The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 235

"Everyone, hold it right there," Sophia barked, her voice slicing through the bedlam like a whip.

She'd already heard Florence's frantic version and everyone elses-about how Alex had wrecked everything and how Charles was supposed to swoop in and save the day.

She didn't want to listen to another second of it, but shutting her ears was impossible.

Still, she needed to hear Alex's side of the story.

"What's going on, Alex? Cafe to enlighten the rest of us?" Sophia gave him a single, razor sharp chance to defend himself.

"Bella was acting like an unruly brat, so I put her in her place," Alex responded without a hint of remorse.

"Did you lay a hand on her?" Sophia frowned, her eyes narrowing in disbelief.

"I only slapped her once," Alex shrugged. "After that, the other guests joined in with their own slaps

"You all heard that, right? He laid hands on her first, so he started this entire mess! It's his fault the Lancasters got banned!" Florence shouted, her anger flaring like wildfire.

"I say we snatch him up right now and hand him to the Kanes. Let them do whatever they please to appease their wrath!"

A flurry of murmurs rippled through the crowd, and it was disturbingly clear that most of them sided with the idea of abducting Alex.

"You're too reckless for your own good, Alex! Do you even realize who Ms. Kane is? What makes you think you're fit to challenge her? Do you have any idea the nightmare you've unleashed?" Sophia scolded, her voice etched with exasperation.

It was as if she had conveniently forgotten that she herself had smashed a bottle over Bella's head just earlier.

Even recalling it sent shivers down her spine, since the Lancaster Group was now on the brink of bankruptcy because of that incident.

"So you wanted me to sit on my hands while you were beaten and humiliated?" Alex's sneer could have frozen steel.

"Stop twisting my words! I'm telling you to weigh the fallout before you swing!" Sophia fired back.

"Thousands of workers depend on Lancaster staying afloat. If we go under, their families starve!"

ex-military-life isn't solved with a fist. Change that caveman mindset before you become a muscle-bound

Alex growled. "Cross the people I love, and I'll repay you

spat in

that what you call love? You nearly got Sophia killed. That ain't love-it's your

We have no choice but to offer him up to

shoulders in perfect sync, their faces grim

best not fight back," Jack growled, stepping closer. "Because if you do, you're only making it worse

when another cousin

on the lawn. They've brought an

in a shocked chorus, fear crackling in the air

punishment enough, yet none had foreseen the Kanes

Chapter 235

such merciless force.

practically at their doorstep, closing in like a pack of wolves, leaving

over! We're nothing but sitting ducks

to this? Can't the Kanes show us even a shred of

they bolted upright as if their

ward in a mad scramble, abandoning the

following, but within seconds, they all came rushing back. "They're everywhere-there's no way out! We need a plan, or they

is that cursed fool's doing! It's his fault

Kanes only want Alex. Hand him over, and maybe they'll spare the rest

instan

every furious eye locked onto Alex, their stares slicing into him like

panicked minds, sacrificing Alex was the quickest

clamp him in cuffs, but no matter

leaving the young Lancasters

each one stumbling off him as

the midst of the chaos, a formidable group from the Kane family swept through the

of them, a few Lancasters

pack was Vetala, pushing Bella's hospital bed ahead, flanked by Kane family representatives and

make some of the younger Lancasters nearly wet themselves on the

appeared frail, eyes fluttering in a half-conscious