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    “What the hell are you doing locking that? We’re not done here!”


    Jerry paused, taking a deep breath as he fought to maintain his calm.


    “Are you serious? Do you even grasp the gravity of your actions? You pped Ms. Harper in her own building! And yet, you dare to ask about running a shop? Can you even hear yourself talk?”


    His expression contorted with rage, and for a fleeting second, it seemed like he was ready to break someone’s jaw.


    Jerry’s devotion to Dani was unwavering. During his family’s darkest times, Dani had been his beacon of support, and he vowed to remain indebted to her forever.


    Witnessing someone as kind-hearted as Dani endure a public humiliation at the hands of her own father was more than he could bear.


    Jerry’s rage simmered beneath the surface.


    The issue wasn’t that the elderly were deteriorating into malevolence. Rather, it was the wicked who aged without mending their ways.


    Seething with anger, Jerry marched away from the scene. Joyce remained rooted to the spot, her gaze fixed on the locked door of the shop.


    Despite being tucked away in the basement, the space was far superior to any other she could have dreamed of securing.


    Joyce pulled at her mother’s sleeve and murmured, “Mom, maybe this ce isn’t all that bad?”


    Katrina, still visibly distraught and mortified by the day’s events, felt a pang of bitterness towards Caiden. She had never imagined he would lose hisposure and strike Dani.


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    When he was supposed to act, he held back. And when it was better to stay quiet, he ran his mouth like an idiot and ruined it all.


    The words slipped from her lips before she realized it.


    Caiden whirled around, his expression a mix of shock and disbelief.


    “What did you just say? After all this mess, you’re pointing the finger at me? Do you even get who I was risking everything for?”


    With that, he turned around and stormed away, not once ncing back. Katrina, jolted back to reality by her own blunder, stood frozen, her cheeks burning with embarrassment. Beside her, Joyce shifted ufortably, her eyes darting between the closed shop door and Caiden’s receding figure.


    Memories of her lost virginity flooded back, and she suddenly burst into tears.


    The news that the CEO of Elite Lux had been publicly humiliated was rapidly spreading across social media.


    The moment Alexander exited the meeting, the scandal’s details began to unravel before him.


    He mmed the contract down on the table with a resounding thud and dialed Katrina’s number.


    The phone barely rang before she answered, her voiceced with usation.


    “Alexander! How could you let this happen? You never mentioned that Dani’s offer was just for the basement spot! Now look at the mess you’ve caused. Caiden actually hit Dani, right there in front of everyone, and now she’s refusing to let us lease any space at all. What are we supposed to do now?”


    Alexander opened his mouth to protest, but Katrina crushed his attempt, her words slicing through him like a de.


    “I don’t give a damn how you fix it, but you better clean up this disaster for us.” Stunned into silence, Alexander could only listen.


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