Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You

Andrew’s expression remained emotionless, his eyes devoid of any sympathy. “Didn’t you say you were confident? That you were exceptional? I gave you every possible advantage. Yet look at you you still couldn’t even touch me.

He added, “So, tell me… doesn’t that make you completely worthless?”

Tears finally spilled from Aspen’s eyes. She gritted her teeth and hissed, “Andrew, don’t get cocky! I’ll fight you to the death!”

Andrew’s eyes narrowed slightly. With a flick of his wrist, s hand cut through the air, heading straight for Aspen’s face.

She shut her eyes in despair, bracing herself for another slap. However, it did not land on her cheek this time. Instead, his palm came down hard–right on her backside.

This was not a playful slap–it was pure, calculated punishment.

A sharp gasp escaped Aspen’s lips as a searing pain shot through her body. Her legs buckled, a numbing ache spreading through her lower half, making it impossible to stand.

The sheer force of the strike sent her crashing to the ground. She curled up, gripping her legs as she trembled from the pain.

off his hands. “Game over. Trash

her head. Her eyes burned red

eat those words,” she swore, her voice shaking with rage. “I’ll prove to you that the ‘trash ‘you look down on will be

to!

since he was not interested in

and turned to Natasha. “Keep this Stevens family brat here for now. Throw her into training with your people. Let’s see if

to put such a stunning woman through combat training. There are plenty of better ways for her to be useful

tested it–not even close to Fran, Lauren, or you. And as for that face of hers… Well, at this point, she might as well be competing with a troll. No one’s gonna be interested.”

stiffened. She nearly choked from sheer rage, doubting her own existence for the first

really that pathetic

left West End’s headquarters. For now, he did not have any

selling her off, Andrew was not that cruel, and that

same time, it was clear that Aspen had not learned her lesson as she was still as arrogant

had humiliated her for a reason–to break her stubbornness and force her