Chapter 113: The Heiress Declares Her Allegiance

[Ralph’s POV]

I flipped through the pages till the last one and exhaled a defeat.

A pen shot into my view.

I stared at it briefly to suppress my rage then snatched it over. With another exhale of resignation, I removed the cap and placed the tip of the pen just above the dotted line—.

“NO! DON’T SIGN IT, RALPH!” Juliette shouted.

Juliette? My hand froze. My insides bursting with renewed hope. My gaze shot up and there she was, right before my eyes—dishevelled and covered in stains, panting slightly; her right arm was bloodied; her purple eyes widened with worry.

In a second, I had scanned her entirely and understood what had happened to her. My rage skyrocketed. I wanted to punch the daylights out of that bastard.

But before I reacted, Luke had grabbed hold of Juliette.

“Ow!” Juliette yelped as her bad arm was twisted roughly and pinned behind her back. “Let go of me, you traitor!”

But Luke tugged her close against him, refraining her movements. “You slut! What did you