2025-03-14 16:42:36The room buzzed with high tension.
Astrid stormed forward, her heels clicking against the marble floor. Her eyes burned with rage as she pointed at Kai.
“How dare you lay a hand on my brother?” she seethed. “Have you lost your mind?”
Kai met her glare, completely unfazed. His voice was cold, calm.
“I’ll do it again,” he said simply. “And again. Every single time I see him misbehaving.”
Gasps echoed through the hall.
Sage, still clutching his stomach, seethed with humiliation. “You bastard...”
Kai’s gaze flicked to him, sharp, “You should be grateful, Sage. It seems you’ve never been properly disciplined. Consider it a favor.”
The guests erupted into murmurs.
“He’s got some nerve…”
“Does he have a death wish?”
Astrid’s face twisted in fury. “You think you can just walk in here and do whatever you want?” she spat. “You ruined my wedding, you filthy waste of space!”
She stepped closer, her gaze deadly. “Kneel and beg! Or you’re not leaving here alive!”
Kai raised a brow.
Kneel?
Laughter rippled through the crowd.
“Kneel? Now that’s a sight I’d love to see.”
Reginald finally stepped forward, his usual smirk in place. He slid an arm around Astrid’s waist, pulling her close like a doting fiancé.
“Now, now,” he said, voice dripping with mock sympathy. “Let’s not be so cruel, my love. We can’t expect someone like him to have dignity left.”
Kai exhaled slowly.
Reginald turned to him, grinning. “You don’t want to kneel? That’s fine. Just slap yourself instead.”
Kai’s brows lifted slightly.
Reginald chuckled. “Go on. Slap yourself until Astrid is satisfied. Then, maybe...just maybe...I’ll let you walk out of here in one piece.”
The guests erupted into laughter.
“That’s a fair deal!”
“Come on, let’s see it! Show some respect!”
Astrid folded her arms, smirking. “You heard him. What’s it going to be, Kai?”
Abigail, standing nearby, clenched her fists. She couldn’t stay silent.
“This is ridiculous!” she snapped. “Kai didn’t even mean to cause trouble! You’re all treating him like...”
Kai lifted a hand, stopping her. His eyes never left Reginald.
Then, with unnerving calm, he reached into his pocket.
He pulled out his phone and dialed a number. His voice, when he spoke, was quiet. Steady.
"Cancel Reginald Thompson wedding."
The call ended.
The air in the hall was thick. Heavy.
For a moment, silence reigned.
Then...laughter.
It started small. A chuckle. A smirk. Then it rippled through the crowd like a wildfire, growing louder, sharper, more mocking.
Reginald stood at the center of it all, shaking his head with pure amusement. He clutched his stomach, barely able to contain himself.
"You actually think a single phone call can cancel my wedding?" he howled. "God, Kai, you’re more delusional than I thought!"
The guests roared with laughter.
"Does this idiot think he’s some bigshot now?"
"Must’ve hit his head on the way in!"
"This is too embarrassing, someone dragged him out already!"
Kai remained still. Unbothered. He watched the clueless fools with a smug, almost leisurely smile. They had no idea they’d just crossed paths with someone who could crush them without a second thought.
Reginald wiped fake tears from his eyes. “You know what? I almost feel bad for you. Almost. But since you came here asking for humiliation, I’ll grant your wish.”
His eyes darkened. “Guards. Break him.”
The guards rushed forward, surrounding Kai, then lunged at him with a forceful frenzy. Reginald wore a false, mocking smile. "Be careful, don’t break this little lapdog," he sneered.
But in the blink of an eye, a massive body flew through the air, crashing heavily to the ground. Kai’s figure darted through the bodyguards like a shadow, effortlessly knocking down multiple men in an instant, while he remained completely unharmed.
Reginald clenched his fists, his face twisting in rage. "Useless! Can't even handle one man!"
"Shoot him!" he roared at the last remaining guard, his voice dripping with fury.
The guard, clearly paralyzed by fear, fumbled and awkwardly drew his sidearm, trembling so much that he accidentally grazed Kai’s ear as he fired, the bullet whizzing past him.
BANG!
The doors slammed shut.
Gasps. Screams. Chairs screeched as people ducked. Some bolted for cover.
Kai turned back slowly.
The guard tried to act calm, aiming his gun at him. Three steps away, Astrid's gaze was like ice, freezing everything in its path, locking onto Kai with deadly intent.
"You’re not leaving."
The entire hall seemed to hold its breath.
"You ruined my wedding." Her voice was low, seething with venom. "Ruined my family. Humiliated me. And now… now you think you can just walk away?"
She closed in on Kai, her face twisted with an insane fury like nothing anyone had ever seen before.
"Apologize. Now."
Kai’s eyes narrowed. “For what?”
Astrid’s lips curled. "For everything. For me. For my mother. For Sage. For ruining my life!"
Kai exhaled, a slow, deliberate breath. "You ruined your own damn life."
Astrid's face contorted as she forced a chilling smile. "You know what," she said. Her gaze turning icy as it locked onto Kai, like a venomous snake eyeing its prey, "even if you were to die here today, no one would dare raise a finger against me."
The guards, at Astrid's signal, slammed a bullet into the chamber with a chilling click, the sound echoing like a death knell.
Then...
CRASH!
The doors exploded inward.
A wave of men in black bulletproof vests stormed in, and before Astrid and the armed guard could even react, they were slammed to the ground. Screams erupted as people scattered in panic, terrified that soldiers would massacre them all in the blink of an eye.
Reginald raised his hands in a mock surrender, his voice oozing with false humility. “My lord, what’s going on? We were just hosting a wedding…” He shamelessly approached one of the heavily armed men, his smile sickeningly sweet.
But the soldier couldn’t care less about the pathetic man. With a glare that could kill, he snarled, “Stay down.”
In the next breath, every soldier raised their guns and saluted. And then, striding through the door, came a woman with a killer body, radiating deadly confidence.
Elara Vasquez!
The crowd gasped. They knew her. The richest woman in the city! The true power behind this district!
Reginald’s eyes flickered—his savior had arrived!
The next moment, Elara's voice sliced through the air—cold, calm, but lethal.
"No one causes trouble on my territory.”
Kai sneered, his gaze filled with pity as he watched Reginald’s back. He clearly had no idea what kind of nightmare was about to come crashing down on him.
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