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

as, in the blink of an eye, both of the bodyguards were on the floor.

was standing there unscathed.

just do?” Edward’s

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

was strange that they were both laying unmoving on the

Let her go,” Dustin

Edward retorted angrily and waved his

men.

he merely scoffed and attacked first, not

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

sheep waiting to be slaughtered, in the face of Dustin, who was like

grunts could be heard, and in the short span of a few

hall was completely silent as the last bodyguard dropped to the floor

the guests 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 fearsome.

many men with

scene.

strong?” Chris‘ eyes were wide open in disbelief.

it be? Is this really that piece of trash, Dustin Rhys?” a dumbfounded

on

for three years but she never knew that Dustin was such a

Or was it because I never cared enough to

she wondered. 1

are you!” Edward started panicking at this

Dustin stated as he

held it against Dahlia’s throat. “Come any closer, and I’ll slit her throat!”

turned cold and in a flash, he charged forward and grabbed hold of Edward’s hand that was holding the

knife.

the switchblade fell to the

he let out a piercing shriek, similar to that of a pig being slaughtered.

“Argh-”

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

mouth.

instantly soured, as though he had just