Chapter 0304

With a jolt, the scene kicks off.

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Kelvin felt a shiver run through his scalp. Like a puppet on strings, he turned stiffly to face Alexander, who

wore a slight, knowing smile. Struggling, Kelvin managed to force a weak grin. “Sir, are you pulling my leg?”

“Benefits? Threats Wanda’s more family to me than my own sister, and I…”

Mid–sentence, Kelvin snapped out of it, backpedaling fast. “Why the heck do I owe you an explanation? Wanda’s business is her own!”

However, Alexander just chuckled.

Poor Kelvin, Wanda’s agent, was no Oscar winner. His fear was too raw, his act too rough around the edges. Since Andrew, Hec, and Hunter had skedaddled, Alexander had dug up everything there was to know about the Ledgers.

Marcus Ledger, the family’s third son, was a piece of work. He was cruel, the type who had never let Wanda slip through his fingers.

“Alex, what in the world are you saying?”

Wanda, standing by Kelvin, had overheard their exchange and was shaking her head in dismay. “You’ve got it all wrong about Kelvin. He’s not like that. We’re practically like family–”

a soft chuckle, Alexander interjected, “Miss Briers, you’re probably clueless that while you and Amber were in therapy, the Ledger’s chopper made a little

Scruggs to fetch you, sporting a fresh bruise on his forehead, looking like he’s been roughed

and yanked

was startling.

the angry marks of rough pope and the dark splotches of a

a

“Kelvin!”

voice broke, tears streaming down her face as she took in the sight of his wounds, sobbing uncontrollably. “Marcus did this, didn’t he? It had to be him! Let’s go to the cops, let’s take him to court! I

crumpled, his hands covering his face as he crouched on the ground, a grown

sobs.

worried sick about him, ready to go

of empathy was too

pride myself on being a good judge of character, and you’re not

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life or death

openly. “I just want Wanda to be safe, but Marcus… He’s ruthless! He took my folks and used their lives to threaten me! If I

strangled by sobs, unable to go

“Alex.”

of the Porsche, standing by Alexander’s

husband’s hand firm.

the same black pit of despair and knew all

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