Chapter 71 – The Fall of an Empire

Jett

Two years ago…

What mistake did I make in my past life to be so unlucky in this one? It’s hard to believe that kind of bullshit, but realizing the current situation, I’m desperate to get answers. Why is it that I have to suffer like this?

Everything spiraled down when I lost my woman.

I saw her that night. That painful night.

She rode a motorbike in a flashy red dress after successfully poisoning half my men, damaging them physically and emotionally.

She was my poison.

She poisoned my heart, my soul, my mind.

Fallon’s departure felt like the first domino that fell and what followed was significantly heavy.

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“This is foolish, you know?”

I smirked but raised my hands in the air, nonetheless. I was woken up with a gun to my head in the middle of the night. The alcohol from last night’s heavy drinking still boiled in my stomach, making me defenseless to this surprise attack. Though, even with a hazy vision, I can still make out the fucker’s silhouette.

“You’ve got the balls to turn