Chapter 860

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Howard still didn’t fully understand Tyler, though. Tyler didn’t become arrogant and haughty. He was born that way.

Tyler looked at Howard in disdain. “Did you wash your hands? They’re filthier than a toilet bowl.”

“You have guts, I’ll give you that!” Howard’s eyes widened as he lifted a leg to kick Tyler.

Tyler tilted his body to one side, as if expecting Howard’s attack. Howard lurched forward and missed, ending up on the floor with his legs split, looking comical and silly.

One of his men even burst out laughing at the sight.

Ashamed, Howard yelled furiously, “What are you laughing at? What’s so funny?”

Everyone immediately fell silent.

Tyler was all tied up, but he didn’t look one bit like a prisoner. Instead, he looked like a mighty king, looking down on his subjects as he said leisurely, “Sorry, it was classical conditioning.”

Howard stood up wordlessly from the ground, grabbed a bat from one of his men, and smashed Tyler’s knees hard with it. Tyler’s knees buckled as he knelt to the ground. He bore with the pain, his deep, dark eyes gleaming in the dim warehouse.

Howard had learned his lesson this time and made two of his men press down on Tyler’s shoulder so he couldn’t move.

He grabbed the baseball bat tightly as he said to Tyler through gritted teeth, “Let’s see how you dodge this time, Tyler!”

With that, he raised the bat high, poised to strike Tyler once more. This time, he was aiming for Tyler’s crotch.

“I can’t have my own children in the future, and it’s all your fault! Don’t blame me for being ruthless. I’m simply returning the favor.”

Yale and Jerry’s eyes widened, but they couldn’t make a sound. Howard was mad!

Tyler was still stubborn, showing no signs of wanting to plead for mercy.

“Howard, do you really think Rachel will be with you after you ruin me? You still don’t see it now, do you? Even if I become an invalid while you’re perfectly fine, she will never want you! In other words, you’re worse than an invalid in her eyes.”

Tyler was probably the only one who dared to continue provoking Howard under such circumstances.

Howard’s fury burned as he glared viciously at Tyler.

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“Good on you, Tyler. The guts of you to act so arrogantly before me, even at a time like this! I’ll see how arrogant you can be in a while!”

Howard raised his bat, aiming for Tyler’s crotch.

Yale and Jerry both shut their eyes, not daring to look.

However, the shriek of pain they expected from Tyler never came. Instead, they heard him yell in surprise, “Rachel!”

Yale and Jerry opened their eyes, only to see Rachel taking the hit.

Howard was stunned as well.

Rachel seized the chance while Howard had his attention on Tyler to pull out an eyebrow trimmer from her pocket.

She had her usual scatterbrained and absent-mindedness to thank for that. When she was trimming her brows in the morning, she didn’t want to leave her things accumulated on the sink counter and simply chucked the trimmer in her pocket.

Although it took her a while to cut the rope with the trimmer, it was certainly better than being a sitting duck.

Rachel didn’t even have the time to tear off the masking tape on her mouth. She didn’t have the capacity to think about anything else aside from one thought:

She couldn’t let Tyler be ruined by that bastard Howard!

Rachel lay in Tyler’s arms, all energy sucked out of her. She held her arched back, cold sweat soaking through her shirt.