In Mosgravia, Justin was seated behind a sculpted wooden screen in a tea room filled with incense smoke. Dressed in white, he looked elegant, divine, and otherworldly, like he had walked out of a painting. He was in the middle of a chess game with Sheryl.

"Sir, we got news from Solana City. Javier Beckett has completely given up on Betty," Sheryl muttered quietly. "The paternity test result you dropped at the press conference was a huge blow to Mr. Javier."

"That was expected." Justin lowered his gaze. He said indifferently, "Sophia Kirkman was useless. You can't expect much from her daughter.

"I knew Betty wasn't a Beckett many years ago. I was aware of Sophia Kirkman's secrets as well."

"Were you? Why didn't you call them out?" Sheryl looked taken aback. "Sophia Kirkman abused her position as the family matriarch to misappropriate company funds. Weren't you worried about her actions? What if she got her hands on the company stocks or made Javier Beckett her puppet as she took control of the company? Were you not worried that she would be a threat?"

"I was not worried at all." Picking up a crystal chess piece, he calmly captured her knight. "Sophia Kirkman was greedy, but she overestimated her might. Besides, my grandpa was keeping an eye on company affairs. She'd be delusional to think that she could gain control.

keep Jasper in check. Otherwise, life would be too smooth sailing, or in other words, boring for my dear

to understand Justin's strategy of killing with a borrowed knife. Although Sophia suffered a total defeat in the end,

of tea. "This is the start of a new

of death. Miraculously, he

still enjoyed the rights of a citizen after he was arrested at the crime scene. Even if he were to be sentenced to death,

shuffled down the empty corridor, dressed in a doctor's coat and wearing a mask. He pushed open the door to the patient's room

stared at the ceiling. He was immobile

pitiful and vulnerable, even looking like a victim. One could never tell that he was a psycho who murdered his

it's time to

he turned to look at the staff who had just entered. Suddenly, he felt his heart racing. His eyes were filled with fear. Preston was about

panic, he trembled so violently that the bed

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255