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Chapter 19
Time seemed to freeze for a while.
Bruce felt so weak, but luckily, he was strong enough not to pass out on the spot.
“How dare you taser me?” Bruce fixed his murderous eyes on Joanna as if a falcon was targeting its
prey.
Joanna staggered back a little, but still, she managed to calm herself down. “It was self–defense. If you
come at me again. I’ll call the police!”
Bruce snorted with angry laughter. “Call the police? Well, go ahead!”
He was the number one man in Greyport!
To put it bluntly, even the local government needed the support of the Everett family! Even if the police
come, they would side with Bruce!
“Don’t be angry, Bruce. Joann didn’t mean to…”
Bruce scoffed, “It’s none of your business. This is between her and me!”
At first, he did it for Roxanne. While now, he was just taken control by his rage.
Joanna called out to the door, “Cora.”
Cora, her personal assistant, pushed the door open and came in. “Yes, Ms. Haynes?”
“Call the police immediately. Tell them there’s trouble here!”
“I see!”
“Oh, you’ve gone too far, Joanna Haynes!” Bruce cried.
He thought Joanna had just been bluffing. And that made him even angrier with her.
Yes, Bruce was not afraid of cops. He did not want to be bothered at all.
Especially now at this critical moment when reporters were still downstairs. If he was taken away by
cops, it would affect his reputation.
Joanna had completely calmed down. She spoke up again as her tone got harsher, “If you don’t mind
making a scene, let’s go to the police station together! Doctors will know if I had really assaulted
Roxanne. If I pushed her, there would definitely be my fingerprints on her dress! Anyhow, we will find
out the truth soon!”
Joanna then turned and looked at Roxanne coldly, taking out a recorder from her pocket. “I have a
recorder here. It has recorded everything you just said to me. If you don’t mind, I’ll play it right now so
that we can all hear the conversation!”
Joanna did like to carry a tiny recorder all the time! But it all happened too soon. So, she never had the
chance to turn it on.
Still, under the circumstances, even though the recorder had recorded nothing, it was enough to protect
her. At least, Roxanne would not dare to tell more lies.
As expected, Roxanne’s face went pale when she heard that.
If Bruce heard what she just said to Joanna, then she could kiss goodbye to the innocent maiden
image she had maintained for so many years. All her schemes would be ruined in an instant.
“Forget it, Bruce. I’m fine, see? Let’s just go look at the wedding dress…”
Ignoring the pain in her stomach, Roxanne took Bruce’s arm. Yet she failed to hide the slight unease in
her eyes.
Chapter 19
Bruce frowned at Roxanne’s nervous reaction, and he realized that things might not be so simple.
“Why are you so nervous?” he asked.
“Huh? I’m not nervous! No, I’m just… I just don’t want to make a big deal out of it,” stammered
Roxanne as her heart skipped a beat. The next second, she put on her usual innocent look and said,
“The police officers will have to take us to the police station. That will definitely cost us hours. After all,
the wedding dress is what matters, right?”
Bruce took a deep breath as he stared at Roxanne grimly. “Roxy, did you just lie to me?”
“I, I didn’t! Bruce, don’t get me wrong. Don’t believe any of her words! I… I…”
Joanna would not go easy on Roxanne. “You go ahead,” she said. “When the officers get here, let’s go
to the station together, and the truth will come out. Roxanne, there are a lot of reporters downstairs. I’m
sure if this evidence gets out, people will have their own judgments. After all, that one man is blind and
stupid doesn’t mean every man and woman is blind and stupid!”
Driving by the anger, Bruce reached for the recorder in Joanna’s hand. He was desperate to hear what
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmexactly Roxanne had said!
“Stop the nonsense, Joanna. Just give me the recorder!”
Joanna slipped the recorder back into her pocket, her lips curling into a sneer. “You’ll get the recorder
later when we are all in the police station. The police officers will be here soon. So, what’s the rush?
Plus, if you destroy the recorder to protect Roxanne, my evidence will be gone.”
Bruce gritted his teeth and glared at Joanna.
He didn’t expect that after four years, she had become even more scheming.
Roxanne’s face went deadly pale as if the color was drained from it. Chewing her lips, she looked at
Bruce pitifully.
“Bruce, we should stop this madness. We’re getting married, remember? Let’s not make a big deal out
of it in front of the press…”
Bruce shook off Roxanne impatiently. He hated the most when women played tricks on him. “We’re not
going to see any wedding dress today!”
With that, Bruce Strode walked out of the conference room without hesitation.
He would not wait for the police to arrive. It would only excite the reporters and give them more
stories.
“Joanna, this is not the end!” Roxanne growled. “You will pay for this.” Then she hurried out to chase
Bruce.
“Bruce, wait for me, Bruce! I didn’t say anything to her! You have to believe me…” Her voice was
heard, and then it trailed off down the corridor.
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