Chapter 4: Hero or Hound?

In an instant, the entire banquet hall fell silent.

Even Yelena, who had been silently observing everything from not far away, was shocked and covered her mouth.

Rose actually kissed Lucas?

She had grown up with Rose and knew this woman better than anyone.

Even if she kissed Lucas just to get rid of David, even if it was a moment of impulse, the very act of doing something like that proved one thing. She definitely didn’t dislike Lucas.

She might even feel a bit of affection for him.

On the other side, Lucas caught the faint fragrance and widened his eyes. He felt like his entire being had sunk into a pile of cotton, soft and weightless.

[No! I can’t get lost in this. The male lead is watching from the side. But I also can’t push away the female lead. Otherwise, my character will collapse. According to villain logic, I need to turn the tables!]

Without thinking further, Lucas lifted his hands, ready to wrap them around Rose and kiss her back.

But just as he lifted his hands, Rose pushed him away and once again took his arm.

Lucas: “...”

You kiss when you feel like it and stop when you don’t. What do you take me for?

“Did you see clearly, David? Do you still think I was forced?”

The kiss ended.

Rose’s face flushed with embarrassment, and a trace of regret crept in.

To escape from David, to retaliate against the bastard who kept cursing her in his mind, she had actually sacrificed her first kiss.

But what was done was done, and she had no time to care anymore.

Letting that brat take advantage was still better than letting David seize the White Corporation.

David clenched his fists so tightly they cracked, flames burning in his dark eyes like molten lava.

“Rose! I’ll ask you one last time. Are you really going to be this playboy’s girlfriend? Don’t you know that this kind of sacrifice is meaningless? Just say the word and I’ll wipe out the entire Grey family and return your freedom!”

[Fuck you! All I did was be a simp, not murder anyone, and you want to wipe out the Grey family? What is this, some ultra-alpha syndrome?]

Seeing that David was about to lose control and was on the verge of punching Lucas’s head off, Zeke suddenly rushed over at the last second.

“You filthy pauper! Who do you think you are, showing off at our Miller family banquet, laying hands on our honored guest, and even boasting about destroying the Grey family? I’ll show you what happens when you mess with Zeke.”

He suddenly pulled a military-grade dagger from his sleeve and, with no regard for the consequences, swung it straight at David.

Startled, Lucas quickly shouted, “Zeke, stop!”

He actually dared to attack the male lead and with a knife, no less.

Was he trying to get himself killed?

But it was too late.

David was already furious. Now faced with someone running up to die and even daring to attempt to kill him, how could he tolerate that?

He clenched his fist. Using half his strength, he threw a heavy punch that landed squarely on Zeke’s face.

In an instant—

Zeke’s face collapsed inward like a deflated balloon.

Cough!

Blood sprayed out, and Zeke instantly lost consciousness.

The entire scene fell deathly quiet.

Lucas, Rose, and Yelena were all horrified.

Such skill. Such brutality.

That punch was clearly meant to kill.

“Zeke!”

Yelena quickly rushed to Zeke’s side and checked his breath. Fortunately, he was still alive.

“Call an ambulance!”

After instructing the butler to take care of Zeke, she immediately stood up. Her usual elegance and gentleness were in complete disarray. The storm in her eyes grew stronger.

“Mr. Fox, my father kindly invited you to his birthday banquet. How could you harm my family like this?”

David’s expression darkened. “You didn’t see it? He came at me first.”

Yelena frowned disapprovingly. “Even if he did, to you he’s no more than an ant. A light punishment would’ve sufficed. Was it necessary to nearly kill him?”