The Coldest Man in the Room Melted Only for Me novel Chapter 603

Victor immediately corrected himself. "At any cost, erase the Zimmerman family from Statenbury by tomorrow."

Zara's face drained of color, turning as white as a sheet. She stumbled back several steps.

It took a moment for reality to crash over her. Her legs gave out, and she collapsed in front of Daphne, sobbing and begging. "Mrs. Spencer, I was wrong! Please, I beg you, let my family go!"

Daphne's expression remained indifferent. "I'm not the one you should be begging."

Zara froze, but she caught on quickly. She scrambled over to Riley, grabbing the hem of her pants as tears streamed down her face. "Ms. Vance, I was wrong! I shouldn't have stepped on your phone, and I definitely shouldn't have insulted you. Please, be the bigger person and spare me just this once!"

Winona scoffed, pouting in disgust. "Is this what you call an apology?"

Zara panicked. "I'll buy you a new phone! No, ten new phones!"

Winona let out a humorless laugh. "Do you think the Spencer family cares about your pocket change?"

Zara's complexion was almost translucent. Gritting her teeth, she raised her hand and slapped herself hard across the face twice. "It's all my fault for running my mouth! Please, Ms. Vance, have mercy. Spare the Zimmerman family!" Seeing Riley remain unmoved, she began weeping and begging frantically.

Riley looked at Winona, who was seething on her behalf. "Forget it, Winona. Don't waste your energy getting angry over her."

"Are you going to let her off the hook?"

Riley shook her head slightly. "I just don't want you getting worked up. She caused a scene in public. There are security cameras and plenty of witnesses. Let's just hand her over to the police."

She felt zero sympathy for Zara. They had never met, yet Zara had gone out of her way to humiliate her just to curry favor with Macy Sinclair.

If she were still the old, helpless Riley, Zara never would have apologized. She would have only escalated the abuse.

Immediately, voices rang out from the crowd. "I'm willing to testify for Ms. Vance!"

"I can be a witness too!"