From Ashes to Queen: Now I Call the Shots novel Chapter 58

From Ashes to Queen: Now I Call the Shots

Chapter 58 The Box

Scarlett rolled her eyes at him. “Can we focus on the mission?”

Jack went quiet.

Jasper turned slightly to glance at her.

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In his eyes, there was surprise, appreciation, and something else–something even he couldn’t quite identify or describe.

Something stirred faintly in his chest.

He forced the unfamiliar feeling back down.

“Break in.”

There was still no movement inside the villa. His hand lowered slowly.

The bodyguards opened fire on the villa windows without hesitation.

Inside, the members of the Robert family, who had been hoping to sit back and enjoy the show, were scared out of their minds.

Only Carson managed to keep up appearances and shouted, “Stop!”

He led the way forward, still carrying a bit of presence.

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But everyone behind him was trembling. Even if they managed not to collapse from weak knees, their formation was a mess.

Jack saw them all coming out and let out a mocking laugh, his whole body radiating hostility.

“Well damn, the Robert family’s still alive. For a second there, I thought you were all dead.”

Jasper’s gaze swept across each face like a blade of ice, sharp and biting.

Familiar or not, known or unknown.

Everyone who met his eyes broke out in goosebumps.

“Jasper, is this how you greet your elders? Looks like the rumors were true–you’re completely out of control.”

Carson spoke with all the self–importance of an elder, his tone loaded with gunpowder.

“Were the rats yours?”

Jasper’s voice was cold. He didn’t answer–he asked instead.

His expression didn’t change, but the danger rolling off him was suffocating.

Carson instinctively wanted to take a few steps back.

But once he realized he was backing down from a younger man, he felt a sting of humiliation.

Chapter 58 The Box

“You’re questioning me? I should be asking you–bringing all these people, are you here to raid the house?

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Jasper’s eyes were ice. With a single gesture, his bodyguards instantly lined up in formation.

Gordon had already ducked behind the butler, shaking like a leaf, and the others weren’t any braver,

They didn’t know where Mr. Fletcher’s bodyguards came from, but that suffocating aura alone was enough to terrify anyone.

Carson clenched his back teeth.

His sister was Jasper’s stepmother. If she didn’t have any children, he might’ve been willing to give this cheap nephew a little face.

But she was the lady of the Fletcher family, and her son was the true heir.

He had no reason to smooth things over.

So if the mask was coming off–it might as well come off completely.

“Jasper, seems like you don’t plan on going back to Jandale. Fine. I’ll make that happen.”

The second he finished speaking-

The second–floor windows of the villa suddenly exploded.

Dozens of gun barrels aimed straight at them.

Jasper’s face couldn’t even be described as grim anymore. The icy fury in his expression was laced with killing intent that could no longer be restrained.

Jack was already ready.

It wasn’t the first time he and Jasper had faced death.

In fact, compared to what they’d seen before, this didn’t even count as dangerous.

So his expression remained calm and steady.

But his fists were clenched, and his eyes glinted coldly.

Scarlett didn’t even know what came over her. Without thinking, she pulled out every medical pouch on her and handed one to Jasper.

Just in case.

A moment passed.

The killing aura around Jasper faded like a retreating tide.

When he took the pouch, all the darkness in his eyes disappeared.

“You’re not scared?”

Chapter 58 The Box

He turned his head slightly and asked.

Scarlett’s face was tense,

It was the first time she’d ever faced something this intense.

She felt like she was either to die or be crippled today.

But she didn’t feel fear. Or regret.

Only a calm readiness to face whatever came.

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“Why would I be? You’re taller than me, Mr. Fletcher. The bullets will hit you first. If you’re not scared, why should I be?”

Jasper was stunned.

He looked at her again.

Then, suddenly, the corners of his lips lifted just a little.

“I’ve changed my mind.”

Scarlett was confused.

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