Clink!
Suddenly, Della dropped her spoon, evidently intimidated by him.
Larry's eyes gleamed with wickedness as he knew that the relatively inexperienced woman in front of him was no match for him.
He glared at her and pressed on, "When are you going to send her back?"
Damn it! He's trying to force me into submission!
She put on an innocent front as she rebuked, "Larry, did anything happen to Joan? What are you talking about? I don't understand anything you said!"
It wasn't much of a challenge for her to play
dumb.
I guess there is a reason she's not to be underestimated, huh? She's not that capable, yet she's quite the expert when it comes to putting on a show!
Glaring at the pretentious woman, Larry repeated his question indifferently, "I'm going to repeat myself for one last time. When are you going to send Joan back?"
Della was stupefied by the man's ferocious glare.
She had seen it before, so she knew that he had been suppressing his wrath, but he was about to lose his cool. Panic-stricken, Della started shivering uncontrollably.
No! I can't admit that I have abducted Joan! Otherwise, he's going to hold a grudge against me!
"I'll give you three days to send her back. If she shows up within three days, I'll forget about this incident and consider it a short getaway."
"However, if I fail to see her after three days, I'll wage war against you! Della, I'm warning you for the last time! I won't tolerate you anymore!" Having said that, he got up from his seat and departed.
Gaping at the man's leaving figure, Della was overwhelmed by waves of emotions.
No matter what I do, it will never be good enough for him.
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