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.

the DA’s men, his legs dragged

move.

street, Evadne and Thaddeus

had already brought out the champagne, his face beaming. “Congratulations, Mr. Abernathy, and Mrs. Abernathy. A power couple, indeed!”

couple clinked their glasses, a sparkle in their eyes as they looked at each other with affection.

for lending me a hand. It’s been a pleasure working together,” Evadne said, her eyes

didn’t do much, it was

He quickly corrected himself, “It

those like Jareth who could so openly embrace Marilla and call her his wife, without a care

he had no right to complain. He had missed too

it was a

by her

closer,

the mark of a good

“Evadne, stop tormenting me. My iron will

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

gala, 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,

on edge, and Edgar was despised more than ever.

also suffered, its reputation tarnished, under

scrolling through social media on his way home, saw his lost shoe turned into a viral meme – “Mogul’s Choice: You Deserve It!” – and in a fit of rage,

summoned everyone to the living room

drunk, until a sharp

watched with detached amusement, propping his head with his

behind this! Who dares to target the Chambers Group?” Jeff roared, nearly smashing the expensive

he had never been so humiliated. His face and even

a big hit for us,” Matthew mused 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

Byron, bleary–eyed and clueless, struggled to understand.

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

Byron’s blood boil. He despised comparisons to his brother Avery, and despised even

jitterbug right on top of his

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 to blame, that witch!”

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 eyes. “Say

Evadne’s fault! She operated on my leg for

But now, crippled and out of favor both in the company and with their father, he didn’t have the

says you’ve got crap for brains, and you’re in such a rush to prove him right?” Avery adjusted his glasses, 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

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