The Man’s Decree

At that moment, everyone’s expression changed instantly. As for Zayne, the chill he felt down his spine turned him sober at once.

He had not expected that by falsely claiming to know Tommy just to satisfy his ego, he would end up in such dire circumstances.

When he saw Zayne’s reaction, Josh sniggered before giving Zayne a tight slap. “Why aren’t you as brazen now as you were before? How dare you hit my man and even abuse Mr. Lewis’ name? Looks like you have a death wish.”

Josh’s slap brought Zayne back to reality. He pleaded at once, “Mr. Queen, I’m sorry. I won’t do it again. I swear I won’t.”

Zayne’s pleas struck home with Maria and his subordinates. They finally realized that he had been boasting all this while and never knew Tommy at all.

Upon the epiphany, all of them began to tremble, as there was no one for them to rely on.

“Sorry?” Mr. Queen chuckled insidiously. “It’s too late for that now. Prepare for your doom!”

his knees with a thud. “Mr. Hoffman, I won’t dare to make false claims in

was filled with remorse and crying like

Zayne was. Maria stared at him in shock,

gaze toward the rest of the

honor. After all, he was one of the establishment’s key

just a bunch of hot-blooded youths. There’s no point in crippling them. I suppose we can just let them go.”

prostrated himself to thank Josh. Just when everyone heaved a sigh of relief, Josh turned his attention to Hilda, Maria, and Lydia. “The men can go, but

that very instant,

just acknowledged him. He could disregard Lydia

Zayne suggested with a sycophantic smile, “Mr. Queen, this is my girlfriend. Can I take her with me? The rest can stay with you. After all, I have been cohabiting with her for a year, so I don’t think you’ll be interested in

he had never slept with Maria before. All he wanted to do was

glance, Maria didn’t say a word. After all, her priority was