Pampered By The Ruthless Underground Boss

Chapter 197

Chapter 197:

Joshua flinched at each number, his desperation mounting. But Khloe’s voice didn’t falter, each word striking like a countdown to his downfall.

Joshua stood paralyzed as Khloe’s merciless countdown echoed, his eyes widening in utter shock.

The idea that his desperate pleas would be answered with indifference—no, with an even icier threat—was beyond anything he had imagined.

The urge to retaliate against Khloe surged within Joshua, but with Henrik standing nearby, he didn’t dare risk an impulsive move.

The desperation in his eyes turned into a glare filled with venom and unspoken rage.

in his expression, and strangely, it gave her a

to such humiliation and despair gave her an undeniable

words, astonished by her firm and unyielding stand against Joshua. While some sided with her, others

their judgments

but to give in. The risk was too great. He had no way of knowing if Khloe might convince Henrik to bring the Evans family to ruin. With his lips

feeling her last glimmer of hope crumble into nothingness. Her face drained

the moment Henrik’s icy glare landed on her, she froze, her defiance

floor, trembling. Tears gathered in her eyes but refused to spill, and she bowed

now a joke

Henrik watched impassively as both Joshua and Sloane kneeled on

deserved nothing less than complete annihilation. Henrik’s eyes

them, Henrik saw it as a predator toying with prey, allowing them a shred of mercy

Joshua that what he’d done

head bowed low, terrified that the bitterness he felt might show on his face. “Khloe, I know