Chapter 84

Zoey whipped out the stones she had stashed in her pocket and chucked them right into the open mouths of the two guys.

Both dudes doubled over in pain. One managed to spit out the stone, blood and all. The other poor guy swallowed it and was clutching his throat, trying to puke it out.

Seeing this, the rest of the guys couldn't hold back anymore and rushed at Zoey.

Zoey jumped onto her car in one swift move.

She grabbed her baseball bat and started swinging, hitting every guy who got close.

Her hits were dead-on. Six more guys backed off, holding their bleeding heads.

Some of them were so dizzy from getting whacked on the forehead; it was a miracle they were still standing.

"This chick's got skills. Everyone, grab some weapons."

Zoey looked at the guy who spoke and smirked. She threw another stone, hitting his shoulder.

"My shoulder! I can't move it!"

He felt a sharp pain and numbness, then nothing at all.

Meanwhile, Zoey smashed his face with the bat, knocking out half his teeth.

Holding her blood-stained bat, Zoey's eyes gleamed with a cold, bloodthirsty look. She glared at the men who were scared stiff and said, "What are you all standing around for? Aren't you gonna get weapons?"

One guy even lost it and wet his pants. He ran towards the gate, trembling and shouting, "She's a demon! I'm outta here!"

He didn't want to get beaten by Zoey. He followed Bobby to live it up, not to get his ass kicked.

No wonder she came alone; she was crazy strong and didn't mind taking on twenty guys by herself.

Once one guy bolted, the rest followed.

Seeing his men scrambling to escape, Bobby was furious and yelled, "Get back here! Don't you want the money?"

"Mr. Miller, we value our lives more than money."

One guy shouted back and then ran out the gate, disappearing fast.

"Bobby, looks like you're not much of a boss if your words don't mean squat."

Zoey jumped down from the car and walked towards him with the bat.

Bobby saw the blood on her bat and instinctively stepped back. He remembered he had a hostage and pulled out a small knife.

He grabbed James by the hair and pointed the knife at him. "Zoey, take one more step and I'll cut your lover's face."

John arrived at the gate with his men just in time to hear Bobby's threat. He was stunned.

How did the movie's male lead become Zoey's lover? Did Henry know about this?

While John was debating whether to help Zoey, he heard her say impatiently, "Who told you he's my lover? With my charm, do you really think I need to spend money to keep a man?"

John sighed with relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

He almost thought Zoey was cheating on Henry.

Bobby, hearing Zoey's words, had to admit she had a point.

But he still glared at Zoey. "So, you don't care if he gets disfigured?"

With that, he moved to cut James's face with the knife.

Zoey's eyes darkened, and she quickly threw the stone she had hidden in her palm, hitting Bobby's right wrist dead-on.

He screamed in pain, and the knife clattered to the ground.

Zoey seized the moment, swung her baseball bat, and knocked Bobby out cold. He hit the ground, unconscious, blood trickling from his mouth.

James was stunned.

Zoey tossed the bat aside and went to untie James. "Mr. Garcia, I'm sorry you got dragged into this."

James shook his head, too shocked to speak for a moment.

He never expected Zoey to be so badass. He had even dared to hint at an affair with her earlier in the lounge.

If Zoey had been pissed off then, he might not have made it out of the lounge alive.

Right now, Zoey's image in his eyes was completely transformed. He was somewhat in awe of her, but mostly filled with admiration.

"Ms. Spencer, are you okay?" John regained his composure and quickly approached Zoey.

Zoey smiled and shook her head. "I'm fine. By the way, a bunch of Bobby's guys ran off just now. Have your men go catch them. Don't let those troublemakers get away."

They must have done a lot of illegal stuff under Bobby's orders over the years. Zoey thought they all deserved to be in prison.

John nodded and turned to instruct a few bodyguards to chase after the fleeing men.

At the same time, police sirens wailed outside. Zoey smiled and said, "Looks like the cops are here too."

Calla was the first to rush in with the police. Seeing the disheveled James, she almost collapsed in fear.

Luckily, after checking, she saw that James's face was unharmed and let out a sigh of relief.

Zoey returned to her car, took out a business card from her bag, and handed it to Calla.

"Calla, James got caught up in this because of me, and your magazine couldn't shoot. This is a friend's number. Call her and say I recommended James. She'll arrange for the magazine's owner to reschedule the shoot, so James won't get blacklisted in the fashion industry."

She added, "I'll also talk to my friend and get Mr. Garcia a luxury brand's menswear endorsement as compensation. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

After speaking with Calla, Zoey asked the police to take Bobby to the police car and then drove to the station.

Meanwhile, John followed Zoey's car.

But before getting in, he glanced at James, thinking it necessary to report everything to Henry in detail.

Even though James didn't seem like a threat now, Zoey clearly felt guilty towards him.

What if James used this situation to get close to Zoey in the future?

Objectively speaking, James was quite handsome.