Chapter 19

Time seemed to freeze for a while.

Bruce felt so weak, but luckily, he was strong enough not to pass out on the spot.

“How dare you taser me?” Bruce fixed his murderous eyes on Joanna as if a falcon was targeting its

prey.

Joanna staggered back a little, but still, she managed to calm herself down. “It was self–defense. If you come at me again. I’ll call the police!”

Bruce snorted with angry laughter. “Call the police? Well, go ahead!”

He was the number one man in Greyport!

To put it bluntly, even the local government needed the support of the Everett family! Even if the police come, they would side with Bruce!

“Don’t be angry, Bruce. Joann didn’t mean to…”

Bruce scoffed, “It’s none of your business. This is between her and me!”

At first, he did it for Roxanne. While now, he was just taken control by his rage.

Joanna called out to the door, “Cora.”

Cora, her personal assistant, pushed the door open and came in. “Yes, Ms. Haynes?”

“Call the police immediately. Tell them there’s trouble here!”

“I see!”

far, Joanna Haynes!” Bruce

thought Joanna had just been bluffing. And that made

not afraid of cops. He did not want to

still downstairs. If he was taken away by cops, it would

police station together! Doctors will know if I had really assaulted Roxanne. If I pushed her, there would definitely

Roxanne coldly, taking out a recorder from her pocket. “I have a recorder here. It has recorded everything you just said to me. If you don’t mind, I’ll play

to carry a tiny recorder all the time! But it all happened too soon. So, she never had the chance to

was enough to protect her. At

expected, Roxanne’s face went pale

to Joanna, then she could kiss goodbye to the innocent maiden image she had maintained for so

it, Bruce. I’m fine, see? Let’s just go look at

Yet she failed to hide the

Chapter 19

reaction, and he realized that things might not be

so nervous?” he

No, I’m just… I just don’t want to make a big deal out of it,” stammered Roxanne as her heart skipped a beat. The next second, she put on her usual innocent look and said, “The

deep breath as he stared at Roxanne grimly. “Roxy, did you just lie to

wrong. Don’t believe any of her words! I…

would not go easy on Roxanne. “You go ahead,” she said. “When the officers get here, let’s go to the station together, and the truth will come out. Roxanne, there are a lot of reporters downstairs.

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