The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1869

Solmaris was Williams family territory. The Fordham brothers had dared to cause trouble here; they couldn't be allowed to leave alive.

If he could get them under control, today's disaster wasn't entirely irreversible.

Just as Skyler gave the order, Perry, who had been silent in his wheelchair, suddenly lifted his shirt.

Perry's voice was even hoarser and more grating than Waylon's, like a broken bellows.

He curled his lips into a sinister, terrifying smile. "If anyone dares to touch us, we don't mind taking everyone here with us.

"To die with so many distinguished people… it wouldn't be a loss."

Only then did the crowd see that Perry's torso was wrapped in explosives.

In his hand, he held a detonator.

The scene descended into even greater chaos.

Stella hadn't expected the Fordham brothers to be so unhinged as to strap bombs to themselves.

If those explosives went off, almost everyone here would die with them.

Joshua gently squeezed her hand. "Star, don't worry. I won't let anything happen to you."

Stella was suddenly reminded of how Joshua had shielded her during a past explosion, keeping her completely unharmed.

Her heart settled.

Seeing the explosives on Perry, no one dared to make a move.

Skyler, noticing that the video was still playing after all this time, roared in fury, "Didn't I tell them to turn off the screen? Why is it still on after so long?!"

The Fordham brothers had not only switched the video but had also been talking for a long time.

Even the slowest response team should have shut it down by now.

Skyler's assistant ran over, drenched in sweat.

He was trembling, his voice on the verge of tears.

"Mr. Williams, it's not that we won't turn it off… we can't!"

Skyler's face was ashen. "What do you mean, you can't?!"

The assistant explained, shaking, "The network… the network in the control room has been hacked. So… so we can't shut it down…"

Skyler's vision went black, and he nearly fainted from rage.

He growled, "Can't you just pull the plug?"

The assistant's face was a mask of misery. "We already tried, but the power system switches have been sabotaged… They came very prepared. It will probably take some time…"

Meanwhile, the Chapmans, seated in the front rows, looked absolutely thunderous, their expressions grim with fury.

This engagement party was a humiliation not just for the Williams family, but for the Chapmans as well!

McCoy had been publicly humiliated… no, it was worse than that. With the entire world seeing his fiancée like this, he was the ultimate laughingstock.

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