Chapter 568

At this moment, Frederic’s eye muscles twitched, his mind a whirlwind of chaos.

Amidst the turmoil, there was a profound sense of unease and fear.

“I have no clue what Mr. Thaddeus meant,” Dennis managed, his forehead beading with cold sweat. He was caught between a rock and a hard place, and any slip of the tongue could spell disaster on both fronts.

“You said earlier that Cynthia’s death might have been foul play? That Thaddeus said Elspeth did it? Does he have proof? Does

he?”

“You really need to ask Mr. Thaddeus, I truly don’t know.”

Frederic released his grip, his hands veined and trembling. His shoulders felt as though they bore the weight of mountains, pressing down inexorably, as each breath became more laborious to draw.

The confident aura he had upon arrival was now nowhere to be seen.

He could accept, tolerate, and stoop as low as possible. Elspeth had trampled over every boundary.

Even now, his disdain for the scheming woman was complete, but for the greater good of the Abernathy Group, for the sake of his reputation as the chairman, he swallowed bitter pills, feigning deafness and muteness time and again!

one thing, just one thing he could not accept the fact that Elspeth might have

to delude himself, to

said in anger, meant to guilt him,

agony, Dennis cautiously ventured, “Mr. Abernathy,

do

arm with a trembling hand, his eyes wide with panic, “The trial is imminent, there’s much you have to do. Don’t get

Abernathy Group chairman, so it was inevitable that some of the backlash would

you to arrange?” Frederic steadied himself, his

three,

looked towards Cynthia’s gravestone, his fingers curled

a long moment, he spoke with a heavy voice,

from the cemetery, Thaddeus‘ stern visage was pale as a

feeling as though she held blocks of ice, and her heart

gently, “Thaddeus, I hope

I know where your heart is.”

that by revealing Elspeth as my mother’s killer to Frederic too soon, it might compromise

“Yes, but

down at her in

be restless, consumed with what you left unsaid.” Evadne’s lips curled with a hint of mischief, “Let’s save this grand revelation for the end. Only with a proper buildup will the truth

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