Chapter 205: After Devin was thrown out onto the street like discarded trash, he lay there, attracting a crowd of curious onlookers.

Their whispers buzzed around him, each word a dagger to his pride.

What a disgrace! Above him, Sherman stood tall, looking down with cold disdain.

Filth like you shouldnt even dream of Ms.

Clarke, Sherman sneered, his voice dripping with contempt.

If you ever pull this stunt again, youll be taught a harsher lesson.

Devin didnt dare to fight back.

Instead, he nodded frantically, his voice trembling as he groveled.

I was wrong, okay? Please, show mercy! Shame burned inside him, but with the crowd dispersing, Devin scurried into the shadows like a rat.

Clutching the phone number Melany had handed him, his rage simmered.

Allison, if youre going to play dirty, dont blame me for responding in kind, he muttered under his breath, seething.

Once, hed hesitated out of some foolish loyalty to their childhood bond.

But that softness had backfired.

If kindness didnt work, then hed show her just how far he was willing to go to get what he wanted.

Meanwhile, at the company, Allison was busy mixing perfumes, having already forgotten all about Devin.

In her mind, he was nothing more than a coward one who bullied the weak but crumbled at the first sign of resistance.

After today, she figured hed learn his place.

The whole situation was just gossip material to laugh about later.

But just as she was about to pack up for the day, her phone rang.

The number was unfamiliar.

thought, but froze

like youre raking in the cash these

parents and doing

that photo of your mother the one you used to keep

Ive got it.

back, meet

or Ill make

phone in her hand, her

had lost

orphanage upside down searching for it,

had it this whole

Her expression darkened.

knew this was

even a dent in her fortune,

was just the

want more later,

Fine.

the photo back and then deal with him

at the secluded café, Allison

clicked against the floor as

he was Devin, grinning

he purred, gesturing

then we

the cup of coffee across the table, his fingers lingering on the lip for just a moment

Fine.

spoon lazily, her

glint of triumph in Devins eyes

blind person could have sensed something was off about the

Her words

grinned, his eyes glinting as he reached into

he said, waving the

wheres the money? In the

replied smoothly, patting the

briefcase, his greed flashing across his face as he imagined the

his chair, his hunger took

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