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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.

to know anything? Why did you even send someone to follow her and take those misleading

speechless. She hadn’t thought he would have found out about

Seelug

in Fronda.

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

so Yvonne grabbed his arm and

you won’t do it for the baby, do it for my sister, Danielle, She only died because of her association with your family. You

responsible for her death, but you still need to leave,”

slumped onto the

suffocated under the weight of the sins that had been committed in

have you checked social media?” Timothy asked

insulted Grace, so he said, “That’s fake news. The police have already asked to

Take a look–your family’s getting torn to shreds online,

the phone, Benjamin

was happening. Another storm gathered in his

response had been swift

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

asked Larry to take

Unfortunately, that was impossible.

stay up three days. Hence, no one else

he heard that, Benjamin was so furious that he smashed

Timothy was opening champagne bottles like a madman. “Come on! Let’s celebrate my return

for

friends cheered. “We missed you,

on, come on!

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shot after shot in the

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