"You bitch, how dare you to check on my sons." Jasper's enraged voice resonated in the huge hall.

Roxy corrected him with a smirk, "Bastards. They are your bastards." She stood up next to Aria while Jasper's hand moved to grab the dagger which was on the table.

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'They are mere girls, they will scared by the dagger.' He thought to himself.

"Now!" Aria's loud voice rang cuing three men and Roxy to take action. Aria leaped to another side of the table like a cheetah pressing her palm on the table while another hand grabbed the dagger away from Jasper reach.

Roxy took advantage of Aria's jump which attracted attention, gasps, and shock. She held the man who was next to Jasper, in a judo style, she flipped him over her shoulder. She didn't leave him time to react and kicked the dagger towards Alan where the latter was standing.

In the meantime, Nathan jumped from the first story landing right behind a man who was yet to react and understand what was going on looking at Jasper and the girls. Nathan didn't want to waste time behind fighting hands on even for a minute.

His sword-like hand sharply hit on the nerve of the neck. He twisted the hand of the man that was bearing the dagger and kicked him to the old goods which were laying on the other side.

Whereas Alan grabbed the knife that pushed towards him, he swung his hand aiming to the man's thighs who wasn't far off from the girls. Levi who ran out, pierced out the dagger from the man's thighs without giving him the chance to hold the knife and throw at somebody.

The five men who were visible to them were down on the ground but they didn't let their guard down because they didn't find who was bearing the handgun.

Roxy kicked the table forming a shield to protect herself if anyone aimed at them while Aria was holding the sharp end of the dagger at the neck of Jasper standing behind him.

Jasper never in his dreams thought Roxy could be capable of bringing a man down. He was yet to digest, a slender hand's hold was so tight twisting his arm that he could move even a bit and was frightened that Aria might slit his throat.

Jasper was thinking she might really kill him or demand something for his life while he soaked in his precipitation and couldn't help but tremble how his game changed in just a few seconds.

The speed of Levi and Nathan entering the sight, with the same momentum they hid back to find who was hiding from them.

Nathan relayed the information: "Upper floor is free." He had checked it first while keeping an eye below.

Levi: "I will handle left."

Nathan: "Right."

Alan who had scrutinized the area behind Jasper and the girls, "Clear on my side." But he didn't examine the other side nor hid anywhere. He went to Aria who was saying something.

Aria snorted near Jasper's ear before speaking, "Does this look like butter or fruit knife to you? Learn to hold the dagger before wishing to handle it." She was about to torture him to ask the question to know the truth, Alan held her covering away from the sight so that nobody could point the gun nozzle at her.

Aria wanted him to hide because her build could easily hide behind Jasper's frame whereas Alan was taller, his shoulder was wider than Jasper. Not to mention he keeps his arm out, he could easily become the target and the chances of him getting hurt were high.

Aria warned sitting next to Roxy protected by the big wooden table, "Alan Morgan, get hurt even a little, I will chop you into smaller and smaller pieces, fry you in a large pan and feed to the dogs."

Roxy, Jasper, Levi, and Nathan: "..."

Alan smirked hearing her. He understood what she wanted. She needed him to be uninjured at any cost because he wouldn't agree for her to take charge in the fear of her life or might be even a small drop of her blood.

Alan deduced, "I think they had a single bullet or fewer bullets hence that man is hiding in the fear of getting caught." As he guessed, Levi dragged a man out of the wooden trunk ignoring his loud pleas. Levi threw him in the middle, then he tossed the bullet magazine and gun on two ends of the warehouse.

Nathan walked out and saw two girls peeking as if they were waiting for their protection in the fright. Nobody would believe what they did just a minute back was done by them. He had just heard Aria was good with her defense skills but didn't expect her to be trained well.

Alan threw Jasper on the wooden chair where he was sitting earlier then he pulled his wife up from the ground while his eyes didn't leave Jasper. The latter avoided looking at him and wandered his eyes around feeling cold running through his spine just by the oppressing gaze of Alan.

Alan's aloof face was frightening with his blood-curdling tone, "What did you say?" Lifting his face with from the edge of the dagger, "Girls are meant for selling in the name of marriage. Do you know what they can do?" He paused while saying and cued Roxy to go to the man who had almost shot her hand.

Aria's voice sounded more like a whisper, "Me?" It had been a long time she used her skills. She felt like a log and also disappointed when Roxy got the chance to vent her frustration.

Alan pointed Jasper to her because Rian was in the hospital due to him and he wanted his wife to vent her rage on the right man before relaxing. Aria grinned, "Let's watch the show."

Roxy who had walked to the man saw him running away. Nathan and Levi's didn't move or tried to stop after seeing Alan's cue to let Roxy handle. She leaped and held the hoodie of the man's jacket.

Holding her grip tighter on the cloth, she smashed down the man to the ground as if he was a mere flower vase. She didn't know about Rian's condition, as much as she feared about his health, she was furious at her father after humiliated, provoked by him. She was hostile towards him but she was his daughter, even if she wants, it will bother to think of hurting him.

She had seen how fathers look after their son by looking at Rowan, how a father looks after his daughter looking at Norah's father. She didn't expect all those from her father, she just wanted him to leave her alone, anyway, she got a father who was greedy to the core.

She couldn't understand what her mother liked in him that she loved him and married him wholeheartedly. Now thinking about it, she was sure Jasper married Scarlett due to Skyline Industries but too bad Oliver only helped him till he got to know Jasper was an abuser.

Her buried frustration was taken out on the man who was groaning in pain; she continued to punch him or slam him on the ground over her shoulder.

Aria's jaw dropped after seeing the third flip by Roxy. Now, it's time to correct, Roxy was stronger than her physically but she didn't have proper training and quick reflexes.

Jasper was in the worst state. For him, his daughter just looked like his wife, fragile and useless. For Alan, Levi, and Nathan, what she was doing is stupidity and a waste of energy. How many times can you break the broken bone? It was the same feeling for them.

All heard the cops' vehicle siren as usual who reaches after everything is over. Aria first asked Alan, "What about the backup?"

Alan caressed her head while his eyes were on Roxy and the groaning man, "I had told them to return after watching the difficulty level here."

Jasper who saw them talking tried to sneak away but a hand suddenly held his blazer and shirt collar. He raised his head to see Aria's smirk but he didn't get to react when Aria shoved his head hard on the wooden table.

'Crash.' The table was broken in the center.

'Ahhh...' Jasper whose head stuck between the table wailed in pain grabbing everyone's attention but their gaze moved to Aria who was jumping on her toes circling in her place shaking her hand, "Ahh... My wrist... This pig is heavy."

Levi and Nathan almost laughed but they controlled. Roxy came to her senses from the past reminiscence and left the man. She took a step back aside to lean on the pile of boxes watching Aria who kicked Jasper's bum as she twisted and turned her wrist due to pain.

Alan bopped Aria's head. How can a middle-aged man be weightless? Throwing him by a hand holding the cloth was straining to the joints and nerves which she knew well.

Nathan who was ready to handle the cops saw Roxy wobbling to even stand straight on the ground. "Ms.Stephen!?" He moved towards her quickly if incase she faints and falls on the ground.

Nathan reached on time when Roxy blacking out hence he quickly held her. "President Cooper, Ms.Stephen lost her consciousness." That's when they realized, they didn't ask her if Jasper did anything to her.