Chapter 500

Edgar felt his world crumbling as the prosecutors approached him. His legs turned to jelly, and in full view of everyone, he collapsed to the ground!

All over social media, headlines blared the same news – Edgar was under arrest.

Quick to react, reporters swarmed Jeff.

“Mr. Chambers! What’s your take on your son–in–law’s arrest?”

“Were you aware of Mr. Gardner’s shady dealings?”

“Has Mr. Gardner been scratching your back during his tenure? Has he been funneling benefits to the Chambers Group under the table?”

Jeff felt his blood boil, his face ashen.

He’d thought Matthew would handle everything, but people from the DA’s office had still broken through, led by none other than Emeric’s second son, Arnold!

Both prominent moguls, yet here was Emeric’s boy, arresting his son–in–law, making a mockery of him!

If only he’d known, he would have slipped away in the confusion. What a blunder!

“Dad! Let’s get out of here!” Matthew rushed over, helping his father towards the exit.

The reporters were relentless, trailing them closely as Jeff struggled forward. In the chaos, Jeff’s shoe was trampled off!

“Oh, my shoe!” Jeff awkwardly lifted his bare foot.

“Dad! Who cares about your shoe at a time like this? We need to move!” Matthew, sweating profusely, dragged his father onward.

So Jeff hobbled away with one shoe, fleeing the scene in a sorry state.

“Look! Why’s there a shoe here?”

“Is that Jeff’s shoe? Was he so panicked that he lost it? So funny!”

The reporters snapped pictures of the shoe and erupted into laughter.

out of the venue by the DA’s men, his legs dragged behind

move.

Evadne and

had already brought out the champagne, his face beaming. “Congratulations, Mr. Abernathy, and Mrs. Abernathy. A

eyes

pleasure working together,” Evadne said, her eyes shimmering with

do much,

beat. He quickly corrected himself, “It was all you, Evadne, with your careful planning and strategy.

envied those like Jareth who could so openly embrace Marilla and

He had missed too many chances at happiness.

was

content just to be by her

knight flustered over a slight slip of the tongue and moved closer, her graceful arm wrapping around his neck as she planted a kiss on his jaw.

stepped out of the car, the mark of a good secretary

his strong hand caressing her waist. “Evadne,

his ear, “As

crucial for Elmsworth, ended in a

career was laid bare, igniting public outrage. Even the President took notice, ordering a thorough investigation of Gardners and any officials connected to them, to

and Edgar was despised more than

its reputation tarnished,

on his way home, saw his lost shoe turned into a viral meme – “Mogul’s Choice: You Deserve It!” – and in a

late at night, Jeff couldn’t sleep. He summoned everyone to the living room for an emergency

in, still drunk, until a sharp slap from his

amusement, propping his head with his

Chambers Group?” Jeff

and even his shoe were lost. His anger wouldn’t

we gained through his position that

Byron, bleary–eyed and clueless, struggled to

love of God, can you tell me how I ended

comparisons to his

there his father went, doing the jitterbug right on top of his

his eyes ablaze and breathing like a bull in a ring, “If that self–righteous hack hadn’t botched

the tension, his pale lips barely moving as he locked his icy gaze on Byron, a chilling

weak. “It’s all Evadne’s fault! She operated on my leg for heaven’s sake. How does that mess with

now, crippled and out of favor both in the

a scornful smirk on his lips. “If Evadne wanted to harm you, she wouldn’t have saved your leg. She’d have left you paralyzed. Are you suggesting she cured your leg only to cripple your sex life? Hilarious. Keep that kind of stupidity within the family, will you? Don’t go

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