Chapter 1

The second I hung up the phone, Josh Blakely kicked my car. “I was talking to you! Are you deaf?”

I frowned as I watched a scuff mark appear on my beloved, twenty-million-dollar car. “Do all the people at Righteous Holdings act so unreasonably?”

“I’ll show you reasonable, dude! At Righteous Holdings, everything I do is reasonable!”

Seeing how arrogant and out of control he was, I dumped the car keys at his feet.

“I’m not listening to you!”

Josh raised an eyebrow and then made to punch me.

“How dare you throw things at me? Who gave you the nerve? I won’t let you leave this parking lot!”

I found the threat of keeping me here laughable. No one in the city of Genera dared to speak to a member of the Day family this way.

I scoffed and pointed at Josh. “I’d love to see how you’ll achieve that.”

When I said this, all the passersby were taken aback. They looked at me in disbelief, as if I had done something completely shocking.

Josh laughed. He waved a hand, summoning more than half a dozen burly bodyguards.

“Teach him a lesson for me. Teach him who’s in charge in Genera!”

After he said this, I felt a huge blow to my abdomen, and the pain was so intense that my vision went dark.

The bodyguards held me in place, and their fists rained down on my chest.

They hit me so hard that I could not help but curl inward, but they mercilessly straightened my body again.

“Stop! I’m Vanessa Whitecastle’s fiance!” I yelled through my pain. “I’m the only heir of the Day family in Genera! How dare you treat me this way? You’re going to be done for!”

When they heard this, the bodyguards and everyone nearby burst into laughter.

Josh had his bodyguards hold me up so he could land a kick to my stomach himself.

My stomach flipped from the blow.

Josh clamped his hand around my throat. His gaze was sinister. “Who’s this imposter throwing his weight around? You, the heir of the Day family? I’ll believe it when I see it!

“I’m Vanessa’s husband. If I hear you claim to be her fiance again, I’ll cripple you!”

I scoffed to myself. Even if I did not like the marriage arrangement my family made for me, I was insulted that Vanessa’s lover dared to identify himself in my presence.

It was preposterous!

Josh’s hands were like a metal vice around my neck.

Before I could lose consciousness, I managed to headbutt Josh, making blood gush from his nose.

Using this opportunity, I shoved the bodyguard holding me up. Once I got out of the hold, I rushed at Josh and started hitting him.

He howled as I landed punch after punch on him.

Everyone was stunned that I had suddenly managed to fight back.

“Where in the world did my bodyguards disappear to?”

When they saw their employer being beaten up, the bodyguards quickly rushed over.

In the scuffle, they were able to restrain me again.

Josh got up and grabbed a nearby road barrier. He used it to hit me.

“Beat him up! I’ll handle the fallout!”

Punches landed all over my back.

The hard hits landed so violently that I suddenly heard a clear crack in my back.

Right then, I heard an angry voice that made everyone go still. “Stop!”