Chapter 48 Confrontation

“Step aside.*

Eric’s voice cut through the commotion like a blade–calm, precise, and brimming with authority. He didn’t need to raise it. The weight of his words alone commanded attention.

In the crowd, recognition sparked instantly.

“Mr. Flynn?”

“It’s really Mr. Flynn!”

The restless murmuring died down as people instinctively moved aside, clearing a path without hesitation.

Eric walked through them with unshaken confidence, reaching the center of the disturbance in mere moments. His gaze sharpened slightly, a ghost of a smirk curling on his lips.

“What’s all this?”

His voice carried an air of nonchalance, as if he were merely making an idle remark about the pleasant evening. “Mr. Flynn…”

Cody’s stomach twisted with panic.

So it wasn’t just empty talk! Lennon had been dead serious. This was real.

And he was in deep trouble.

Eric didn’t so much as glance at him, treating his existence as nothing more than background noise.

His attention was elsewhere, locked onto the woman Cody had been holding moments ago. Hadley was still in her stage costume, her mask slightly askew, long hair disheveled as she sat slumped on the floor. She looked utterly miserable.

“Humph.”

Eric scoffed, his breath carrying a cold, mocking edge. Then, without warning, his arm lashed out like a whip.

A sharp crack split the air.

Before anyone could react, Cody was airborne, flung like a broken marionette before crashing violently against the wall.

A strangled cry tore from his throat as pain exploded through his back. His spine struck the wall with brutal force, the impact rattling through his entire body.

But it didn’t stop there. His face burned with a fierce sting, and an unsettling warmth trickled down his chin.

Blood.

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Cody spat, coughing up a mix of red and saliva. Something solid hit the floor with a soft clink. His tooth. The realization sent a shudder through him.

Eric Flynn’s strength was beyond question.

“Mr. Flynn.”

Cody forced out a ragged breath, ignoring the sharp sting that shot through him. If there had been any doubt before, it was gone now–this woman meant something to Eric.

Everyone in the city knew Eric had never taken an interest in any woman. Yet tonight, he’d crossed a line

dancer without

realize

of my sight!”

sharp with irritation. His focus never wavered from S, still curled up on the floor, her entire

frame shaking.

“Of course.”

sober and no longer concerned about pride, Cody staggered back, retreating without

remaining distance, stopping right in front of

You can get up.”

she hadn’t even registered his

“Mr. Flynn!”

him, only to find

was obvious. “Man, am I glad you showed

unable to hold back. “You saw it, right? That Cody Blake

without your permission, I wouldn’t have

nerves of

grated on

him out, Eric crouched down in front of Hadley. “Are you

spoke, his hand came to rest gently on

“Ah!”

sharp and instinctive, rejecting his

startled by the sudden outburst, let out a yelp of

across Eric’s face. “What

fixed Lennon with a sharp, irritated

muttered, nodding quickly. Lowering his voice to a near whisper,

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bad. That stunt Cody pulled really did a number on her?”

Really?

eyes. Something

eyes, the way she shrank back–he had seen this before. The entire situation felt

tightened as realization clawed at

sharply toward Lennon. “Clear

heard

man with an icy, expectant stare.

“Got it!”

pressing the issue any further.

straightened up and instantly got to work, waving his arms to herd everyone out. “Alright,

dressing room emptied, leaving only Eric

studied the woman in front of him. His hand lifted slightly, hovering

spoke, his voice steady yet firm. “Do you want to take this off

her arms wrapped tightly around herself as if bracing against an unseen

himself to keep his patience. His

“Hadley?”

she

and through tear–streaked lashes,

the breath catch in his throat.

murmured. “I

moment as Eric carefully slipped his fingers beneath the mask and lifted

there she was.

his grip, his eyes shutting for a brief moment as everything clicked into

stage. That unshakable pull toward her, no matter how much he tried to ignore it.

it made sense now. Hadley was a

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