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?”

by what they had just

blink of

Dustin was standing there

punk just do?” Edward’s expression

had just fallen were his most capable bodyguards; they could take on a

that they were both laying unmoving on

chance. Let her go,”

dreams! Get him!” Edward retorted angrily and waved

men.

him immediately surrounded Dustin, but he merely scoffed and attacked first, not

lightning, and his attacks were extremely fierce. Each of his punches connected loudly

utterly defenseless, like sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in the face

be heard, and in the short span of a few breaths, they were all lying on

hall was completely silent as the last bodyguard

had their jaws slack and were staring at Dustin with wide eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them would’ve ever guessed that he was so

many men with his own strength, just like in a movie

scene.

Chris‘ eyes were wide open

really that piece of trash,

knows how to fight?” Dahlia had an indecipherable expression on her face once she

but she never knew that Dustin was such

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

she wondered. 1

Edward started panicking at this point and he involuntarily

stated as he slowly advanced toward Edward.

Edward shouted as he suddenly pulled out a switchblade and held it against Dahlia’s throat. “Come any closer, and I’ll slit her throat!”

expression turned cold and in a flash, he charged forward and

knife.

with a forceful twist, the switchblade fell to the floor

out a piercing shriek,

“Argh-”

with a slap to his face

mouth.

though he had just