An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Chapter 17

“Then go to die!” Dustin stated expressionlessly, but his hard gaze was unnerving.

“Go to thell?” Edward burst out laughing.

Even the group of bodyguards standing behind him burst into laughter; all of them looked at Dustin as though he were an idiot.

“You little punk! Don’t you know who I am? You’ve got some nerve speaking to me that way,” Edward said cockily.

“I don’t know who you are, and I couldn’t care less. You have three seconds to let her go, or else,” Dustin stated plainly.

His words instantly caused a stir; even the people who were holding Dahlia were

shocked.

None of them expected that Dustin would say such a thing; he was remarkably brave compared to the silent Chris.

However, such bravery was useless.

“You really don’t know what’s good for you. You’re going to die!” Chris‘ face was full of resentment because Dustin’s show of bravado only made his cowardice even more

apparent.

Naturally, Chris was irritated and even filled with resentment when a good–for- nothing like Dustin was braver than he was.

“Are you fucking insane?” Edward looked Dustin up and down before continuing, “So you want to play hero, huh? Fine! I’ll see just what you’ve got!”

With that, he raised his hand and gave another signal.

Two burly bodyguards swiftly charged forward at the same time to tackle Dustin. Both of them were 6.3 feet tall, extremely muscular, and the size of a bear. They each had an imposing presence.

Dustin looked like a mere child in comparison, so everyone present assumed that this confrontation would be over without suspense.

They were wrong.

As they drew nearer to him, Dustin delivered two swift punches that connected loudly with each of the men’s faces.

And just like that, the two huge men collapsed to the floor as though they had been struck by lightning and were motionless.

“Huh?”

visibly shocked by what they

understood what had happened as, in the blink of an eye, both of the bodyguards were on the floor.

standing there unscathed.

that punk just do?” Edward’s

most capable bodyguards; they could take

laying unmoving on the floor after just

Let her go,”

retorted angrily and

men.

merely scoffed and

attacks were extremely

burly bodyguards were utterly defenseless, like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in the face of Dustin, who was like a ferocious tiger.

in the short span of a few

as the last bodyguard dropped to the floor with an

the guests had their jaws slack and were staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he were an anomaly. None

with his own strength, just like in a

scene.

strong?” Chris‘ eyes

can it be? Is this really that piece of trash,

Dahlia had an indecipherable expression on her face once she came

but she never knew that Dustin was such a formidable fighter.

good at hiding it? Or was it because I never cared enough

she wondered. 1

started panicking at this point

Dustin stated as he

out a switchblade and held it against Dahlia’s throat. “Come any closer,

expression turned cold and in a

knife.

switchblade fell to the floor with

for a moment before he let out a piercing shriek, similar to that of a pig

“Argh-”

Edward off with a slap to his face just as his shriek

mouth.

expression instantly soured, as though he