r, Kimberly fixed

eep resentment, her strikin

, Erik chuckled uneasily

couldn't help but say, "Can you actually do anything

led, his eyes

d you're gay, but what happened just now..." With no one else present, Kimberly didn't co

felt

tood him, he attempted a defense, saying

. "He embarrassed you, and you should have stood up for y

forced a smile. "Well, if th

d look. "Honestly, I can be quite frightening when I resort

aggerated eye-roll, convinced he was doi

no interest in women, making him

dliness had profou

elt a bit

s opened, revealing the plush VIP

hing about military matters, right?" Kimberly

" Erik looked

xplained, "My grandfather also served in the military. He

nod, smiling reassuringly. "Don't worry,

s hop

conversation, a voice

y, wait

ed from the elevator, w

look of displeasure cr

illed with disdain and

quickly clo

hen turned to Erik with a smile. "Mr. Smith, would yo

ned his smile

expression bega

to Kimberly, Harold's reques

" Erik asked, hold

ned, but he quickly resumed smili

of advice: don't make threats lightly, or

at Kimberly's blank face before curling her lip into a sneer. "There's no way you're

pression grew

a true coward, standing there

heir morals early on. If you lack proper guidance growing up, su

nudged Erik, his smile twisted, th

t l

d and cackled

d thunderous, and she was o

hat exact moment, a

itnessed Harold being hurled against the co

sby in the hallway turned t

just ha

e was

ld had managed to g

were gone from his expression, replaced

at, he wa

e strike me?" His face reddened, his teeth bared, his

ce and yelled as he rushed at Eri

old stopped i

tact with Erik, yet he felt a

lly struck me? Ah

s face, which quickly morphed into

if I did

w no reason to restrai

another forceful slap

mn

t the veins on Harold's face bulged, and

ng figures in Neburgh's high societ

en cursed at, m

ded others, insulting them at whim, wi

I will destroy you

dgment deserted him, his eye

, his tone icy as he said, "You want

ll enslave them..." Harold's gaze was filled with

nrelenting grip, leaving him

eat

on, a distinct sound of sna

forcibly bent backward at th

!" Harold cried

Noreen gasped, sho

to her senses, she rush

face her, his e

abruptly, fa

formed dramatically, her mouth o

at Erik in

impossible to a

now displaying merciless ruthlessness, br

eat

howed

another of Har

eat

k of bones echoed

sneered, not receiving a

. Not only were all five of Harold's fingers broken, but

ave mercy!" Harold