Humiliated by My Fiancée, Crowned by RevengeChapter 1
The day I took over every regional branch my family ran in Meridian City, the whole city was deep in the Water Splash Festival. I'd barely walked out of the banquet before a crowd boxed me in and opened up with high-pressure water guns at point-blank range.
The one going hardest was Howard James—my fiancée's childhood sweetheart.
The water guns punched straight through my ceremonial coat in seconds. Embarrassing didn't begin to cover it.
I stepped forward and knocked the water gun out of Howard's hands. My voice was dead serious.
"There's a line. You just crossed it."
Before I could finish, Howard's expression crumpled into something wounded and pitiful.
"It's the Water Splash Festival—you're supposed to get soaked! Why do you always have to go after me like this..."
Judy Henson's face changed the moment she saw it.
She glanced over her shoulder.
A dozen high-pressure water guns swung toward me in unison and opened fire.
Every last stream was aimed below the belt.
The pressurized water soaked through my lower half in an instant, bringing a raw, burning sting.
The crowd around us kept growing.
My eyes were bloodshot. I screamed.