The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 188

"You think you scare me just 'cause you are challenging me to a fight to the death? I might be old, but I'm not afraid to risk my life with the likes of you."

Her bold words completely clashed with the way she stumbled backward, nearly tripping over her own feet.

If anyone bothered looking, they'd notice how badly her hands were shaking.

Sophia, trying to defuse the tension, raised her palms.

"Look, there's no need to blow this out of proportion. Can we at least talk this through and figure out what happened before limbs start flying?"

The man in white cocked an eyebrow and gestured at Jack like he was pointing at a piece of trash.

"Why don't you ask that genius what happened? He strolled in, grabbed my woman like a drooling dog, and threw punches at my men when they told him to back off."

"That's more than enough reason to hand him a lesson. Now you show up like a pack of chihuahuas, yapping about calling more people to bust up my bar?"

Sophia's gaze swung to Jack. The idiot was still clutching his swollen cheek, fear and anger warring on his face.

"Jack," she snapped, "did you seriously grope this guy's girlfriend? Are you out of your mind?"

"She was flirting! She was basically begging me for it!" Jack protested, though it came out as a whine.

A second later, he got slapped again-hard-by the thug's ringed hand. A fresh trickle of blood dripped from the corner of his mouth.

"Jack!" Florence shrieked, frantic. "Why do you have to be so rough on him? Look at his face-it's like you're trying to kill him!"

"Kill him?" The man's lips curled into a chilling smile.

"Lady, you should be thanking me for not snapping his arms off. That would have been rough. Anyway, I'm done playing games. You wanna make peace? Fork over 800 grand-or else we bury your cocky brat right here.",

Jack nearly choked on his own breath. "Eight...eight hundred thousand? Are you out of your damn mind? Where the hell do you think we'll get that kind of money?"

Florence thrust a trembling finger at the man's face. “You've got some nerve, demanding money after you battered my son like a slab of meat! If anything, you owe us!"

The man gave a sardonic laugh that bounced off the bar's smoky walls. "I can make him owe me more than money, lady. And I'm done listening to your screeching."

bodyguards took a menacing step forward

shrank back behind Florence, while she herself retreated another step, heart hammering so

better cough up while I'm still in a generous

set.

Once my big brother gets here, the price doubles - and you definitely won't

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façade "Oh yeah? So who's this big, scary brother of yours? Some random

"You must be new around here... or

"The Viper'?"

the air, half the bar

the spectators like a tide. Even Sophia

with rumors of dismemberment, drug rings, and a

poked with a ten-foot pole. "Oh... oh God," Jack moaned, cold sweat gathering

If he'd had an inkling of that, he would've crawled under a rock instead of

normally a mama bear on steroids, now stood

but The

man in white ginned nastily. “What's wrong? Didn't you all have plenty to

that. They're with me. If anyone's going to decide

flashed across Florence

golden ticket-Charles from the almighty Kingston family.

was a fortress. No matter how infamous The Viper was, surely he

arm like a drowning man clinging

I mean, The Viper... he's practically the king of the underworld

scum is still scum, no matter how high they think they are."

You wouldn't

huh? Big deal. I've seen guys from a rich families scream when their bones are getting sawed through. If you think dropping your family name is enough

half-smile. “I don't need to scare you; I just need you to back off before you provoke

rippled through the crowd. People recognized the Kingston name,

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half-smirk as he surveyed

Wonderful. Saves me the trouble

you going to fix

out a smile that