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–”

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

three hours later, here comes Mister Kelvin Scruggs to fetch you, sporting a fresh bruise on his forehead, looking

yanked

sight was

and the dark splotches of a brutal beating. Sores had opened up where his flesh had given way, and, there had not been a

a basic bandage.

“Kelvin!”

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

his face as he crouched on the ground,

sobs.

but there she was, worried sick about him, ready to go to

of empathy was too

pride myself on being a good judge

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must be life or death for you to have turned on Miss Briers. I bet it’s…your

swamped with guilt and fear for his parents, wept openly. “I just want Wanda to be safe, but Marcus… He’s ruthless! He took my folks

by sobs, unable

“Alex.”

also gotten out of the Porsche, standing by Alexander’s side, her

husband’s hand firm.

the same

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