An Understated Dominance (Dustin Rhys)

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?”

you hit my brother

“I did. But…”

could finish,

expected you to be such a person! Are you taking

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 years of marriage, she was treating him as if he was a mere stranger, or

you think of me? You knew that I hit your brother, but

matter what he did, you still

her. At this point, it didn’t matter who was in the wrong. She clearly favored

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

“Are you going to call the police on me, or hire hitmen to take

to throw away my goodwill like this?”

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

retort was cut off as Dustin hung

anger. Dahlia had always been good at hiding her true emotions. It was one of the reasons why she

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

We’re done now.” Dahlia took a deep breath to quell her

“But…”

was about to say more when Dahlia stopped

I need to work on more important matters, like

that got

the Harmon family has shortlisted the Quine Group. If we do well at this ball, we could be the Harmon family’s next

make the arrangements right

…

at Swinton Primary 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

here. These

the second daughter of the Harmon family, Ruth Harmon, and the old man on the

everything we could. There’s nothing else

can do, then let someone else take over

will