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.

and strangely, it gave

reduced to such humiliation and despair gave her

were shocked by Khloe’s words, astonished by her firm and unyielding stand against Joshua. While some

judgments without a

she hit zero, Joshua had no choice 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 quivering uncontrollably, he lowered himself to his knees before Khloe, the act dripping with shame. “I’m sorry. I

last glimmer of hope crumble into nothingness. Her

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

sank into her lip as her knees buckled, and she sank to the floor, trembling. Tears

a joke at Zhecrora University, where reputation was paramount, and their plot against

arms folded across his chest, Henrik watched impassively as both Joshua and Sloane kneeled on the floor, his

knees did little to satisfy Henrik’s fury. After what Khloe endured in the car crash, he believed the Evans family deserved nothing less than complete annihilation. Henrik’s eyes turned to Khloe, her expression glowing with a sense of triumph, her eyes blazing with the fierce joy of revenge. The unmistakable delight in her eyes held Henrik back from

Henrik saw it as a predator

silence from her told Joshua that what he’d

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

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