Chapter 366: Chapter 366: A Love with Nowhere to Go (66)

Second Master Joyce’s words made Aria Joyce stop in her tracks.

She turned around and saw Tristan Grayson with his arm wrapped protectively around Mika Summers. The anger she had just managed to suppress instantly flared up again.

"Tristan Grayson, if I just stand by and do nothing this time, does that mean you all think the Joyce Family is a bunch of pushovers?" No one in Tridell had ever dared cause trouble at the Empyrean Hotel.

And no one had ever dared to repeatedly provoke her and test her limits.

Even the Lockwoods had to speak to her politely whenever they saw her.

At this thought, Aria Joyce’s lips curved into a cold smile. "Don’t worry, Second Master. I can’t just let this go."

"What do you want?" Tristan Grayson asked, his gaze turning colder as he raised an eyebrow.

Aria Joyce’s pretty eyes landed on the woman in Tristan Grayson’s arms as she snapped, "Apologize. I want her to apologize to my Second Master. Once she apologizes, I’ll let her go."

"Impossible!"

"Impossible!"

...Tristan Grayson and Mika Summers refused in unison, their voices cold.

Once the words were out, not only was Aria Joyce taken aback, but even Silas Kent, who was standing to the side, was stunned. He frowned, his expression grim as he looked at them.

Aria Joyce was the first to recover, her lips curling into a sneer. "Hah... Impossible? In that case, none of you are leaving. You’re going to pay for every injury my Second Master and his men sustained." With that, she had already pulled out her phone to call for backup.

Tristan Grayson saw what Aria Joyce was doing and turned to yell at Ian Shaw, who was enjoying the show from a short distance away. "Ian Shaw, what are you just standing there for!"

"Oh! Right, right!" ’So this is the life-or-death situation? My predictions are scarily accurate, aren’t they?’

Grumbling to himself, Ian Shaw pulled out his phone and started making a call. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Aria Joyce put her phone away and glared at Tristan Grayson. "Tristan Grayson, are you really going to make an enemy of me over this woman?"

"So what if I am?"

Aria Joyce was so furious she laughed. "So what if you are? Tristan Grayson, you’d better be crystal clear about the consequences of making me your enemy!" ’Right now, the Joyce Family is the only corporation the Graysons can partner with. Without our help...’

"I’m perfectly clear," Tristan Grayson replied with a nod and a sneer.

"Good. Very good! Excellent! I’ll give you this, Tristan Grayson, you’ve got guts. But you will regret angering me for a woman like her!" Aria Joyce was clenching her phone so hard it took her a moment to force the words out through her anger.

After speaking, Aria Joyce strode over to Ian Shaw and, before he could react, snatched the file from his hands. She walked back to Tristan Grayson, a cruel smile playing on her lips, and tore the entire partnership proposal to shreds. "Tristan Grayson, the partnership between the Joyce Family and the Grayson Family is hereby terminated!"

As her voice faded, the scraps of paper scattered across the floor.

Ian Shaw stared at the fragments scattered across the floor, his mouth hanging slightly open as he looked at Aria Joyce in amazement.

’This woman has some serious nerve,’ he thought. ’Daring to tear up the contract and break the deal right in front of Tristan...’

Mika Summers saw what Aria Joyce had done. Feeling Tristan Grayson’s hand tighten around her waist, she suddenly laughed. "Miss Aria Joyce, the only reason I hit your Second Master was because he deserved it." ’That old man came in and immediately started getting handsy with me and my sister-in-law. Was I supposed to just stand there and take it? The fact that I didn’t beat them to death is a testament to my restraint.’

"—" Aria Joyce shot Mika Summers a cold glare. ’This woman is unbelievably audacious. Does she have any idea what that contract meant? Does she know how many people are out there begging for the chance to work with the Joyce Family?’

"You of all people should know what kind of man your Second Master is. If he hadn’t been inappropriate with me in the restroom, I wouldn’t have struck him so hard. But I guess the Joyce Family is so used to throwing its weight around that you don’t care about a minor detail like that. However, I, Mika Summers, am not someone you can just bully."