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Chapter 81: The Price of Regret

Autor: Bliss Ositas
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Sheldon gritted his teeth and kicked Jack off with raw force. Jack staggered backward, losing his balance before crashing hard onto the polished floor.

He clutched his chest in pain, coughing as the air was forced out of his lungs. The sound echoed through the hall, sharp and humiliating.

Sheldon stepped forward, his eyes burning with a fury that had been restrained for far too long.

“When you were trying to destroy Julia,” Sheldon burst out, his voice thunderous, shaking the chandeliers above them, “did you think about leaving her a way out?” His foot lifted again as if he truly meant to kick Jack a second time.

The guests held their breath. Even the Reynolds family, who had once stood tall and arrogant, now looked like statues carved from fear and disbelief.

Jack groaned, then slowly rolled over and pushed himself onto his knees. His movements were clumsy, desperate, stripped of dignity. He crawled toward Julia like a man whose spine had finally been crushed.

Tears blurred his vi
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