"You crazy woman! You actually dared to hit me here?!"
Goldman Galt clutched his right cheek, his face twisting in a mixture of shock and fury. The sting of Claire Lynch's slap was nothing compared to the humiliation. He was a partner of the Hughes Family now, a rising star in the pharmaceutical world. How could he let a bankrupt woman humiliate him in public?
"I'll kill you!"
Goldman raised his hand, his eyes bloodshot, preparing to deliver a vicious backhand to Claire's face.
But his hand froze in mid-air.
He couldn't bring it down.
Jack Brooks had taken a half-step forward. He stood beside Claire, his hands in his pockets, but his eyes were locked on Goldman.
It was a look of pure, unadulterated violence. A killing aura so dense it felt like a physical weight pressing against Gol
