Forced Marriage: My Wife, My Redemption by Lilyheart

Chapter 118: Are you praising her?

"What an unfilial son," he muttered, his frustration deepening. He must deal with Aaron properly but then how he can save save the day becomes a paramount concern as the Allen. Group stock nosedived due to the news.

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~At the Allen family estate~

Elder Allen sat in the garden, basking in the sun. The warmth did little to soothe the unease that had settled in his bones—a feeling that only deepened as he noticed Alfred, the butler, approaching with a grave expression.

Elder Allen sighed. Alfred was a man who had weathered countless storms alongside the family, never one to flinch in the face of adversity. Yet now, his gloom was unmistakable. The weight of bad news was written all over his face.

"What is it?" Elder Allen asked, his voice laced with fatigue and tiredness.of a man who had laboured so much.

Alfred hesitated, choosing his words carefully. "It’s Aaron," he said, then paused, as if deliberating how best to deliver the blow.

Elder Allen’s gaze remained fixed on the distance, unreadable yet expectant. "Aaron?" he echoed. "What has he done this time? Has he finally sold off the Allen Group?" His tone was laced with bitter resignation.

Alfred exhaled. "No... but he might as well have." Elder Allen turned his head slightly, his eyes narrowing.

"He’s caught in a scandal," Alfred continued. "With another man’s wife. The Internet is on fire with the news, and the stock" He hesitated before he continued "—is plummeting at the speed of light."

Silence settled between them, heavy and suffocating. Elder Allen closed his eyes briefly. When he spoke, his voice was calm, yet it carried an undercurrent of simmering fury.

"That foolish boy..."

need to ask for details. He already knew. The repercussions of Aaron’s recklessness were just beginning, and the Allen name was about to be dragged

this time, there might be no salvageable opportunities. What

"Desmond lost a major business deal the moment the news broke.

gaze darkened. "A press conference at a time like this? Who is speaking on our behalf, and

nothing in the business world came without a price. Whoever was stepping forward to ’help’ the Allen family would undoubtedly demand their share

intervened now, things might take a different turn. But it seemed she had other

agreed to support him, but her terms..." He trailed off, as if weighing how best to deliver the

Allen’s brows furrowed.

Allen Group’s shares and the position

his cane tightened. "Outrageous! And Desmond agreed to this?" His heart pounded furiously at the sheer audacity of

solemnly. "It was the only

are always other ways," he muttered. "But it seems Vera has played her cards well—cutting herself

claims the shares are ’emotional compensation’—a price for the humiliation and pain

scoffed, the thought of another but before

stock continues to plummet. And frankly, I doubt this press conference will be enough to

settled between them. Elder Allen leaned back, his eyes clouded with deep contemplation. The Allen name was on the verge of collapse, and for the first time in decades, he felt tired and he

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~At Jessica’s Mansion~

television, watching as Vera addressed the public regarding the scandal shaking the Allen Group. Her speech was carefully crafted, controlled and

the room, and with Aaron being too intoxicated to recognize the difference, he had mistaken the woman for his wife. The result, she claimed, was nothing more than a misunderstanding blown out