Chapter 124 Like A Whipped Dog Upon seeing Liamâs submission, the young women turned to look at Solomon with bright eyes.
However, Cindy was stunned. âMr. Sable?â
To her knowledge, Liam was invincible in Jadeborough.
That was why she felt that Liam was the only person who was worthy of Bernice.
Yet now, Liam was relenting and asking her to spend a night with Solomon.
He was destroying the image she had of him-of how he was strong and mighty.
In an amused voice, Solomon said. âBabe, just submit to me. Not even Trey of the Miles family and Felix of the Haimowitz family can save you tonight, let alone Liam! In fact, not even the young master of the Langdon family, the richest family in Nuthana, can save you!â
Cindy panicked even more when she heard that.
Solomon had said the same thing earlier, but she had thought that he was merely bluffing.
Immediately, she bent over to pull Liam, her potential savior, to his feet. âMr. Sable, you have to save me!â
âI canât save you!â Liam flung away Cindyâs hand in frustration.
If not for Cindy, he would not have been humiliated by Solomon in public.
Upon hearing that, Cindy slumped onto the ground, panic written all over her face. âWhy?â
Liam forced away the upset he felt and squeezed out, âHeâs the son of Mr. Seth Zymons. Just give up.â
All the color drained from Cindyâs face as desolation took over her.
Heâs the son of Gablurgâs underworld ruler? Then⦠the Sable family is indeed not a match for them.
âCut the crap and scram!â
Solomon impatiently kicked Liam.
Liam could not possibly bring himself to crawl out of the restaurant before over a hundred people.
Thus, he started, âMr. Zymons, Iâm really sorry for tonight. Please-â
Yet, before he could finish his sentence, Solomon gave him another kick. âIf you donât want to crawl, Iâll have to break your legs!â
With that said, he lifted his hand, about to give the order.
At that, Liam quickly cast aside his care for his dignity and pride. âIâll crawl out!â
Amidst Cindyâs despairing expression and the mocking laughter of the crowd, Liam crawled toward the entrance like a whipped dog.
The Sable familyâs bodyguards felt terrible to see their employer in this state, but it was Solomon they were up against.
All they could do was surround Liam to stop others from filming his moment of humiliation.
Contented, Solomon looked away from him.
âBabe, you got anyone else? If not, sit down and have a drink with me. Then, youâre coming back to the hotel with me tonight.â
His words snapped Cindy back to reality.
She hastily took a few steps back and cried out nervously, âStop this, or else Iâll call the cops on you!â
âHahaha!â
The crowd burst into laughter.
Call the cops? Can the cops do anything to someone like Solomon? Who can bear the consequences of the revenge that Solomon will surely take?
One of the pretty young women laughed and said, âItâs your honor to catch Mr. Zymonsâ attention, so appreciate it.â
Her companion chimed in, âJust give in. Even Mr. Sable had to crawl out of this place like a whipped dog. Who do you think can protect you now?â
Her words crushed Liamâs dignity even more, making him lower his head further.
Those words were devastating to Cindy too.
Right. Not even Liam can protect me.
When Solomon saw the resistance in Cindyâs eyes fading away, delight grew in his heart. He enjoyed conquering others in this way. âBabe, when is a better time to give in to me, if not now?â
Can I really not escape this situation today? Who can save me from this?
âCin!â
Right then, just as Cindy was about to take a step forward, Bernice shoved the men in black by the doorway aside and rushed into the establishment.
Liam snapped his head upward, a grimace on his face.
He instinctively stood up as well.
Though he could stand having countless people see him be humiliated, he could never stand letting Bernice see him in this state, Oh my, this darling of mine⦠Finnegan, who was still outside of the restaurant, shook his head with a wry smile He had been sending Alisha a message when Bernice took the opportunity of his distraction to rush into the restaurant.
He could only sigh quietly and follow her in.
When he walked past Liam, Liamâs eyes turned scarlet as he gritted out, âFinnegan.â
Having his unsightly demeanor seen by Finnegan only made his embarrassment turn into fury.
Yet, all Finnegan did was cast him a derisive glance before walking past him.
That made Liamâs blood boil. He clenched his fists, desperately wishing he could skin Finnegan alive there and then.
Meanwhile, Bernice approached Cindy to shield her as she glared at Solomon. âPlease mind your actions while youâre in a public space!â
Solomon could not stop himself from letting his gaze wander across Berniceâs body.
He did not even bother concealing the greed and lust in his eyes.
Licking his lips, he said, âJadeborough is indeed a wonderful place. I canât believe Iâve already met two beautiful women just as I arrived here.â
Recognizing Bernice, Todd softly reminded Solomon, âMr. Zymons, sheâs the daughter of the Zimmerman family who owns Firebird Group. It wonât be good to target her.â
However, that only piqued Solomonâs interest even more.
He instantly came forward to reach out his hand toward Bernice. âOh my, so youâre one of the famed Four Beauties of Jadeborough, Ms. Zimmerman. Nice to meet you. Shall we have a drink together?â
âSorry, but Iâm the only person who can touch my darlingâs hand.â
Before Bernice could say anything in response, Finnegan reached her and pushed Solomonâs hand away.
Solomonâs expression darkened. He realized that Finnegan was the one who had âwiselyâ fled earlier.
âBrat, do you really think that you can be all high and mighty just because you know Zephyr? Get the hell out of my face right now!â
A look of excitement manifested on Liamâs face.
All of a sudden, he was keen to stay and watch Finnegan cross Solomon.
If Finnegan were to lose his life, Liam thought his humiliation that day would be less of a blow to his dignity.
However, Finnegan ignored Solomon and turned around to hold Berniceâs hand. âIt looks like youâll have to wear a mask when you go out in the future. Otherwise, all the men will be falling head over heels for you.â Then, he turned to the stunned Cindy and asked, âAre we leaving?â
Isnât this guy a coward? Why is he here?
Still, she blinked and quickly moved closer to Finnegan when she recollected herself. In a low voice, she uttered, âThank god you recalled that youâre a man in the end. How are we going to leave this place..
however?â
If even Liam could not do anything against Solomon, Cindy was sure that Finnegan would have even more trouble going up against Solomon.
Nevertheless, she was a woman drowning in the sea, and she would grab onto anything that could float.
Finnegan then reached out another arm to wrap around Cindyâs waist before deliberately brushing his hand against her back.
When Cindy shot him a look of anger and embarrassment, he smiled and said, âWith our legs, of course.â
Upon realizing that Finnegan was ignoring him to flirt with Bernice and Cindy, Solomon somberly gritted out, âYoung man, are you challenging me? Both of these women arenât leaving until they have a drink with me tonight!â
Todd appeared hesitant as he wondered if he should persuade Solomon to simply let this matter go.
After all, they were in a public space, and Bernice was someone with a high standing in society.
If anything went wrong, Tyrone, who had told him to bring Solomon around, would be livid.
However, before Todd could make up his mind, Finnegan held Berniceâs and Cindyâs hands and moved to leave. âSorry, but theyâre going to be accompanying me instead. You have no right to waste their time.â
In his fury, Solomon laughed.
It had been a long time since he had encountered someone like Finnegan, who was blatantly disrespecting him.
In the next instance, he grabbed a bottle of red wine from the table at the side and shouted, âGet down on your knees!â