The Divorced Military Queen Awakens (by Sadie Baxter) novel Chapter 446

Chapter 446 Officer Bunny

Chapter 446 Officer Bunny

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“So this is your idea of pleasing me?” Julius asked, voice low, the edge of skepticism sharpened by habit. His gaze flicked from the toy to Quinn, searching for the trick he expected to find.

“Pleasing?” She tasted the word, then nodded. “Yes, I suppose that’s what it is–but it’s honest. I just want you to feel a little happier, even if it’s only for a minute.” Her eyes glimmered with a warmth that suggested she would settle for nothing less.

He had claimed no interest in plush toys, yet moments earlier, she had caught him staring at the display. In that look, she had detected something like regret–an echo of a boy who once wanted what life denied him.

That was why she had stepped up to the shooting booth, steadying her aim until the prize was hers. She had wanted to win the toy for him, to fill the small, quiet space she sensed inside his chest.

Now Julius lowered his gaze, studying Officer Bunny as though it were a riddle carved in stone. The carnival lights painted shifting colors across the toy’s white fur and across the planes of his face.

Happy, huh?

Years ago, there had been another toy–torn, grimy, half–stuffed, half–memory. It had mirrored his own life, ripped apart before he learned how to protect it, and he had buried both the toy and the past.

Yet here she was, placing a pristine plush in his hands, as though stitching shut every ragged seam he carried inside. Is this what happiness feels like?

The revelation was cut short when a sudden surge of bodies crashed toward the shooting booth, forming a tight, hostile ring around them.

Jade strode forward on stiletto heels that clicked like gunshots, her smile weaponized with malice. “Since you’re still here,” she said, “let’s settle what happened earlier–properly this time.”

Quinn’s brows knitted. Like a vengeful ghost–she never lets go.

They had embarrassed Jade at the mall, yet the woman had tracked them all the way here, her spite undiluted by distance or common sense.

“You dared threaten me back there.” Jade sneered, flicking a manicured hand toward her guards. “In Celosia, hardly anyone dares to do that. Break this woman’s hands. Let her

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Chapter 446 Officer Bunny

boyfriend see how useless she really is.”

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She would not, of course, damage Julius. Men that striking–and that powerful–were trophies she preferred intact.

“Anyone who touches her loses their life,” Julius said, every syllable dropping like black ice.

“Such dramatic talk,” Jade scoffed, though a flicker of doubt danced behind her lashes.

Quinn felt no doubt at all. She had seen what Julius was capable of; his threat was a simple fact, not theater.

“These people won’t be able to cripple my hands,” Quinn told him quietly. “Besides, we’re abroad–an open fight would get messy.”

“If I dare to say such words, I’m willing to face the mess,” Julius replied without looking away from their opponents.

Jade’s face twisted, prettiness warping into something feral. “Fine–show me what you’ve got. Get them!”

At her command, her henchmen surged forward, a black tide of muscle and malice.

They lunged for Julius and Quinn, intent on obeying their mistress‘ cruel order.

But shadows moved even faster. Julius‘ covert bodyguards slipped from the crowd, their suits almost blurring as they intercepted the attackers.

Jade’s henchmen never reached their targets; they slammed into a human wall of trained defense, the crack of blocked blows ringing louder than the distant music.

The plaza echoed with the blunt percussion of fists and boots, a feral rhythm that never quite paused.

Julius‘ bodyguards–men and women recruited from Azania’s darkest files–moved like a silent black tide around their employer.

They were outnumbered, yet each encounter ended the same way: an enemy spinning, then sprawling, then lying very still.

Quinn stood off to the side, hands buried in her pockets, denied even the chance to lift a finger.

Jade’s hired bruisers toppled like dominoes, pride leaking onto the polished tiles with every thud.

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