Chapter 22 Punishment by Family Law

Chapter 22 Punishment by Family Law

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Hearing those words, Boone shivered. Those were the very same words he had said earlier.

“You’re out of control!” Helen’s eyes turned bloodshot with fury. “Someone, bring out the family law stick and punish her!”

The servants, having just witnessed Sloane kill a wolfhound bare–handed, hesitated, clutching their sticks, not daring to move.

Seeing this, Helen screamed even louder, “What are you all standing around for? Beat her!”

Sloane crossed her arms in front of her chest, her face utterly fearless. She spoke slowly, “Tomorrow is Samantha’s birthday banquet. I don’t mind showing up covered in bruises.”

Helen’s face twisted.

Tomorrow’s banquet had important guests from all walks of life. If anything shameful happened, the Rivers family would become a laughingstock.

By now, Boone had recovered somewhat. Wiping the water off his face, his eyes burned with hatred. He shouted, “Mom, we can’t let her off! Lock her up tomorrow! Let her scream for help with no one to hear her!”

Sloane shot him a lazy glance and said, drawling, “Sure. While you’re partying downstairs, I’ll provide the background music upstairs. It’ll be unforgettable.”

Samantha hesitated. Tomorrow was supposed to be her perfect day. She did not want anything ruining it.

She whispered to Helen, “Mom… if the Hawthorne finds out we locked up Sloane, it won’t look good.”

still Lucas’s fiancée. She represented his

that, Helen

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scared Helen, “Imagine if Lucas finds out you beat up his fiancée and humiliated him… What if, in a fit

the miserable ends of those who had crossed Lucas, Helen’s

lost interest. She waved her hand dismissively and turned away.

her, “Sloane, you just wait! Once the Hawthorne annuls your engagement,

no mind and

inside, she dialed a number. “Did

A reply came quickly.

their dead

Boone.

eighteenth birthday banquet arrived as

of Lucas and Sloane’s engagement, as long as

today, more guests arrived

Helen even managed to

Lucas had already woken up, and

his eyes nearly disappeared. In time,

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