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.

of the venue by the DA’s men, his legs

move.

the street, Evadne and Thaddeus watched everything unfold.

champagne, his face beaming. “Congratulations, Mr. Abernathy, and Mrs.

a sparkle in their eyes as they looked at each other with

It’s been a pleasure working together,” Evadne said, her eyes shimmering with unspoken emotions, her beauty taking his

do much, it

corrected himself, “It was all

openly embrace Marilla and call her his wife, without a care in the

to complain. He had missed too many chances at

it was

content just to be by her side,

slip of the tongue and moved closer, her graceful arm

the mark of a

his strong hand caressing her waist. “Evadne, stop tormenting me. My iron will

sweet, whispered promises into his ear, “As my man, you have been strong. Tonight,

crucial for Elmsworth, ended in a

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

and Edgar was despised

Group also suffered, its reputation tarnished, under close scrutiny.

shoe turned into a viral meme – “Mogul’s Choice: You Deserve It!” – and in a

at night, Jeff couldn’t sleep. He summoned everyone to the living

in, still drunk, until a sharp slap from his father

head with his fist, enjoying the

the Chambers Group?”

he had never been so humiliated. His face and even his shoe were lost. His anger wouldn’t

cut all ties with him. Anything we gained through his position that could

Why?” Byron, bleary–eyed and clueless, struggled

you care about is booze and women. You couldn’t hold a candle to your brothers, not by a long shot! For the love of God, can you tell me how I ended up with a son who can’t even get it up?” Jeff’s patience with Byron had evaporated, and in a fit of rage, he

He despised comparisons to his brother Avery, and despised even more any insinuation of sexual

there his father went, doing the jitterbug

breathing like a bull in a ring, “If that self–righteous hack hadn’t botched my surgery, how the hell would I be in this mess? She’s

tension, his pale lips barely moving as he locked his icy gaze on

skipped a beat, and he stumbled back into the couch, his voice suddenly weak. “It’s all Evadne’s fault! She

of favor both in the company and

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

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