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–”

and Amber were in therapy, the Ledger’s

three hours later, here comes Mister Kelvin Scruggs to fetch you, sporting a

closer and yanked back Kelvin’s jacket.

was

a patchwork of pain, his skin etched with the angry marks of rough pope and the dark splotches of a brutal beating. Sores had opened up where his flesh had given

on even a basic

“Kelvin!”

he? It had to be him! Let’s go to the cops, let’s take him to court! I don’t care about my acting career anymore, I don’t care about anything–I’m ready to take him

crumpled, his hands covering his face as he crouched

sobs.

Wanda, but there she was, worried sick about him, ready to go to war on his behalf.

was too

Scruggs, I pride myself on being a good judge of character, and you’re

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How did Marcus get to you? It must be life or death for you to have turned on Miss

wept openly. “I just want Wanda to be safe, but Marcus… He’s ruthless!

strangled by sobs, unable to go

“Alex.”

gotten out of the Porsche, standing by Alexander’s

husband’s hand firm.

by the same black pit of despair and knew

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