The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 435

"Alex," Katarina snapped. "You've already embarrassed me enough. I don't want to see your face here again. Go kneel by the entrance until I decide you've suffered enough to deserve forgiveness!"

Alex lowered his head. His voice came out quiet, respectful. "Yes, my wife."

Her eyes flared. Another slap, sharper than the first. "Who said I'm your wife? If it weren't for that Saint-Claire name, even a dog wouldn't marry you. Now get out!"

Heinrich Schiller stepped forward and caught Katarina's arm, smirking. "Don't waste your anger on that mutt, Katarina. You'll only lower yourself."

Alex said nothing.

'Silence after an insult is the loudest cry.'

He turned and walked toward the exit, head bowed, every eye on him.

Whispered voices filled the room as soon as he was gone.

"I heard he's the last of the Saint-Claires," one man murmured.

"Last?" another scoffed. "That family's been dead for decades. Only Logan Saint- Claire escaped, and he disappeared like a rat."

A woman laughed behind her glass. "And this one's Logan's bastard with some woman from Xia. A filthy half-breed."

"But he's still the only heir," someone said. "That means the Saint-Claire fortune is legally his."

The woman shook her head, smiling coldly. "Not anymore. When he came back, the Rosenheim family — the Saint-Claires' old servants — already controlled every estate. They own it all now."

Another voice chimed in. "He's lucky the Rosenheims even let him marry Katarina Rosenheim."

"Lucky?" a man snorted. "That's not luck. They married him so they could keep the Saint-Claire name and swallow everything legally."

"He's unbelievably stupid. Instead of fighting for his family's inheritance in court, he let himself be manipulated into marrying Katarina — just to become her obedient dog. Pathetic. He's less of a man and more like a trained animal."

The crowd burst into laughter.

"I heard his IQ barely hits eighty," one man said. "Spent years studying after coming back from Xia, still can't understand basic technologies. How can someone that stupid breathe the same air as us?"

another added. "IQ of one-fifty. Honestly, the Saint-Claire fortune's better off in the

cruel and unrestrained, bouncing

sweep of the night air, Alex Saint-Claire

her slap, the echo of their laughter, the

moment seared itself into his memory

that calm face,

that idiot, she's been using the Saint-Claire name to her full advantage. Look at the numbers — in just three years, their assets have

rippled around the

Schiller's chasing her again," someone added with a smirk.

out laughing, leaning closer, gossip thick in their

up soon," one said. "By law, all the Saint- Claire assets will be permanently managed under Katarina Rosenheim. And once

in, grinning, "—that fool will walk away with nothing! Not a coin,

They laughed harder.

know what happens after

"What?"

"She'll marry Heinrich Schiller."

whispers filled

with awe. Every corporation in Winchester is trying to

trade the Saint- Claire name in a heartbeat just to

louder, echoing off the

hall, Alex Saint-Claire knelt by the grand entrance, just as Katarina

him from a distance, whispering, mocking — treating him

wasn't a man. He was a stupid tamed animal wearing

posture, his eyes sharpened -

Just a few more

steady breath. He had been treated

almost over. Everything

warriors

of sound split

humming like

desperate - her dress

- but this dream breathed,