The Ex-Con Who Conquered the World novel Chapter 48

The sharp crack of a slap echoed through the room, lingering in the air long after the blow had landed. Nick was sent sprawling to the floor by Janet's strike.

Blood filled his mouth, teeth loosening and falling out in a gruesome shower.

His lips were a mangled, bleeding mess.

This was no joke. Janet was a Level 6 Hidden Force Grandmaster—and she had held back. Had she unleashed her full hidden force, the head of this dissipated playboy, drowning in wine and women, would have burst like an overripe fruit.

"Nick!" Aaron cried out, shock and fury twisting his features as he rushed to help Nick up. "How dare you lay a hand on Nick! Do you have any idea who he is?"

As for the four social media influencers, they had never witnessed such violence.

Faces pale with terror, they could only shriek in horror.

All Nick could taste was the metallic tang of blood. His mouth burned with pain. The blood he spat onto the floor was littered with several of his front teeth.

Rage consumed him. His face contorted, eyes venomous as he glared at Janet. "You bitch! How dare you hit me? You're dead. I'll make sure you and your family pay in blood," he snarled, each word dripping with malice.

"Still running your mouth?" Janet wasn't one to tolerate insolence. In a flash, her foot shot out.

Nick was kicked clean off his feet, slamming into the wall. A series of sickening cracks came from his chest—multiple ribs snapping under the force.

"You're still attacking him?" Aaron was beyond furious.

He hurried to support Nick, then spun toward Barry with a roar. "Barry! Where are Drizzlewood Retreat's security? If you don't seize these people right now, there won't be a place for you in all of River City!"

Barry jumped, his whole body trembling.

"Notify all guards! Get every last one of them up to the Apex Room, now!" he barked into his comm device, voice shaking.

Inwardly, he cursed Nina and her group.

How dare they provoke Aaron like this? Now I'm caught in the crossfire.

"Nick, are you alright?" Aaron helped him to his feet, teeth gritted. "Don't worry. None of these three is leaving here. You'll get justice. They'll pay in blood."

Nick hissed through the piercing agony, his expression monstrous, eyes bloodshot, "That slut... I want her dead.

"And the other two won't get off easy either. I'll toy with that woman until she breaks. As for that useless freeloader, he'll rot in prison."

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