Bye-bye Trash! Hello Queen! novel Chapter 146

Wayne held her, his voice uncharacteristically gentle as he soothed her.

Watching them embrace, Jerome felt an unfamiliar pang of irritation. Natalie had never called out to him like that. He conveniently forgot that he was the one who had forbidden her from calling him 'brother'.

"Your face is hurt," Wayne said, his voice laced with pain. "I've already made some calls. Those men are suspected of multiple crimes. They won't be getting out."

Jerome's ears perked up at that. He looked at Wayne with a new sense of scrutiny. "Natalie," he said anxiously, "Larry was just joking around with you—"

"Joking around?" Natalie's cold voice cut him off. "Do you actually believe that, Jerome? The man called you right in front of me. You and Joanna truly are two of a kind—vicious to the core." She knew Jerome probably just wanted to teach her a lesson, but Joanna’s hand was all over this.

"Joanna is unhappy, so you decide to ruin me? Sebastian won't finalize the divorce, so that's my fault too? I've already cut ties with your family, I'm staying far away from all of you. What does her mood have to do with me? Does every little thing that displeases her mean I have to pay the price?"

"Jerome, do you know why they didn't name their true boss today? Because in two weeks, your life is going to be over. I'm telling you this as a courtesy: you should not participate in that race. If you do, you'll understand why you didn't get arrested today, and why they didn't rat you out. You'll know everything then."

Once Sebastian made it clear he wouldn't marry Joanna, she would only become more frantic, accelerating her plans to get rid of her brothers.

"Natalie, you came out of this unscathed, didn't you? Just sign a statement of forgiveness, get them out, and I'll let you come back to the Scott family."

Wayne's fist flew out, connecting squarely with Jerome's jaw.

"Agh!" Jerome crumpled to the ground.

Wayne stood over him, his voice a furious roar. "You son of a bitch! Who do you think you're bestowing charity on? As long as I'm alive, Natalie will never go back to your disgraceful family! Now get lost!"