The True Heiress Returns (Tilda Jenson) novel Chapter 123

Chapter 123 Too Late for Sorry

Howard yanked his arms up just in time, blocking Tilda’s brutal uppercut.

But it didn’t matter. The force behind that punch still sent him flying.

He felt like his jaw had almost been shattered.

His body slammed hard into the ground, the impact so heavy it knocked the air from his lungs.

Breathing became a struggle.

With a frame that massive, hitting the floor at the wrong angle could’ve been catastrophic.

For a moment, the pain sobered him up.

Sweat poured down his body as the aches multiplied.

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Blood from his face dripped into his eyes, blurring his vision until he could barely make out Tilda’s form.

Just a silhouette now, towering over him.

Her expression was unreadable.

No rage, no satisfaction, just disgust, contempt, and disappointment.

Her voice dropped like a funeral bell, landing cold and clear in the one sense he still had left.

“You’re pathetic.”

With that, Tilda turned and walked away without hesitation.

She had thought taking down Howard, the so–called world wrestling champion, would take more effort.

Turned out?

He was a total letdown..

The Jensons–loud on the outside, hollow on the inside. All bark, no bite.

Trash like that only belonged with more trash. That old saying? Yeah, it was right on the money.

Good thing Tilda had bailed fast, or she might’ve rotted right along with them.

Howard opened his mouth to speak, but the moment he did, blood filled it.

He choked on the metallic taste, a sharp pressure clogging his sinuses, his breath caught somewhere between his throat and nose.

No words came out.

He hadn’t expected this. That the one thing he prided himself on–his fighting skills–would crumble like junk metal in front of Tilda.

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Chapter 123 Too Late for Sorry

Howard used to look down on Tilda.

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But now, with the very thing he had built his identity on, his so–called unbeatable fighting skills, crushed beneath her feet like they were nothing? What did his contempt even amount to?

Sure, maybe he underestimated her. But in a real fight, there’s no such thing as “underestimated” or “caught off guard.”

There’s only winning or losing.

And Howard? He didn’t just lose, he got obliterated.

The word failure didn’t even begin to cover how pathetic he looked right now.

A searing pain bloomed in his chest like something was trying to tear its way out.

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