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.

his legs dragged behind him as if stricken with polio, too terrified to

move.

Evadne and Thaddeus watched

beaming. “Congratulations, Mr. Abernathy,

sparkle in their eyes as they

hand. It’s been a pleasure working together,” Evadne said, her eyes shimmering with unspoken

do much,

a beat. He quickly corrected himself, “It was all you, Evadne, with your careful planning and strategy. I just did my bit

envied those like Jareth who could so openly embrace Marilla and call her his

he had no right to complain. He had missed

it was

content just to be by her side,

closer, her graceful arm wrapping around his neck as she planted a kiss on his

the car, the mark of a good secretary being

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

voice, soft and sweet, whispered promises into his ear, “As my man, you

gala, crucial for Elmsworth, ended in a

laid bare, igniting public outrage. Even the President took notice, ordering a thorough

and

Chambers Group also suffered, its reputation tarnished, under close

meme – “Mogul’s Choice: You Deserve It!” – and in a fit of rage, he threw his

couldn’t sleep. He summoned everyone to the living room for an

still drunk, until a sharp slap from his father sobered

his head with his fist, enjoying the

the Chambers Group?” Jeff roared, nearly

he had never been so humiliated. His face and

darkly. “First things first, we need to cut all ties with him. Anything we gained through his position that could benefit the Chambers Group, we must destroy the evidence, and fast. The President’s involved now. It won’t be long before they’re

Arrested? Why?” Byron, bleary–eyed and clueless, struggled to understand.

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

comparisons to

went, doing the jitterbug right on

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

witch?” Avery’s voice sliced through the tension, his pale lips barely moving as he locked his icy gaze on Byron, a chilling threat simmering in his

fault! She operated on my leg for heaven’s sake.

of favor

harm you, she wouldn’t have saved your leg. She’d have left you paralyzed. Are you suggesting she cured

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