Chapter 179 Extortion

At that moment, it all clicked for Alistair.

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The woman had produced a stack of documents—evidence tying Alistair to the

Whitfield case.

And not just any evidence. The kind that, if made public, could utterly destroy him.

She had somehow gotten hold of Caroline's contact information and arranged to

meet her in person.

And Caroline had come.

A storm of emotion stirred inside Alistair.

So her odd behavior today… was because of him.

Of course, Alistair knew the so-called “evidence” was fabricated. None of it could

actually incriminate him.

But Caroline showed up anyway. Was it because she didn’t fully believe he was

innocent?

He studied her face through the mental projection, searching for even a flicker of

hesitation. She gave him nothing.

The woman was still smiling, her expression a mix of flattery and threat.

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And really, what else could Caroline do? No matter how powerful she seemed,

she was still just in her twenties. Driven by love, maybe she’d made a rash

decision.

But as the woman kept grinning, Caroline’s gaze stayed steady and unreadable.

Gradually, that smug smile began to falter.

Caroline tilted her head slightly, amusement lacing her tone. “What’s wrong?”

The woman sneered, “Guess you don’t love your husband that much after all.

Can’t even cough up five million dollars.”

“Are you done?” Caroline asked calmly.

The woman pouted, annoyed.

Just then, footsteps echoed from the hallway—several pairs, hurried and heavy.

Still hidden in the shadows, Alistair saw a group of uniformed officers heading

straight for the door.

Caroline opened it and pointed at the now-panicked woman. “Officer, this is the

one. She tried to extort five million dollars from me.”

The woman panicked and immediately denied it. “She’s lying! I

never—”

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weak. Caroline

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she calmly followed the officers out

going to be back at the office within

of control, the facts muddled

every excuse to look the other way,

didn’t.

shown up, but she had barely let

secretly reporting her to

reason only—to personally bring a

knew better.

the officers searched the woman and found a hidden camera, and

statement, everything

wasn’t about to take chances when it

she hadn’t come, she might’ve missed the

behind it all.

she also

her presence alone

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had nothing to hide, why

show

the script. She came, and then she had

sent a message that she

publicly, unequivocally.

as Caroline exited

and composed.

to fight the urge to

his phone lit up

babe,” she said, “I’m heading

within the two-hour

“Okay.”

“You still out?”

“Yeah.”

find me. I

words, yet they landed with… the weight

entire soul.

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exploded online with hashtags:

that gold digger dream”

not care

course,

America’s most talked-about man.

was so loud it drowned out the usual buzz from even

hungry influencers.

those trending posts weren’t

influence, removing a couple of hot topics

why were they still

be clearer. Ashbourne Group was ready to cut

Alistair.

convinced

felt like justice was finally on

believed, was about to

matter how messy the headlines got,

continued smoothly.

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course, the drama brought attention.

significant public exposure.

trending long before it hit the screen, but not for the

were skeptical of its

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room that smelled faintly of flowers, Caroline

last grape into Alistair’s mouth. “Gordon came to talk

said softly.

she had sent to jail, and Alistair

know.

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