She was filled with remorse.

“Thea, this is what happens when you go against me. I gave you a chance to be my wife, to be Mrs. Watsons, but no! You just had to go against me!”

Zavier gritted his teeth.

He liked Thea.

Her every move deeply attracted him.

He wanted to be with her.

Even though she had a husband, he did not mind.

However, he did not expect Thea to humiliate him at the engagement ceremony. By leaving with James, she had put him to shame.

Not only that, James even crippled him.

“Thea Callahan… The most beautiful woman in Cansington… But not for long, I’m afraid. I’ll make you the ugliest woman in Cansington. If I can’t have you, no one else can! And since I can’t have you, I might as well ruin you.”

His face contorted with rage, Zavier barked, “Prepare the gasoline.”

Maximus immediately ordered, “Get moving, quick!”

A few men swiftly left the basement to get some gasoline.

Thea was dismayed.

She did not know what awaited her.

She knew there woul