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.

his expression, and strangely, it

it was her father, reduced to such humiliation and despair gave her an undeniable

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

however, dismissed their judgments without a

no choice but to give in. The risk was too great. He had no way of knowing if Khloe might convince Henrik to

glimmer of hope crumble into nothingness. Her face drained of

Khloe a look filled with anger and defiance, but the moment Henrik’s icy glare landed

lip as her knees buckled, and she sank to the floor, trembling. Tears gathered in her eyes but refused to spill,

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

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

less than complete annihilation. Henrik’s

content to spare them, Henrik saw it as a predator toying

told Joshua

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