I Will Slit Your Throat

"For once, I thought you might use your brain," Xavier said with a sneer. "But I forgot—you've got nothing up there." He strode toward Richard with calm precision before landing one final punch to his jaw, sending him completely unconscious. Xavier stood over him, his eyes cold, as the room settled into an eerie silence.

Everything had happened so fast. Tracie had wanted to hit Richard, but Xavier came out of nowhere and delivered the last punch. 

Jeffrey immediately called for his men and had them take Richard out of the room. 

Mr and Mrs Wallace couldn't scold Xavier for what he'd done. Although they didn't witness the whole thing, they'd seen enough to know that Richard had gone too far with his lousy mouth.