The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

With no water bottle left in her hand, Marie lunged at Dan, clawing and hitting him with everything she had.

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“You piece of trash! You are the one who only thinks with what’s below your belt–I’m ending you today!”

Everyone watching felt their scalps prickle. They wanted to step in, but the woman’s relationship with their boss was… complicated. The scene was violent, yes–but beneath it lurked something else, a charged, almost twisted lover’s quarrel. Still, her temper was volcanic, the kind no ordinary man could withstand.

Marie was completely unhinged. She kicked at Dan over and over like she really meant to ruin him.

Dan’s expression darkened. “You vicious woman; have you completely lost your mind?”

“Yes! I’ve lost my damn mind!” Marie screamed. “What kind of rotten karma did I rack up in my last life to end up pregnant with your scumbag child?”

The more she spoke, the angrier she got; her rage only burned hotter, and she kept swinging at Dan like a storm.

Dan, realizing she was attacking him because she was pregnant, nearly lost his own mind.

“God! That’s not even my kid! You’ve got the wrong man!”

He should’ve just kept his mouth shut. The second those words left him, Marie’s fury erupted again–she took it as him denying it.

Already fuming, she went at him even harder.

Dan felt like crying. “The kid’s really not mine!”

“You still dare to deny it?” Marie shouted. “I’ll kill you today, you son of a…”

Dan was completely speechless. Unbelievable. There’s no way to reason with her at all.

Marie was past the point of reason; especially after he’d said the child wasn’t his. To her, that was the same as flat–out denying her.

forbade it. Still–how could they just stand there while their boss got beat

right, but honestly… watching him

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bear than a man.

:

You miserable, brain–dead piece of

Dan said nothing.

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bring himself to fight

had never felt this helpless in

sight that greeted him was chaos–Marie had clawed Dan’s face until it

neck—everywhere bore her nail

hands raised like a hostage, not daring to touch her, looking terrified of being accused of something worse. One glance,

called her, told her to see a

of walking right into

forward, and wrapped his arms

Derrick only made Dan’s face

at him. “You–are you even a man?

was furious.

since that night, he’d been the scapegoat for everything–and

and hearing Dan drag Derrick into it made her see red all over again. Even in Derrick’s arms, she kicked Dan

Derrick into

went silent. Dan

made Dan’s blood boil even more,

her! Did I or did I not