Chapter 46

Brynn walked past Chase, her face cold. Chase felt stung by her total disregard and grabbed her. He slammed the bathroom door, a flask clutched in his other hand.

Brynn jumped. Before she could react, Chase pinned her against the dock, leaned down, and went for a kiss.

The sound of the slap rang out in the empty restroom. Brynn shook her wrist and shoved Chase away without a second thought. "Chase, what the hell are you doing?"

Feeling the burn on his face and seeing the disgust in Brynn's eyes, Chase felt both angry and embarrassed. “Who do you think you are, Brynn? You’re nothing but trash! Who the hell do you think you are to look down on me?” he roared, grabbing her wrist again and trying to force another kiss.

“You jerk…” Brynn cursed under her breath. Furious, she kicked him right where it hurt most, his groin.

She didn’t hold back. Chase let out an agonized scream, clutched his crotch, and dropped to his knees, writhing. “You…” Chase glared at Brynn, wanting to curse but too pained to speak.

Brynn just folded her arms and laughed. “Even if I’m trash, I’m not letting a piece of dirt like you touch me.” With that, she rolled her eyes and slammed the door shut behind her as she left.

Watching Brynn walk away like that, Chase was so furious that he felt like grinding his teeth to dust. “Fine… Brynn, you think you’re so great. Just you wait. One day, you’ll be crawling on your knees, begging me to take you,” Chase snapped.

But Brynn didn’t give a damn. She left without looking back, leaving Chase to hobble away, clutching the wall and wincing in pain.

The door to the men’s restroom next door slowly opened. Declan, holding his phone, watched Chase’s miserable retreat with an amused look on his face. “What a show. Just some nobody from the Johnson family, and he’s so arrogant?” A hint of coldness flashed in Declan’s eyes.

“Dominic, this guy’s way too arrogant. He was so rude to Brynn. I should teach him a lesson, right?” asked Declan.

On the other end of the call, Dominic’s voice was icy cold. “No need. She’s my wife. If anyone’s going to stand up for her, it’s me.”

Declan was stunned. He also couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy for Chase. He thought, The punishment from me and the punishment from President Johnson are entirely different. ‘Poor Chase is about to be in deep trouble.’

On the other side, Dominic hung up the phone with a dark expression. He immediately dialed another number. As soon as the call connected, before the other person could speak, Dominic snapped coldly, “Cut off Chase Johnson’s branch from the family.”

Chapter 46

“Chase Johnson? Who’s that?” Howard, who had just answered the call, was still confused.

“He’s the illegitimate son that Patrick raised outside the family,” Dominic added. Howard didn’t see why they needed to make such a big deal out of a mere side branch. “Did they offend you?” he asked.

They must’ve done something pretty bad to get cut off like that.

“No, not me. My wife,” said Dominic.

“Huh… Wait, your wife?!” Howard, who had been lounging in his armchair, sat up straight, his eyes widening. “When did you get married?”

Thinking of Brynn, Dominic softened his cold face a bit, and a smile tugged at the corner of his lips. “Just recently. We’ve already gotten the marriage certificate.”

‘What? They’ve gotten the marriage certificate?’ Howard couldn’t believe his ears.

Howard was even more shocked. “You actually got married? Who is my daughter-in-law? The mayor’s daughter, or the vice-mayor’s daughter? Is she pretty? What’s she like?”

“I’ll introduce her to you once you’ve taken care of what needs to be taken care of,” Dominic said with a hint of mischief. “Until then, it’s a secret.”

“You little brat,” scolded Howard.

“Have to go,” Dominic said, hanging up abruptly.

Howard cursed under his breath but immediately ordered someone to cut off Chase and his father from the family.

After hanging up, Dominic still felt uneasy. He paused the meeting, grabbed his coat, and headed to the party.

At the same time, Chase’s face darkened with anger. He couldn’t accept being brushed off by Brynn like that. And he definitely couldn’t accept her calling another man “honey.”