Chapter 90

“Mac”

A shaky laugh escaped my lips, a sound choked off by disbelief. On the other end of the phone, Yao Wuge’s frantic voice pierced through the quiet. “You’re laughing? How can you laugh?! The Shaw family is pinning everything on you to clear’s name! Can you believe this?!““Show them that same fire you had at the charity gala, and smack them down!““Take down those bastards!” She even swore. This was the epitome of sweet, elegant, and soft–spoken charm in Chicago the ultimate socialite.

I scoffed, a bitter self–deprecating laugh. “Aren’t you worried she’s telling the truth? There’s so much evidence, it’s all

irrefutable.”

tangled up with her, it’s like he fell into a septic tank–the stench is unbearable, and all his charm has vanished.” She launched into a full–blown rant.“And that whole ‘childhood sweetheart‘ thing from ten years ago? Good heavens, they might as well announce they were soulmates in a past life!” Back when she met me, Julian and I were inseparable. He cherished me like the apple of his eye. We weren’t exactly close friends, more like mutually beneficial acquaintances, always

to her tirade,

you saying anything? If you’re scared of them, I’ll go

for sticking up for me. Believing in me…that’s enough.” My problems had already dragged

she possibly do against the Shaw and Gu families?“You’re too smart for your own good,” she grumbled.“You

appreciate the offer. Just

stubborn,” she said, then hung up.

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