An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Chapter 4

“Mom, take James to the hospital. I’ll deal with this.”

After a moment’s silence, Dahlia finally made her decision.

“Dahlia, you must defend your brother! Don’t let that bastard off so easily!” Florence said hatefully.

“Don’t worry, I know what I should do.”

Dahlia nodded, gesturing for two guards to send Florence and James to the hospital.

“What do you think, Lyra?”

Dahlia rubbed her temples. She felt a headache coming on.

“It’s obvious, isn’t it? It was Dustin who assaulted them first. The security guards were witnesses, so that can’t be a lie,” Lyra said.

“But my mother’s not exactly an honest person…” Dahlia began. She knew her mother and brother well. They were a hot-tempered and ruthless duo.

“Either way, it’s still wrong for him to throw the first punch!” Lyra said righteously. “Even if there was a misunderstanding, why couldn’t he talk it out? Moreover, it was James that he beat up. Your brother! He didn’t think of how you would feel when he attacked your family. This alone is proof that he’s not a good person!”

Dahlia’s frown deepened along with her doubts. Lyra was right. Even if her mother and brother were rude and unreasonable, there was no reason for Dustin to assault them physically, nor was there any reason for him to hurt James so badly. It would seem like her decision to divorce him was right.

“You can’t just let this go, Ms. Nicholson. You have to teach him a lesson!” Lyra said.

Hearing this, Dahlia became angry. She took out her phone and called Dustin. At the same time, Dustin was sitting in a silver Bentley and frowned when he saw the call coming in. Despite his reluctance, he still picked up the call.

“Dustin, I need an explanation!” Dahlia demanded.

“What explanation?”

“Did you hit my brother just now?”

“I did. But…”

he could finish, Dahlia interrupted

you to be such a person! Are you

this, Dustin was taken aback. He hadn’t expected Dahlia to be so aggressive. She hadn’t even stopped to listen to what he had to say. After three

You knew that I hit your brother, but have you stopped to

what he did, you still shouldn’t have hit him!”

this, Dustin laughed bitterly. He was disappointed in her. At this point, it didn’t matter who was in the wrong. She clearly favored

I’ll give you another chance. Go to the hospital right now and apologize to James, and I’ll pretend that nothing happened.

retorted. “Are you going to call the police on me, or

throw away my goodwill

you’re extending me? Anyway, I did beat up your brother, so do with that

was cut off as Dustin hung

was one of the reasons why she had managed to get to where she was today. But

Ms. Nicholson, do you need me to arrange for someone to teach him

Dahlia took a deep breath to quell

“But…”

was about to say more when Dahlia stopped

this. I need to work on more important matters, like the charity

Has that got anything to do

that the Harmon family has shortlisted the Quine Group. If we do well at this ball,

I’ll go make the

…

Hospital. Natasha brought him into a VIP ward, where an old man was laying on the bed. He looked pale, and his lips were dry and cracked. His breathing was weak as if he was close to death. Several doctors surrounded him, but none of them looked

finally here. These

to them. She was the second daughter of the Harmon family, Ruth Harmon, and the old man on the bed was Andrew

could. There’s nothing else we can do for

you can do, then let someone else take over the reins,”

Rhys will

“Mr. Rhys?”

surrounding doctors had strange expressions on their faces. Dustin looked

shocked. “He looks about the same age as I am. Is he really a