My heart began to race for Michael again as I watched him like a hawk. I felt extremely secure with him here.

“How do you propose we handle this, Mr. Shaw? She’s the deputy chief’s cousin, after all. It doesn’t seem very appropriate to punish her too severely,” looking at Michael with a troubled expression, the police chief explained in a small voice.

 

“I’ll leave this matter to you, but I hope you’ll handle it fairly, Chief Lewis. I’m a very protective man. I won’t let my people suffer for nothing.”

Michael spoke nonchalantly, but the warning in his words was unmistakable; he wanted a satisfactory answer.

“Don’t worry, Mr. Shaw. I’ll handle this matter impartially.”

 

Although Chief Lewis was put in a tight spot, he caved under Michael’s intimidating aura and agreed right away.

Without another word, Michael approached me with anger simmering in his eyes.

Upon noticing that Michael was staring straight at the handcuffs on my wrists, the chief immediately barked an order to the police officer standing behind him. “What are you waiting for? Uncuff them!”

 

At his superior’s orders, the officer quickly walked over to remove our handcuffs.

After being in cuffs for so long, the skin on my wrists stung with pain. Ignoring Michael, the first thing I did was hurry over to Natalie’s side to support her.

 

the surveillance cameras caught the other two people assaulting them. You don’t need me to

understand. Rest assured, I’ll take care of this

was so cautious in front of Michael, I realized that

I wasn’t all that surprised. It seemed like John

of them being released? They attacked

like that, the woman walked to the deputy chief with discontent written on

your own now. I can’t help you

shook off her hand and promptly walked

wait! Don’t go!” the woman called out, but the

the two of them!” the police chief ordered the two officers behind him whilst

hundred and eighty degree turn. The woman stared at the handcuffs on her

her senses, she pointed at Natalie and I with her cuffed hands and

Michael here, whatever she said would be

by then. For a long time, he stared wide-eyed at the cuffs on his wrists. When he finally snapped out of it, he broke free from the grip of the police officer restraining him and ran

me? You saw it too, right? She forced me to do it. I never

his forehead

was, in fact, pushing all the blame onto the woman. From this alone, anyone could tell

love John, I began to worry

scumbag like him didn’t deserve her forgiveness

spoke before I could. “John, the one thing I regret most in my life is falling for you like a blind fool. It’s bad enough that you hit a woman. Now that you’re

coldly. Every word she said was laced with disdain. I could see that she was truly disappointed

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