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.

whipped her head around to face Jason, gritting her teeth.

doubt? “If I hadn’t paid that debt, do you think he’d still be breathing, let

on Lucas, still writhing on the floor. “Then why does he need another ten

keeping an eye on the gambling addict, but somehow, in just three days, Lucas had managed

Jason stomped his foot down on the back of Lucas’s hand, twisting it with a sickening crunch. Lucas let out a bloodcurdling scream, sounding like a pig being slaughtered. “Didn’t Eric

Lucas gasped between breaths. “This is an

was playing with investments?

out,” Jason spat. “Don’t darken your sister’s doorstep again. She’s a Wilson now, and the Taylor Group is out of the picture.”

his feet, a pathetic look plastered on his face as he turned to Sophia. “Sis, you gotta help me! This time it’s different–it’s an entrepreneurial

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