I coldly stared at her while suppressing my rage.

“Scarlett, if you kneel and beg for my forgiveness, I might consider letting you off for hurting me and let you continue working in the hotel. Else…”

“Else what?” I asked.

She scoffed, “Else, your daughter would be the one to suffer.”

I frowned. Being youthful was supposed to be a beautiful thing, but she just made it really annoying.

My gaze fell on the man behind her. “You can try.”

Her temper sparked from my remark and said, “Alec, David, did you hear what she just said? Show her what you’re capable of. I want to see if she’s still haughty then?”

Status was everything in this tiny city. There weren’t many wealthy people here. Even if there were, they wouldn’t even concern themselves with these folks.

Joyce’s arrogance was partly attributed to her father’s position. He had maintained his position for so many years that he was considered the local tyrant.

Seeing the two men approached me, my brows snapped together, and I scoffed, “Joyce, didn’t you investigate one’s background first before you offend the person?”

to investigate about you? You’re

keeping my gaze on her. “I’ve warned you before. Because of you, your father would lose his

my warning, then she ordered angrily, “I want

call connected, Louis asked, “Scarlett, did something

Province’s county mayor Stanley oppresses and exploits its residents. He pocketed the funds used to alleviate poverty. Please send someone

and reconfirmed,

wouldn’t dare to do

“I’ll drop by later tonight, so be sure to take care of

nodded and

mother who’s in dire

David, take her to a desolate area and torture her. Don’t worry if she dies

David still had their wits about them. They stared at me with hesitation and asked, “What’s your family

arched a brow. “Stovall. Didn’t

dumbfounded and exchanged glances. “We know there’s a Louis Stovall among the higher-ups. We even met him the other day when Uncle Stanley went to the city for a meeting. I heard that he

been in R Province for four years. If she really does have connections with

looks like you won’t believe it until you

from Joseph, who was leaving the hotel, followed by Ashton.

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