Chapter 47

Bang! Clara slammed John's arm aside without hesitation. He staggered back, his face twisting in pain like something had hit his nerves hard. A girl like Clara—how the hell did she have that kind of strength? And with that terrifying aura she gave off, no one dared to stop her. As soon as she walked away, Vivian snapped, "We should've waited and planned better back then. Should've taken her down early so she wouldn't be messing things up now." "But it's too late for that talk. If she won't hand Nicholas over, then everything we've planned is dead in the water," someone added. Thomas chimed in, "Dad, Mom, maybe we should target the Howard family instead. Just a bunch of nobodies—should be easy to deal with. I'll make sure they regret ever getting in our way." When Thomas mentioned making their life hell, Robert suddenly recalled Clara's warning from earlier. "She had a point. Right now, we're the ones being dragged down. Business is going south fast—I don't even know how much longer we