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

I hadn’t expected you to be such a person! Are you taking revenge on my family just because I

to what he had to say. After

hit your

what he did, you still shouldn’t have hit

this, Dustin laughed bitterly. He was disappointed in her. At this point, it didn’t

I’ll give you another chance. Go to the hospital right now and apologize to

call the police on me, or hire hitmen to take me

throw away my goodwill like

goodwill that you’re extending me? Anyway, I did

was cut

hiding her true emotions. It was one of the reasons why

do you need me to arrange for someone to teach him

Dahlia took a deep breath

“But…”

was about to say more when Dahlia stopped

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

got anything to do with our

Group. If we do well at this ball, we could be the

great! I’ll go make the arrangements

…

into a VIP ward, where an old man was laying on the bed. He looked pale, and his lips were dry and cracked. His

You’re finally here. These doctors are

with a ponytail ran up to them. She was the second daughter of

nothing else we can do

someone else take

will take

“Mr. Rhys?”

had strange expressions on their faces.

This is Mr. Rhys?” Ruth looked shocked. “He looks about the same age as I am.