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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was weak. Caroline had clearly

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as she calmly followed the officers out of the building.

to be back at the office within two hours like she

of control,

Caroline had every excuse to look the other way, but

didn’t.

only had she shown up, but she had barely

secretly reporting her to

like she came for one reason

knew better. It

woman and found a hidden camera,

statement, everything

wasn’t about to take chances

she might’ve missed the opportunity

behind it all.

also risked something. No

woman, her

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if she had nothing to hide, why would a CEO

schedule show up

the script. She came,

sent a message that she would stand by

publicly, unequivocally.

the windshield as Caroline exited the

and composed.

the urge to jump

lit up

she said, “I’m

time, within the

“Okay.”

“You still out?”

“Yeah.”

find me.

six simple words, yet they landed with… the weight of

entire soul.

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trending topics had exploded online with

gold digger dream” and

could not care

of course, were about

somehow become America’s most talked-about man. The chatter

was so loud it drowned out the usual buzz

hungry influencers.

those trending posts weren’t disappearing. With

a couple of hot topics would’ve been

why were they still

be clearer. Ashbourne Group was ready

Alistair.

who’d been convinced

like justice was finally on its

believed, was about to shine

how messy the headlines got, production on If

continued smoothly.

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attention. Each

significant public exposure.

long before it hit the screen,

skeptical of

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room that smelled faintly of flowers, Caroline

mouth. “Gordon came to talk

said softly.

mention the woman she had sent to jail, and

know.

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