All Chapters of Spoiled? Try Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Right after I sent that voice message, Zach rapped the table impatiently. He tugged on his expensive tie and spoke to me like I was beneath him."Snitching to your useless friends already? Don't push your luck, Jessica. You should feel honored that you got me as your blind date."His phone's screen was still lit up. Sure enough, his mother, Lina Hausen, added shrilly, "Bring her right home, son. I've never seen anyone who can't even crack a crab. Who does she think she is? A princess? I will not bless this marriage until she does all the dishes!"I sniffled, tears swirling in my eyes. I had never once had to do such menial tasks, even when I was a kid. So, doing the dishes wasn't exactly my forte. Besides, my house was filled with antiques, and my nephew always looked like he'd kill himself if I broke a single one by accident. I had it on good authority that he'd rather strangle himself with his hair than ask me to wash them."I'm not going." I put my hands under the table. My vo

Lina scoffed, stalked toward me, and jabbed a finger at me. "You've got no money, and you came on a blind date here? Do you really think just anyone can marry into my family? You'll have to pay up if you want to marry my son!"I covered my mouth and tried my best to swallow my hiccups. "I'm not marrying him," I argued, but my voice came out as soft as a whimper.Even worse, my retort earned Lina's ire. Her eyes went wide with rage, and she reached out to twist my ear. "How dare you talk back to me! Clearly, your family has failed to teach you any manners!"I jerked my head away, but her long nails scratched up my cheek, leaving a red trail behind. It burned. "Don't touch me!"I panicked and tried to run, but the burly guards stood in my way like human walls.Lina hated the fact that I dared to turn my back on her and flee, so she cursed, "How dare you run, you bitch! I'll make you submit, or my name isn't Lina!"She yanked my wrist, and her eyes were immediately glued to my left

I could see Zach's face peeking out from behind his phone, and he was shamelessly grinning at me."Your father?" Lina cackled with even more gusto. "Your father is nothing to us! I'm still going to make you do the dishes even if he goes down on his knees and begs me not to!"Lina's strength was more terrifying than I thought. My thumb was already bright red with ink, and it was less than an inch away from that humiliating agreement.Hopelessness drowned me along with my tears. I closed my eyes and bit my lip until the skin broke and I tasted metal in my mouth.Right before my thumb would touch the surface of that paper, a loud, thunderous explosion tore through the room.The thick, bulletproof door was smashed to pieces from a single kick, and the wooden shards blasted through the room like bullets.Before the guards who were pinning me down knew what was going on, the wooden shards had already hit them, causing them to barrel across the air, screaming.Lina's hand froze in her

Jason whipped out his phone and called Gray Group's CEO's office. The call ended after a brief conversation. Then, Jason said, "I got it. It's some Michael guy from the branch family. He's in charge of a small subcontracting company around the south, and he did sign a letter of intent with an upstart called David Shaw."His voice was cold, and he looked at Lina and Zach as if they were mere maggots."Summon him," said my father without even looking up.Although Lina was being pinned to the ground, she still thought my family was just putting up an act as she spat, "Yeah, like I'd fall for that act! As if people like you get to call Mr. Gray by name!"She squirmed around in her fat, out-of-shape body and bellowed arrogantly, "When he shows up, I'll have him throw all of you charlatans into the river!"Zach swallowed his whimpers as he gripped his broken leg and clenched his teeth. "You're done for, Jessica! You think these actors could scare me? I promise you I'll make you pay un

The bodyguards quickly stepped in and pulled the mother and son apart. Lina was now sporting a nosebleed, so her face was caked in blood. Honestly, she would've fit right in as a vengeful spirit in some B-class horror flick. Zach's face was littered with scratch marks, and his expensive suit was now in tatters.He was breathing heavily, and his venomous gaze was fixed on me. Suddenly, he let out a loud, maniacal cackle. "So what if you guys are the Grays?"Then, he tore away from the bodyguards with a sudden burst of strength and lunged at me like a rabid beast, dragging his limping leg with him. A sharp shard of glass sat tightly in his hands. "If I'm going to hell, I'm going to drag one of you down with me!"He was fast, and I was the only Gray closest to him when he attacked. My nephews yelled in shock. "Protect Jessica!"They didn't even need to move as the Grays' best guards leaped out of the shadows and appeared before me. One slammed their leg into Zach's chest, causing hi