Chapter 2

Two people in police uniforms squeezed their way in. When they saw the mess all over the floor, they frowned.

But when their eyes landed on Karen, who was lying on the ground with a swollen, bruised face, their expressions changed instantly.

"Ms. Karen? What are you doing here? What happened?"

One chubby police officer hurried over. He reached out to help Karen up.

When Karen saw the police, it was as if she had found her backing. She pointed at me and Alice and started shouting.

"Peter! These bitches had gone crazy! First they refused to pay the bill, then they even assaulted us! Look at what they did to me, and my employees too. We were all injured by them!"

The chubby officer glanced at the injuries on us and didn't take them seriously at all. Instead, he put on a stern face and shouted at us.

"Who are you two? How dare you cause trouble here? And you even dared to hurt people from the Smith Group? You've got some nerve!"

Alice said, "She asked us to pay her bill for no reason and attacked us first."

"Nonsense!" Karen cut her off immediately.

"I was being kind and trying to make friends with them. I only asked them to pay the bill for me. They turned hostile right away and even pretended to be my husband's wife and someone from the White family in Lordecity."

The chubby officer clearly believed her. He pointed at the shattered beer bottles and overturned tables on the floor.

"No matter what, you beat her into this state and smashed up the restaurant. That means you're in the wrong!”

“Let me tell you, in Metrocity, nobody dares to disrespect the Smith Group?”

“Ms. Karen is right under Chairman Henry. Disrespecting her means disrespecting the Smith Group. You're going against the rules of the entire city!"

The other, thinner officer had already taken out his handcuffs and waved them.

"Enough talk. Come back to the station with us first.”

“Oh, and the bill for Ms. Karen's table, the restaurant’s damages, medical costs, and emotional distress. You two will cover it all.”

“Then you gotta kneel down and apologize to Ms. Karen. Maybe this can still be settled privately."

I laughed in anger. "On what grounds? She started the trouble. You don't even bother to find out the facts before convicting us?"

“On what grounds?” The chubby officer waved his hand impatiently. "Because you're outsiders! Since you're here, you follow the rules here. Ms. Karen was being nice to let you pay her bill. Don't be ungrateful!"

Alice sneered.

"You mean Metrocity's so-called rules can override the national law?"

The thin officer stepped forward and reached for me with the handcuffs. "Heh, still talking tough? Looks like you haven't learned your lesson!"

I dodged him. He flew into a rage, suddenly pulled out a stun baton, and turned it on.

He jabbed the stun baton toward me and said, "So you want it the hard way? You're asking for this!"

The electric current shot through my limbs. My whole body went numb, and I nearly collapsed.

Alice reacted quickly and caught me. She shouted at the police.

"How dare you abuse your power?"

"Abuse of power?" The chubby officer also pulled out a stun baton and aimed it at Alice.

"I'm carrying out official duties. In Metrocity, anything involving the Smith Group is a big deal. People like you who don't know their place need to be punished!"

Alice let out a muffled groan as she was shocked. A burnt smell filled the air.

"A bunch of damn fools! You'll regret this one day..."

"Regret?" The chubby officer laughed even harder. He lifted Alice's chin with his baton.

"I won’t regret anything, but you will, when you're both locked up and getting beaten every day."

He turned to Karen with an ingratiating smile.

"Ms. Karen, is this enough? If not, just tell us what we should do."

Karen watched from the side with satisfaction.

"Beat them. They need to learn who really calls the shots here."

The chubby officer kicked me once and then bent over toward Karen again.

"Ms. Karen, can you give us a hint? About when is your due date?”

“We wanna prepare some gifts to congratulate you and Chairman Henry."

The thin officer nodded eagerly as well.

"Exactly. Please honor us then and let us share the joy.”

“Maybe Chairman Henry can help promote us somehow."

When they mentioned this, Karen smiled.

"Four or five months more. It's a boy."

Karen was pregnant?

When I heard that, my mind went completely blank.

I had been away on a business trip for half a year and had only just returned to Metrocity. And Henry already got her pregnant?

My blood rushed to my head.

I had been married to Henry for two years. He always used being busy with work as an excuse to put off having a child.

I struggled to get up. When the thin officer saw me still trying to move, he jabbed the stun baton straight into the back of my neck.

The electric shock made my vision go black. I nearly collapsed onto the floor.

Seeing this, Karen casually grabbed a stool and raised it, about to smash it down on my head.

At that moment, the sound of hurried leather shoes rang out from the restaurant entrance.