Even if Joseph Bailey himself hadn’t shown up, Hugh Hanks was here—and that alone was enough to make most people in Valor City tremble.
Rebecca Lacy sneered, seizing the chance to pile on.
“Mr. Brooks, I already warned you not to meddle. Too late to regret it now.”
She turned to Sarah Lacy with open scorn.
“Sarah, why aren’t you kneeling yet? Hurry up and apologize to Emily. Or are you really waiting to get your legs broken?”
Ethan Hanks glanced at Brendon Brooks briefly, then deliberately shifted his gaze to Sarah, like a predator selecting the weakest prey.
“So you’re the one?” he asked, lip curling. “The disgraced Lacy girl who slept with a lunatic and got dumped by the Zane family?”
His eyes slid over her face and figure with undisguised greed.
“And you’re the one who upset my
