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?”

shocked by what they

had happened as, in the blink of an

was standing there

that punk just do?” Edward’s expression sank.

bodyguards; they could take on a

both laying unmoving on

chance. Let her go,” Dustin threaten coldly.

dreams! Get him!” Edward retorted angrily and waved his hand to signal his

men.

him immediately surrounded Dustin, but he merely scoffed and attacked first, not wasting any more time on

were extremely fierce. Each of his punches connected loudly with its

utterly defenseless, like sheep waiting to be slaughtered,

could be heard, and in the short span of a few breaths, they were

silent as the last bodyguard dropped to the floor with an audible thud.

at Dustin with wide eyes as though he were an anomaly. None of them would’ve ever guessed that he was

many men with

scene.

Chris‘ eyes were

that piece of trash, Dustin Rhys?” a dumbfounded Lyra wondered

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

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

it? Or was

she wondered. 1

panicking at this

your reckoning,” Dustin stated as

shouted as he suddenly pulled out a switchblade and held it against Dahlia’s throat. “Come

most is being threatened.” Dustin’s expression turned cold and in a flash, he charged

knife.

twist, the switchblade fell to

let out a piercing shriek, similar to

“Argh-”

slap to his face just as his shriek

mouth.

expression instantly soured, as though