Chapter 1223:

Alcohol loosened Linsey’s tongue, and she shot back without hesitation. “Maybe I just didn’t feel like it. Why should I explain myself?”

His jaw tightened, a storm brewing in his expression.

At that tense moment, the man Linsey had struck earlier managed to catch up to the group. Still swaying from drink and oblivious to danger, he blurted out, “Listen, buddy—first come, first served. I spotted her before you, so she’s mine tonight.”

Collin’s eyes went cold, his stare turning predatory. “You’re picking a fight with the wrong man. She’s my wife.”

That gave the man pause—only for a second—before his bravado flared again and he reached for Linsey’s arm. “Married or not, I’ll be taking her home.”

Collin moved in an instant, pulling out his pistol and leveling it at the man’s forehead, a dangerous smile curving his lips. “By all means. Make your move.”

“Y-you…” Terror dawned on the man’s face as the gun came into view. His hand dropped from Linsey’s arm, his body going slack with fear. Words failed him—his jaw simply worked in silence.

and mustered a glare. “Do you know who I am? My father

man had been so certain. Once Collin discovered his identity, he believed, without a doubt, that the cripple

flinch. Instead, he burst into a cold, humorless

was calm, almost lazy. “Means nothing

the reaction he had rehearsed for. A cripple—this nobody—was brushing off the Fenton Group like lint

And you dare look


Collin was bluffing, just a pathetic

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moment he laid eyes on Collin, his

What brings

man’s eyes widened in horror. Mr. Riley? The puzzle pieces locked in. No wonder this

Collin—the discarded eldest son of the powerful Riley family, written off and whispered

didn’t measure

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