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    Hailey opened her mouth, but her throat seemed to close in, and no sound came out.


    It was over. Noah knew everything now.


    How did he even find out this soon?


    Noah took a step closer, then another. His presence seemed to suck all the warmth from the room, until all that was left was a heavy sense of dread and despair.


    Without any warning, his hand shot out and closed around Hailey’s delicate neck. His fingers tightened like a noose, and she immediately found it hard to breathe.


    The only reason Noah had refrained from confronting her until now was that he had naively thought Hailey still had some semnce of a conscience within her. But after what he had witnessed just now, he realized he had given her too much credit.


    “If youy a finger on Sadie again, you can forget about getting any mercy from me.”


    Hailey’s vision was blurry at that point, and her face had turned an rming shade of red. She wed at Noah’s hand and tried to pry herself free, but her efforts were all in vain.


    The file showed that she had just made a few calls to Briley. That was it—just a few calls!


    “What…” Hailey gasped. “What did I do? Why would I… hurt Sadie? I don’t have anything… against her…”


    She tried to defend herself in between gasps for air. Her only hope now was to distance herself from the incident so she could insist on her innocence.


    But contrary to her goals, her denial only fanned the mes of Noah’s anger.


    Nothing against Sadie, she said? What a piss-poor lie!


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    He tightened his grip even more. Hailey’s eyes began to roll back, her arms going ck.


    Jack, who had been watching it all unfold from the sidelines, snapped to attention.


    If this continued, Noah might actually kill Hailey!


    Jack couldn’t let that happen. After all, Hailey was still the Burgess family heiress, and she still held considerable power within the Burgess Group.


    Most important of all, she was still technically Noah’s wife!


    If she died by Noah’s hands, it would cause a scandal of epic proportions. Not only would the Burgess family retaliate against Noah, but the Wall family would likely be dragged into the chaos as well.


    “Boss!” Jack cried out as he rushed forward. “Boss, you need to calm down! She’s not worth it!”


    The urgency in his voice snapped Noah back to his senses, and his rage abated slightly.


    He stared at the woman he had seized, drool running down her mouth as she gasped for air, and his handsome face twisted into a disgusted sneer.


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