Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 777

Sophie didn't buy a word of Nichole's bluster. "Sure, have Ms. Rowena come up with that billion first, then she can ask me for that box," she retorted.

Turning to the security guard, she said, "Show her out."

The guard approached Nichole, "Ms. Rowena, please leave."

Nichole, seething with anger, slapped him hard. "Who do you think you are, telling me to leave?!"

Sophie's eyes turned icy. She wasn't keen on getting involved, considering her frail health, but Nichole was pushing her luck.

Just as Sophie was about to head downstairs to put Nichole in her place, Gordon's voice cut through the tension, "Rick, shut her up."

"Yes, sir."

and delivered two crisp slaps to Nichole's face. She didn't even have a chance to fight back, and the bodyguards from Burke International trying to intervene were swiftly taken

even more impressive than

behind Gordon, who wheeled

stepped in when she falsely accused Harold of misconduct. Gordon was

smile, Nichole said,

by attacking a member of the Aldridge family, you've made

Gordon... he's just a security

if he's just a security guard, he's still part of the Aldridge family, and no one

his tone icy. "You can leave on your own, Ms. Rowena, or my people will throw you

sting on her cheeks

and the future Mrs. Burke International, couldn't she command respect from these people? And

could have