The Almighty Dominance novel Chapter 286

Sophia's brow knitted tightly, the haze lifting from her mind as clarity pierced through her confusion.

Her gaze sharpened, landing accusingly on Jack.

"You told me Alex shattered your hands and feet," she snapped, eyes burning like smoldering embers.

"Now you're saying The Thugs hit you? What's the truth, Jack?"

Florence sprang up, her voice shrill with urgency. "Sophia, it was Alex who attacked Jack first, then hired thugs to finish the job! Can't you see the truth?"

"That's right!" Jack growled, desperation sharpening the edge of his voice.

"Sophia, how can you doubt your own family—your mother and brother—for a nobody like Alex? He nearly killed us!"

Disgusted, Sophia spun on her heels, storming from the room, fury and doubt wrestling within her.

She moved swiftly to find Barco, her mother's trusted driver, but the moment their eyes met, Barco visibly paled, his feet scrambling to escape.

"Stop right there!" Sophia commanded, her voice a cold blade slicing through the air.

"I'm the head of Lancaster now. Take one more step and you're finished!"

Frozen in place, Barco reluctantly turned, sweat pooling on his forehead as he bowed stiffly.

"Miss Sophia," he stammered, avoiding her piercing stare.

"Why were you running?" Sophia's voice was dangerously soft, a quiet storm brewing beneath.

"I—I remembered an urgent errand," Barco muttered weakly, eyes pinned firmly to the ground.

"Enough lies," Sophia warned icily. "Tell me exactly what happened to my mother and Jack."

Barco's throat tightened visibly, his nerves fraying at the edges. He hesitated, struggling under the weight of the truth he had been warned never to reveal.

Finally, he croaked, "I can't say it outright. But there's a dashcam in the car—it recorded everything. See it yourself. Just please, don't tell your mother I gave it to you. Say you found it yourself."

"Fine," Sophia snapped impatiently. "Give it to me now."

Barco fumbled with shaking fingers, quickly transmitting the footage through his smartwatch.

Sophia received it, her pulse accelerating as she pressed play, a dark dread seizing her heart.

The video flickered to life, revealing Jack and Florence perfectly unharmed as they exited Alex's clinic.

But their expressions twisted into venomous rage as they confronted the hired thugs. Faint, angry voices rose from the footage.

"You worthless idiots!" Jack snarled viciously. "I paid you to take Alex down, and you couldn't even touch him! I'm not paying losers like you!"

"You better cough up the cash!" a thug spat back menacingly.

"We did our part; it ain't our fault your target was tougher than you thought. Pay us as agreed."

"I don’t want to pay! If you want money, go back to Alex who hit you—take it from him," Jack barked.

"That’s your fault useless bastard!" Florance added.

"You bastard! How dare you refuse to pay after all we did? Guys, teach them a lesson!" the thug shouted, and the other two lunged forward, fists swinging.

The savage retaliation unfolded on camera—blows landing, curses erupting, chaos exploding in every frame.

Sophia’s heart thundered painfully in her chest.

The bitter sting of betrayal surged, choking her breath.

Her entire life she'd trusted them, believing the steadfast lesson drilled into her—that family was sacrosanct, their intentions pure.

But here, brutally, indisputably, they had betrayed her trust.

They had lied. Worse still, they had manipulated her, twisted her anger toward Alex, who was innocent in all of this.

Swallowing tears of rage, Sophia stormed back to confront them. She flung open the door with brutal force, glaring fiercely at Florence and Jack.

"So, you've both been lying to me?" Her voice quivered, raw and sharp with betrayal. "What was it all for?"

Florence recoiled, eyes wide with feigned innocence. "What are you talking about, Sophia?"

"Don’t pretend!" Sophia roared, her voice cracking under the weight of her rage.

"I saw the dashcam footage. It was those thugs who beat you! Why frame Alex? Why drag me into your filthy lies?"

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