Chapter 12

In the brilliantly lit villa, a maelstrom of destruction unfolded. In the foreground, the entourage that the Chapman family brought swung their hammers with brutal force, smashing the interior of the villa to pieces. In the background, the reporters from numerous news outlets relentlessly hammered their camera shutters, documenting the devastation. Christian Chapman, Winona's older brother, had Joseph pinned to the floor. His punches rained down on him. His eyes were bloodshot with unbridled fury as he bellowed, "How could you ruin Winona, the Chapman family's beloved and pampered heiress? Do you have a death wish?" The Chapman family, while en route, had meticulously unraveled every detail of Winona's hidden past. It turned out that their upright and honorable Winona had been shamelessly branded as a promiscuous woman by Joseph. His egregious act was perpetrated purely for the sake of his childhood sweetheart, Queenie, who had been the one whom the abductor assaulted. Christian's