Chapter 611: Don’t Kill Anyone
The hand of death Lucas was strangling his neck tightly with made Roy frightened out of his wits.
The suffocating pain and the fear of dying made him experience an unprecedented sense of terror.
“You… let go! Otherwise, the Smiths… Mmph!” Roy was struggling and still trying to threaten Lucas with the power of the Smiths.
But Lucas immediately forcefully strangled his neck, making it impossible for him to utter another word.
Seeing this, Maddy hurriedly persuaded, “Lucas, don’t be impulsive!”
She knew that Lucas wasn’t afraid of the Smiths, but they were one of the eight most powerful families in DC and possessed ma.s.sive power that shouldn’t be underestimated. If Lucas killed Roy here, it would definitely bring him great trouble.
After all, Maddy was the indirect cause of this matter, so she’d definitely feel extremely sorry and be riddled with guilt.
Besides, her family would definitely be implicated and would end up being targeted or even destroyed once they fell out with the Smiths.
As a member of the Stone family, she couldn’t bring about a disaster to her family even if she didn’t feel a sense of belonging.
Cheyenne hurriedly pulled Lucas’s arm and also persuaded, “Hubby, calm down! Don’t do anything foolish because of someone like him! It’s not worth it!”
She was also afraid that Lucas would accidentally strangle Roy to death.
Naturally, Lucas wouldn’t really kill Roy.
Although he was angry, he didn’t lose his rationality because of it.
After seeing the look of concern in Cheyenne’s and Maddy’s eyes, he exhaled softly and warned Roy, “I’ll let you off today on Maddy’s account. But if you dare to appear in front of her and hara.s.s her again, I won’t let you off! Get lost!”
Then Lucas flung Roy away.
Roy landed on the ground. Although he had a wretched fall, his breathing became smooth again because his neck was free from Lucas’s iron-like grip. He was gasping for breath, and his heart was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with the ecstasy of surviving this ordeal.
His bodyguards immediately ran to his side and held him up. “Mr. Stone, are you alright?”
Roy touched the spot on his neck that was vaguely throbbing with pain. It was already bruised from being strangled by Lucas.
Although he hated Lucas so much that he wanted to kill him on the spot, the fear he had of him had already become deeply rooted in his heart after the near-death experience just now.
Thus, Roy didn’t dare to say a single word about taking revenge until after Lucas took Maddy and Jordan inside the Lion Restaurant.
“Mr. Smith… What should we…” a bodyguard cautiously asked.
Smack! Before he could finish his sentence, Roy smacked his face hard.
“Good-for-nothings! My dad sent you guys to protect me, but neither of you managed to even touch a corner of that punk’s clothes. You even allowed him to almost strangle me to death! Why should I keep garbage like you around?!” Roy hollered furiously and vented all his pent up anger on the bodyguards.
“We were incompetent. Please punish us, Mr. Smith!” The bodyguards didn’t argue and instead got on their knees to ask for Roy’s punishment.
These bodyguards had been working for the Smiths for a long time. If Roy went home and complained about them to his family, they wouldn’t just get sacked. Their lives would be in danger!
They had no choice because they were facing a terrifying scion of the Smith family.
After venting his anger, Roy gradually calmed down. Although his bodyguards were so incompetent that they couldn’t even defeat a young man in his late twenties and even caused him to be on the brink of death, he had only brought two bodyguards with him to Orange County this time. If he got rid of them now, his safety wouldn’t be guaranteed.
The thought of it made Roy feel extremely irritated.
He waved his hand impatiently. “Get up. If you dare to be so useless again next time, I won’t spare you! Now, go find out the ident.i.ty of that pretty boy with Maddy!”
He gritted his teeth furiously at the entrance of the Lion Restaurant, which was already empty.
Roy was a scion of one of the eight major families of DC. Even in DC, he was an existence praised by others all the time and enjoyed the pleasure of ordering others around.
As a scion of a powerful family, he should enjoy the treatment that royals received once he declared the name of his family!
Yet in Orange County, he actually got humiliated by a young man and almost died at his hands. He had been so frightened that he didn’t even dare to say anything harsh to him. It was absolutely a humiliation!
He swore that he would never let off the pretty boy who had the audacity to s.n.a.t.c.h his fiancée, as well as Maddy, whom he thought didn’t know any better!
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Meanwhile, Lucas, Maddy, Jordan, and Cheyenne had already arrived at the private room of the Lion Restaurant that they had booked in advance.
It should have been a joyous gathering, but due to the episode just now, Maddy was in low spirits now and even seemed to be forcing herself to look happy.
Seeing this, Jordan felt anxious.
Lucas also roughly understood what Maddy was worried about.
Maddy had been single for a long time, so he reckoned that the Stones must have become impatient. Besides, they were definitely tempted by the possible benefits they would enjoy from the marriage alliance with the Smiths. So despite Maddy’s objection, they took the liberty to set up a verbal engagement with the Smiths.
This was why Roy dared to declare directly that Maddy was already his fiancée and his property.
But given Maddy’s character, it was naturally upsetting for her because her family had completely ignored her feelings. This in itself was already a very sad thing.
For a moment, Jordan was at a loss for how to comfort her, and he could only comfort her softly, “Maddy, don’t be sad. No matter what, you still have us! As long as you don’t want to, the Smiths can’t touch you!”
Cheyenne also took Maddy’s hand and said sympathetically, “Yes, marriage is a matter between two people. If there are no feelings between you two at all, a forced marriage built based on your families’ interests will only cause you misery. Maddy, we have your back. As long as Jordan and Lucas are around, the Smiths won’t be able to hurt you!”
Lucas chimed in, “Yes, Maddy. As long as it’s something you don’t want to do, no one can force you against your wishes. We will all stand on your side!”
Maddy looked at the three people in front of her, her heart filled with a warm feeling.
“Thank you!” she said from the bottom of her heart.
Lucas and Jordan were both her comrades she had met at the Falcon Regiment, so she naturally trusted them and had faith in their abilities. She also trusted that they would definitely keep their word.
Even Cheyenne, whom she had only known for a few days, was standing on her side and supporting her. It made Maddy feel extremely touched.
But Maddy felt even more unwilling to let them be hurt precisely because they treated her so well.
“I’m going to go back to DC tomorrow,” she suddenly said.