Chapter 74
Three seconds crawled by. The expected blow never came. Lucas’s arm hung frozen in mid–air. Sophia’s eyes followed his palm upwards, where a metallic arm materialized behind her, clamping down on Lucas’s wrist with a vice grip.
“Ow! Ow! Ow!” Lucas’s face contorted in pain. A sickening crack echoed through the air.
Jason reached around her with his other hand, pulling Sophia into a protective embrace. He observed Lucas’s agony with a chilling Indifference. “She’s no longer a Taylor. You might have asked my permission before getting physical.”
Caught in Jason’s grip, Lucas shrieked apologies between pained yelps. “I’m sorry! I won’t do it again! Please, man, let go!”
With a single, forceful jerk, Jason flung Lucas onto the hardwood floor. A big guy like him, sprawled out like a ragdoll.
Sophia whipped her head around to face Jason, gritting her teeth. “You promised to
“If I hadn’t paid that debt, do you think he’d still be breathing,
grasp. Her eyes landed on Lucas, still
tasked Eric with keeping an eye on the gambling addict, but somehow, in just three days, Lucas had managed to rack up another ten million in debt. This kind
with a sickening crunch. Lucas let out a bloodcurdling scream, sounding like a pig being
breaths. “This is an investment gone bad, not gambling
simpleton was playing with investments? No wonder he was drowning in debt.
Jason spat. “Don’t darken your sister’s doorstep again. She’s a Wilson now,
to Sophia. “Sis, you gotta help me! This
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