Her Hidden Crowns (Suzanne and Austin)

Chapter 281

Just then, Austin abruptly stood up. With a heavy thud, Tahlia hit the floor, but he only looked down at her with cold disgust.

"Get lost!" he snapped, his voice sharp as ice.

Had she been a man, Austin might have already thrown a punch. His fists were clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white. He could barely restrain the urge to strike.

Tahlia, now on the floor and clutching her elbow, looked up at him with teary eyes.

"Mr. Hall, that hurt. Can you help me?" she asked.

Tahlia refused to believe this was happening. No man had ever rejected her advances before. She had always been confident in her charm.

Biting her lip, she gazed up at Austin. Her fingers delicately tugged at his pant leg as she played the part of a fragile beauty to perfection.

Tahlia wasn't about to give up. Slowly, she traced her fingertips up the fabric of his trousers, her intentions crystal clear.

Austin's gaze darkened, his eyes cold as a storm. In a swift motion, he grabbed her wrist.

For a fleeting second, Tahlia thought he had given in. Excitement surged in her chest as she pressed closer to him.

But then he tightened his grip on Tahlia's wrist. A sickening pop echoed through the room.

Tahlia shrieked, her face turning ghostly pale as cold sweat dripped down her forehead.

He wiped each finger, cleaning any trace of contact as if scrubbing

scorn as he glared at her. "Is this how the

drained color from Tahlia's face completely, and a flicker of panic flashed in her eyes. She could

looked ready to erase the Dawson family for even daring

how this could be

desperate to salvage the situation. But before she could utter a word, Austin

glancing at his watch with a smirk. For years, there hadn't been

was just a matter of time before

that he nearly grinned from ear

as Zane turned

Why was he already

The

suffocating, his person laced with a lethal chill. It

kind of man would turn down a woman

his daughter, even

a smile,

had already pulled

frigid as he demanded, "Investigate Dawson Corporation. I want a

vision went black for a second, and he nearly

that Austin

Panic surged through him. Dawson Corporation was his life's work. He couldn't afford to lose

silhouette was about to vanish from