Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 2432

"Sir!" Sheryl shouted.

She was just about to get to Justin's side when two shots were fired near her feet. Screaming, she dropped to her knees, threw her arms over her head, and scurried under the table like a terrified animal.

The air in the room grew heavy with menace.

Justin, known as the devil of the night, was a man who thrived on chaos. His power and influence stretched across continents, and he'd faced countless threats without flinching.

But as his visitor approached, an unfamiliar dread coiled in his chest. His hands gripped the couch's armrests so tightly that his knuckles turned white. The terror was suffocating.

"Get out, all of you," the man commanded, his voice cold and sharp.

The man remained fixated solely on Justin while Justin's guests fled in terror.

"Help! Somebody!" Sheryl screamed, her voice muffled as she cowered under the table.

would come. Outside, the others

deafening bang shattered the silence. The man fired his gun at the table, the bullet splintering the wood and shattering the glass. Shards rained down on Sheryl, cutting into her face, arms, and legs. Blood seeped

paralyzed. She barely suppressed the urge to cry out, fearing the man's next move-she

seated on the couch, met his attacker's gaze as the man closed the distance between them. His instinct to

he doubled over in

pressed against

realized who his attacker was. The truth was, he had

"Why, Axel... Mr. Axel."

that," Axel growled. "I'm just a man on the edge, a man who lost

off his black mask, revealing his face. His fury burned brighter now that he stood face-to-face

nearly stopped. Listening from her hiding spot, she realized Axel had come for them far sooner than expected. And if Axel was here,

control-he would surely exact a vengeance beyond imagining. The notion alone

dark, wicked eyes betrayed nothing. "I don't know what you're talking about,"

fucking cripple, enough of your games. We know all about the filth you've been hiding." Axel leveled the gun directly between Justin's eyes, his gaze

a deafening bang erupted near his ear, leaving him reeling. The pain was excruciating, as though