Chapter 19

Time seemed to freeze for a while.

Bruce felt so weak, but luckily, he was strong enough not to pass out on the spot.

“How dare you taser me?” Bruce fixed his murderous eyes on Joanna as if a falcon was targeting its

prey.

Joanna staggered back a little, but still, she managed to calm herself down. “It was self–defense. If you come at me again. I’ll call the police!”

Bruce snorted with angry laughter. “Call the police? Well, go ahead!”

He was the number one man in Greyport!

To put it bluntly, even the local government needed the support of the Everett family! Even if the police come, they would side with Bruce!

“Don’t be angry, Bruce. Joann didn’t mean to…”

Bruce scoffed, “It’s none of your business. This is between her and me!”

At first, he did it for Roxanne. While now, he was just taken control by his rage.

Joanna called out to the door, “Cora.”

Cora, her personal assistant, pushed the door open and came in. “Yes, Ms. Haynes?”

“Call the police immediately. Tell them there’s trouble here!”

“I see!”

you’ve gone too far, Joanna Haynes!”

bluffing. And that made him

afraid of cops. He did

when reporters were still downstairs. If he was taken away

her tone got harsher, “If you don’t mind making a scene, let’s go to the police station together! Doctors will know if I had really assaulted Roxanne. If I pushed her, there would definitely

out a recorder from her pocket. “I have a recorder here. It has recorded everything you

all the time! But it all happened too soon.

it was enough to protect her. At least, Roxanne would

expected, Roxanne’s face went pale

the innocent maiden image she had maintained for

Bruce. I’m fine, see? Let’s just

Bruce’s arm. Yet she failed to

Chapter 19

Roxanne’s nervous reaction, and he realized that things might not

so nervous?”

don’t want to make a big deal out of it,” stammered Roxanne as her heart skipped a beat. The next second, she put on her usual innocent look and said, “The police officers will have to take us to

as he stared at Roxanne grimly. “Roxy, did you just lie

I didn’t! Bruce, don’t get me wrong. Don’t believe any of her words!

get here, let’s go to the station together, and the truth will come out. Roxanne, there are a lot of reporters

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