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?”

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

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, against your

somber as he fired the questions, though his tone

𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁

outright, but no one was brave enough

the White Group made the investment because of Miss

“Do you think there’s any way we can get out of this? Out of

a panic, bombarding him with

do

we really going to jail? No,

of something! We’ll do whatever she asks, as long as she decides to forgive us, just this