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!”

too far,

Joanna had just been bluffing. And that made him

cops. He did not

this critical moment when reporters were still downstairs. If he was taken

completely calmed down. She spoke up again as her tone got harsher, “If you don’t mind making a scene, let’s go to the police station together! Doctors will know if I had really assaulted Roxanne.

here. It has recorded everything you just said to me. If you don’t mind, I’ll play it right now so that

But it all happened too soon. So, she never

the circumstances, even though the recorder had recorded nothing, it was enough to protect her. At least, Roxanne

Roxanne’s face went pale

said to Joanna, then she could kiss goodbye to the innocent maiden image she had maintained for so many years. All her schemes would

see? Let’s just go look at the wedding dress…”

Roxanne took Bruce’s arm. Yet she failed to hide the slight

Chapter 19

at Roxanne’s nervous reaction, and he realized that things might not

are you so

put on her usual innocent look and said, “The police officers will have to take us to the police station. That will definitely cost

Roxanne grimly. “Roxy, did you

I didn’t! Bruce, don’t get me wrong. Don’t believe

Roxanne, there are a lot of reporters

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