Chapter 171

"How dare you hit my son, you lowlife b****! I'll beat the shit out of you!"

Mrs. Krane's voice exploded through the classroom like a firecracker in a library. Her face twisted with unfiltered rage, her thick wrists trembling as she stormed toward Selena, hand raised.

Selena instinctively stepped back, raising her arms halfway, not out of fear but surprise. "Wait! You've got it all wrong—"

But there was no reasoning with a woman like Mrs. Krane. She was the kind who threw punches before asking questions. And today, she wasn't in the mood for any

answers.

Her meaty hand, glinting with chunky diamond rings, cut through the air, aiming straight for Selena's face-

But it never landed.

In a blur, Jaden stepped in. Still holding Mia with one arm, he moved like lightning, catching Mrs. Krane's wrist mid-air with his free hand.

Her fat, jiggling arm froze on the spot, inches from Selena's cheek. It was as if time had stopped. Her entire body locked up in shock.

Crack!

The next sound echoed like a gunshot.

Jaden didn't just stop her. He retaliated.

With one swift motion, he backhanded her across the face. The slap was brutal, calculated, and devastating. Her head whipped to the side, her high-end hairstyle collapsing under the force. Red blotches immediately flared across her face as her lips parted in stunned silence.

She stumbled two steps back, dazed, clutching her cheek. Her eyes went wide in disbelief. “You... You dared to slap me?"

Jaden's voice was calm, yet razor-sharp. "You tried to lay hands on my woman without even asking what happened. That slap? That's the least you deserve."

Mrs. Krane screeched like a banshee, hair falling from its bun, the slap echo still ringing in her head.

"You bastard! Do you know who I am?"

"I don't care who you are," Jaden replied coldly. "But I know what you are-trash. A grown woman teaching her son to choke a little girl and call her names? You disgust me."

Right then, the classroom door creaked open again. The teacher had finally returned, breathless, panic in her eyes.

"What on earth is going on here?!" she gasped.

She tried to insert herself into the chaos, but Mrs. Krane shoved her aside like a tissue paper.

“That lunatic slapped me!" Mrs. Krane howled, fumbling for her phone. "I'm calling my husband. Let's see how long you keep that smug face of yours after he's through with you!"

She stabbed the screen with trembling fingers and put the phone to her ear. "Get here now, Landon! A man just hit me! He slapped me in front of everyone!"

Minutes later, tires screeched outside.

Two matte-black Mercedes-Benzes tore into the schoolyard, skidding to a halt inches from the entrance. The engines barely cooled before the doors swung open.

Five men in dark suits poured out like a flood.

Leading them was a brute of a man.

Towering thick-necked, with dead

eyes and a jawline that looked chiseled by violence itself His tailored suit didn't hide the brutality in his build.

He stormed into the classroom, eyes blazing with fury.

"Who the hell laid a hand on my wife and kid? Who wants to die today?"

Mrs. Krane ran to him like a weeping elephant. "Honey! Thank God you're here. He could've killed us if you'd taken a second longer."

The man clenched his fists. His thick

gold chain rattled with every step as he stared down the room. "Who did it? Who dares touch Landon Krane's family content

Selena's breath caught in her throat.

Landon Krane.

Everyone in Channing knew that name. Ruthless. Filthy rich. Untouchable. The kind

of man who didn't just ruin lives—he erased them.

Mrs. Krane pointed like a witch at the gallows. "Them! That pathetic couple over

there. He hit me, and she was about to beat my son!"

She grabbed Landon's sleeve dramatically. "I want them punished. Make them

bleed, or I swear, I'll take Robin and leave you forever!"

Landon sneered. "Don't worry, baby. I'll handle it.”

His eyes locked on Jaden and Selena.

"You slapped my wife?" he asked, calm, almost friendly. But the danger under his

tone was like the rumble before a volcanic eruption.

Jaden didn't flinch. "Yeah. And I'd do it again. She deserved worse."

A tense silence filled the air. Even the kids stopped breathing.

Landon laughed, low and menacing. "That's bold. I like bold."

Then his face twisted. "But I hate disrespect. I'm gonna slap that

woman till her teeth

till her teeth scatter and as

for you

cut off the

hane that

touched my wife.”

Just then, the fat boy piped up again, his tone gleeful and venomous.

"Daddy! Don't forget their daughter too! That brat Mia bullied me. Beat her up too!"