True Tycoon Her Empire, Her Rules

Chapter 142

At that moment, Springer felt like he finally got it and had to step up his game to match Horace. So Springer chimed in with a compliment too. “Well done, Winnie! You own your actions like at boss!”

The other elders of the Bryant family were speechless.

They couldn’t help but notice that with their reduced presence at home, the younger members of the Bryant family seemed to have changed.

Leonie cleared her throat and looked at Winnie, but instead of accusing her outright, she said, “Winnie, did Hobson upset you? If he’s been bullying you, you can talk to me, you know.”

Even though Leonie wasn’t openly blaming Winnie, the implication was that Winnie had retaliated against a family member over some petty grievance.

It was too easy for the rest of the family to become wary of Winnie.

Cutler, who had been silent until now, frowned and confronted her. “Winnie! No matter what, Hobson is still your family! You lash out at him just like that. Are we not family to you anymore? If someone else ticks you off, are you going to go after them, too?”

Cutler hit the nail on the head.

Even the others didn’t have a grudge against Winnie who had returned out of the blue, they couldn’t help but feel a bit apprehensive now.

When Winnie took action against Hobson, she had already anticipated this reaction.

Once you crossed certain lines, even if you did nothing more, others couldn’t help but fear you.

But Winnie was indeed fed up. She had put up with Kathryn for eighteen years, but now that the karmic ties with the Henderson family were severed, she was done with playing nice.

To make an example of someone, Hobson had to be sacrificed today.

“Don’t worry, this spell won’t harm him. As long as he doesn’t try to talk to me, he can speak normally to anyone else.”

“Is this about whether or not he can speak?” Cutler raised his voice, “This is about you raising a hand against a family member!”

be the peacekeeper, chimed in, “Winnie, I know you wouldn’t hurt Hobson, but this

lips but looked towards

the incident, but they didn’t take a

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tone Hobson usually used on her, “What’s with your fucking attitude when you talk

her normal tone, asking the others, “How does that sound? I’ve heard that tone and those words no less than ten times since I came home. Does Hobson

fell swoop, she had

that be possible? Although Hobson wasn’t the friendliest, he was generally courteous, even if disinterested, towards

with Winnie’s pointed question, the family began to understand where she was coming

have…” Leonie couldn’t help but start to

an outsider, so there’s this

what she referred to.

of her family, and even Cutler, who had been eager to catch her on her behavior, suddenly lost his voice under

was sharp and cool, “You just said I shouldn’t take action against family. Cutler, when you took action against me, did you ever consider me family?” With that, both Horace and Clifford turned frosty, their gazes cutting sharply towards Cutler. Feeling a chill, Cutler stood up abruptly, denying furiously, “Nonsense! When have I ever laid a hand

sarcastic to her

memory of the smear campaign he had orchestrated against her in the live stream chat made Cutler’s heart race.

me any real harm, doesn’t that count as attacking a family member? If you can do that, why are you so upset about a harmless spell I put on Hobson? Or do you

loss for words. Was he just an innocent pawn in Winnie’s game

panic when she mentioned the trolls. Though he quickly tried to mask it, the elders of the Bryant family, with their sharp eyes, saw

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been caught red–handed.

demanded, “Cutler, did you

and thought those trolls were just rabid fans of

had never imagined that it was

weight of Clifford’s glare, Cutler twitched his lips as he tried to defend himself, but Winnie spoke again, her voice echoing with an eerie

by looking at their face. Sure, plenty