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!

he could not

began to delude himself, to

were said in anger, meant to

“Mr. Abernathy, do you want

do anything!”

Don’t get distracted! Right now, there’s nothing more important than navigating the Abernathy Group

with her scandalous deeds. She was the wife of the Abernathy Group

the progress on the press conference I asked you to arrange?” Frederic steadied himself, his

at three, the

Cynthia’s gravestone, his fingers curled so tightly they

a long moment, he spoke with a heavy

stern

covered his taut hands with hers, feeling as though she held blocks of ice,

after a moment’s hesitation, she spoke gently, “Thaddeus, I hope

I know where your heart

arms around her, his calloused palm caressing her cheek as he suppressed his sorrow and whispered, “You’re afraid that by revealing Elspeth as my mother’s killer to Frederic too soon, it might compromise your quest for justice. You fear that his love for my mother might not be strong enough to withstand the pressures of upholding the Abernathy family’s

his chest, “Yes, but that’s not the whole story.”

looked down at her in surprise.

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

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