Sophia Sullivan looked at Leo Carter as if he were garbage.
The expression stung Leo's pride.
"You dare call me—"
Before he could finish, Sophia pressed her car key.
The Rolls-Royce Phantom's headlights flashed.
Leo's gaze locked onto the key.
He licked his lips.
His anger evaporated instantly.
A sycophantic smile spread across his face as he blocked Sophia's path.
"Sophia, let me drive you home."
He rubbed his hands together, eyes gleaming.
"A real man shouldn't let a woman drive."
As he spoke, his fingers inched toward Sophia's hand.
Leo's heart swelled with excitement.
That car cost over a million dollars.
Sophia had clearly struck gold.
If he could get his hands on her...
He fantasized about making her buy him a brand-new car.
No more driving secondhand junk.
Lost in his delusions, a cold voice sliced through his thoughts.
"Oh?"
Before Leo could react—
The world spun.
Sophia flipped him over her shoulder and slammed him onto the pavement.
Agony exploded through his body.
Cold sweat drenched Leo's back.
His organs felt rearranged.
"Let go—ah!"
Sophia drove her knee into his ribs.
The pressure crushed his lungs.
Leo gasped for air, his face turning crimson.
Slap!
A sharp crack echoed as her palm struck his cheek.
Sophia spoke lazily.
"So you bully people because you like them?"
Another slap landed.
"Is this your way of getting attention?"
Slap! Slap! Slap!
Her strikes were swift and merciless.
Her hands moved so fast they blurred.
"Then I'm bullying you now."
"Does that mean I'm flirting with you?"
Leo's face swelled like a balloon.
He howled in pain.
Stars danced in his vision.
"You crazy bitch!"
He couldn't believe it.
This violent woman was the same pushover from the orphanage.
The image of that timid girl overlapped with Sophia's current form.
Leo shielded his head.
"Stop! I surrender!"
"Not even a thank you?"
Sophia yanked him up by the collar.
Her hand hovered, ready to strike.
Leo squeezed his eyes shut.
"Thank you! Thank you!"
She kicked him away.
"Get lost."
Sophia rose gracefully.
She smoothed the wrinkles from her clothes with elegant precision.
"Next time won't be so easy."
Leo lay crumpled on the ground, humiliated.
He clutched his head and whimpered.
"Yes! Yes!"
Instead of gaining an advantage, he'd gotten beaten black and blue.
He watched helplessly as the Rolls-Royce's taillights disappeared.
Clutching his swollen face, he ground his teeth.
"Sophia... Sullivan."
Leo swore to himself.
He would make this woman his.
Then he'd show her who was boss.
Today's humiliation would be repaid a hundredfold.