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in anymore.

“I’ve investigated everything! Celia was the one who insulted Grace in her own boutique and showed off until she got exposed and kicked out for getting tickets from a scalper,” he said.

Then, he tossed a recording device onto the desk. “These are the recorded confessions from every household staff member we’ve had for the past three years.

“All of them said that you treated Grace like a maid. You yelled at her and demanded she cook for us and wash our clothes–even our underwear!”

Susan pouted after getting exposed.

“She volunteered. She had it coming! She should have considered that we would treat her like that when she shamelessly married you,” she grumbled.

“Is that how you all think of her?” Benjamin asked.

He had never thought his seemingly harmonious family was this evil.

For the past three years, Grace had dealt with a heavy workload as his secretary, only to come back home to Susan and Celia, who were making her life difficult on purpose.

But she had never said a word about all this, and he had barely cared, if at all. He really had been a terrible husband, huh?

“Not only did you bully her at home, but you also destroyed her things in her own store! With Celia’s arrogant attitude, she just had to get herself into more trouble!

“She needs to stay in jail for three years and learn her lesson first,” Benjamin decided.

Susan was about to defend Celia, but one glare from Benjamin sent her back to the couch reluctantly, with gritted teeth.

Benjamin tugged off his tie in frustration, then looked up at Yvonne.

She had been silent the whole time, but the judgment in his eyes made it hard for her to breathe.

Grace Lewis was. Why did you pretend not to know anything? Why did you even send someone to follow her and take those misleading

speechless. She hadn’t thought he would have

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in Fronda. You’ll love for Frenda in three

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was reluctant to go abroad. She begged him softly, “I don’t want to go, Benjamin. 1 want to stay here with

didn’t budge, so Yvonne grabbed his

She only died because of her association with your family. You can’t do this to

responsible for her death, but

onto the

was feeling, suffocated under the weight of the sins that had been committed

you checked social media?” Timothy asked on

first, Benjamin thought he was talking about the article that had insulted Grace, so

we even talking about the same thing? Take a look–your family’s getting

up the phone, Benjamin checked the

what was happening. Another storm gathered in his

been

for an article with fake news to hurt her, so she had responded with a

asked Larry to take it

Unfortunately, that was impossible.

that the article stay up three

so furious that he smashed several

a madman. “Come on! Let’s celebrate my return to Pamore! Drink up,

for

his other friends cheered. “We missed you,

come on!

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few shots, Timothy noticed Benjamin had been downing shot after shot in the corner. He knew why Benjamin was

be sad. There’s plenty of fish in the sea, and you should be glad you got