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.

 

be very easy. I’m sure the surveillance cameras caught the other two people assaulting them. You don’t need me

Rest assured, I’ll take

in front of Michael, I

about Michael’s lofty status, I wasn’t all that surprised. It seemed like John and his new woman were the

released? They attacked me. Are you really going to let them go just

just like that, the woman walked

own now. I can’t

deputy chief shook off her hand and promptly

the woman called out, but the deputy

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

turn. The woman stared at the

to her senses, she pointed at Natalie and I with her cuffed hands and shrieked, ”Why are you arresting me? They are the ones you should be

with Michael here, whatever she said

stared wide-eyed at the cuffs on his wrists. When he finally

fault. Can you forgive me? You saw it too, right? She forced me to do it. I never wanted to hit you.” Panic-stricken, John expressed his regret

forehead was already

apology sounded sincere, he was, in fact, pushing all the blame onto the woman. From this alone, anyone could

John, I began to worry that she’d

her swollen cheek, I was about to remind her that a scumbag like him didn’t deserve her forgiveness after all the pain

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 in trouble, you’re blaming it all on a woman again. I can’t believe I loved someone like you. I feel sick

was laced with disdain. I could see that she was truly disappointed in

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