable laughter. The laughter spread like a tidal wave, flooding the room.
"You actually think a single phone call can cancel my wedding?" Reginald laughed so hard he doubled over. "God, Kai, you’re more delusional than I thought!"
The guests roared with laughter.
"Does this idiot think he’s some bigshot now?"
"Must’ve hit his head on the way in!"
"This is too embarrassing, someone dragged him out already!"
Kai remained still. Unbothered. He watched the clueless fools with a smug, almost leisurely smile. They had no idea they’d just crossed paths with someone who could crush them without a second thought.
Reginald wiped fake tears from his eyes. “You know what? I almost feel bad for you. Almost. But since you came here asking for humiliation, I’ll grant your wish.”
His eyes darkened. “Guards!”
The guards rushed forward, surrounding Kai, then lunged at him with a forceful frenzy. Reginald wore a false, mocking smile. "Be careful, don’t break this little lapdog."
Kai sneered. It seemed they truly didn’t know the meaning of danger. With a sudden leap, he soared through the air, landing devastating kicks on the guards, sending them crashing to the ground. How could this be?
The guards roared in fury and charged again, but this time, Kai didn’t even twitch a muscle. He stood there casually in the center, almost toying with them.
Then, boom—a wave of golden energy erupted from him, radiating outward in all directions, knocking everyone within reach to the ground. It was pure madness!
Reginald clenched his fists, his face twisting in rage. "Useless! Can't even handle one man!"
"Shoot him!" he roared at the armed guards in the back.
The next second, a swarm of gun-wielding men in black surged forward. People screamed and scattered in all directions, knocking over tables, chairs, and dishes with a horrible, chilling clatter. But no one cared—they only wanted to survive!
The guards, at Reginald's signal, slammed a bullet into the chamber with a chilling click, the sound echoing like a death knell.
Then...
CRASH!
The doors exploded inward.
A wave of men in black bulletproof vests stormed in, and before Astrid and the armed guard could even react, they were slammed to the ground. Screams erupted as people scattered in panic, terrified that soldiers would massacre them all in the blink of an eye.
In the next breath, every soldier raised their guns and saluted. And then, striding through the door, came a woman with a killer body, radiating deadly confidence.
Elara Vasquez!
The crowd gasped. They knew her. The richest woman in the city! The true power behind this district!
Reginald’s eyes flickered—his savior Elara had arrived!
The next moment, Elara's voice sliced through the air—cold, calm, but lethal.
"No one causes trouble on my territory.”
Kai sneered, his gaze filled with pity as he watched Reginald’s back.
Poor Reginald—seems he has no idea the nightmare that's coming his way.
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