Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 752:

Leona walked over and clicked her tongue in disdain. “Just look at you! Where the hell did your backbone go? So there’s been a physical altercation. So what? Just hire a lawyer and make a settlement.”

“Exactly!” Her friends quickly jumped in. “Compensate her with money. There’s no way she could actually send us to jail. What kind of power does your side chick even have? She was just bluffing, I tell you!”

Kern whipped his head around to glare at them.

Out of nowhere, he let out a bark of mirthless laughter. “Bluffing? Let’s see if you still think that once you’re behind bars.”

A collective unease passed over the group, and it was evident on their faces. Even Leona felt a sense of trepidation, though she chose to ignore it. “Don’t think I don’t know what you’re trying to do. Stop scaring us. It won’t work.”

Kern let out an exasperated sigh and rolled his eyes at her. “Do you know how our company was revived?”

A wealthy and powerful investor took a chance on the company. If I’m not mistaken,

the company chose to collaborate with Miss Marsh for its first order?” Kern continued. “Why she could easily arrange a meeting with me, bypassing several levels of bureaucracy? Why I chose such a high-end restaurant for our first meeting? Why I’ve been trying to protect her all this time,

face was somber as he fired the questions, though his

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outright, but no one was brave enough to acknowledge it. Only Leona

“In the first place, the

fist against his leg in regret. “Do you think there’s any way we can get out of this? Out of the predicament you just

descended into a panic, bombarding him with

do we do

going to jail?

as long as