Yannie did not know who this man was, but when she saw him storming toward Thomas in anger, she instinctively leaped in front of Thomas to shield him.
Smack! The man's slap landed on Yannie's face harshly.
The entire hallway fell silent at this.
Everyone, including the tall man and Thomas, who had just emerged from the elevator, were too stunned to speak.
A split second later, Thomas pulled Yannie into his arms and shot the man a murderous glare. "Dan, if you have anything against me, you should come at me like a man instead of hurting innocent women!"
Yannie realized that this tall man was none other than Dan Howard, Thomas' half-brother.
Dan immediately regained his composure upon hearing this. He shot his brother a cold look and snapped, "If this woman hadn't come out of nowhere, you would've gotten it!"
With that, he stormed toward Thomas once more, shouting, "How dare you even show your face here after hurting our dad like this? Not only that, but you even let your woman protect you?"
Dan was a lanky man, so when he stormed toward Thomas, he kicked up a gust of wind that seemed to take over the entire room.
Yannie was worried that Thomas, in his weakened state, would not stand a chance against him, so she tried to pry herself out of Thomas' grip, but instead, she was trapped.
Thomas reached out to stop Dan's fist and, in doing so, lowered his head to smile at her. "I'm always here to protect you. No matter what happens, you don't need to protect me."
At this moment, Dan raised his other arm in preparation for combat.
Thomas curled his lips into a smirk, shoved Yannie aside, and grabbed Dan's other hand before he could bring it down on him.
Then, he gave a sharp twist—
"Agh—!" Dan's wails of agony echoed through the hallway.
"Thomas Howard! Is hurting your father not enough that you now want to hurt your brother too?" Tina quickly sprinted over, shoving Yannie out of the way in annoyance, and grabbed hold of Thomas' arm. "Let go of him!"
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